Hartshorn from Tumut Nsw

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post, Friday 21 June 1918
DEATH OF MR JOHN HARTSHORN
The chilly hand of death has swept
away to the Great Beyond several of
Tumut's pioneers of late, and the last,
(by many to be considered the oldest),
is in the person of Mr. John Hartshorn Sr,
who passed away on Monday last at the age
of 90 years, the cause of death being senile decay.
For the past two years or more he had been
quite invalided, and death must have
been a happy release to the poor old fellow.
Born in Parramatta, New South Wales
he came to Tumut with his parents
when 12 months old. The site of our
present town, he said, was for years
after a blacks' camp, and the first
town settlement was contiguous to the
present showground, with one store,
one inn and a blacksmith's shop. He
grew up a vigorous youth and became
quite an artist in the act of self
defence. As one of his erstwhile
comrades remarked on the occasion of
his funeral, "he was the hardest
customer in the world to beat ; he
would fight all day." His mate for
many years was the late Mr. Thomas
Eggleton, of Blowering, and they
carried on splitting and fencing to-
gether for years. A laughable inci-
dent in the career of deceased was
a wager layed by the late Messrs W.
Buckley Sr, W. Eggleton and W.
Hayden, of £5, that he would
mortise 100 huge gum posts with two
holes in each in a day. The late Mr.
John Howe and another took up a
bet that he could not. The work was
done at 4 p.m., and 'Jack Payne'
(as the departed one was known as
locally) started to fight an old identity
known as "Squarking Jack," after
which numerous irrigations followed.
The subject of our obituary married
a daughter of the late Mr. John
Norton, who kept the ' White Horse '
Hotel, at the corner of Fitzroy and
Richmond-sts, and the result of the
union was seven daughters, viz,
Mesdames Hoston (Wagga), Hoosher
(Sydney), G. Bawden (Upper Adelong),
James Graham (Blowering),
P. Spuraway (Sydney), George Allatt (Mt
Horeb) and Miss Bertha Hartshorn (Blowering),
and three sons, viz,
Messrs. Albert (Tarrabandra), and James
and George. These, with a sorrowing
wife, are left to mourn the loss of a
fond father and a devoted husband.
His remains were interred in the
Church of England portion of the
new cemetery. Mr James Elphick
was the undertaker and Rev C. E.
Burgess officiated at the grave.

Yes !! that's my g grandfather ..and may I know your connection to these people .please ?

My great grandfather too. My pop was William Hartshorn.

Wow a member of my family one of my grandmothers Brothers Child .i know one of his daughters ( think so ) is her name Beth ( Elizabeth Hartshorn ) She Lives in QLD any family information would be fantastic . my grandmother was Mary Henrietta j j Hartshorn
Cheers

Yes that’s my Aunty. My dad Pete Hartshorn is one of her three brothers.
That’s so cool your message gave me goosebumps I was looking up the Hartshorn Clan on Ancestry.com not that long ago, I came across Mary Henrietta and saved her photo. I don’t know why I just liked the look of her haha. I wish we could go back in time and meet them all. I have a photo of the Hartshorn Clan from when my pop was a young boy I can give you if you want.

Are you on Facebook or anything like that?

I like your nickname on here I just got a new puppy and named him Bandit 😊

Wow would love a photo of the hartshorn clan !! yes i am on face book my email is
wisemum@hotmail.com
would love to make connections .yes i wish i could go back in time just to be with them all .grandma was special she used to pan for gold i have a photo of her standing on the banks of the river with her gold dish in her hands she was so down to earth ,she was a lovely lady. you can email me with further info if you like.i will then give you more details .are you on face book too !!

I sent you an email. Mine is cheriejade80@gmail.com
It’s so nice to learn about her. She sounds like she was a lovely lady. I would love to see that photo of her
Yes I’m on Facebook too you can add me I sent the details in the email. 😀

H i Cherie .lovely to hear from you i did start to send you things about the Hartshorn,s but don,t think it worked anyway not to worry . i will email you with the photos of my grandmother & g ,grandmother Caroline Hartshorn nee Norton. I Received your email with the two photos .gee Ronnie look very nice in his uniform ,& just to die so young .but thats the way the penny dropped i guess .okay will go & track down those photos for you !! Cheers Dorothy