User:Dave Rave/William Carss

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William Carss
Page needs to take over William Carss and place header details for Leighton

research to do
arriving with Scots stone mason, but then publican / hotelier, widower, landholder, did he actually do anything ?

Croft acreage, sorted

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Precis
this guy is a boy who did the thing with the other thing followed by significance quantifying a need for a wiki page

History
arrived 13 June 1831, Stirling Castle from Greenock, Scotland with many other workers under the care of the Rev John Dunmore Lang.

Cabinet maker, then hotelier, living Ashfield, then retiring to Carss Cottage after his wifes death.

Jonathan Croft
1853-10 John Croft has 4 parcels of land, 18 (119a), 20 (60a), 21 (88a) and 26 (119a). The Govt Gazette says 119,60,88 @1/0/0and 119 @ 1/1/0=124/19/0.

1863 Carss buys land.

Hotelier
various hotels,
 * Hunter River Inn [-1850] to Andrew Scotland
 * Carrs' Public House - Sussex Street and Margaret Place
 * The Kings Head
 * Sands Directory for 1858 and 1870 has 73 George Street as the Observer Tavern with The King's Head at 77. Sands 1889 shows 77 as Great Pacific Hotel. which is still there but is now 69.
 * 73 Observer
 * 77 Kings Head
 * 93 Marine


 * low numbers lost a cpl, 137 stayed the same
 * Little Essex Street went from 163 to 171
 * George St [Mar-Sep 1850] from Matthias Hooper licence to Edward Hancock
 * Carss to sell The King's Head - Feb '53. managed by Ann Dunn
 * Clarence River Inn [Sep 1850-Feb 1855] licence granted 1850 lease advertised 1854 transferred to A. Whyte as publican 1854, sold 1855
 * note the King's Arms v King's Head.

1853-Jun His wife, Helen, died 26th, and was buried at the Devonshire Street Cemetery.

1856. a notice in the paper looks for William Carss, indicating a Scottish source.

1860s - Helen and two infant children are moved from Devonshire Street.

I think I have the Sussex Street Hotel on the site

daughter, Ann, married 1861.

Carss Park area bought 1863.

1866 donated land to the church.

1878 - There was also a housekeeper called Amelia Claggett.