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The CRAMPTON Family it all began in Lincolnshire………it continues with you! (Copyright. No part of this website is to be used for publication without the written permission of EV(Tim) Crampton) |
 William CRAMPTON 1828— 1902 |
William CRAMPTON departed Liverpool on 11th March 1857 aboard 'Castilian'arriving in Melbourne, 10th June of that year; together with his wife, Mary Ann CRAMPTON and children Mary Ann (9yrs), George William Allen (6yrs) Alfred Charles (2yrs) and baby Jane who was born on board ship. |
Wesleyan Church, Bourne |
William
was born 17 Sept 1828, at Bourne Lincolnshire , to
William CRAMPTON & Sarah ALLEN, who were married at
Bourne on 12 May 1822; and Mary Ann was born to William
CRAMPTON & Ann WEST. Poor Mary, her husband, father
and father-in-law were all William Crampton. William snr was christened 25th Sept 1801 at Spalding, Lincolnshire. He was born to George CRAMPTON and Ann PICKERING who married at Spalding 25 May 1797 |
Elizabeth A c.1877 |
On
arrival in Australia, William & his family lived at
Emerald Hill, now known as South Melbourne. He was next
recorded some 40 miles north west of Melbourne at Black
Forest where Sarah was born and died in 1859 and
Elizabeth was born nearby at Kyneton on 16 Jan
1863. Another Sarah was born at Beechworth in 1860 and
died in 1867 at Goulburn, New South Wales. Beechworth was a developing goldmining town at that time, however it appears the presence of several Cramptons from Lincolnshire was the main influence for the visit as William and Mary Ann soon returned to Kyneton where the Melbourne—Bendigo rail was being built. |
William CRAMPTON Buried Sept 1902 C o E . CemeteryForbes NSW (Renovation arranged by Graeme Crampton in 1980’s) |
Family
reports indicate that William was involved in a firm
‘Crampton & Falkingham’ which
were constructors on the western rail through the Blue
Mountains, inc the Ziz Zag Rail. The family moved to Goulburn, where they had a property‘Richlands’. Little Sarah died here in 1867 and Mary Ann married at the age of 15years and 10months. Hearing of new lands opening up on the Lachlan River, in central NSW, William headed west and was taken by the new lands and soon acquired river frontage land near Condobolin . The property was called “Newlands”. |
Check where it all began BOURNE: http://www.bourne-lincs.org.uk SPALDING: http:// www.spaldingnet.com |
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Tim CRAMPTON 1938 - |
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