Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry




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      Sex: F
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         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Living 
      Sex: M
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         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
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       Children:
                1. Living
Harold Victor Crowle 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 11 Oct 1903 - Auckland, New Zealand 14,3977
    Christening: 
          Death: 28 Jun 1986 - Auckland, New Zealand ( at age 82) 14
         Burial: 1 Jul 1986 - Auckland, New Zealand 2138
 Cause of Death: Cerebrovascular accident - 2 days, Cardiac failure - 2 years,

Events

•  Occupation: Motorman, Taxi driver, Tram/bus driver. 

•  Residence: 7 Moira Ave., 1954, Ponsonby, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand.
Parents 
         Father: John Crowle 14
         Mother: Emily Morton 14
Spouses and Children 
1. *May Helena Kelly 14 
       Marriage: 22 Nov 1928 - Auckland, New Zealand 14
Marriage Notes 




RGO1928/7407.


       Children:
                1. Living
                2. Mavis Therese Crowle
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Notes
General:
Notes from the family tree file of David Stevens:

1928 Auckland Electoral Roll at 6b Napier Street - cutter.
1935 and 1938 Grey Lynn Electoral Roll at 27 Bond Street - taxi driver.
1938 Auckland West Supplementary Electoral Roll at 7 Moira Street - transport employee.
1946 Ponsonby Electoral Roll at 7 Moira Street - transport employee.
1949 1954 Ponsonby Electoral Roll
1957 Ponsonby Electoral Roll - transport operator
1963, 1969 and 1972 Grey Lynn Electoral Roll
1978 and 1981 Auckland Central Electoral Roll pensioner

When married lived for a time with Harold's sister Elvie and Reg MORRIS. Later lived with Frank and Lilian SMITH at "Namata" Marmata Road, One Tree Hill, Auckland. Then lived in Bond Street, Grey Lynn during the depression years (1930s), 1934 and 1935 Post Office Directories shows at no. 27( a driver). 1938 Electoral Roll at 27 Bond Street (taxi driver). In 1938 moved to 7 Moira Street, Ponsonby (Casey Estate), Auckland. Their daughter Moya was the first child born in the Casey Estate. 1941 and 1941 directories shows at 7 Moira Street (tram employee). 1947 Electoral at 7 Moira Avenue (motorman). 1961 Electoral roll at 7 Moira Street (Auckland Transport Board Emplyee). In 1971 retired from the Auckland Regional Authority where he had been driving trams and then buses for 35 years. The last 10 years on the "Farmers' run" which was a free bus service to and from the Farmers' department store. Family was still living at 7 Moira Street when he died.

Death Notices:
CROWLE, Harold Victor - On June 28, 1986 (peacefully), at Auckland Hospital, loving husband and lifelong pal of May, loved father and father-in-law of James and Joy, Kathleen and Bob, Moya and Norm, Maree and David and the late Mavis, loved grandfather of 19 and great grandfather of four. Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord. Requiem Mass will be celebrated at the Church of Our Lady of Perpatual Succour, 84 Kaimarna Avenue, ponsonby. at 11am tomorrow (Tuesday) prior to internment at the Waikumete Cemetery. Rosary at the Chuch 7pm Monday.
CROWLE, Harold. On June 28, 1986, dearly loved father of Kathleen and Bob Hope, and grandfather of Maria, Michael, Francis and Angelene. Rest in Peace.
CROWLE, Harold. On June 28, 1986, much loved grandfather of Mark and Karen, and great grandfather of Joshua. Will be sadly missed.
CROWLE, Harold Victor. On June 28, 1986, loved father of the late Mavis, father-in-law of Herb Smeets, grandfather of Anna Wright, Paul, Anthony and Peter, and great-grandfather of Jaden, Jenna, and Joanna. Rest in Peace.
Medical:
Cause of death "Cerebrovascular accident - 2 days, Cardiac failure - 2 years, Infiltrating gastric carcinoma - months" (death certificate). 14

Living 
      Sex: M
Parents 
         Father: Harold Victor Crowle 14
         Mother: May Helena Kelly 14
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
Marriage Notes 




NZSG Marriages Index 1956/13725.


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                2. Living
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Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
John Crowle 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Between Jan and Mar 1869 - Cornwall, England 3978
    Christening: 
          Death: 3 Jun 1941 - Auckland, New Zealand 14
         Burial: 5 Jun 1941 - Auckland, New Zealand 14
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Occupation: Tailor. 

•  Residence: 1881, St. Austell, Cornwall, England.
Spouses and Children 
1. *Emily Morton 14 
       Marriage: 4 Jul 1897 - Auckland, New Zealand 3979
       Children:
                1. Harold Victor Crowle
Notes
General:
Notes from the family tree file of David Stevens:

1881 census shows living with grandparents (James COMMON) at Carthew, St. Austell, a scholar. Was present at brother Charles' death (1890). 1891 census living with grandparents (COMMON) on Carthew Farm, St. Austell.

Name: Mr J CROWLE. Date of departure: 21 September 1895. Port of departure: Plymouth. Passenger destination port: Wellington, New Zealand. Passenger destination: Wellington, New Zealand. Age: 26. Marital Status: Single. Sex: Male. Occupation: Tailor. Ship: RUAPEHU, Official Number: , Master's name: D Stuart, Steamship Line: New Zealand Shipping Company, Where bound: New Zealand, New Zealand, Square feet: 3016 Registered tonnage: 2659, Passengers on voyage: 36.

Extract from the N. Z. Observer and Free Lance, Saturday, September 12, 1896
Advertisement about registering "The Ake Ake Gold Mining Company" as a No-liability Company under the provisions of the Mining Companies Act, 1894 with the place of operations is at the Thames. Included among the the shareholders is John Crowle, Auckland, tailor with 500 shares of Two shillings each.

1896 Auckland Electoral Roll at St. Marys Road - Tailor.
1900 Ohinimuri Electoral Roll at Paeroa - tailor.
1905 Auckland Central Electoral Roll at Cook Street - tailor.
1911, 1914 and 1919 Auckland Central Electoral Roll at Napier Street - tailor.
1928 Auckland Central Electoral Roll at 6B Napier Street - tailor.
1935 and 1938 Auckland Central Electoral Roll at 6B Union Street - tailor.

Was living in Paeroa when he married Emily (1897) at her father's residence at Sandes Street, Thames.

On 26 July 1899 in Paeroa he was a witness to the marriage of Frederick William DANKS and Lavinia Henrietta BRAMLEY; occupation shown as Tailor.

Had a tailoring business in Paeroa where he employed 10 people (5 men and 5 women); recorded NZ Post Office Directories 1898 and 1901. When family moved to Auckland he had a business in Hobson Street and lived close by at 6 Napier Street. 1909 and 1910 directories shows at 114 Cook Street, Auckland. 1911 to 1924 directories shows at 6a Napier Street, Auckland.

Extract from "The Cyclopedia of New Zealand" volume 2 published in 1902, page 848:
CROWLE, JOHN, Tailor, Belmont Road, Paeroa. This business was established in May 1897 and is carried on in a one-storied wooden building, which contains the shop and dwellinghouse. Mr. Crowle was born in 1869, in St. Austell, Cornwall, England, and served his apprenticeshp as a tailor. He settled in New South Wales , in 1892, and was for a time in business in Somerhill, Sydney. In February 1894 he came to Auckland, and after working at his trade for two years he visited California, Colorado, Illinois, Chicago, New York, Liverpool and Cornwall and then returned to Auckland. Mr. Crowle is a Druid, and is attached to the Paeroa Lodge. He was married in 1897, to a daughter of Mr. C Morton, of Thames, and has one daughter.

Shown in the New Zealand Post Office Directory for 1917 at 52 Union Street, Auckland; and in the 1918, 1919, 1920, and 1921 at 1 Union Street. 1938 Electoral Roll at 6B Napier Street, Auckland.

Is he the J CROWLE who is listed as a passenger on the Makura that arrived at Auckland on 19 October 1914 from Vancouver, Canada? Also there is a Mr and Mrs J CROWLE passengers on the R.M.S. Niagara that sailed from Vancouver and arrived in Sydney 27 August 1915.

His brother Harold held a land grant in Canada and when he died about 1940 he left the farm to John with $1,000.

Death notice: CROWLE On June 3 1941 at the residence of his son 6B Napier Street, John husband of the late Emily Crowle, aged 72 years. Funeral from C Little and Sons 249 Hobson Street at 2pm tomorrow (Thursday) for Waikumete Cemetery.

Living 
      Sex: M
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Living 
      Sex: F
Parents 
         Father: Harold Victor Crowle 14
         Mother: May Helena Kelly 14
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
Marriage Notes 




Notes from the family tree file of David Stevens:
Catholic Church.


       Children:
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Living 
      Sex: F
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Living 
      Sex: F
Parents 
         Father: Harold Victor Crowle 14
         Mother: May Helena Kelly 14
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
Marriage Notes 




Catholic Church.


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