Arndell John Hovell (1813 - 1827)

Born 1813 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 25 Oct 1827 at about age 14 in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Arndell Hovell migrated from England to New South Wales.

He migrated to the Colony of New South Wales as an infant with his parents aboard the Earl Spencer, arriving in 1813.^[1]

On Thursday, last an occurrence took place on the farm of Mr. Hovell, at no great distance from Liverpool, which has plunged the family into considerable grief. A fine boy, the only son, of Mr. Hovell, was in pursuit of flying squirrels, and having, with the assistance of a servant, cut through the butt of a decayed tree, which they intended to fell in order to get at one of the foregoing animals, the top of the decayed tree fell into the forks of another, which caused both trees to snap off near the ground, and the young gentleman being immediately under the falling trees struck him forcibly on the head, and he was instantaneously killed. The unhappy mother, on learning the disaster, became insensible, and did not recover for many hours after. The body was conveyed to Liverpool, and an inquest held upon it, after which it was committed to the grave.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Ship arrival https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/628785
2. ↑ Australian (Sydney), 31 October 1827, p 2

• 'Hovell, Arndell John (1813–1827)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/hovell-arndell-john-24059/text32892, accessed 5 August 2017.