George
Whiting
Crommelin
Born in Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Brother of
Thomas Henry Crommelin [half]
Husband of
Frances Emily (Dawson) Crommelin
— married
12 Aug 1880 in Kameruka, Colony of New South Wales
Father of
Katie Fredrica Crommelin, Minard Fannie Crommelin, Nellie W (Crommelin) Barker, Bessie W (Crommelin) Adams, Leonard G S Crommelin, Fannie D (Crommelin) Doyle and Alma S (Crommelin) Legh
Died
at age 59
in Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jun 2015
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Biography
George Crommelin was born in Middlesex, England.
George Crommelin is Notable.
George Whiting Crommelin was born at Marylebone, Middlesex, England, on the 20th of August 1845, son of Thomas Lake Crommelin and Harriet Ann Minard.[1]
George married Frances Dawson at Kameruka, Colony of New South Wales, on the 12th of August 1880.[2]
They had:
He was an associate of Lawrence Hargrave (who built flying machines and who was remembered on the Australian $20 note) on an ill-fated gold expedition to New Guinea (they never reached there, the ship being wrecked on the Great Barrier reef). Over the years he was variously a gold prospector, jackeroo, and drover. George's wife's (Frances Emily Dawson, 1855-1940) family memoirs were published in 1966.[3]
George Whiting Crommelin died at Bombala, New South Wales, on the 7th of May 1905, and was buried there.[4][5]
Sources
- ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 10 June 2021) database entry for Crommelin, George Whiting (Mother's maiden name: Micard) GRO Reference: 1845 Q3 in Marylebone, Volume 01, Page 192.
- ↑ New South Wales Government BMD Marriage Index: Ref: 2695/1880; Name: CROMMELIN, GEORGE WHITING & DAWSON, FRANCES E.; Place: BEGA
- ↑ Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ↑ New South Wales Government BMD Death Index: Name: CROMMELIN,GEORGE W.; Ref: 4344/1905; Parents: THOMAS L. & HARRIET A.; Place: BOMBALA.
- ↑ Death notice, SMH, Thursday 22 June 1905
- CROMMELIN - May 7, at Bombala, George Whiting Crommelin, son of the late Thomas Lake Crommelin, aged 59 years. Home papers please copy.
- "Biography - George Whiting Crommelin - Australian Dictionary Of Biography". 2021. Adb.Anu.Edu.Au. George Crommelin, ADB
- Find a Grave, database and images : accessed 05 October 2021), memorial page for George Whiting Crommelin (20 Aug 1845–7 May 1905), Find A Grave: Memorial #216708535, citing Bombala Cemetery, Bombala, Snowy Monaro Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Stombell (contributor 48335209) .
- "Pioneer". 2021. Crommelin.Org. George Crommelin, Biography
- "Brig Maria, 1872". 2021. Crommelin.Org. Brig, Maria Tragedy
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