John Gresswell & Henrietta Caroline Moulding
Husband
- Name: John Gresswell
- Born: 1798
- Parents:
- Immigrated: arrived Fremantle on Jolly Rambler on Nov 18, 1831
- Died: 27/7/1882 Perth WA
Wife
- name: Henrietta Caroline Moulding
John Gresswell was born on the 25 Nov 1798 in Burgh-Le-Marsh, Lincolnshire, England. His parents were William Gresswell and Mary Wood. They married on the 14th Apr 1789 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. John married Henrietta Caroline Moulding, in about 1822
Henrietta was born on the 2nd of September 1800 in Chiseldon, Wiltshire, England. Her mother was Anne Moulding.
John was the fourth born. The siblings were:
- Elizabeth Gresswell, b. 31 May 1795 in Wisbech, Loncolnshire, England, d. 10 Jun 1866 in Orby, Lincolnshire, buried in Monksthorpe Chapel, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. She married Samuel Cutforth, married 21 Nov 1826, b. 1786 in Orby, Lincolnshire, ENG, (son of George Cutforth and Mary Burton) d. 15 Sep 1861 in Orby, Lincolnshire, ENG, buried in Monksthorpe Chapel, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.
- Mary Gresswell, bapt. 14 Feb 1792 Burgh-Le-Marsh, Lincolnshire, ENG
- Henry Gresswell, b. 6 Nov 1796.
John and Henrietta with their two children, Henrietta Maria and Caroline Louisa, arrived in Fremantle WA on the cutter Jolly Rambler on 18th November 1831.
In the 1832 census of Western Australia, John is listed as a 'merchant'. Before emigrating to Western Australia, he had worked for 15 years as a jeweller - a 'Master Manufacturing Goldsmith'.
In letters to the colonial secretary, in February 1832 he asked if he could be employed as an assayist (20/146), and also in March 1832 he signed a petition at Fremantle (21/113).
John Gresswell became the first Perth goldsmith and assayer 1841-c.1870 (ref 1)
John died 27 Jul 1882 in Perth, WA. Henrietta died d. 29 Sep 1888 in Perth, WA. (another source has date as 27 Sep 1885).
Children
- Henrietta Maria Gresswell, b. 3 Dec 1824 in London, Middlesex, England
- Caroline Louisa Gresswell, b. 1828 in London, ENG, d. 7 Jul 1871 in Perth, W.A. She married Terence Frederick Farrelly, married 22 May 1849 in St. John's Catholic Church, Perth, W.A., b. 1822 in CAVAN, d. 2 Jul1883 in Perth, W.A.
- Alfred William Gresswell, b. 1836 in Perth, WA, d. 11 June 1862 in Otago, NZ.
References
- ref 1: Australiana Vol. 11 No. 1, February 1989, Nineteenth century silver and goldsmiths (jewellers) of Western Australia - Swan River Colony. The first smiths, by Dorothy Erickson