Frederick Charles Crease (1868 - 1925)

Born 22 Sep 1868 in Wellington, New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Klee) Crease — married 18 Feb 1902 in Winchester, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand

Died 26 Apr 1925 at age 56 in Wellington, New Zealand

Biography

Frederick Charles Crease was born in 1868. He was the son of Edwin Crease and Alice Minifie. ^[1]

BIRTH.

On the 22nd inst., at Cuba-street, the wife of Mr. E. H. Crease, of twins, son and daughter. ^[2]

Frederick was the managing director of E. H. Crease and Son. He was elected as a representative on the Parliamentary Industrial Vigilance Committee and was Vice-President of the Wellington Industrial Association.

In 1902, he married Rebecca Klee.

A quiet but pretty wedding took place at Winchester, South Canterbury, on Tuesday, 18th ult. (says a Southern paper), when Mr. F. C. Crease, of Wellington, was married , to Miss Rebecca Klee, of Winchester. The Rev. J. M. Adcock, assisted by thd Rev. T. Farley, conducted the service. St. John's Chiirch was prettily decorated for the occasion. The bride was dressed in white silk, handsomely trimmed. She carried a very pretty shower bouquet.^[3]

He died in 1925. ^[4]

The death occurred of Mr F. C. Crease, after a long illness. He was born and educated in Wellington. After spending some years in Sydney, he returned to Wellington, and on the occasion of his father’s death took up the management of his business (E. H. Crease and Co.). This business became the Windsor Manufacturing Company, with which he has been connected up to He death. He was well known in bowling circles. ^[5]

He is buried in Karori cemetery. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ NZ BDM 1868/18707 Crease Frederick John Alice Edwin Holland
2. ↑ Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 190, 23 September 1868, Page 2
3. ↑ Evening Post, Volume LXIII, Issue 52, 1 March 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)
4. ↑ NZ BDM 1925/7679 Crease Frederick Charles 56Y
5. ↑ New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12123, 28 April 1925, Page 6
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221540172/frederick-charles-crease: accessed 28 March 2023), memorial page for Frederick Charles Crease (1839–28 Apr 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 221540172, citing Karori Cemetery and Crematorium, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980).

Newspaper article regarding Frederick travelling to Winchester for his wedding: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19020215.2.23 New Zealand Times, New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4587, 15 February 1902

Newspaper article regarding E. H. Crease and Son: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19080813.2.43 Evening Post, Evening Post, Volume LXVI, Issue 38, 13 August 1908

Obituary: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19250429.2.97 Press, Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18368, 29 April 1925

• NZ BDM Marriages registration no. 1902/1120
• NZ BDM Deaths registration no. 1925/7679