Charles Alston THURLOW [17699]

  General Notes:

Charles was a Tobacconist in Westminster LND in 1846.

He emigrated with his early family to Adelaide on the Abberton 1848 then resettled in Sydney of the Hamley July 11 1854.

The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), Saturday 2 April 1881, page 3
Sad Cause of Death. (From the S. M. Herald.) The City Coroner (Mr. H.Shiell, J.P.) held an inquest on Tuesday afternoon, at his office, touching the death of Mr. C. A. Thurlow, who expired at the Infirmary, at half-past 4 on the previous afternoon. The following evidence was adduced. Mary Thurlow deposed that she resides at Milson's Point, St. Leonords; tbe dead body viewed by the Coroner and jury was that of her husband, Charles Alston Thurlow, aged 67 years ; he was a native of Essex, England ; he had formerly been clerk in the Lands Office, at tbe head of the Deeds department, and for the last year and a-half had been in receipt of a pension from the Crown ; he had been in the colony 30 years, and had left a son and a daughter by a former wife ; he was a man of temperate habits ; witness last saw him alive at half-past 1 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at his residence ; he then left home to go and hear the Austrian Band ; he said he was going to Prince Alfred Park, believing it was there the band was to play that afternoon ; he had not more than three or four shillings with him; witness gave him that amount; he had no watch on him, but had his gold eye-glasses; he was in good health, and was quite cheerful when be went out ; he said he would be home by five o'clock ; he did not return, and witness saw no more of him until Monday afternoon, when, in consequence of information received, she proceeded to the Infirmary, and saw him there ; he was then unconscious, and remained so until his death, which took place at a quarter-past 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon ; he had no friends at the Glebe whom he would visit ; about two years ago he received a cut over the left eye, through falling over the rocks about 50 yards from his residence, at St, Leonard's ; a very severe illness followed after that fall, and three doctors attended him ; he got better and was not afterwards affected by the fall; he never strayed from home at any time ; he was perfectly sober when he left home on Saturday last ; he appeared to be all right in his mind then ; he never at any time gave way to habits of intemperance ; he had a walking-stick with him when he went out on Saturday ; the stick now before the Court was the same ; he was never away from home all night. John Young deposed that he resided at Annandale, and was a justice of the peace ; yesterday morning between 8 and 9 o'clock, be was informed that a man was lying in his saw-mill shed, very ill ; witness went there, and seeing a man in a very dirty state, his clothes being a mass of black dirt, ordered three of his men to get some warm water, soap, towels, &c, and wash him thoroughly ; the man appeared to be unconscious ; he was then lying on some ship sails in the shed ; witness then went into his house and got some clothes, which he had put on him after he had been thoroughly rubbed ; witness poured some brandy and water down his throat, although hia teeth were somewhat clenched ; constable Chandler arrived while the man was being attended to, and witness told him to take his (witness's) light cart and remove him to the Infirimry, which the constable did ; the dead body viewed by the Coroner and jury was the same. Robert Lindsay deposed that he resided at Leichhardt, and was manager of Mr. Elliott's boiling-down establishment ; on Sunday night last, about half-past 9 o'clock, witness heard some person calling on the opposite side of White's Creek at Leichhardt; he went down the creek to a spot opposite to where the call appeared to come from, and inquired who was there, repeating the question several times before he got an answer; that answer was, "Call Polly to open the door;" witness could get no other reply but that, except the word "Fred;" witness then went across the creek, and followed it down, calling out ; witness could get no answer, and continued his search until he saw a man within ten or twelve yards of the creek, lying among some fallen timber ; witness questioned bim but could get no intelligible reply ; be kept calling for Polly ; witness got him out from amongst the timber, and found hie clothes were quite wet and muddy ; witness carried him about twenty yards, laid him upon a clean patch of grass, and then returned to his own place to get assistance, which be got ; witness went back with a man and a boy and a light, and found the man where be had left bim ; witness then saw that he had no trousers on ; they could not get him across the creek; so witness sent the other two to Mr. Young's, to see whether further assistance could not be obtained, and where the man could be taken ; while tbey were away, witness again questioned him, and in reply he said his name was Thurlow ; in about fifteen minutes the two returned with a barrow, and said they could not rouse anyone at Mr. Young's ; the man waa then placed in the barrow and taken to Mr. Young's sawmill ; his coat being wet, it was taken off him, and he was wrapped up in a large cloth, after having received a drink of water ; he then said he was very comfortable, and would soon go to sleep ; they again questioned him, and asked where he came trom ; he seemed irritated thereat, and said he declined to answer any more questions ; he was then left there, the time being about midnight. Several other witnesses gave evidence. " Fred," the name which deceased was calling out, in the name of his son. The stick, eye-glasses, and trousers were found not far from where he was lying. Dr. Belgrave deposed that about 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon he was summoned by the house physician of the Infirmary to attend an old man in the Infirmary ; on arrival witness found him in a moribund condition from exhaustion through exposure, and from the effects of effusion within tbe cranial cavity ; the restoratives that had been applied witness approved of, and recommended some additional treatment, based on the conviction that the patient's real condition was one fundamentally of brain disease ; he had since made a post mortem examination of the body, and found the liver, lungs, kidneys, and spleen healthy ; but the heart was enlarged, and the brain extensively effected by reason of chronic disease; witness had no doubt that the disease of the brain had during the last few days of his life produced a confusion of ideas, and caused him to wander about without any fixed purpose ; the cause of denth was effusion on the brain, accelerated by exhaustion and exposure. Dr. J. E. Moffitt, house surgeon at the Sydney Infirmary, deposed to having received deceased into the Infirmary, and treated him while there before the arrival of Dr. Belgrave ; he had made a post-mortem examination of the body, and his evidence as to the cause of death corroborated that of Dr. Belgrave. The jury returned a verdict accordingly.

  Research Notes:

DATE JUN 1843 - PLAC Gauger/Newington, Surrey, England

  Other Records

1. Residence: 11 Lawson St, Newington, Surrey, England, 11 Jun 1843.

2. Residence: 17 Tothill St, Westminster, London, England, Between 1844 and Jan 1848.

3. Emigration: on the "Abberton" London to Australia, 24 Apr 1848 arriving Adelaide 3 Aug 1848.

4. Residence: Rundle st, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Between Aug 1848 and 1854.

5. Travels: per barque Hamlet, Adelaide to Sydney, NSW, 19 Jul 1854.

6. Residence: Milsons Point, North Shore, New South Wales, Australia, Between 1863 and 1870.

7. Residence: Kirribilli Point, North Shore, New South Wales, Australia, 28 Aug 1867.

8. Residence: Milsons Point, North Shore, New South Wales, Australia, 1870.

9. Residence: Kirribilli Pont Rd, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 1871.

10. Residence: Campbell St, Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 1879.

11. Residence: Campbell St, St Leonards East, New South Wales, Australia, 1879.

Charles married Marion TRACY [17700] [MRIN: 6395] on 14 Nov 1843 in Lewisham, London, England. (Marion TRACY [17700] was born in 1815 in Oxfordshire ENG and died on 17 Jul 1862 in Milsons Point, North Shore, NSW.). The cause of her death was consumption.

Charles next married Mary GOODWIN [17701] [MRIN: 6396] in 1863 in St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia. (Mary GOODWIN [17701] was born in 1834 in Long Wittenham, Berkshire, England, died on 28 Jan 1923 in Arncliffe, New South Wales, Australia and was buried in St Thomas' Cemetery, North Sydney, NSW, Australia.)