Impossible man number 2

[KiwiChris]

Arthur Atlantice Hallam
He was in Australia as curate of Walgett in 1899.
I have found a Rev Arthur A Hallam with a wife Hilda and 2 children, Samuel Benown and David Barrabus sailing from Kingston to Bristol in 1919.
He is not the Arthur Hallam who married Hilda Grice in Basford 1911 as a family tree on ancestry has different children for them.

I am wondering if maybe he was American?

[kiterunner]

Or it could be that the family tree on ancestry is wrong?

Edit - no, never mind, I've had a look at the Hallam / Grice births on FreeBMD!

[Merry]

The son, Samuel, became an author:

HALLAM, (Samuel Benoni) ATLANTIS (1915-1987) (chron.)
* Frederick, (ss) Spaceway Science Fiction Dec 1953
Spaceway (UK) v1 #1 1954
* Martian Pete, (ss) Spaceway Science Fiction Jun 1954
Spaceway (UK) v1 #4 1956
* The Rose of Venus, (ss) Spaceway Science Fiction Feb 1954
Spaceway (UK) v1 #2 1954
* The Trial, (ss) Spaceway Science Fiction Apr 1954
Spaceway (UK) v1 #3 1954

[Merry]

Samuel was described as an American author and he died in the US:

Samuel HALLAM
Birth Date: 12 Sep 1915
Death Date: Aug 1987
Social Security Number: 123-12-8458
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: New York

Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 10463
Localities: Bronx, Bronx, New York
Fieldston, Bronx, New York
Kingsbridge, Bronx, New York
Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, New York

[Merry]

This might be his brother:

David HALLAM
Birth Date: 1 Oct 1917
Death Date: 1 Jul 1998
Social Security Number: 124-10-2414
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: New York

Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 92553
Localities: Moreno Valley, Riverside, California



(there were two to choose from after Samuel and before the sailing date, but this one is NY like Samuel)

[Merry]

Baptist Missionary Magazine:

American Baptist Foreign Mission Society - 1891
... to spend at least a year in the study of the language before doing much real missionary work. Mr. Hallam was born on board ship in the South Atlantic Ocean, and received his name, •" Arthur Atlantis Hallam," from this circumstance. ...


No preview of book available.

[kiterunner]

On the 1930 census Samuel and David Hallam are pupils at the Five Points House of Industry in Ramapo Town, Rockland County, NY, with a Joseph Hallam. Samuel is 14, born Florida, parents' birthplaces unknown, David 12 born New York, parents' birthplaces unknown, and Joseph is 9 born New York, father born on ocean, mother born Br West Indies. So maybe he isn't Samuel and David's brother, or maybe he's their half-brother or something?

[kiterunner]

Ah, just seen your post, Merry!

[marquette]

Not sure if you have seen these, or if it helps at all

Sydney Morning Herald 13 Jun 1899
HILLGROVE, Monday
The Bishop of Grafton and Armidale held an ordination service at St George's Hillgrove, yesterday morning. The Rev Arthur Hallam was ordained, and he proceeded forthwith to take charge of the Walgett district.

Sydney Morning Herald 16 Jun 1899
Country News
WALGETT, Thursday.
The Rev. A A. Hallam, C.E , temporarily appointed to the charge ot the Walgett-Collarenebri parishes, arrived yesterday.

Sydney Morning Herald 6 Dec 1899
WALGETT, Tuesday
The Rev. A..A. Hallam gave an interesting lecture last night in the church on " Mission Life in India "

A one-eyed clergyman !!

Sydney Morning Herald
Tuesday 6 May 1900
Coutnry News
WALGETT, Monday.
A painful accident has happened to the Rev. A. A. Hallam, Church of England clergyman here. He was opening a bottle, when it broke, and a piece of the glass entered his eye, destroying the sight. Dr. Belli has removed the injured eye.


Di

[KiwiChris]

Ooo thanks! So he was American then.

I got most of the Australian newspaper hits but I had missed the one eyed bit!