 1829 - 1914 (85 years)
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| Name |
William Greely HOLT |
| Born |
1829 |
Bangor, Maine, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1914 |
| Buried |
1914 |
St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia |
| Person ID |
I6210 |
Kirkpatrick Family |
| Last Modified |
14 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
William HOLT, b. 5 Sep 1792, Bangor, Maine, USA , d. Dec 1882, Winterport, Maine, USA (Age 90 years) |
| Mother |
Susanna MANSELL, b. 1795, Jackson Brook, Washington, Maine, USA , d. Yes, date unknown |
| Married |
11 Dec 1816 |
Jackson Plantation, Maine, USA |
| Family ID |
F1967 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Amelia BOLTON, b. 1840, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England , d. 3 Nov 1914, St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia (Age 74 years) |
| Married |
30 Jun 1856 |
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
- The family moved around the Victorian Goldfields . During gold rush times Dunolly and the surrounding district turned up more gold nuggets than any other region in Australia and became known as the "Golden Triangle". Gold found in the area included the then largest gold nugget in the world, the 69 kilogram "Welcome Stranger"', which was found in 1869 in nearby Moliagul
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| Children |
| | 1. Amelia Louisa HOLT, b. 23 May 1857, Dunnolly, Victoria, Australia , d. 29 Apr 1936, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia (Age 78 years) |
| | 2. Edwin HOLT, b. 1859, Moliagul, Victoria.Australia , d. 21 Dec 1932, Wedderburn, Victoria , Australia (Age 73 years) |
| | 3. Susan HOLT, b. 1860, Moliagul, Victoria.Australia , d. 1947, Maryborough, Victoria , Australia (Age 87 years) |
| | 4. Mary Ann HOLT, b. 1862, Moliagul, Victoria.Australia , d. 23 Jul 1909 (Age 47 years) |
| | 5. William Arthur HOLT, b. 24 Sep 1864, Dunnolly, Victoria, Australia , d. 16 Nov 1949 (Age 85 years) |
| | 6. George Washington HOLT, b. 1867, Dunnolly, Victoria, Australia , d. 16 Jul 1934 (Age 67 years) |
| | 7. James HOLT, b. 9 Aug 1869, Dunnolly, Victoria, Australia , d. 24 Apr 1951, Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (Age 81 years) |
| | 8. Samuel HOLT, b. 1871, Moliagul, Victoria.Australia , d. 1884, Fenton's Creek, Victoria.Australia (Age 13 years) |
| | 9. Lavina HOLT, b. 29 May 1876, Dunnolly, Victoria, Australia , d. 29 Dec 1956 (Age 80 years) |
| | 10. Albert HOLT, b. 1879, Moliagul, Victoria.Australia , d. 4 Jan 1895, Avoca River, Victoria.Australia (Age 16 years) |
| | 11. Sarah Alvesta HOLT, b. Feb 1881, Moliagul, Victoria.Australia , d. 25 May 1967 (Age ~ 86 years) |
| | 12. Matilda HOLT, b. 1883, Fenton's Creek, Victoria.Australia , d. 1884, Fenton's Creek, Victoria.Australia (Age 1 years) |
| | 13. Ernest Forest HOLT, b. 4 Sep 1886, Fenton's Creek, Victoria.Australia , d. 3 Sep 1965, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (Age 78 years) |
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| Last Modified |
5 Apr 2013 |
| Family ID |
F1936 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- As a teenager he worked the Goldfields of California, USA.William arrived in New South Wales ( disembarked in Melbourne)on 9th June 1855 , a passenger on the vessel Wonga Wonga ,and travelled on to Melbourne.His occupation was recorded in the manifest as a Miner ,aged 26 years.(Remarks in the manifest are "Miner, English, to Melbourne Victoria")
Ref:State Records Authority of New South Wales: Shipping Master's Office; Passengers Arriving 1855 - 1922; NRS13278, [X90] reel 399.
He travelled to Bendigo, where he continued mining. William spent his life as a farmer and an axe man. He owned a farm at Fenton's Creek before his marriage to Amelia. In 1869 his occupation was a miner. Their grave is close to the entrance at St. Arnaud Cemetery.
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