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Personal data Aaron CrawCour 

• He was born on July 9, 1818.
• (Crime) on July 9, 1853 in Hampshire.

  Larceny - Imprisonment - 2 years

• (Newspaper) on August 30, 1853 in London, Middlesex.

  The Morning Post - Page 7

• (Newspaper) on August 22, 1853 in London, Middlesex.

  London Magnet - Page 7

• (Newspaper) on July 22, 1853 in London, Middlesex.

  The Morning Chronicle - Page 8

• (Newspaper) on February 28, 1853 in London, Middlesex.

  London Magnet - Page 2

• (Newspaper) on July 18, 1853 in London, Middlesex.

  London Magnet - Page 7

• (Newspaper) on July 14, 1853 in London, Middlesex.

  The Morning Chronicle - Page 7

• (Newspaper) on August 24, 1853 in London, Middlesex.

  The Morning Chronicle - Page 7

• (Newspaper) on February 26, 1853 in London, Middlesex.

  The Weekly News And Chronicle - Page 142

• (Newspaper) on August 21, 1853 in London, Middlesex.

  The Bell's New Weekly Messenger - Page 7

• (Newspaper) on August 24, 1853 in Penzance, Cornwall.

  The Cornish Telegraph August 24, 1853

• He died in the year 1901 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, he was 82 years old.
• A child of David CrawCour and Amelia Barnes

Household of Aaron CrawCour

He is married to Sarah Ann Bushell.

They got married in the year 1870 at St. John's, La Trobe, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, he was 51 years old.

Notes about Aaron CrawCour

In the case of Aaron Crawcour he was the son of David Crawcour and Amelia Barnes. Aaron was found guilty of theft in 1853 and possibly transported for 7 years ( the record in the newspapers is confusing at this point) to Western Australia.

 

However, by 1870 Aaron was to marry Sarah Ann BUSHELL daughter of Peter Bushell and Elizabeth Petley. My distant cousin in Australia hasalready written about the account of Aaron in 'Crawcour Stories' Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal Vol XV111 2007.

 

In summary, Sarah Bushell was in the Bridge Union workhouse unmarried age 23 in 1851 census with her 2 year old son Charles Edward Bushell born in the same workhouse.

 

By Sept 1870 Aaron Crawcour had married Sarah at St' John's church La Trobe Melbourne. Sarah claimed to be a widow and married to Charles Frederick Laurance. In spite of extensive research there was no person of that name married to Sarah in England- myself and other researchers have looked at the GRO Marriage index for Lawrence/Lawrance/Laurance and there is only one record in 1853 Thanet of a Henry Lawrence marrying Sarah Ann Bushell- we are awaiting the GROrecord to see if this is the same Sarah.

 

Intriguingly,Aaron Crawcour called himself Charles Laurance and named two of his children David and Amelia after his parents which was far too coincidental. Sarah is buried in Melbourne Cemetery in 1905 with her father Peter and husband Charles Laurance who interestingly died in 1901 age 83 - the same period of birth for Aaron Crawcour. Given that Charles was supposed to be dead by 1870 it is interesting to note that he died in 1901- somewhat of an improbability! His death certificate gives his parents names as David Lawrence and Amelia- again very co-incidental when matched to Aaron's parents David and Amelia Crawcour

 

It is possible that Aaron called himself Charles Laurance because his brother Isaac and other relatives were already established in Melbourne and other parts of Victoria as were his Hart relatives.

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