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Dave Rave/William Carss
Dave Rave/William Carss
Born	c1830; Scotland
Died	26 May 1878 (aged 77–78); Balmain
Burial place	Carss Park
Nationality	Scottish
Occupation(s)	Cabinet maker, Hotelier
Known for	Carss Park

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.^[1]^[2]

Cabinet maker, then hotelier, living Ashfield, then retiring to Carss Cottage after his wifes death.^[3]

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^arp.^[4]

1863 Carss buys land.

Hotelier

various hotels,

Hunter River Inn [-1850] to Andrew Scotland^[5]
- Carrs' Public House - Sussex Street and Margaret Place^[6]
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.^: 71 which is still there but is now 69.
  - 73 Observer
  - 77 Kings Head
  - 93 Marine

Sands	1858	1861	1863-6	1867	1868	1869-70	1873	1875	1876	1879	1880	1882	1884	1885
Observer	73	n/a	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	69	69	69
Kings Head	77	77	77	Observer Tavern 77	77	Kings Head 77	vacant	Great Pacific 77	77	77	73	73	n/a
Marine	93	93	93	93	vacant	Marine 93	93	93	Buckham 93	Mays Family 93	Pries Family 89	Browns Family 89	Orient 89
Argyle Street
Fortune	a	b	c	d	e	f	135	135	137	137	137	137	137	137
Patent Slip Hotel	a	b	c	d	e	f	139	139	139	139	139	143	143	143
Globe Street

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^[5] licence to Edward Hancock^[7]
- Carss to sell The King's Head - Feb '53.^[8] 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^[9]
note the King's Arms v King's Head.^[10]

1853-Jun His wife, Helen, died 26th,^[11] and was buried at the Devonshire Street Cemetery.^[12]^[13]

1856. a notice in the paper looks for William Carss, indicating a Scottish source.^[14]

1860s - Helen and two infant children are moved from Devonshire Street.^[15]

I think I have the Sussex Street Hotel^[16] on the site

daughter, Ann, married 1861.^[17]

Carss Park area bought 1863.

1866 donated land to the church.^[18]

1878 - There was also a housekeeper called Amelia Claggett.^Amelia

References

^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Gazette And New South Wales Advertiser. Vol. XXIX, , no. 2037. New South Wales, Australia. 15 October 1831. p. 2.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
^ "ADVANCE AUSTRALIA Sydney Gazette". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. Vol. XXIX, no. 2037. New South Wales, Australia. 15 October 1831. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Scrapbook: William Carss -- iconic Carss Cottage is the area's oldest property".
^ "Government Gazette Notices". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 113. New South Wales, Australia. 21 October 1853. p. 1847.
^ ^a ^b "EXPLORATORY EXPEDITION". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXVII, no. 3994. New South Wales, Australia. 6 March 1850. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "No title". Empire (newspaper). New South Wales, Australia. 29 July 1851. p. 3.
^ "LICENSING MEETING". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXIX, no. 4151. New South Wales, Australia. 5 September 1850. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 18 February 1853. p. 4.
^ "No title". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXIX, no. 4152. New South Wales, Australia. 6 September 1850. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
"Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXXV, no. 5416. New South Wales, Australia. 24 October 1854. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
"PUBLICANS' LICENSES". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXXV, no. 5453. New South Wales, Australia. 6 December 1854. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
"No title". The Empire. No. 1275. New South Wales, Australia. 9 February 1855. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Syd Licencing
^ "Family Notices". The Empire. No. 767. New South Wales, Australia. 27 June 1853. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
"Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXXIV, no. 5026. New South Wales, Australia. 27 June 1853. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
"Family Notices". Freeman's Journal. Vol. IV, no. 158. New South Wales, Australia. 2 July 1853. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXXIV, no. 5027. New South Wales, Australia. 28 June 1853. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Inscription 15643954 - Helen turnbull Carss". Australian Cemeteries Index.
^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXXVII, no. 5794. New South Wales, Australia. 24 December 1856. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
^ State Records
^ "Big House Hotel". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ "Family Notices". The Empire. No. 2, 930. New South Wales, Australia. 20 February 1861. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "NEW ZEALAND". The Empire. No. 4, 715. New South Wales, Australia. 23 November 1866. p. 8 – via National Library of Australia.
"THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEW SOUTH WALES". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. LIV, no. 8905. New South Wales, Australia. 6 December 1866. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.

Notes

^arp which works exactly, 119*1.05=124 and change
^Amelia Amelia Alice
married John Carss 1917 (mc #1546/1917)
died 1945 (dc #20723/1945)
daughter of Charles and Caroline Jane

Bibliography

"Scrapbook: William Carss -- iconic Carss Cottage is the area's oldest property". Grand Pacific Tours.
Kogarah Historical Society (1971), Carss' cottage : opening of historical museum at Carss Park on 28th August, 1971, [Kogarah Historical Society], ISBN 978-0-9599727-0-2
Hatton, Joan; Coxhead, Gwen; Kogarah Historical Society (1997), The Carss family, Carss Cottage and Carss Park, Kogarah Historical Society, ISBN 978-0-9587153-1-7
"Carss Park | Sydney Journal". epress.lib.uts.edu.au.
"Vault of William Carss". Sydney Cemetery Adventures. 7 November 2016.</ref>
"William Carss (1800-1878)". Georges River Council. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
Galinovic, Maria (28 October 2015). "Carss Cottage: Iconic home has rich past". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader.

[1] "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Gazette And New South Wales Advertiser. Vol. XXIX, , no. 2037. New South Wales, Australia. 15 October 1831. p. 2.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

[2] "ADVANCE AUSTRALIA Sydney Gazette". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. Vol. XXIX, no. 2037. New South Wales, Australia. 15 October 1831. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Scrapbook: William Carss -- iconic Carss Cottage is the area's oldest property".

[4] "Government Gazette Notices". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 113. New South Wales, Australia. 21 October 1853. p. 1847.

[a1850-5] "EXPLORATORY EXPEDITION". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXVII, no. 3994. New South Wales, Australia. 6 March 1850. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.

[6] "No title". Empire (newspaper). New South Wales, Australia. 29 July 1851. p. 3.

[7] "LICENSING MEETING". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXIX, no. 4151. New South Wales, Australia. 5 September 1850. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.

[8] "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 18 February 1853. p. 4.

[9] "No title". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXIX, no. 4152. New South Wales, Australia. 6 September 1850. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
"Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXXV, no. 5416. New South Wales, Australia. 24 October 1854. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
"PUBLICANS' LICENSES". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXXV, no. 5453. New South Wales, Australia. 6 December 1854. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
"No title". The Empire. No. 1275. New South Wales, Australia. 9 February 1855. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.

[10] Syd Licencing

[11] "Family Notices". The Empire. No. 767. New South Wales, Australia. 27 June 1853. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
"Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXXIV, no. 5026. New South Wales, Australia. 27 June 1853. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
"Family Notices". Freeman's Journal. Vol. IV, no. 158. New South Wales, Australia. 2 July 1853. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.

[12] "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXXIV, no. 5027. New South Wales, Australia. 28 June 1853. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.

[13] "Inscription 15643954 - Helen turnbull Carss". Australian Cemeteries Index.

[14] "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XXXVII, no. 5794. New South Wales, Australia. 24 December 1856. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.

[15] State Records

[16] "Big House Hotel". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

[17] "Family Notices". The Empire. No. 2, 930. New South Wales, Australia. 20 February 1861. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.

[18] "NEW ZEALAND". The Empire. No. 4, 715. New South Wales, Australia. 23 November 1866. p. 8 – via National Library of Australia.
"THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEW SOUTH WALES". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. LIV, no. 8905. New South Wales, Australia. 6 December 1866. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.

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