Claire, From NSW BDM Births 4019/1877 CRANE, FREDERICK - Father FREDERICK, Mother MARY E, at CONCORD 4435/1880 CRANE REGINALD FREDERICK - Father FREDERICK, Mother MARY ELEANOR, at CONCORD 4179/1878 CRANE ETHEL J G - father FREDERICK, mother MARY E at CONCORD There's six more in the next decade! Any help? Philip C ----- Original Message ----- From: claire <clairet@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] Frederick William CRANE > I don't know where they arrived and strictly where they left from but I > would assume somewhere from Worcester > > Frederick William CRANE was born in Dudley, Worcester in 1859/60.He came to > Australia as a child around 1862. His marriage certificate lists his parents > as William Robert CRANE and Mary COTTON. I can find no trace of his parents > in Victoria. > > Frederick died in Victoria 1942 and it says he was 80 years in the colony. > I've checked as many shipping indexs as I can find, but there is no William > and Mary Crane that I can find, but by no means am I experienced enough to > find them all. > > On the English free BDM's I have found a Mary Ann CRANE born in Worcester in > 1862 to a William and Mary CRANE. (she may be a sibling) > There is also a record of a Henry CRANE, b 1857, > Joseph CRANE b. 1860, > Sarah CRANE b. 1860. > These people may bear no relation to my GG but they could be siblings or > cousins. If the whole family came out to Australia > together they may be on shipping lists as a group > > Any help that might get me past this brick wall I would be very grateful. > > > > > Where did they arrive and where from? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: claire <clairet@bigpond.net.au> > > To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 4:29 PM > > Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] Frederick William CRANE > > > > > > > If birds of a feather flock together, I'm hoping the same can be said of > > > Cranes and a family of them arrived here somewhere around 1862 with > young > > > frederick William tucked under their wing. Any suggestions where to look > > > folks? > > > Claire > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Some say babies are carried by storks, but, a crane hitching a ride > on > > a > > > > > pigeon carrier is a bird of another feather. > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Phillip Carruthers" <pcarruth@bigpond.net.au> > > > > > To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 4:31 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] Frederick William CRANE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Was my g.grandmother with him on the pigeon?????????? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm looking for help myself as my GG just seems to have appeared > > > here > > > > in > > > > > > > Australia by carrier pigeon. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > > > records, > > > > > go to: > > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > > records, > > > > go to: > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, > > > go to: > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >