CRAY John
Brothel owner with Mary Cray/Holehouse, in Melbourne and then in Ballarat East. Born 1817 London, England, cook, Prot, can read only Convicted Per – Isabella to VDL in 1836 under sentence of 10 years. Married to Mary HOLEHOUSE also a convict. Mary per Tory 1845 VDL. Previously married and children Married 1849 Mary Holehouse and…
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Mary Cray was yet another woman who managed a house of illrepute in Main Road, Ballarat, near the Metropolitan Hotel. Her husband John Cray was in and out of gaol so that she managed the establishment described on at least one occasion as a coffee and refreshment tent. Mary HOLEHOUSE also a convict – per…
Read MoreCALLOWAY Jane alias “Pretty Jane” alias “Nipsy Dhu”
Born Ireland daughter of a parson in Dublin. Father remarried when Jane was 14. She was well educated and looked for a job as a governess. She answered an ad for a governess to a chemist in Avoca. ‘There is a reference to her large bust her stunning looks and her long black hair’ Ronda…
Read MoreCANDISH, Sarah
See Sarah ARMSTRONG
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See Eliza BARTLETT
Read MoreCUMMINS, Mrs
Mrs Cummins was the wife of George Cummins who owned a refreshment tent and lived at Eureka. She gave evidence at the inquest of Francis Green. VPRS 24 / Box 24, Item 27 Frances Green at Eureka in on 13 Jan 1855 Death by natural causes Jurors Patrick Downey Thomas Cairns James Smith Robert Liston John…
Read MoreCARLSROM, Mary
Mary Carlsrom lived near Mary Anne Larkins, who was mother of Margaret Larkins born around 1848. Her daughter was 8 years old when she drowned in the waterhole. VPRS 24/PO Unit 38 1856/154 Item 154 Margaret Larkins 25 October 1856 at Ballarat Death was caused by drowning having accidentally fallen into a water hole…
Read MoreCHALMERS, Mary
VPRS 24/P0 Unit 38 Item 148 Mary Chalmers 19 November 1856 Inquest held at Ballarat on the body of Mary Chalmers Deceased was found dead in her own tent this morning lying on the ground but how she came by her death there is not sufficient evidence before us. But we believe that she was…
Read MoreCARTER, Mrs
Mary Anne Fox was heard by Mrs Carter. VPRS 24/P Unit 38 1856/108 Mary Anne Louisa Fox Inquest held at Canadian Gully on the body of Mary Anne Louisa Fox 31 July 1856 From the effects of peurus arric ?? deceased on the 21st ult causing effusion on the brain. Deposition of Witness Mary…
Read MoreCRAVEN, Janet
VPRS 24/PO Unit 37 Item 39 39/1856 Janet Craven 21 March 1856 At the Clare Hotel Ballarat Jurors Charles Cole Arthur Bannister Charles Jensen Charles Otto Henry Wilson Thomas Dalton John Cochrane Robert Corden Anthony Elliott Henry Evans Stuart Spreshley Elias Moses Death arose from puerperal peritonitis on Friday the 21 caused by the ignorance…
Read MoreCURNICK, Lydia
Sister of Elizabeth Catherine. VPRS 24/PO Box 30 Item 70 Eliz C Curnick Curnick, Elizabeth Catherine, born Richmond, Victoria Buried 22 August 1855 Ballarat Old Cemetery Aged 2 years Jurors G. Thomas Kennedy Charles Smyth Edward Selby William C. Weeks Thomas Browne James Currick John Gray William Mereweather John Brittan x Matthew Reynolds Fred Brown…
Read MoreCURNICK, Elizabeth Catherine (child)
VPRS 24/PO Box 30 Item 70 Eliz C Curnick Curnick, Elizabeth Catherine, born Richmond, Victoria Buried 22 August 1855 Ballarat Old Cemetery Aged 2 years Jurors G. Thomas Kennedy Charles Smyth Edward Selby William C. Weeks Thomas Browne James Currick John Gray William Mereweather John Brittan x Matthew Reynolds Fred Brown Witness Lydia Curnick, sister…
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