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William CRANFIELD

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Burial V18521130 38B/1852 CRANFIELD MARY A AGE 32

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Burials in the Parish of St. John Camden in the County of Camden in the Year 1852
No. 12 Mary Ann Cranfield Abode: Narrellan When Died: September 30th 1852 When Buried: October 2nd Age: 32 years Ship's Name: - Quality or Profession: Wife of William Cranfield Inn-Keeper By whom the Ceremony was performed: Edward Rogers

Looking for William's death.

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Mary Ann Gittoes
Baptism: 1 Mar 1820 b. 4 July (no year)
Father: Edward Gittoes
Mother: Mary Ann Gittoes
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Marylebone
Borough: Westminster
Parish Registers

Mary Ann and brother William arrived 29 Nov 1829 'Lady Davidson' with convict mother Mary Marshall.

I have the Old Bailey records.

Father is Edward Gittoes but I have nothing on him. Don't know if he arrived as a convict as well.

The other problem is the mother of William and Mary Ann was a Mary Ann Byers ?? not Mary Marshall unless an alias. Or Byers is an error.
 
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Looking for William's death.
Still checking all this out Dave.

Kids for William and Mary Ann
CRANFIELD ROBERT W 962/1836 V1836962 21WILLIAM - MARY A
CRANFIELD MARY A 1062/1838 V18381062 22WILLIAM - MARY A
CRANFIELD GEORGE H 1473/1841 V18411473 25A WILLIAM -- MARY A
CRANFIELD SUSSANAH 1765/1843 V18431765 28 WILLIAM -- MARY A
CRANFIELD THOMAS 1620/1846 V18461620 31A WILLIAM -- MARY A
CRANFIELD ELIZABETH 1446/1848 V18481446 33A WILLIAM -- MARY A
CRANFIELD CHARLES 384/1850 V1850384 35 WILLIAM -- MARY A
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Remarriage maybe ??
675/1853 V1853675 44B CRANFIELD WILLIAM -- ROOKE/RORKE ELIZABETH -NV

Kids
CRANFIELD LUCY A 837/1854 V1854837 40 WILLIAM - ELIZABETH
CRANFIELD WILLIAM J 1514/1855 V18551514 42A WILLIAM - ELIZABETH
CRANFIELD JOHN 5750/1857 WILLIAM - ELIZABETH - CAMDEN
CRANFIELD JOSEPH 6096/1858 WILLIAM -- ELIZABETH - CAMDEN
CRANFIELD CHARLOTTE 6034/1860 WILLIAM - ELIZABETH - CAMDEN
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Death
CRANFIELD WILLIAM 3471/1860 AGE 53 YEARS DIED CAMDEN - CAMDEN

Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875)
6 Sep 1860
Another inquest was held at Walter's Inn, Camden, on the body of William Cranfield, who met with an accident, on Thursday last. Deceased had been drinking for weeks, but was said not to have been what is called drunk at the time of the accident. Our roads are bad, and riders require to be cautious, but deceased and party rode off at the usual pace, his horse fell, threw him off, rolled over him it appears, and caused internal injuries, of which he died, on Sunday night last. Verdict accordingly. He has left a widow and 5 young children, the youngest being only 4 weeks old.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60497697

Now IF i have all the above right the inquest only mentions 5 kids which would have been the 5 to Elizabeth so where are the kids he had to Mary Ann.
 
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Thanks gibbo.

I've not followed any of the children and I had not considered the possibility of a remarriage for William.

Title: William Cranfield, one of 190 convicts transported on the Mangles, July 1824.
Details: Sentence details: Convicted at Suffolk Assizes for a term of life on 27 March 1824.
Vessel: Mangles.
Date of Departure: July 1824.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales.
Source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 166

I have his ToL etc but none give his age. I noticed 3x deaths in index for a William.

CRANFIELD William - 'Mangles' 1824 36/590 Ticket of Leave [4/4103; Reel 924] District: Camden; Tried: Suffolk ass

NV= CofE Camperdown; Newtown - that's Sydney inner suburb not Camden ??
 

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NSW Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851
Mary Ann Gittows
Age: 17
Birth Year: Abt 1818
Spouse: Wm Cranfield
Request Status: Granted
Date of Permission/Refusal: 11 May 1835

No age anywhere for William.

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Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Narrellan in the County of Cumberland in the Year 1835
No. 114
William Cranfield of the Parish of the Oaks
Mary Ann Gittows of the Parish of the Oaks
married in this Chapel by Banns with consent of His Excly. the Governor
Sixth day of July 1835 By me Thos. Hassall
Both by their x mark
Witnesses: Thomas Clark of Elderslie, Elizth. (her x mark) Clark of Elderslie
 

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No age given in the newspaper neither

Published: Saturday 03 April 1824
Newspaper: The Ipswich Journal
County: Suffolk, England
Rtobert Bradnum, William Cranfield, and Thos. Wright, charged with stealinig a pig''ftoin'Mr, Ilickford, of Glemsford. Guilty-Death.
 

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William Cranfield
Christening: 7 Aug 1808
Event Place: Belchamp Walter, Essex, England
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Walker Cranfield
Mother's Name: Susan
 
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"Death in 1860 was due to an injury received by a fall from a horse at Camden, NSW. His family in Australia continued to be involved with horses and his great-great grand-daughter has a horse stud at Goulburn, NSW. William Cranfield (my great-great grandfather) married twice - first marriage was 05/07/1835 at Cobbity, NSW, to Mary Ann Gittoes (nee Allen) and they had 7 children, and his second marriage was 25/05/1853 at Newtown, NSW, to Elizabeth Rourke and they had 4 children. I am a descendent of the Cranfield/Gittoes marriage and my great-grandfather was their 7th child, Charles."

https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/cranfield/william/111940
 

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Thanks gibbo.

That has several errors. 5 children from second marriage.

Mary Ann Gittoes was a spinster. Her maiden name was not Allen. Her mother Mary A Marshall married Samuel Allen.

Mary A Marshall
Age: 33
Spouse: Saml Allan
Request Status: Granted
Date of Permission/Refusal: 17 Jul 1832

Marriage V18321114 16/1832 ALLEN SAMUEL - MARSHALL MARY A - CR
 

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Mary Ann Marshall
Occupation Shopman
Age 30
Birth year 1799
Conviction year 1829
Place convicted London
County convicted LondonCountry convicted England
Sentence 14 Years
Arrival year -Ship name Lucy Davidson
Series Indents 1788-1842 (Nrs 12188)
Reel 398Archive
State Records Authority of New South Wales
Record set Australia Convict Ships 1786-1849Category Travel & migration
 

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WmCranfield
Occupation Ploughman
Age 17
Birth year 1807
Conviction year 1824
Place convicted Bury St Edmunds
County convicted SuffolkCountry convicted England
Sentence Life
Arrival year 1824Ship name Mangles (3)Series Office Copies Of Printed Indents 1831-1842 (Nrs 12189)
Reel 2662Archive
State Records Authority of New South Wales
Record set Australia Convict Ships 1786-1849
 

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Thanks Ellie.

Pity he was not sent to VDL then I'd have his Ident and his parents. The NSW Idents are on film at State Records Authority of New South Wales but reading room is closed and a long way from where I live. Bus, train then bus and take 2 -3 hours to get there.
 

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D Wong on 11th May, 2016 wrote:

William was born in Essex and was 16 years old when convicted - (of Burglary) his accomplices were all hanged.

1836: TOL Camden
11/2/1842: TOL Passport, Picton Bench
1/1/1842: CP

By 1841 he had his own farm at Spring Creek, later owned a hotel at Narellan.
 

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Records of transportees to Australia, 1787-1879
Convict censuses, musters, pardons and tickets of leave, including series HO 10, HO 11 and CO 209/7, can be searched at ancestry.com.au (charges apply). The New South Wales census (HO 10/21 – HO 10/27) is the most complete. You can often find:

  • biographical information
  • whether each settler came free or as a convict, or was born in the colony
  • the name of their ship and their year of arrival

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/criminal-transportation/
 

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Thanks Ellie.

Some is on line from NSW Records. Some is on film at major libraries all currently closed for use of microfilms. The full set of films at NSW Archives a long journey away also closed.

Some is available on A....

I'll return to this tomorrow.
 

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