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CRAFT, Charles Alfred
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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
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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)

