Joseph Crawford (abt. 1824 - 1903)

Born about 1824 in Ballymore, County Armagh, Ireland

Husband of Elizabeth Jane (Annett) Crawford — married [date unknown] in Ireland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1903 at about age 79 in Flat Rock Creek, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Joseph Crawford was born at Ballymore, Armagh, Ireland in 1821.

He married Elizabeth or Eliza Jane Annett in Ireland in about 1840.

Joseph and Jane arrived in Australia from England on the 3rd Feb 1855 aboard the ship Nabob.^[1]

Travelling as one family:

Joseph Crawford aged 31

Jane Crawford aged 31 (name may have been Eliza Jane)

Mary Crawford aged 13

Joseph Crawford aged 3

Sarah Crawford aged 7

Infant Crawford born during voyage (may have been christened Robert)

They lived at Flat Rock Creek in the Shoalhaven district of New South Wales.

He died at Flat Rock Creek on 23 April, 1903, suffering from sarcoma of the leg and asthma,^[2] and was interred 24 April 1903 in the Methodist Section of Nowra General Cemetery.^[3][4]

Obituaries

Death of Mr Joseph Crawford, Sen.^[5]

We regret to have to record the demise of Mr Joseph Crawford, sen., of Nowra Hill, at an advanced age. The deceased was one of the pioneers of the Shoalhaven district, and was universally held in high respect for his well-ordered life, sterling character, and industrious habits. He leaves a grown-up family of sons and daughters, one of the sons being an alderman of the Nowra Municipal Council. The funeral yesterday was largely attended, the remains of the deceased gentle man being interred in the Nowra general cemetery.

THE LATE MR. JOSEPH CRAWFORD, SEN.^[6]

The worthy old pioneers who played a leading part in laying the foundations of settlement in this country are dropping out one by one, after having nobly per formed their duty in their walk of life. The latest victim to fall under the sickle of the grim reaper, Death, is Mr. Joseph Crawford, sen., of the Nowra Hill locality, who had lived to the patriarchal age of nearly 83 years, and who had a record of over 58 years' residence in New South Wales, about 36 years of which he spent in the Shoalhaven district. The deceased gentleman enjoyed excel lent health up to about three weeks ago, when, unharnessing a horse, he was accidentally knocked down and received a nasty, shaking for a man of his years. He took to bed a few days afterwards, but despite all that medical skill and attention could do, the physical forces gradually gave out, and death ensued on Thursday afternoon last. Deceased retained his mental faculties up the last. The cause of death was really decay of nature. The mortal remains were interred in the Methodist portion of the general cemetery on Friday afternoon, the Rev. H. Wheen performing the last sad rites. The large cortege that followed the remains to the grave bore silent but unmistakable evidence to the high esteem and respect in which the deceased was held.

The late Mr. Crawford was born in Belfast, in the North of Ireland, in 1820. When quite a young man he married (in 1840) Jane Annett, the issue of the union being ten children, eight of whom survive, most of them settled in this district, and all in good circumstances. These include Mrs. Jesse Larter, Mrs. Barham, and Mrs Walter Jarrett, and Messrs Thomas, William, Joseph, Robert, and James Crawford. In 1855 Mr and Mrs Crawford, with several of their children, migrated to Australia. The deceased first went with his family to Campbell town, where and at Picton he carried out a number of road contracts, and for some years he occupied a position under Government as overseer or ganger on road works. About thirty-six years ago he came to Shoalhaven, and purchased from Mr. Masters, a son-in-law, the farm on the Braidwood Road, four miles from Nowra, where he lived to the day of his deaths. Twenty years ago his wife died and some time afterwards he married, again, his second wife surviving him. So far as the deceased was concerned, he was a patriarch in another sense than point of years. His children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren numbered 112 at the time of his death, and pretty well on to a hundred of his blood relations attended the funeral. Deceased, was a man of sterling character, upright and just in all his dealings, and greatly respected for his probity and integrity.

Research Notes

Nabob:

4 of their 5 children namely Mary, Thomas, Sarah and Joseph are noted on travel documents. William is not mentioned. Did he come with his family?. If not, why. He would have only been about 9 years old at the time. Its unlikely they would have not brought him as well. It is more likely that his name was not recorded.

Another son Robert was born on the voyage. He was originally named Nabob (presumably after the name of the ship) but renamed Robert at a later date.

Sources

1. ↑ www.records.nsw.gov.au Reel No. 2137
2. ↑ New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages: death 7194/1903 CRAWFORD JOSEPH ELIZA J NOWRA
   No fathers' name is mentioned on the certificate and his mother is listed as Eliza J, which is incorrect, as this was his wife's name not his mother's
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 26 February 2022), memorial page for Joseph Crawford (unknown–23 Apr 1903), Find A Grave: Memorial #152916616, citing Nowra General Cemetery, Nowra, Shoalhaven City, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Wooday2 (contributor 49066939) .
4. ↑ Nowra Cemetery Records Index Number16208: Joseph Crawford, Died 1700/01/01 [death date was 23 Apr 1903], Aged S/B, Register: Nowra General, Area: NOWRA GENERAL, Portion: METHODIST PORTION ROW/SECTION: 02A Sub Alloc: Interment 1, Status O, Allotment 40. Grave Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR FATHER JOSEPH CRAWFORD, BORN IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 23RD APRIL 1903, AGED 82 YEARS. FATHER IS GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTON, NOR IS THE GOOD ADVICE HE GAVE, SWEETEST THOUGHTS SHALL EVER LINGER, AROUND OUR FATHERS DARLING GRAVE.
5. ↑ Death of Mr Joseph Crawford, Sen. (1903, April 25). The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser (NSW : 1891 - 1937), p. 2. Retrieved February 26, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135733053
6. ↑ THE LATE MR. JOSEPH CRAWFORD, SEN. (1903, April 29). The Shoalhaven Telegraph (NSW : 1881 - 1937), p. 3. Retrieved February 26, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127184032

• www.bdm.nsw.gov.au
• http://www.geni.com/projects/WilliamCrawfordBallymore/6796
• Lee Crawford Family Site, MyHeritage family tree
• Photos in scrapbook taken by Lesley Whawell.
• Deceased Estates: CRAWFORD J (Snr) Nowra 23/04/1903 21/08/1903