John Gresswell & Henrietta Caroline Moulding
Husband
- Name: John Gresswell
- Born: 1798
- Parents: William Gresswell and Mary Wood
- Immigrated: arrived Fremantle on the Jolly Rambler on Nov 18, 1831
- Died: 27 July 1882 Perth WA.
Wife
- name: Henrietta Caroline Moulding
- born: 2nd of September 1800 in Chiseldon, Wiltshire, England
Married
- date: 14th Apr 1789
- place: Boston, Lincolnshire, England
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.
- Ann Sarah Gresswell, born 20 Sep 1828, died in 1828 before the family left to Australia.
- Alfred William Gresswell, b. 1836 in Perth, WA, d. 11 June 1862 in Otago, NZ.
John Gresswell was born on the 25 Nov 1798 in Burgh-Le-Marsh, Lincolnshire, England (this information which seems to fit the facts is from the IGI and has not been independently confirmed). 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. His 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, a cutter that he was a part owner of. Another child, Ann Sarah Gresswell, had died before they left.
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)
image source: Gold and Silversmithing in Western Australia - A History - Dorothy Erickson. Image date unknown.
John died 27th July 1882 in Perth, WA. Henrietta died d. 29th Sep 1888 in Perth, WA. (though another source has her death date as 27th Sep 1885).
GRESSWELL - At his residence, Adelaide Terrace, Perth, on the 27th instant, John Greswell, goldsmith and jeweller, in his 84th year; much regretted by his sorrowing wife and daughter, and his numerous relatives and friends. (The funeral will take place at 3pm on Saturday July 29th).
Source: The Western Australian - Friday 28th July 1882
Gresswell's at the East Perth Cemetery
note: their names on most databases are listed as Cresswell not Gresswell.
BURIAL NAME, DAY MTH YEAR - AGE LOCATION
CRESSWELL Alfred William, 11 06 1862 - 26y L40 501
CRESSWELL Henrietta, 29 09 1888 - 88y L40 501
CRESSWELL John, 27 07 1882 - 84y L40 501
CRESSWELL Mary Elizabeth, 31 12 1897 - 30y L32 367
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