William CRESSWELL

1835 - 1897  (61 years)

• Name	William CRESSWELL
  Birth	31 Oct 1835	Lasham, Hampshire, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	8D8DCAFB55114E49A10FAD06A4C3D7A11EF7
  Death	1897	Lower Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand
  Person ID	I556	Boxers
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas CRESSWELL,   c. 15 May 1814, Medstead, Hampshire, England d. 22 Nov 1841, Nelson, New Zealand (Age ~ 27 years)
  Mother	Amelia EYLES,   b. 14 Sep 1816, East Meon, Hampshire, England d. 1 Jul 1889, Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	4 Jul 1835	Lasham, Hampshire, England
  Family ID	F194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Green GLEDHILL,   b. 31 Jan 1836   d. 1912 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	16 May 1863	Union Chapel, Nelson, New Zealand
  Children	1. William Frank CRESSWELL,   b. 1864   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ellen Lavinia CRESSWELL,   b. 1866   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Cecil Horatio CRESSWELL,   b. 1872   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Olive Elizabeth CRESSWELL,   b. 1874   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Annie Amelia CRESSWELL,   b. 1876   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Merle Gledhill CRESSWELL,   b. 1878   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Clement Sewell CRESSWELL,   b. 1881   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2006

  
  

• Notes

  Mr William CRESSWELL was born in Hampshire, England in the year 1835. As a boy, he came with his father to New Zealand and arrived at Nelson in 1842 by the ship "Mary Ann." Shortly after landing, his father died and was buried on Fifeshire Island; it was the first burial in the new settlement. After serving his apprenticeship at the tinsmithing trade, young CRESSWELL worked as a journeyman till the year 1869 when he decided to start farming. He bought a fine property of 125 acres in the Lower Moutere Valley. It was all good agricultural land and well watered and he worked it with considerable success till his death in the year 1897. This property is now farmed by Mr CRESWELL's sons. Mr CRESSWELL was a man of sound principles and strong determination and as an advocate of temperance. He threw his whole heart and soul into his work and even went so far as to refuse to grow either barley or hops for market purposes. In the belief that those products would ultimately contribute to the liquor traffic; he preferred to sacrifice money instead of his principles.