Dolman Family History: 19th Century Newspapers 1854 - Murderous Assault and Attempted Highway Robbery

Monday 13 October 2008

19th Century Newspapers 1854 - Murderous Assault and Attempted Highway Robbery


The following is from "The Manor and Village of Cherhill" by J H Blackford, Page 240 ( The incorrect date, 1834, and the name Nash are as they are transcribed in the book. The 4th February 1834 was a Tuesday, not a Saturday. (http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/dayofweek.html). The 1841 , 1851 & 1861 census give Jacob Dash's occupation as Blacksmith. In the 1861 census Jacob Dash was a lodger next door to the Blackford family in Calne, so this version of the story may have been passed down by this route to the author); "A DASTARDLY ACT Miss Andrews owns a bible with the following inscription: John Carpenter, Presented to him by Sarah Nash in grateful acknowledgment of the services which he rendered to her beloved father when prostrate under a cruel and perilous attack upon his life in the evening of Saturday February 4th, 1834. Nash was at that time the village postman. He was on his way to Yatesbury to deliver letters and was attacked while proceeding up the carriageway just north of the upper farm. The attacker was anxious to get hold of a letter he believed the postman had with him. Sarah Nash's father was also the village blacksmith and ran the Blacksmith's shop, then situated east of the Bell Inn." DOLEMAN, George
	Convict No	4349
	Ship Name	Clara (Journey 1)
	Ship Arrival Date	3 May 1857
	Alias	aka DOLMAN
	Birth Date	1832



	Marital Status	Umarried
	Occupation	farm labourer
	Literacy	semi lit
	Religion	Prot
	Sentence Date	5 Aug 1854
	Sentence Place	Devizes
	Sentence Province	Wiltshire
	Sentence Country	England
	Court	Assizes
	Length of Sentence	life commuted
	Crime	wounding with intent to murder

	Ticket of Leave Date	31 Jan 1860

Info from
http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/history/ConvictsAndShips/convict_display.cfm
Thanks to Jeff again for finding this.

George Dolman ended up in Freemantle, Western Autralia. (arrived in Fremantle on July 3, 1857) left London, England on March 19, 1857 bound for the Swan River Colony (swan river colony is the old name for Western Australia).
Description of George and the Clara on which he was transported can be viewed at;

http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=Dolman&sp-a=00061592-sp00000001
Does any one know what happened to him after this? (Thanks to Jeff Dolman for finding this out)

The Times, August 9th 1854