Table of
Contents
The Pioneering Days in Australia
Later Craven History
Other
Families
Greg Craven's Report
The Pioneering Days in Australia.
Timothy Craven, who was the son of
Nicholas Craven and Mary Gooley, together with his wife Sabina O'Brien came out from
Ireland in 1867. They arrived in Port Phillip (later named Melbourne) aboard the Emerald
Isle as assisted immigrants. They married in around 1865 before coming to
Australia . It was recorded in the shipping records that both of them could read and
write. At first they rented a place in Britannia St, West Geelong. Later they
built and eventually owned several houses in that street. Apparently they were all
lived in by family members.
Timothy Craven was actually
christened Thady Creaven, according to the records of his second son's birth at Balrobuck
in 1865. He changed his name for some unknown reason :) because by the time he
arrived in Australia he was certainly known as Timothy Craven. Timothy and Sabina
had the following children: Jonathon Joseph Craven
(b.1866)
Mary Craven (1869 - 1948)
Timothy Craven (1874 - 1956)
Thomas Francis Patrick Craven (1876 - 1951)
Sabina Josephine Craven (b.1883)
Bridget Craven (b.1881)
Nicholas Michael Craven (b.1883)
Catherine Craven
Later Craven History
Thomas Francis Patrick Craven (1876-1951) married Ellen Mary Cunningham (1876-1969) at the
turn of the century in 1900. They lived at 39 Weller St, Geelong West for many years
and had the following seven children:
- Mary Ellen Craven (b.1902)
- Thomas Cyril Craven (1905 - 1978)
- Francis Nicholas Craven (1907 - 1976)
- Ellen Phyllis Craven (1909 - 1994)
- Sabina Francis Craven (1911 - 1996)
- Winifred Agnes Craven (b.1913)
- Carmel Mary Craven (1916 - 1990)
Thomas (Harold) Craven, son of Nicholas Michael Craven and Emma Gann, played
90 games and kicked 17 goals for Geelong in the VFL between 1915 and 1924. He was a
solid fullback with good judgement and a fine kick. He was appointed captain in 1921
and represented Victoria three times. Harold died in 1971.
Francis (John) Craven, son of Francis Nicholas Craven and Sylvia
May Burke, was a sporting and football writer for the Melbourne Herald for many
years. He also wrote a couple of books about football. One was called 'Football
the Australian Way'. John died in 1977. His ashes were scattered on the grave of
his daughter Paula at Springvale Cemetery. Paula had been tragically killed in a
motor vehicle accident seven years earlier.
John's son, Gregory Joseph Craven who is presently the Foundation
Dean and Professor of Law at the Notre Dame University in Western Australia has also been
the author of a number of publications. These include, Secession (1986); The
Convention Debates (1987); Australian Federation (1991);
Greg took up his appointment at Notre Dame
University in 1997. Previously he was Reader in Law, University of Melbourne 1992 -
1996 and Crown Counsel for Victoria 1992 - 1995.
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Gordon Craven, son of Thomas Cyril Craven, together
with his wife Joyce (nee Tarr) lived for some time on Queensland's Gold Coast, but are now
living back in Geelong. They have one of their sons living in Cairns, one in
Tasmania and their daughter lives in Geelong.
Other
Families
Mary Ellen Craven married Albert Harry (Bert) Holliday in Geelong. Bert's father
William Holliday, who was originally a shearer and Cobb & Co coach driver, started the
first taxi business in Geelong. His father had come to Australia from California to
the Goldfields in Ballarat. Mary & Bert were long time residents of Geelong West
and had two boys as follows -
- Kevin John Holliday
- Albert (Robert) Holliday
Kevin and his wife live on the Gold Coast whilst
Robert and his family still live in Geelong.
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Ellen (Phyllis) Craven married Thomas James
Wright on 29 April 1931 in Saint Peter & Paul's Catholic Church at Ashby,
Geelong. Ellen was named after her mother but was always known as Phyllis. She
died on 16 August 1994, within twenty-four hours of her husband of sixty-three
years. Tom and Phyllis are buried at the Western Cemetery in Geelong alongside the
grave of their daughter, Jillian Ann Wright. Jillian died at the age of thirty-two
in 1980, as a result of cancer. Their family comprised -
- Denise Mary Wright (Sullivan)
- Marylyn Phyllis Wright (Farrar)
- Jillian Ann Wright (Muller)
- Peter Kinsey Wright
The descendant families of Phyllis and Tom Wright
still live mainly around Geelong and Torquay.
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Sabina Frances Craven married Alphonsus (Phonse)
Maynard. They lived a greater part of their married life in North Balwyn and they
had the following two girls -
- Helen Maynard (Jakube)
- Joan Maynard (Milne)
Helen lived in Adelaide for some years prior to her
death in 2002. Joan still lives in Forest Hill, Vic.
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Winifred Agnes Craven (1913 - 2000) married William
George Lilley (1910 - 1999) in Geelong. They moved to Warrnambool and later in 1951
to Canberra where they lived until their deaths. Most of their family still live in
Canberra.
Winifred and William had the following children -
- Maxwell Francis Lilley
- Raymond William Lilley
- Desmond John Lilley
- Barbara Anne Lilley (Hill)
- Brian Thomas Lilley
- William George Lilley
- Marianne Lilley (Lyons)
For further information, please see the Lilley Family
History.
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Carmel Mary
Craven (1916 - 1990) married William Martin Hurley in 1942. They lived in Richmond
and later in Forest Hill, Vic, where Bill still lives. They had the following
children -
- Suzanne Carmel Hurley (Upton)
- John Thomas Hurley
- Jennifer Anne Hurley (Day)
John and his family live in Adelaide whilst Sue
and Jennifer live in Melbourne.
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