Curran Wright History

Category: Australia

  • Wagga Wagga

    1888 Margaret Sedgman (nee Cramer, nee McNamara)

  • Tumbarumba

    Prior to 1888: Margaret Sedgman (nee Cramer, nee McNamara)

  • Josephenna Theresa Cramer (Abbotsford)

    1891 (October 20) Josephenna Theresa Cramer,  daughter of Margaret McNamara and Henry Cramer, is listed as living in Abbotsford during her time as a Ward of the State. She is 14 years old.

    Reference: Index to the Children’s Registers of State Wards 1850-1893 (Victoria) BB=Boys’ Book, RH=Receiving House

    • Volume BB7, page 174  TC & TSN.
    • RH6, page 150 (TC & TSR)

  • Abbotsford

    1891 (October 20) Josephenna Theresa Cramer is living in Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia.

  • Cramer Family (Balranald)

    Balranald is a town in New South Wales. It is Mutthi Mutti traditional country. It was colonised in 1848 and officially gazetted in 1851. It was a major stock-crossing place from South Australia.

    Balranald’s population in 1881 was about 400 people (Wikipedia). There were five stores and six hotels. By 1888, there was a lift-span bridge over the Murrumbidgee River, a Court House, three churches and a Gospel Hall, a hospital, a bank and Masonic Hall.

    The Cramer Family

    March 11, 1896

    Cramer siblings, Josephenna Theresa, John and Matilda are discharged from Royal Park Children’s Home, in Flemington, Victoria –  to the care of their sister, Agnes (Mrs. Dean – writing is unclear in document –  Gampang?). They are taken to Balranald, New South Wales.

    Reference: Index to Children’s Registers of State Wards, 1850-1893

    • Volume: Boys’ Book – BB7, page 173
    • Volume: Receiving House, RH6, page 155