David Poultney, Convict, transported to Tasmania

David Poultney
Convict Number P565
Policeman, Milkman, Landowner
© Richard Carlaw. 2003-2006

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R.I.P.

3. Death

1884 - David Poultney, Death Registration (91 Kb)
Source: Archives Office of Tasmania, RGD 35, No 1795/1884

1884 Deaths in the District of Hobart

No	When Died	Name and Surname	Sex	Age	Rank or Profession	Cause of Death	Signature Description and Residence of Informant	When Registered
1795	August 6th 1884	David Poultney (Died Goulburn St Hobart) (Born England)	Male	81 years	Milkman	Heart Disease	Alex J Clarke Undertaker Collins St Hobart	August 8 1884

Official record of David's death.

1884 - David Poultney, Mercury Newspaper Death Notice (220 Kb)
Source: Archives Office of Tasmania, Mercury, 7 Aug 1884, pg 1, col 1

"POULTNEY - On August 6, at his residence, Upper Goulburn Street, David Poultney, in the 81st year of his age, leaving a large family and circle of friends to mourn their loss. Melbourne and New Zealand papers please copy."

1884 - David Poultney, Mercury Newspaper Obituary (256 Kb)
Source: Archives Office of Tasmania, Mercury, 7 Aug 1884, pg 2, col 8

"DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN - After a residence of more than half a century in Hobart, Mr David Poulteny (sic) died at his residence, Goulburn Street, yesterday, in the 81st year of his age. The deceased was a well known member of the police force, in early times, when he did good service to the State. For 50 years he has lived in the locality where he died, and was universally respected by all who knew him."

1884 - David Poultney, unknown Newspaper Death Notice
Source: Unknown newspaper, transcript emailed to me.

"POULTNEY - On August 6 at his residence Upper Goulburn St in the 81^st year of his age, leaving a large family and circle of friends to mourn their lose. Friends are invited to attend his funeral which will leave his late residence on Sunday August 10 at 2 o’clock to Queenborough Cemetery. Melbourne and NZ papers please copy."

Note: The reference to Queenborough Cemetery is confirmed by listings from the Tasmanian State Library that show David, Ann and son Thomas James Alexander all being buried at Queenborough, possibly adjacent to each other or in the same grave. The Queenborough Cemetery no longer exists - the lower portion was converted to the Queenborough sports grounds sometime after 1916. The upper portion was closed in 1934 and was cleared of graves in 1961 when the Hutchins School moved to an adjoining site. The upper portion is today beneath the Hutchins School tennis courts.

1884 - David Poultney, Last Will & Testament proved (241 Kb and 210 Kb)
Source: Archives Office of Tasmania, AD 960 No 2886/15

Page 1 (241 Kb) Page 2 (210 Kb)

Last Will and Testament Transcript

Note: David's Will & Testament names all his living children bar his third son, David (Jr). Family tradition is that this was because of David (Jr)'s drunken tendencies. A series of misdemeanors against this David Poultney for being "disorderly" and using "foul language" would seem to support this conclusion (I have references for these misdemeanours, but have not got around to investigating or filing them yet. This was a troubled family: a misdemeanour was also filed against wife Eliza Clarke, and three of the daughters - Florence, Eliza Ada and Amy - absconded to Sydney after Amy fell pregnant and their father kicked her out.)

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