Crace Charles Cartwright & Family

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Fast Facts
Type of person Individual
Date of birth 1820
Place of birth England
Date of arrival 1840
Principal occupation Publican
Date of death 1868
Place of death Gawler

Charles Cartwright Crace, or C C Crace as he was often referred to, played numerous roles in Gawler’s early years. He arrived in the colony in 1840 as a 20 year old, aboard the ship ‘Waterloo’ from England. For nearly four years he worked as the driver of Mr Calton’s conveyance between Adelaide and Gawler, before starting his own, Gawler’s first daily conveyance, in 1846.[1][2] By 1848 he had met and married Emma Allen and was running a soda water factory in Gawler, which employed 3 to 4 men.[3] It is suggested that this factory was near where the tram shed later stood.[4]

Following soda water manufacture, Crace worked for a short time as Gawler’s poundkeeper before opening the Ram’s Head Hotel at Evanston in 1855.[5][6] He planned to relinquish the hotel in 1859 and the license was briefly transferred to Thomas Wright, however he took the business back over until its closure and sale in 1860.[7][8][9][10]

In 1864 Crace purchased Lot 182 King Street where he resided and opened his final enterprise, a wheat store and chaff cutting business.[11] Portions of the wheat store were incorporated into a dwelling in the late 1800’s; this dwelling with its distinctive barrel-vaulted corrugated iron roof in the older, eastern portion is still a private residence at the address now known as 7 King Street.[12][11]

In addition to his business enterprises, Crace played a role in the social life of Gawler; he was one of the six members initiated at the founding meeting of the Loyal Gawler Lodge of Oddfellows in 1846 and acted as secretary for the Gawler Races in 1850.[13][14][15]

By 1868 Crace’s wheat store and chaff cutting business, situated in one the ‘best positions in King Street’, were doing well and there was a constant supply of work, but ill health forced him to advertise them to let.[16][17] A few months later, on the 7th June 1868, he died of dropsy, aged just 48 years old. His wife Emma was left with 9 children, ranging from infancy to 19 years of age.

Emma faced further tragedy in 1870, losing her eldest son, Henry Diblee (13) and her youngest daughter Sophia Matilda (7), within weeks of each other to dysentery.

The family’s third daughter, Mary Ann, travelled to Victoria to marry Rev Edmund Dixon in 1877. Prior to taking orders Rev Dixon had lived in Gawler, where he worked first as a clerk at the National Bank and later as a timber merchant, he also played an active role in St George’s Church Sunday School.[18] Upon marriage the couple took up residence in New South Wales where Rev Dixon was incumbent. However the following year Rev Dixon died of an accidental overdose of bichloride of mercury, which he was in the habit of taking; on realising his error he sought medical assistance but nothing could be done.[19] The incident was widely reported and the Bunyip noted that it was not known why he was in the habit of taking this dangerous medicine.[18] Widow Mary Ann Dixon returned to her family home in King Street, Gawler.

Fourth daughter, Katie, worked for a while as an assistant teacher at St George’s Day School before resigning due to ill health.[20] She went on to marry John Tardif, eldest son of prominent Gawler builder, William Tardif.[21] John, who was manager of the National Bank at Pt Augusta and later Auburn, died in 1882 following a period of ill health, leaving Katie a widow with an infant daughter.[22][23]

Matriarch, Emma, died in 1893, aged 71, she had been ill for some time before succumbing to acute bronchitis.[24][25] The Bunyip (11 Aug 1893) noted she had many estimable qualities and was much respected; her funeral at St George’s had a large attendance.

Daughters Rosa Winfield Crace, Mary Ann Dixon and Ada Crace remained in the family home at 8 King Street for the rest of their lives. Ada worked as a teacher, running Miss Crace’s private school from at least 1902 to 1907.[26][27] Rosa conducted a very successful dressmaking business from their home, her great knowledge of needlework made her much in demand as a judge at district shows, work which she carried out until she was nearly 80 years old.[12][28] Ada died in 1909, aged 49, but sisters Mary Ann and Rosa lived until they were 86 and 89 years old, dying within months of each other in 1940.[29][30] All three sisters were heavily involved with St George’s Church and each is commemorated in a stained glass window; “Faith” for Ada and a pair of windows “Jesus Mercy” for Rosa and Mary Ann.[31][32]

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Crace Family Birth, Death & Marriage Information

CRACE Charles Cartwright (I)

b. 16 Dec 1820

Baptised 15 May 1821, St Giles in the Fields Church, Holborn, England

m. 23 Mar 1848 ALLEN, Emma, Trinity Church, Adelaide, SA (Reg. Adelaide 2/218)

d. 7 Jun 1868 (Reg. Barossa 32/216), SA, aged 45 (Adelaide Observer 13 June 1868)

Buried 8 Jun 1868 St George’s Cemetery, aged 48, dropsy (B39)

Last Residence Gawler

ALLEN Emma (CRACE)

b. Abt. 1822

Arrived Abt. 1840 (a colonist of 53 years at death)

m. 23 Mar 1848 CRACE, Charles (Reg. Adelaide 2/218)

d. 8 Aug 1893 (Reg. Barossa 212/13, Charles Crace (DH))

Buried 9 Aug 1893 St George’s Cemetery, aged 71, acute bronchitis (B41)

Last Residence King Street, Gawler

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Children of Charles Crace & nee Emma Allen

CRACE Clarissa Dibble (BECKWITH)

b. 1849, SA (Reg. Adelaide 3/4)

m. 6 Oct 1875, BECKWITH, George, St George’s Church, Gawler (CRACE, Clarissa Dibblee, Reg. Barossa 105/26)(d. 1905)

d. 13 Jul 1909 (‘Clarissa Diblee Beckwith’, Reg. Barossa 342/154, George Beckwith (DH))

Buried 20 Jul 1909, ‘Clarissa Beckwith’, aged 59, St. George’s Cemetery (B44)

Last Residence Howard Street, Gawler

CRACE Rosa Winfield

b. 1851, SA (Reg. Adelaide 3/170)

d. 23 Jul 1940, at her residence 8 King Street, Gawler, in her 90th year (‘CRASE, Rosa Winfield’, Reg. Gawler 626/3362)

Buried 24 Jul 1940, aged 89, St. George’s Cemetery (B42)

Last residence 8 King Street, Gawler

CRACE Mary Ann (DIXON)

b. 1854, SA (Reg. Adelaide 4/329)

m. 20 Jul 1877 DIXON, Rev. Edmund, St Luke’s Church, St Kilda, Vic (d. 12 Dec 1878, NSW)

d. 20 Apr 1940, Hutchinson Hospital (Reg. Gawler 623/1705, Edmund Dixon (DH))

Buried ‘Mary Ann DIXON’, St. George’s Cemetery, aged 86 (B42)

Last Residence 8 King Street, Gawler

CRACE Henry Diblee

b. 1856, SA (Reg. Adelaide 7/67)

d. 1870 (Reg. Barossa 38/296, Charles Cartwright Crace (F))

Buried 15 May 1870, ‘Henry Dibblee Crace’, aged 13 years 8 months, disease of hip joint & dysentery, St George’s Cemetery (B40)

Last Residence King Street, Gawler

CRACE Catharine Winfield ‘Katie’ (TARDIF)(MARRIE)

b. SA birth registration not found (‘fourth daughter’ in marriage notice)

m. 17 Apr 1878 TARDIF, John, St George’s Church, Gawler (Reg. Barossa 115/164)(d. 1882 Reg. Upper Wakefield 121/223)

b. 1881 Edith Blanche Mary Tardif (Reg. Daly 269/212)

m. 1893 MARRIE, William Thomas Charles (Reg. Clare 175/268)

d. 20 Jul 1937 (‘Catherine Winfield Marrie’, Reg. Adelaide 592/2922)

Last residence Fashoda Street, Unley

CRACE Charles Cartwright (II)

b. 1858, SA (Reg. Port Gawler 14/166)

m. 1885 BOWMAN, Isabella, SA (Reg. Barossa 142/1344)

d. 1919, SA (Reg. Barossa 431/410)

Buried One Tree Hill Uley Baptist Cemetery

Last residence “Glenmoor”, Daly Street, Gawler East

CRACE Ada

b. 1860, SA (Reg. Port Gawler 19/175)

d. 4 Sep 1909, SA (Reg. Barossa 344/1)

Buried 6 Sep 1909, aged 49, St George’s Cemetery (B41)

Last residence King Street, Gawler

CRACE Sophia Matilda (registered as ‘Alice Emily’ at birth)

b. 1862, SA (‘Alice Emily CRACE’ Reg. Barossa 25/150)

d. 1870, SA (‘Sophia Matilda CRACE’ Reg. Barossa 38/418, Charles Cartwright Crace (F))

Buried 6 Jun 1870, St George’s Cemetery, aged 7 years 10 months, dysentery (B40)

Last Residence King Street, Gawler

CRACE William

b. 1867, SA (Reg. Barossa 49/494)

m. 26 Apr 1906 PRIOR, Eliza Ellen ‘Bessie’, St George’s Church, Magill, SA (Reg. Norwood 227/606)(d. 18 May 1906, aged 36)

m. 3 Apr 1907 MONAGHAN, Maria ‘Minnie’, Roman Catholic Church, Seven Hill, SA (Reg. Clare, 231/144)(d. 12 Sep 1943, aged 77)

d. 27 Jul 1918, Private Hospital, Riverton, SA (Reg. Gilbert 420/328, H P Monaghan (BL))

Residence Gum Creek/Farrell’s Flat (Portland, Vic, in 1915)



References

  1. ↑ South Australian Register (9 Sep 1846)
  2. ↑ Hignett & Company (1981) Gawler Heritage Study Stage 1, Corporation of the Town of Gawler, Adelaide, South Australia.
  3. ↑ Adelaide Observer (15 Jul 1848)
  4. ↑ Bunyip (10 Jul 1896)
  5. ↑ South Australian Register (16 Mar 1854)
  6. ↑ Adelaide Observer (17 Mar 1855)
  7. ↑ South Australian Weekly Chronicle (19 Mar 1859)
  8. ↑ South Australia Advertiser (21 Mar 1859)
  9. ↑ Adelaide Observer (17 Sep 1859)
  10. ↑ South Australian Advertiser (14 Dec 1860)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Danvers Architects (1998) Gawler Heritage Survey, Corporation of the Town of Gawler, Adelaide, South Australia.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Bunyip (9 Aug 1940)
  13. ↑ Coombe E H (1910) History of Gawler 1837-1908
  14. ↑ Adelaide Times (18 Feb 1850)
  15. ↑ South Australian Gazette & Mining Journal (23 Feb 1850)
  16. ↑ Bunyip (25 April 1868)
  17. ↑ Bunyip (30 May 1868)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Bunyip (17 Jan 1879)
  19. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald (2 Jan 1879)
  20. ↑ Adelaide Observer (1 Dec 1877)
  21. ↑ Adelaide Observer (28 Apr 1878)
  22. ↑ Gawler Standard (20 Apr 1878)
  23. ↑ South Australian Weekly Chronicle (5 Aug 1882)
  24. ↑ Bunyip (11 Aug 1893)
  25. ↑ Burial Register and Headstones from 1861 St Georges Anglican Cemetery Gawler
  26. ↑ The Register (25 Jun 1902)
  27. ↑ Bunyip (27 Sep 1907)
  28. ↑ Recorder (12 Aug 1940)
  29. ↑ The Register (7 Sep 1909)
  30. ↑ Chronicle (25 Apr 1940)
  31. ↑ Bunyip (12 Aug 1910)
  32. ↑ Beatrice E McConnell (1996) “Looking Back 150 Years” "Looking Back 150 Years - Recollections of the 'Church of England' in Gawler 1846-1996", unpublished history compiled by B E McConnell (August 1996).https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4EjkA7CXbhAbFRBM1NOcEpTeFk/edit?usp=sharing




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