CRAFT, Charles Alfred

1901 -    Has 12 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

CRAFT, Charles James

1871 - 1942  (70 years)

Birth	13 Sep 1871	Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Died	21 Jul 1942	Waverly, New South Wales, Australia
Buried	1942	Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia
Father	CRAFT, William Jonathan,   b. 23 Apr 1836, Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Relationship	natural
Mother	DOLAN, Catherine,   b. 17 May 1837, Limerick, Ireland
Relationship	natural
Married	14 Feb 1867	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Family	TURNER, Margaret,   b. 1877, Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia
Married	1899	Gulgong District, New South Wales, Australia
Children	1. CRAFT, William,   b. 1901, Australia   2. CRAFT, Charles Alfred,   b. 1901, Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia   3. CRAFT, Albert,   b. 1904, Australia   4. CRAFT, Claude Horace Joseph,   b. 3 Sep 1905, Australia   5. CRAFT, Frederick,   b. 1908, Australia   6. CRAFT, Leslie,   b. 29 Sep 1911, Australia

TURNER, Margaret

1877 - 1915  (38 years)

Birth	1877	Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia
Died	14 Nov 1915	Merriwa, New South Wales, Australia
Buried	1915	Cobbora, New South Wales, Australia
Family	CRAFT, Charles James,   b. 13 Sep 1871, Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Married	1899	Gulgong District, New South Wales, Australia
Children	1. CRAFT, William,   b. 1901, Australia   2. CRAFT, Charles Alfred,   b. 1901, Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia   3. CRAFT, Albert,   b. 1904, Australia   4. CRAFT, Claude Horace Joseph,   b. 3 Sep 1905, Australia   5. CRAFT, Frederick,   b. 1908, Australia   6. CRAFT, Leslie,   b. 29 Sep 1911, Australia

BREAKWELL, Pearl Gladys

- Yes, date unknown

Died	Yes, date unknown
Family	CRAFT, Charles Alfred,   b. 1901, Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia
Married	1922	New Zealand

• Name	CRAFT, Charles Alfred
  Birth	1901	Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Death	New Zealand
  Person ID	I2780	Edgoose
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	CRAFT, Charles James,   b. 13 Sep 1871, Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia d. 21 Jul 1942, Waverly, New South Wales, Australia (Age 70 years)
  Mother	TURNER, Margaret,   b. 1877, Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia d. 14 Nov 1915, Merriwa, New South Wales, Australia (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	1899	Gulgong District, New South Wales, Australia
  Family ID	F1218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BREAKWELL, Pearl Gladys   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1922	New Zealand
  Family ID	F1406	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

• Notes

  CHARLES ALFRED CRAFT 1901-1978 He and his twin brother William emigrated from Australia to New Zealand in about 1921. (source: e-mail from ericjudy@optusnet.au 16.09.2002). Described as "wild as a march hare - wine, women and song". Their niece Judy YOUNG (nee CRAFT) remembers her father telling her how their absence broke her grandfather's heart. He married Pearl Gladys BREAKWELL in 1922. (New Zealand Marriage Index 1840-1937 via Ancestry) They had a daughter Eileen Ellen Elfreda CRAFT who married TURIPA New Zealand Electoral Rolls via Ancestry: 1935 Charles CRAFT, Tikihiti, Bay of Plenty, carpenter 1938 Charles CRAFT, Te Aroroa, Bay of Plenty, carpenter 1946 Charles Alfred CRAFT, Te Aroroa, Gisborne, East Cape, carpenter 1949 Charles Alfred CRAFT, Te Aroroa, Gisborne, East Cape, carpenter 1957 Charles Alfred CRAFT, Te Aroroa, Bay of Plenty, carpenter 1963 Charles Alfred CRAFT, Pohutu Road, Te Arorua, carpenter 1969 Charles Alfred CRAFT, Hicks Bay, Gisborne, East Cape, carpenter 1972 Charles Alfred CRAFT, Hicks Bay, Gisborne, East Cape, P/T, carpenter 1978 Charles Alfred CRAFT, Hicks Bay, Gisborne, East Cape, Bay of Plenty, retired NOTES & QUERIES: His marriage and the birth of their daughter were taken from Derek EDGOOSE's dna matches. (DNA Matches page 3: McLiver) According to an unverified Ancestry tree which described him as the son of William Jonathon CRAFT and Catherine DOLAN, he was born at Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia, on 29 April 1900 and died at Te Araroa, Gisborne, New Zealand, on 19 June 1978. (revised 02.02.2019)