Francis CRAGO

  General Notes:

Sourced from "Wilton Family Web Site"

http://www.jcwilton.com// (no longer exists)

See father regarding emigration to Australia

extract from the Hoskins web site (http://www.hoskins.id.au/nextgen/index.php)
Francis Arthur CRAGO (1879 - 1951) came from a pioneering family who started in flour-milling in Yass, New South Wales. Petherick CRAGO (1833 - 1907) with his new wife Ann STEPHENS (1838 - 1919) emigrated from Cornwall, England, and arrived in Yass about 1858. He was familiar with flour milling, as he had helped operated a windmill on the farm in Cornwall, and began managing Barber's Flour Mill in Yass. Soon three younger brothers joined him, and by 1869 the business was known as P. T. Crago & Sons, and in 1872 as Crago Bros.. A new mill was built in 1882, and prospered until in the 1920s the surrounding area had become popular for fine wool, and the wheat supply dwindled. Various members of the family established other mills in Brarixton, and in Bathurst. By 1902, Francis built his own mill on a rail siding there, which prospered, and he served a term as Lord Mayor of the city. In 1896, he moved to Sydney and built another mill on a rail siding at Newtown. This was burnt down in 1900, but re-built. Francis died in 1902, and the Newtown mill was then managed by his son Francis Arthur, always called Arthur.

NSW Marriage Index
4858/1877 CRAGS, FRANCIS, COLVIN, MARY ANN, YASS


NSW historical BDM indexes (death)
ref/yr, surname, first name, father's first name, mothers first name, district
13114/1907 CRAGO FRANCIS WILLIAM ELIZABETH BURWOOD

Births Mar 1848
CRAGO Francis Liskeard 9 177

1851 census
HO107/1902 F339 P1
Lower Newton, St Neot, Cornwall
William Crago, Head, Mar, 52, Farmer of 33 Acres employing 2 Lab, Cornwall Liskeard
Elizabeth do, Wife, Mar, 40, , Cornwall Liskeard
Petherick do, Son, U, 17, Son Employed on Farm, Cornwall Liskeard
John do, Son, , 5, Scholar, Cornwall Liskeard
Francis do, Son, , 3, , Cornwall Liskeard
Henry do, Son, , 1mo, , Cornawll St Neot
Mary A Henwood, Serv, , 16, House Serv, Cornwall St Neot
John Stephens, Serv, U, 32, Ag Serv, Cornwall Liskeard
Jane Moon, Serv, Widow, 72, Char Woman, Cornwall Quethock

1861 census
RG9/1530 F39 P1
Lower Newton, St Neot, Cornwall
William Crago, Head, Mar, 61, Farmer of 33 acres, Cornwall Liskeard
Elizabeth do, Wife, Mar, 50, , Cornwall Liskeard
John do, Son, Un, 15, Farmers Son, Cornwall Liskeard
Francis do, Son, , 13, Farmers Son, Cornwall St Neot
William Henry do, Son, , 10, Scholar, Cornwall St Neot
John Stephens, Servant, Un, 47, Farm Servt, Cornwall Liskeard

Francis married Mary Ann COLVIN on 8 Oct 1877 in Yass, New South Wales, Australia. (Mary Ann COLVIN died in 1934 in Burwood, New South Wales, Australia.)