Caroline (Burgess) Crossley (1858 - 1919)

Born 7 Oct 1858 in Ellalong, New South Wales, Australia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Crossley — married 24 Apr 1876 in Ellalong, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 30 Oct 1919 at age 61 in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Caroline Burgess was born on 07 Oct 1858^[1] in Ellalong, New South Wales, Australia as the sixth child of James Burgess and Caroline (Spackman) Burgess. She had seven siblings, namely: Harriett, Jane, William Thomas, Joseph, David, Anne and Sarah. She died on 30 Oct 1919^[2] in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia. When she was 17, she married Thomas Crossley, son of Thomas Crossley and Ann Bailey, on 20 Apr 1876 in Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia.

Funeral Notice: Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Fri 31 Oct 1919, Page 6
Family Notices
FUNERALS.
CROSSLERY.-Friends of Mrs CAROLINE CROSSLEY are invited to attend her funeral: To move from the residence of her son, Mr Allan Crossley, Vernon street, Cessnock, THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON, at 4.30 o'clock, for Church of England Cemetery, Cessnock.
FRY BROS.,
Undertakers, Cessnock.

Burial: Caroline Burgess was buried on 31 Oct 1919^[3][4] in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia (Cessnock Cemetery - Co, Sec,, Port 27,. Plot 12). Find A Grave: in Cessnock Cemetery (126673748) ACI ID: (16274562)

Thomas Crossley and Caroline Burgess had the following children:

1. Muriel Eva Crossley was born on 29 Nov 1886 in Ellalong, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 2 Oct 1907 in West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.
2. Alan Joffre Crossley was born on 21 Jul 1889 in Millfield, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 25 Sep 1920 in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia. He married Isabel Hedley on 05 Feb 1916 in West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.
3. Viva Caroline Crossley was born on 29 Jan 1892 in Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 11 Nov 1952 in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia. She married Francis Andrew Drummond on 14 Aug 1920 in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.

Sources

1. ↑ Date of Birth: NSW Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
   Birth Registration Details for BURGESS CAROLINE
   
   • Registration Number: 13627/1858
   • Name: BURGESS CAROLINE
   • Birth: 7 Oct 1858
   • Father's Given Name(s): JAMES
   • Mother's Given Name(s): CAROLINE
   • District: WOLLOMBI
2. ↑ Date of Death: NSW Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
   Death Registration Details for CROSSLEY CAROLINE
   
   • Registration Number: 24897/1919
   • Name: CROSSLEY CAROLINE
   • Death: 30 Oct 1919
   • Father's Given Name(s): JAMES
   • Mother's Given Name(s): CAROLINE
   • District: CESSNOCK
3. ↑ Burial: Find A Grave ID: 126673748 for Caroline Burgess Born: 07 Oct 1858, Died: 30 Oct 1919
4. ↑ Burial: Australian Cemeteries Index ID: 16274562 for Caroline Burgess Born: 07 Oct 1858, Died: 30 Oct 1919

• New South Wales Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
• The Trove Historical Newspaper Reference.
• Australian Cemetery Index
• Find a Grave

Footnote

Caroline passed away in late October 1919 during an influenza outbreak with her husband quarantined in the Isolation Hospital according to the "Cessnock" Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW) Saturday, 17 May 1919, Page 8. She was buried at Cessnock Cemetery in Cessnock.