Richard Crabb[1]
1800 - 1873 (73 years)
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 
[1] Christened 2 Sep 1800 Liskeard, Cornwall, England [1] Gender Male Occupation 25 Feb 1821 Liskeard, Cornwall, England [1] Carpenter Emigration 28 Oct 1839 Plymouth, Devonshire, England - 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".
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 Siblings 7 siblings 1. Elizabeth Crabb
b. 1795, Liskeard, Cornwall, England2. Mary Crabb
b. 1798, Liskeard, Cornwall, England3. Ann Crabb
b. 1799, Liskeard, Cornwall, England+ 4. Sarah Crabb
b. 31 May 1801, Liskeard, Cornwall, England
d. 8 Aug 1881, Norwood, South Australia, Australia (Age 80 years)▻ William Stephens , m. 29 Jan 18225. Benjamin Crabb
b. 9 Jul 1802, Liskeard, Cornwall, England+ 6. William Crabb
b. 1803, Liskeard, Cornwall, England
d. 10 May 1880, Findon, South Australia, Australia (Age 77 years)▻ Ann Maria Stapleton , m. 26 Dec 18267. Jane Crabb
b. 1804, Liskeard, Cornwall, EnglandNotes - 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
d. 1843, Liskeard, Cornwall, England (Age ~ 73 years) Mother Elizabeth Sargent (ID:I25929)
b. 1769, Liskeard, Cornwall, England
d. Aug 1826, Liskeard, Cornwall, England (Age 57 years) Married 17 Apr 1795 Liskeard, Cornwall, England Family ID F6243 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Sarah Stapleton (ID:I25947)
b. 1798, Liskeard, Cornwall, England
d. 26 May 1849, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Age 51 years) Married 1820 Devonshire, England [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
d. 19 Jun 1906, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Age 85 years)+ 2. William Stapleton Crabb (ID:I25953)
b. 25 Feb 1824, Liskeard, Cornwall, England
d. 13 May 1905, Roonka Roonka Station, South Australia, Australia (Age 81 years)3. Caroline Crabb (ID:I25955)
b. 1834, Liskeard, Cornwall, England
4. Benjamin Stapleton Crabb (ID:I25956)
b. 1839, Liskeard, Cornwall, England
d. 19 Jul 1928, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Age 89 years)5. Elizabeth Crabb (ID:I25957)
b. 1841, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
d. 22 Jul 1842, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Age 1 years)Last Modified 11 Aug 2014 Family ID F6245 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Agnes Mickle (ID:I25948)
b. Abt 1835Married 15 Feb 1854 Mexican Vale, Angaston, South Australia, Australia 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, Australia2. Agnes Crabb (ID:I25950)
b. 16 Nov 1856, Mexican Vale, Angaston, South Australia, Australia3. Humphrey David Mickle Crabb (ID:I25951)
b. 2 Jul 1865, Mexican Vale, Angaston, South Australia, AustraliaLast Modified 11 Aug 2014 Family ID F6246 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Sailed aboard the ship "Java" arriving in Port Adelaide, Australia, on 6 February 1840.
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Born - 14 Jul 1800 - Liskeard, Cornwall, England 
Christened - 2 Sep 1800 - Liskeard, Cornwall, England 
Married - 1820 - Devonshire, England Occupation - Carpenter - 25 Feb 1821 - Liskeard, Cornwall, England 
Emigration - 28 Oct 1839 - Plymouth, Devonshire, England 
Married - 15 Feb 1854 - Mexican Vale, Angaston, South Australia, Australia Died - 8 Oct 1873 - Mexican Vale, Angaston, South Australia, Australia = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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