CROAKER, William (1778)

[diandgeoff]

I am trying to connect two Croaker families, both from Dorset.
The common link appears to be Charles Croaker (1767 – 1850) and William Croaker (1778 ) who we believe are brothers.
Charles Croaker:
Birth
1767 Abt
Dorset, England
Baptism
1768 21 Jul Age: 1
St James the Great, Long Burton, Dorset, England
Taken from: www.freereg.org.uk. Parents were Charles and Emma - Croaker surname has been spelt 'Crocker'. The family were living at Glanville-Wooton.
Marriage to Charlotte Dobbs
1796 16 Sep Age: 29
Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, England
Taken from Find My Past Records.
Marriage to Mary Woolcott
1808 13 Mar Age: 41
St Andrew's Undershaft, London, England
Death
1850 27 Jan Age: 83
Camperdown, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
Buried in Camperdown, New South Wales. BDM V471 36A. Registered in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Family Search shows him dying in 350 Castlereagh Street, Sydney

For William Croaker we have the following limited information :
Birth
1778 Abt
Dorset, England
Parents:
Charles Crocker
1739 –
Emma Sturmy
1744 – 1838
Please note that there are variations of the spelling of Croaker/Crocker.

We believe that William married Ruth Parsons .

Children:
William Croaker
1805 – 1879
Birth
1805, 9 Apr
Fulham, Greater London, London, Middlesex, England
Taken from England, Births and Christenings 1538-1975. Batch Number: 103897-4 System origin: England-EASy Source film no.: 1596072
Marriage to Elizabeth Hardes
1828 9 Nov Age: 23
St Mary's Church, Lambeth, Surrey, England
Witnesses were Henry Lifford and Eliza Lifford.
Death
1879, 12 Jan Age: 73
Poplar Cottage, 307 Brixton Road, Lambeth, London, England

Thank you
Diane.

 

[gibbo]

You most likely have some of this already.

471/1850 V1850471 36A CROAKER CHARLES AGE 85

At his residence, 359, Castlereagh-street, Sydney, on the 27th Jan., in the 85th year of his age, Mr. Charles Croaker, formerly of Crayford, Kent, and late of Motto, Hunter River.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/696711?

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NSW state archives.

CSreLand
2/7835 1115 CROAKER Charles 1836 1837 per 'David Scott' 1834
2/7835 1115 CROAKER Charles 1846 1846 and HAWTHORN, James see also HAWTHORN, James (1847-1852)

 

[diandgeoff]

Thank you gibbo - yes I do have that information re Charles Croaker in Australia.
I have a huge amount of info on him on my Ancestry tree, but mostly Australian.
I was in the UK in 2013, but did not have the opportunity to visit Dorset and Hampshire whilst there - as the is most probably where he and other members of the family hale from.
It is the connecting that I need to do!!!!!

Diane