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Richard Crabb

Richard Crabb[1]

Male 1800 - 1873  (73 years)Deceased    Has 2 ancestors and 9 descendants in our family tree.


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  • Name Richard Crabb  [1
    Born 14 Jul 1800  Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christened 2 Sep 1800  Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 25 Feb 1821  Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Carpenter 
    Emigration 28 Oct 1839  Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Sailed aboard the ship "Java" arriving in Port Adelaide, Australia, on 6 February 1840.
      Into Place: Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    The story of the ship 'Java'.
    The story of the ship "Java".
    Details the voyage from Plymouth, England to South Australia that started in 1839 and carried 500 new settlers, including the Crabb families, to a new and challenging life on the other side of the world.
    Died 8 Oct 1873  Mexican Vale, Angaston, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 7 siblings 
     1. Elizabeth Crabb
              b. 1795, Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary Crabb
              b. 1798, Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Ann Crabb
              b. 1799, Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Sarah Crabb
              b. 31 May 1801, Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 8 Aug 1881, Norwood, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    William Stephens ,  m. 29 Jan 1822
     5. Benjamin Crabb
              b. 9 Jul 1802, Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. William Crabb
              b. 1803, Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 10 May 1880, Findon, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Ann Maria Stapleton ,  m. 26 Dec 1826
     7. Jane Crabb
              b. 1804, Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     
    Notes 
    • Richard and his wife Sarah with 3 children (William, Caroline and Benjamin) sailed from Plymouth, England on 29 Oct 1839 aboard the JAVA arriving at Port Adelaide South Australia on 6 Feb 1840. The colony of SA was in its very early days first settled about 1834. Their eldest son Richard Stapleton Crabb remained in Cornwall and emigrated to Adelaide in 1850 on the ASIA.

      Before emigrating to South Australia Richard had spent approx 10 years in Mexico as a miner. His wife and two children Richard and William had remained in England. On arrival in South Australia, the family lived in Adelaide for about 4 years during which time daughter Elizabeth was born. She died soon after. They then moved to Angaston, which at that time had very few dwellings and life would have been hard. Richard was apparently quite eccentric by the time they moved to Angaston and was known as "The Mad Mexican". They lived in a hut on the property of Yalumba wines. The area became known as Mexican Vale. Richard is described as a carpenter and in a newpaper article on Benjamin's 67th Wedding anniversary he notes his father Richard helped build Lindsay House in Angaston for George Fife Angas, who was one of the founding fathers of the SA colony. Richard later became a veterinary surgeon as he had studied animal surgery in England according to Ben.

      After Sarah's death in 1849 Richard remarried an Agnes Mickle on 15 Feb 1854, Agnes was 20 years old and Richard 54. They had their first child Jacob soon after getting married on 15 June 1854 and were living at Mexican Vale, Angaston (NW of Adelaide). They had 3 children.
    Person ID I25934  Mitchell Families
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2014 

    Father Richard Crabb (ID:I25928)
              b. Abt 1770, Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1843, Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Sargent (ID:I25929)
              b. 1769, Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Aug 1826, Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 17 Apr 1795  Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Stapleton (ID:I25947)
              b. 1798, Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 26 May 1849, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 1820  Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Age at Marriage He was 19 years and 5 months - She was 22 years  
    Children 
     1. Richard Stapleton Crabb (ID:I25952)
              b. 1821, Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 Jun 1906, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +2. William Stapleton Crabb (ID:I25953)
              b. 25 Feb 1824, Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 May 1905, Roonka Roonka Station, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. Caroline Crabb (ID:I25955)
              b. 1834, Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married: 1x4. Benjamin Stapleton Crabb (ID:I25956)
              b. 1839, Liskeard, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 Jul 1928, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     5. Elizabeth Crabb (ID:I25957)
              b. 1841, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Jul 1842, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2014 
    Family ID F6245  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Agnes Mickle (ID:I25948)
              b. Abt 1835 
    Married 15 Feb 1854  Mexican Vale, Angaston, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He was 53 years and 7 months - She was 19 years and 2 months  
    Children 
     1. Jacob Crabb (ID:I25949)
              b. 15 Jun 1854, Mexican Vale, Angaston, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Agnes Crabb (ID:I25950)
              b. 16 Nov 1856, Mexican Vale, Angaston, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Humphrey David Mickle Crabb (ID:I25951)
              b. 2 Jul 1865, Mexican Vale, Angaston, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2014 
    Family ID F6246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Jul 1800 - Liskeard, Cornwall, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 2 Sep 1800 - Liskeard, Cornwall, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1820 - Devonshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 25 Feb 1821 - Liskeard, Cornwall, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEmigration - 28 Oct 1839 - Plymouth, Devonshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Feb 1854 - Mexican Vale, Angaston, South Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Oct 1873 - Mexican Vale, Angaston, South Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    CRABB, Richard
    CRABB, Richard

  • Sources 
    1. [S9186] Cornwall Online Parish Clerks.

    2. [S9188] England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912.