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Robert Holt BEST (1812 - 1853)
Grazier
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Clara Agnes BEST (1837 - 1924)
Martha Susannah Constance Mary BEST (1839 - 1926)
Robert Holt BEST (1841 - 1855)
Matthew William BEST (1843 - 1919)
Adelaide BEST (1845 - 1874)
Diana Elizabeth BEST (1848 - 1927)
Amelia Ann BEST (1849 - 1928)
Sarah Jane BEST (1851 - 1942)
Benjamin Paul BEST (1853 - 1901)
Francis George BEST (1853 - 1910)
 Robert Holt BEST (1812 - 1853)

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Clara BRIEN (1821 - 1899)
 George BEST (1757 - 1836)











Martha CHAMBERBAIN (1776 - 1833)











Robert Holt BEST
Robert Holt BEST
Robert Holt BEST Robert Holt BEST
b. 27 Aug 1812 at Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia
m. 26 Dec 1836 Clara BRIEN (1821 - 1899) at Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
d. 26 Sep 1853 at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia aged 41
Cause of Death:
Killed as a result of a fall from his horse when the horse collided with a tree trunk.
Parents:
George BEST (1757 - 1836)
Martha CHAMBERBAIN (1776 - 1833)
Siblings (9):
Robert Chamberlain BEST (1797 - 1814)
Thomas BEST (1799 - 1874)
George BEST (1801 - 1823)
Mary BEST (1803 - 1870)
Elizabeth Clara BEST (1806 - 1875)
Sarah BEST (1809 - 1882)
John BEST (1810 - 1861)
Peter Alfred BEST (1814 - 1878)
William BEST (1816 - )
Children (10):
Clara Agnes BEST (1837 - 1924)
Martha Susannah Constance Mary BEST (1839 - 1926)
Robert Holt BEST (1841 - 1855)
Matthew William BEST (1843 - 1919)
Adelaide BEST (1845 - 1874)
Diana Elizabeth BEST (1848 - 1927)
Amelia Ann BEST (1849 - 1928)
Sarah Jane BEST (1851 - 1942)
Benjamin Paul BEST (1853 - 1901)
Francis George BEST (1853 - 1910)
Grandchildren (12):
Ruby Elizabeth Ada RUDD (1860 - 1887), James Verdict Isidore RUDD (1864 - 1934), Francis William Paul RUDD (1867 - 1925), Gertrude Mary RUDD (1870 - 1919), Arthur Herbert RUDD (1874 - 1894), Amy Maud Agnes RUDD (1877 - 1939), Florence RUDD (1879 - 1879), Leslie RUDD (1879 - 1879), Claribel Maude TOMPSON (1879 - 1950), Charles Selwyn TOMPSON (1880 - 1930), Cyril Lionel TOMPSON (1883 - 1957), Clive Henry TOMPSON (1886 - 1957)
Events in Robert Holt BEST (1812 - 1853)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
27 Aug 1812 Robert Holt BEST was born Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia 71
14 Mar 1833 20 Death of mother Martha CHAMBERBAIN (aged 57) Seven Hills, New South Wales, Australia 71
03 Jul 1836 23 Death of father George BEST (aged 79) Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia 71
26 Dec 1836 24 Married Clara BRIEN (aged 15) Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 71
19 Nov 1837 25 Birth of daughter Clara Agnes BEST Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia 71
28 Dec 1839 27 Birth of daughter Martha Susannah Constance Mary BEST Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia 71
16 Oct 1841 29 Birth of son Robert Holt BEST Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia 71
24 Aug 1843 30 Birth of son Matthew William BEST Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia 71
27 Oct 1845 33 Birth of daughter Adelaide BEST Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 71
13 Jan 1848 35 Birth of daughter Diana Elizabeth BEST Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 71
02 Aug 1849 36 Birth of daughter Amelia Ann BEST Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 71
18 Feb 1851 38 Birth of daughter Sarah Jane BEST Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 71
20 Jan 1853 40 Birth of son Benjamin Paul BEST Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 71
20 Jan 1853 40 Birth of son Francis George BEST Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 71
26 Sep 1853 41 Robert Holt BEST died Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Personal Notes:
Robert Holt Best, together with brothers Peter & William were the first to occupy and establish the Wagga Wagga Pastoral Run in the early 1830s. He was listed as the first licence holder of the Wagga Wagga Run in 1837. Robert managed the run until he was thrown from a horse and killed in 1853. He established his homestead ‘Flowerdale’ in 1853. Robert held the contract for delivering mail twice a week between Tarcutta and Wagga Wagga in late 1848 until his death in 1853.
Source References:
71. Type: Book, Abbr: Wagga Pioneers, Title: Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District, Auth: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Publ: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Date: 2004, Locn: http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/
- Reference = 18 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 18 (Marriage)
- Reference = 18 (Birth)
This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
If you find errors - anything incorrect (dates, places, wrong parents, wrong children), and you have evidence, I would love to fix them. Or, if you have information that would extend my projects, do not hestiate to contact me on the email link below. I do not publish information on living people - which means I'm not much interested in people born after about 1920, and I usually distrust material from before about 1770 without extremely good sources.
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Geoff Bell, September 2020
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