Arthur Hold^[1]

1857 - 15 Feb.1925

• Name	Arthur Hold
  Born	28 Jul 1857	Green Hills near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
  	Birth: 21 July 1857 at Green Hills: Arthur: Father: William Hold, Miner, age 31 years: Birth Place: Arden, Northamptonshire, England: Married in 1846 in Arden, Northamptonshire, England: Issue: 2 living: one dead. Mother Anne Scrockson, age 33 years: Birth Place Arden, Northampton, England. The Informant was Anne Hold who signed with a mark. Registered on 5 November 1957 at Buningyong Note: William Hold and Ann Croxten were both born in Little Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England First name(s) Arthur Last name Hold Sex Male Birth year 1857 Birth place Byong Father's name William Mother's name Anne Scrockson Registration number 15009 State Victoria Country Australia Record set Victoria Births (Victoria Birth Index 1836-1913) Arthu Hold left Victoria for Queensland with his children, but without his wife Victorine, after 1902-1903 and before the 4th. Dec 1906, when he received a grant of land in Warra near Jandowae. This is not very far from Dalby or Toowoomba. Arthur and his family were in Dalby when he applied for the grant. The children left Pomonal School in 1902. 1905 Warra, near Jandowae, Dalby and Toowoomba District Qld. Victorine Hold was enrolled as a student at Warra State School. She is called Victoria Hold INVERAI. Pte Arthur Hold. A welcome home will be arranged as soon as the influenza regulations permit. Article - The Dalby Herald (Qld. : 1910 - 1954)Saturday 26 July 1919 - Page 4
  Gender	Male
  Electoral Roll	1903	Mt Mistake, Grampians District
  	Victoria Electoral Roll 1903 Division of Grampians - Subdivision of Buangor No 59: Name in Full: HOLD, Arthur: Place of Living: Mt Mistake: Occupation: Labourer No 60: Name in Full: HOLD, Victoria: Place of Living: Mt Mistake: Occupation; home Duties
  Land	4 Dec1906	Warra
  	Indexes to Registers Of Lessees Of Agricultural And Grazing Farms under Crown Acts Of1884 and Acts of 1897-1902 Arthur Hold, Dalby: Page 4443 August 1885-1905 Arthur Hold, Dalby. Registered Number of Selection 2062 Date approved 4/12/1906 Area, 640 Acres, 1 Rood and 10 Perches 13537: Hold, Arthur, 1905, 1908, Dalby, Page 4443 1921-1922 Country Directory, Warra Hold, Louis, Selector
  Queensland Electoral Roll	1912	Warra
  	Queensland Electoral Roll 1912 Hold, Arthur, Warra, farmer Hold, Julius, Tuckerang, Warra, labourer Hold, Louis, Tuckerang, Warra, labourer
  Queensland Electoral Roll	1913	Warra
  	Queensland Electoral Roll 1913 Division of Maranoa - Subdivision of Dalby No 2203: Name in Full: HOLD, Arthur, Warra: Occupation: Farmer
  Personal	8 Sep 1917	The Ararat Advertiser, Victoria
  	POMONAL
  Queensland Electoral Roll	1919	Inverai, Warra
  	QUEENSLAND ELECTORAL ROLL 1919 Division of Maranoa - Subdivision of Dalby No 2272: Name in Full: HOLD, Arthur, Inverai, Warra: Occupation: Farmer
  Death Notice	27 Feb 1925	The Dalby Herald, Qld.
  	DEATH Mr Arthur Hold, of Inverai, passed away last week in the Toowoomba Hospital. He had been a well-known resident of this district for about 18 years. Several sons survive the deceased. The Dalby Herald, Qld., Friday, 27 February 1925
  Died	15 Feb.1925	St Vincents Hospital Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
  	Death; 15.02.1925 at St Vincents Hospital Toowoomba Cause of death; Malignant Prostrate, Cachexia, Cardiac Failure. Buriel Details; Toowomba Cemetery; 16.02.1925 Section, Church of England, Block 3, Allotment 34. His youngest daughter Victorine is buied beside him. Block 3 Allotment 33 STATUTORY NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Re ARTHUR HOLD, late of Inverai, near Warra, in the State of Queensland, farmer, deceased. Notice is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having claims against the estate of the abovenamed Arthur Hold, late of Inverai, near Warra, in the State of Queensland, deceased, who died on or about the fourteenth day of February, 1925, A.D., at Toowoomba, in the said State, are hereby required to send their claims to the Public Curator, Brisbane, on or before the nineteenth day of May, 1925. And that after the expiration of the last- mentioned date the Public Curator will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased amongst the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which he shall then have had notice. Dated this eighteenth day of March, 1925. R. J. S. BARNETT, Official Solicitor to the Public Curator, Brisbane. 7617. The Dalby Herald, Qld., Tuesday, 24 March 1925
  Buried	16 Feb.1925	Toowoomba Cemetery, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
  	Funeral Notice Toowoomba Chronicle, Monday,16 Feb.1925. HOLD ARTHUR. Friends of the deceased, late of Jandowae are respectfully invited to attend the funeral to move from Rosentengels Ltd. Funeral Parlor, Union Street, this afternoon at 2 o`clock to the Toowoomba Cemetery. Toowoomba Cemetery Burial Register Family Name HOLD Given Names ARTHUR Gender Male Religion C of E Age at Death 71 Date of Death: 15 February 1925 Next of Kin Date of Burial: 16 February 1925 Undertaker R ROSENSTENGEL Minister of Religion: W P OAKELEY Burial Number: L31: Cemetery Drayton Location Section: CE 4, Block: 3, Allotment: 34 Another Hold buried in Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance Shirley Theresa Hold, Court Birth unknown Death 24 May 2004 Burial Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia Plot 755-A-2 Memorial ID 180203293 · View Source Gravesite Details Age 68. Buried 28-May-2004 COURT Shirley Theresa Funeral notice 24 MAY 2004 Deathn age, 68 late of Oakey The Chronicle (Toowoomba) 27 MAY 2004
  Notes	FARMING in VICTORIA A list of early (pre-selection) land dealings for the Parish of Jallukar. They give dates of Licences bing granted, renewed, cancelled, and transferred. Week ending Saturday Jan 3 1885 A transfer of 154 Acres 3 Rood 30 Perches (CA11, Sec.1, Jallukar) from Archibald EMERSON to Arthur HOLD, Farmer, Jallukar during the week ending Saturday 3 January 1885. (Victoria Government Gazette - Online Archive - 1885, p195) Arthur Hold, Farmer, Bellellan. 2 Feb 1892. Taken from a form which Arthur filled in , detailing the improvements which he had made on his seletion. At this date Arthur had fenced one hundred and eighty six and a half chains of his seclection , at a cost of Five Shillings and Sixpence a chain. The total cost was Fifty Three Pounds. The cost of the posts and wire Thirty One Pounds. In the second year, Arthur planted one acres of Vines at a cost of Seven Pounds and Ten Shillings There are no entries for the third and fourth years. In the fifth year,he planted three acers of fruit trees at a cost of Forty Two Pounds.These were destroyed by rabbits. The sixth year; Three acres of vines were planted, the cost of which was again Forty Two Pounds. He also bought half a ton of hay, either for his horses or cattle. Arthur now had seven acres cultivated. Total time Seven Years .This would mean Arthur obtained this selection in 1895. The dwelling which Arthur had constructed, consisted of two rooms and a kitchen. It was made with weatherboards, which cost One Hundred and Thirty Pounds. The cost of the iron roof was Fifteen Pounds. For his water supply. he had dug two wells, one twenty feet deep, and the other eighteen feet, at a cost of Forty Six Pounds. The water was very close to the surface. The ringbarking and clearing of the trees was another expence. Twelve Pounds. Arthur and his family had only lived continuously on this land for two years. He had previously held one hundred and fifty five acres of land, which he had sold owing to the loss incurred from bush fires and rabbits. Much of his land was unfit for cultivation. This was typical of the land around the Stawell District. The soil was very sandy and of poor quality. Arthur was supposed to have all his land enclosed by the sixth year, but had not complied owing to a lack of money and time. At this time Arthur and Victorine had four children.Arthur, William Louis , Julius and Louis . Josephine arrived arrived in 1890 as well. 1899 - 1902 Children of Arthur Hold and Victorine Metzger who attended the Pomonal Primary School which opened in 1899. 20: William Hold, May 1899, deceased 1900. Date of Birth: 26/10/1886 21: Hold, Louis, May 1899 - 1902: Date of Birth: 22/2/1899 22: Hold, Arthur, June 1899 - 1900. Date of Birth: 26/6/1885 23: Hold, Josephine, June 1899 - 1902. Date of Birth: 5/10/1891 24: Hold, Victorine, June 1899 - 1902: Date of Birth: 19/5/1893 28: Hold, Julius, June 1899 - 1902: Date of Birth: 15/5/1887 29: Hold, Alfred, Nov 1900 - 1902: Date of Birth: 19/8/1896 The next event that is known of Arthur`s farming , is a letter he wrote to the Secretary of the Lands Department in Melbourne, dated June 27th.,1901. Due to his destitute circumstances, Arthur was utterly unable to pay the rents due on his selection.His health had not been good.The land was to poor to give returns. He had planted fourteen acres of fruit trees and vines, but as yet they were still young so they yielded little. Arthur had paid One Hundred Pounds in land rents earlier, on his three hundred and twenty acres. He asked if this could go towards making one hundred acres freehold. he wished to abandon the rest. Quoting Arthur directly from his letter," I am unable to work to provide for my family, but if you would kindly make me this concession, I may be able to make a living when my orchard comes into bearing. Trusting you will grant my request. I have the honour to be your obedient servant, Arthur Hold". It is not known if Arthur`s request was granted. Arthur must have been very dispondent. He was not alone though, for there were many selectors who were unable to pay their rents. Bushfires and poor soil, droughts and rabbits were all great problems in the Stawell district. In January 1887. William Hold, wrote to the Lands Department. Quoting from his letter, " I am sorry that I cannot comply with your wish by sending you the money at once. , for the grasshoppers destroyed the 'ole of my crops" Arthur and Victoria Hold are lisrted on the 1903 Electoral Roll for Victoria. They were living at Mt Mistake. Arthur Hold's occupation was labourer. Arthur left Victoria for Queensland with his children, but without his wife Victorine, after 1903 and before the 4th. Dec 1906, when he received a grant of land in Warra near Jandowae. This is not very far from Dalby or Toowoomba. Arthur and his family were in Dalby when he applied for the grant. The family travelled to Queensland by horse and wagon. They must have had many adventures. It is known a horse died on the way. It would have been a great relief to reach the end of their long journey.
  Person ID	I4377	Hickey, List, Bundesen, Thomsen, Jensen, Jessen
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	William Hold,   b. 05 Nov 1815, Little Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 15 Sep..1895, Jallukar, Victoria. Australia  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Mother	Ann Croxen,   b. 1829, Little Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 2 Jul 1864, Inglewood, Victoria, Australia  (Age 35 years)
  Married	25 Feb.1848	Little Harrowden, Northamptionshire, England
  	William was a Widower, Full Age. His occupation a Labourer. Anne was a Miner (Under Age). Her occupation was Lacemaker [Source: Marriage Certificate]
  Family ID	F1358	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Victorine Josephine Metzger,   b. 06 Dec 1855, Mt. Molliagu, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 07 Aug 1926, 39 Spring St., Geelong West, Victoria, Australia  (Age 70 years)
  Married	25 Aug.1884	St. Patricks Church, Stawell, Victoria
  Children	1. Arthur James Hold,   b. 26 Jun 1885, Jallukar, Victoria. Australia ,   d. 22 Jun.1976, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia   2. William Louis Hold,   b. 26 Oct 1886, Jallukar, Stawell, Victoria. Australia ,   d. 09 Oct 1899, Stawell Hospital, Stawell, Victoria  (Age 12 years) + 3. Julius Hold,   b. 15 May 1888, Jallukar near Stawell, Vic. Aust. ,   d. 26 Dec 1974, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia  (Age 86 years)   4. Louis Hold,   b. 22 Feb 1890, Jallukar, near Stawell, Victoria ,   d. 19 Feb 1927, Warwick, Queensland, Australia  (Age 37 years) + 5. Josephine Hold,   b. 5 Oct 1891, Jalluker near Stawell, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 22 Sep 1924, Mental Hospital, Wacol, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia  (Age 32 years)   6. Victorine Hold,   b. 19 May 1893, Jalluker near Stawell, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 11 Jun.1918, Willowburn Hospital, Toowoomba, Queensland  (Age 25 years) + 7. Albert/Alfred William Hold,   b. 27 Aug 1895, Jallukar near Stawell, Vic. Aust. ,   d. 20 Nov 1985, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia  (Age 90 years) + 8. Horace Hold,   b. 15 Oct 1897, Jalluker, near Stawell, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 20 May 1993, 22 Caringa St., Urangan, Hervey Bay, Queensland  (Age 96 years)
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2010
  Family ID	F1357	Group Sheet

  
  

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  [S66] Mrs Laurina Collins.