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John Crees
Birth: 1819 Crockmouth, Devon, England.
Marriage: 1846 Bristol, Somerset, England.
Death: 1893 Rishton near Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia.
Burial: Ravenswood, Qld.
Father: John Crees (1794-1849)
Mother: Susanna Arthur (1798-1827)
Spouse: Susan Dunning
Birth: 1825 Honiton on Otter, Devon, England.
Death: 1899 Rochford, near Ravenswood, Qld.
Father: Samuel Dunning (1802-1873)
Mother: Susanna Clapp (1807-?)
Twelve Children
1/F Emma Jane Crees
Birth: 1846 Honiton, Devon.
Death: before 1857Devon.
Birth: 1848; Death: 1940 Port Douglas, Qld.
Marriage: 1867 Louisa Smith (1848-1940), daughter of John Smith and Ann Cosel (b. 1810, ); Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Daughter: 1868 Louisa Eva Amelia Crees; Gympie, Qld.
Son: circa 1871 John A G W Crees
Son: 1873 Henry Charles Percival Crees; Ravenswood, Qld.
Son: 1875 Charles William John Crees; Ravenswood.
Daughter: say 1876 Mary Sophia Crees; Ferndale, Port Douglas, Queensland.
Son: 1880 Percival Ernest Alfred Crees; Ferndale, Port Douglas, Qld.
Son: 1883 Hubert Spiller Douglas Crees; Ferndale, Port Douglas, Qld.
Son: 1885Arthur John Samuel Dunning Crees; Ferndale, Port Douglas, Qld.
Son: circa 1888 Algernon Lionel Edgar Crees; Ferndale, Port Douglas, Queensland.
Son: 1890 Algernon Victor Crees; Ferndale, Port Douglas, Qld.
Son: 1893 John Lionel Edgar Crees; Ferndale, Port Douglas, Qld.
Death: 1940 Port Douglas, Qld.
3/F Susan Dunning Crees
Birth: 1849
Marriage: circa 1870 Shanks (1844- ?)
Daughter: circa 1871 Minnie Shanks
Daughter: cir 1873 Doris Shanks
Daughter: cir 1875 Millie Shanks
Death: died after 1899.
4/F Julia Amelia Dunning Crees
Birth: 1851
Marriage: cir 1872 George Lewis Rutherford (1846- ?)
Son: cir 1875 William Rutherford
Son: cir 1877Archibald Rutherford
Son: cir 1878 Percy Rutherford
Daughter: cir 1879 Amelia Rutherford
Son: cir 1881 Sid Rutherford
Death: before 1893
5/M Charles Percival Dunning Crees
Birth: 1852
Marriage: cir 1885 Gertrude Amelia Dunning (1856-1889), daughter of Thomas Dunning and Jane Rigg
Daughter: 1887 Ruby Crees
Daughter: 1889 Grace Crees; Hawthorn, Victoria.
Death: 1905 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.
6/F Emma Jane Crees
Birth: 1854
Death: 1870 Gympie, Qld, Australia.
7/M Archibald Henry John Crees
Birth: 1856
Marriage: cir 1879 Emma Mary Hill (1858-? )
Son: 1880 Arthur Crees
Daughter: cir 1883 Ruby Crees
Son: 1886 Albert Henry John Crees; Ravenswood, Qld.
Death: 1895
8/F Florence Emma Isobella Crees
Birth: 1859 Ballarat, Vic, Australia.
Death: 1859 Ballarat, Vic, Aust.
9/F Florence Elizabeth Charlotte Crees
Birth: 1861 Ballarat, Victoria.
Marriage: say 1880 Charles Fredrick Willich (1851- ?)
Son: say 1881 Charles Willich
Daughter: 1883 Florence Willich
Son: 1884 William Willich
Daughter: 1887 Gertrude Willich
Daughter: 1889 Ivy Emma Willich
Daughter: 1891 Amelia Susan Crees Willich
Daughter: 1893 Beatrice Lulu Maude Willich
Son: 1895 Henry Willich
Daughter: 1900 Emma Violet Willich
Death: 1943 Qld, Aust.
10/F Amelia Lavina Dunning Crees
Birth: 1863 Ballarat, Victoria.
Marriage: cir 1886 Foote (1860-? )
Death: 1887
11/M Willie Albert Edward Crees
Birth: 1865
Death: 1865 Approx year died infant.
12/M Arthur Francis John Spiller Crees
Birth: 1868 Gympie, Queensland
Marriage: 1904 Mary Ann Baxter (1886-1973)
Daughter: 1905 Ivy Alice Gwendoline Crees; Charters Towers, Qld.
Daughter: 1907 Olive Marjorie Doreen Crees
Daughter: 1909 Francis Minnie Dunning Crees; Ravenswood, Qld.
Son: 1912 Arthur Francis John Spiller Crees
Death: 1930