Mrs Crawshaw

Biography contributed by Colyn Storer (née Morley)

Mrs Crawshaw was Alice Emily Crawshaw (née Thompson), the eldest of five daughters of George Thompson and Jessie Elizabeth (née Phipps). George, who had emigrated from Cork Ireland to Oamaru before he went to Victoria, and Jessie were married in Geelong Victoria on 6 October 1863.

Alice's mother Jessie was the eldest daughter of Frederick Phipps and Anne Weedon Trumper, who were all born in Harefield MDX. The family of Frederick and Anne and six children emigrated to Geelong in 1855.

George and Jessie returned to Oamaru before Alice was born on 20 July 1864 but moved back to Geelong where their next two daughters were born, Ada in 1867 and Beatrice in 1869, before they finally settled in Oamaru about 1873. Alice Emily married John Crawshaw on 24 April 1889 in Oamaru. They had three daughters, Olive in 1890 who married John Patrick Daly in 1914, Linda in 1893 who married Sinclair Arthur in 1920 and Ruth in 1895 who married Eric Noel Alexander Paterson in 1924.

John and Alice later lived in Waimate, where John, who was an accountant, died in 1924. Alice died on 9 April 1948 at Waimate, and was buried at Waimate Cemetery. Her estate was administered by her daughter Ruth. 

Alice's sister Ada (A Benson) of Oamaru also signed this Petition and their mother Jessie E Thompson was a signatory of the 1892 Suffrage Petition but did not sign the 1893 petition which was finally approved by Parliament.

Sources

BDM online NZ
New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950 (Ancestry.com.au)
New Zealand Society of Genealogists
Waimate Cemetery records
Archives New Zealand probate records (Family Search)
Family information