Hi
In NSW Sesquestration orders
2 July 1858
“late of” indicates where the person is living at the time of the lodgement of the initial application. It does not indicate that the person is no longer living. For example, XYZ, late of Sydney, formerly of Melbourne, native of Hobart Town means the person is “laterly” (recently and now) living in Sydney, and previous to that lived in Melbourne, and was born in Hobart Town.
10 August 1858
“in the estate of William Chisholm” is indicating he is still alive, and had travelled to /or had ‘removed’ himself to Sydney ….. either to attend the court or to “realise” or to “recover” his personal property that was subject to the sequestration order. First Meeting, two debts proved, thus he was formally bankrupted.
13 August 1858
“Insolvent was not present”. ….”adjourned….. to ….. Bathurst” …… So the Court was aware (perhaps from info provided by William on Monday 9 August) that he was going to Bathurst to try to sort out some of his own financial issues.
Bathurst in the 1850s and 1860s was one of the central administrative townships associated with the GOLD RUSHES. One of the consequences of the Gold rushes was the effect on the price of everyday essentials. They became grossly inflated (supply v demand) as the 1840s workforce caught gold fever in a big way and sought to capitalise on the 1850s-1860’s rushes. It is also possible that Wm’s Grammar School was severely affected by that rampaging inflation as he would have set his annual fees at the end of each calendar year for the ensuing year, but during that “next year” the stress on wages, food, transport of school supplies, etc would have ‘got away’ from his budget.
Perhaps he spent much of the latter part of 1858 trying to track down his debtors (parents who had sent their sons to him to make them ‘gentlemen’) so he could pay his creditors. By the mid 1850s the boat arrivals had delivered far more ‘emigrants’ in those several years than in all the years of the penal era. Also the population had become transient and there were many very cheap berths on vessels returning to Britain. It is my understanding that the rapid growth in the value of many colonial families estates saw them taking their sons out of colonial schooling and sending them back to relatives in Britain for their formal education.
In NSW “In the Deceased Estate of” and “In the Intestate of” are the usual ways the NSW Courts dealt with the “real” property of a deceased person. Sequestrated Estates are about Bankrupting a living person.
Hope this clears that aspect up. BUT I AM NOT YET CONVINCED that Wm Chisholm, of the Goulburn Grammar School in the 1850s was the same chap that arrived as an assisted emigrant in 1839. I do think it likely that the Mrs Margaret Chisholm of Forbes was the widow of the William Chisholm whose death was registered at the Forbes Court House. It is logical to me that the family would follow the gold fever trail and be in that district by around 1861.
That 1855 marriage was a C of E (Anglican) marriage (not a Presbyterian one) and is recorded in the St Saviour (Argyle) register. It took place just prior to the introduction of Civil Registration in NSW, so I do not anticipate the NSW BDM records to contain ANY details of the parentage of either the Bride or the Groom. That is why I am suggesting either the NSW BDM death cert for Wm or Marg OR her deceased estate file. By 1855 Nick’s Wm had been in the colony for around
25 years, 15 years (my typo) long enough to have married, become a father, been widowed and sought to find a new wife to help raise his existing family. Perhaps the Geo Chisholm at Forbes was somehow related to that Wm. If so, then he too was a young chap when he died.
Copies of official records should sort out the Chisholm conundrum.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTZ8-JXT https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTZZ-LX5 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTZ3-PKQ Oh, nearly forgot ..... The 1855 marriage is recorded in THREE different Parish Registers, but ONLY once at NSW BDM online… Very unusual for only ONE entry, suggesting the NSW BDM Early Church Record is drawn from a summary transmitted to the Bishop and then forwarded to NSW BDM in around 1879 when the C of E commenced handing over some summary information.
Cheers, JM
