Looking for Crosher familys anywhere
on 2011-09-23 20:36:06
daddys , from australia, has been a Family Tree Circles member since Sep 2011. is researching the following names: CROSHER, RATCLIFFEWAITES, LOCKERFROMLEICESTERSHIREE and 15 other(s).
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One of the CROSHER families in New South Wales began with Henry Crosher b: abt 1863 in Glasgow son of Henry CROSHER and Jane CAMPBELL I don't know whether these CROSHERs originated from the Birmingham CROSHERs or not (likely). Henry and wife with 5 children arrived in New South Wales on 21 June 1907 aboard the 'Dorset' his wife was Catherine ANDERSON born about 1865 in Glasgow. died 1936, Stockton/Newcastle. (not sure when Henry died 1930s ?
1871 Scotland Census
1871 Scotland Census
1881 Scotland Census
1891 Scotland Census
1901 Scotland Census
1901 Scotland Census
New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922
DEATHS 4086/1936 CROSHER CATHERINE DAVID MARY STOCKTON
The children of Henry and Catherine were:-
1. Mary Crosher b: abt1886 in Glasgow
2. Jessie Crosher b: abt1889 in Glasgow
3. Jane Crosher b: 1893 Glasgow, married Frederick J FENWICK in 1918 in Newcastle
4. Margaret Crosher b: abt 1896 Glasgow
5. Henry Crosher b:12 Feb.1900 Kinning Park, Glasgow d: 14 March 1976 Newcastle, New South Wales. In 1928 at Toronto NSW married Mabel Lillian Burgess NANCARROW (the daughter of James Henry Burgess NANCARROW 1873-1953 and Annabel Blair HAZLETT 1871-1941)b: 17 June 1901 at Maitland NSW and died 1991 at Newcastle NSW.
nsw.bd&m MARRIAGE 6226/1928 CROSHER HENRY NANCARROW MABEL L TORONTO
DEATHS 101658/1976 CROSHER HENRY HENRY CATHERINE
6. Charles CROSHER b: 1908 Hamilton, NSW d.1908 Hamilton
That's about all I know about the above family. There were a few CROSHER in Australia but not many till the 20th century.
There was an Ernest Edward CROSHER who ran May's Hotel in Sydney in the 1930s;
Ernest Edward Crosher
Birth: 3 Feb 1884 - Glasgow, Scotland
Death: 27 Apr 1959 - Woolooware nsw ( down near Cronulla)
Marriage: 5 August 1911 - Sydney
Spouse: Letitia Louisa Ulrica Walters m. 5 August 1911 St.Pauls, Sydney
Father: John McGregor CROSHER 1848-1925
Mother: Priscilla CHESHIRE 1841-1886
John McGregor CROSHER's parents were William CROSHER 1800-1867 and his second wife Mary McGregor William's first wife was Ann Taylor 1801-1846.
and There was Louisa CROSHER who accused a methodist minister ( Rev. Gabriel Elliott) of fathering her illegitimate child. He sued. He won. abt 1915. New Zealand.
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