Ramsden Gledstanes Talbot
Birth
Death Marriage Spouse Father Mother Sibling/s Children |
10 May 1858
15 March 1937 16 July 1881 Sarah Edwards Alexander William Going Talbot Mary Agnes Wollaston Mary Agnes Strain (half sister) Jane Charlotte Strain (half sister) James Edward Strain (half brother) Adelaide Talbot Constance Talbot Denmark Talbot Gerald Talbot Charles Chetwynd Langley Talbot May Heatherbelle Going Talbot Alexander William Going Talbot Unamed Talbot Rachel Isabelle Ruth Going Talbot Ramsden Bertie Going Talbot Norma Kathleen Going Talbot Colleen Rose Going Talbot Ray Gledstanes Going Talbot |
Location
Location Location |
Woodstock, Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia
Queensland, Australia Toowong, Queensland, Australia |
Ramsden Gledstanes Talbot was born on the 10th of May 1858 in Woodstock, Ulladulla, New South Wales to Alexander William Going Talbot and Mary Agnes Wollaston. His first name comes from his maternal great grandmother Elizabeth Ramsden. His middle name comes from his maternal grandmother Mary Amelia Gledstanes.
Ramsden's father died in 1871 as the result of a horse accident he had 7 years earlier. His father was just 46 years old, while Ramsden was 13.
The following incident in young Ramsden's life is taken form the book Trombone's Troubles: Experiences of a Queensland Jackeroo in Early Pastoral Days by Henry Plantagenet Somerset (page 61);
...I went to lodge with the widow of Captain Talbot, who had met his death through an accident while at Kilcoy as manager of that station for Captain Hope. As her sons Langley and Ramsden were at the Grammer School, I went to Government House to ask my school fellow, Lord Harvey Phipps, to accompany me on my cruise.After taking me to see his father, the Marquis of Normanby, our Governer, for his consent, he agreed. But, as later the Governor found he had to go north in the steamer Kate and had to take his son with him. I had to wait until on Saturday I took Ramsden Talbot and we sailed right down to Dunwich, which was then the quarantine station for imported cattle. Owing to foot and mouth disease in England it was empty. The superintendent, Mr Hamilton, was, however, living there, and as a thunderstorm was approaching, I obtained his permission to camp in the stable.
Taking the anchor ashore, we carried our kit and food ther just in time, and after spreading a bale of bedding, laid our blankets on it and slept together with just the one blanket over both of us. After the storm it got so chilly that I woke at daylight. I began to rise, to let the boy sleep, while I made a fire outside to boil the billy. On turning, I saw what looked like a big lizard against his back, and not liking the look of it, cut a fork from a branch, and holding the boy with left hand, rammed the fork behind the creature's neck, pinning it down through blanket and straw while lifting Ramsden backwards. When he brought the knife (to be used for cutting bread and meat) I stuck it through its head to kill it. After breakfast we took it to Mr Hamilton who said it was a death adder, a most venomous reptile, as it showed the most rudimentary legs plainly. He put it spirits and sent it to the museum. It had come in out of the wet and slept for warmth between us, but would have bitten if either had lain on or squeezed it. It is wrongly called the death adder, but that name suits it best.
The following incident in young Ramsden's life is taken form the book Trombone's Troubles: Experiences of a Queensland Jackeroo in Early Pastoral Days by Henry Plantagenet Somerset (page 61);
...I went to lodge with the widow of Captain Talbot, who had met his death through an accident while at Kilcoy as manager of that station for Captain Hope. As her sons Langley and Ramsden were at the Grammer School, I went to Government House to ask my school fellow, Lord Harvey Phipps, to accompany me on my cruise.After taking me to see his father, the Marquis of Normanby, our Governer, for his consent, he agreed. But, as later the Governor found he had to go north in the steamer Kate and had to take his son with him. I had to wait until on Saturday I took Ramsden Talbot and we sailed right down to Dunwich, which was then the quarantine station for imported cattle. Owing to foot and mouth disease in England it was empty. The superintendent, Mr Hamilton, was, however, living there, and as a thunderstorm was approaching, I obtained his permission to camp in the stable.
Taking the anchor ashore, we carried our kit and food ther just in time, and after spreading a bale of bedding, laid our blankets on it and slept together with just the one blanket over both of us. After the storm it got so chilly that I woke at daylight. I began to rise, to let the boy sleep, while I made a fire outside to boil the billy. On turning, I saw what looked like a big lizard against his back, and not liking the look of it, cut a fork from a branch, and holding the boy with left hand, rammed the fork behind the creature's neck, pinning it down through blanket and straw while lifting Ramsden backwards. When he brought the knife (to be used for cutting bread and meat) I stuck it through its head to kill it. After breakfast we took it to Mr Hamilton who said it was a death adder, a most venomous reptile, as it showed the most rudimentary legs plainly. He put it spirits and sent it to the museum. It had come in out of the wet and slept for warmth between us, but would have bitten if either had lain on or squeezed it. It is wrongly called the death adder, but that name suits it best.
He married Sarah Edwards on the 16th of July 1881 in Toowong, Queensland. They had 8 children; May Heatherbelle Going Talbot, Alexander William Going Talbot, Unamed Talbot, Rachel Isabelle Ruth Going Talbot, Ramsden Bertie Going Talbot, Norma Kathleen Going Talbot, Colleen Rose Going Talbot, and Ray Gledstanes Going Talbot. All of Ramsden and Sarah's children had the middle name of Going, just like Ramsden's father Alexander William Going Talbot.
Ramsden died on the 15th of March 1937 in Queensland, Australia aged 78 years.
He is buried in Saint Lawrence Cemetery, Broadsound Shire, Queensland along with his wife Sarah.
He is buried in Saint Lawrence Cemetery, Broadsound Shire, Queensland along with his wife Sarah.
References
Trombone's Troubles: Experiences of a Queensland Jackeroo in Early Pastoral Days by Henry Plantagenet Somerset (page 61)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Plantagenet_Somerset
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Plantagenet_Somerset