Henry
Croft
Born in Sydney, New South Wales
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary Jean (Dunsmuir) Croft
— married
2 Jul 1885 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
[children unknown]
Died
at age 61
in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Mar 2016
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Biography
Henry Croft (January 15, 1856 – July 28, 1917) was an Australian-born lumber and mining magnate on Vancouver Island in the early 1900s. He founded the town of Crofton, British Columbia in 1902 as a place to house the smelter for his coal mine on Mount Sicker.
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia at Darling Point, in a place called Mount Adelaide, he migrated to England at the age of one, after the death of his mother. He moved back to Australia after finishing school in 1879, but then went to the United States, where his brother was living. Soon after in 1882, he again moved, this time to Canada, staying at Victoria, British Columbia. It was here he met Mary Jean Dunsmuir, daughter of Robert Dunsmuir. They married on June 29, 1885.
Sources
- "British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZH-TC5 : 11 March 2018), Henry Croft and Mary Jean Dunsmuir, 01 Jul 1885; citing , British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11367, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,524.
- Registration Number:
1885-09-003920
B.C. Archives Mfilm Number:
B11367
GSU Mfilm Number:
1983524
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Other siblings;
It's likely then he was born at Mount Adelaide STREET, Darling Point.