Memorial plaque to Henrietta Crassingham nee Tolhurst (1811-1894), Moorland General Cemetery NSW, erected 1988

Memorial plaque to Henrietta Crassingham nee Tolhurst (1811-1894), Moorland General Cemetery NSW, erected 1988 · Ray Cork · Moorland, New South Wales, Australia · headstone photo

For “Born” 29 OCT 1811 of Henrietta Tolhurst

HENRIETTA CRASSINGHAM / (nee TOLHURST) / BORN ICKLESHAM, SUSSEX OCT. 29. 1811 / DIED MOORLAND JULY 23. 1894 / ARRIVED IN N.S.W. OCT. 2. 1838 / ON THE "COROMANDEL" / WITH HER HUSBAND RICHARD / WHO IS BURIED IN THE LANSDOWNE CEMETERY / ERECTED BY HER DESCENDANTS TO COMMEMORATE / THE 150TH YEAR OF THEIR ARRIVAL.

The only source for the birth date and parish on this event, and the reason it is quality 2: the plaque was erected by descendants in 1988, 150 years after the arrival and 94 after her death, so it records family tradition rather than a document. NOT CONFIRMED, and arguably contradicted, by her own 1838 Coromandel entitlement row (cited beside this one), which gives her age as 23 - a birth about 1815. The same list gives her husband's age as 25, which matches his 11 April 1813 baptism exactly, so the ages on this list are not systematically understated. No Sussex baptism has been found for her under any spelling: see the researcher's report for the FreeREG and FamilySearch nils and the Ancestry searches requested.

Memorial plaque to Henrietta Crassingham nee Tolhurst (1811-1894), Moorland General Cemetery NSW, erected 1988 · Ray Cork · Moorland, New South Wales, Australia · headstone photo

For “Immigrated” 2 OCT 1838 of Richard Crossingham

ARRIVED IN N.S.W. OCT. 2. 1838 / ON THE "COROMANDEL" / WITH HER HUSBAND RICHARD

The arrival date and ship are stated on Henrietta's Moorland plaque (uploaded here as media 392).

Memorial plaque to Henrietta Crassingham nee Tolhurst (1811-1894), Moorland General Cemetery NSW, erected 1988 · Ray Cork · Moorland, New South Wales, Australia · headstone photo

For Henrietta Tolhurst (1811–1894)

HENRIETTA CRASSINGHAM / (nee TOLHURST) / BORN ICKLESHAM, SUSSEX OCT. 29. 1811 / DIED MOORLAND JULY 23. 1894 / ARRIVED IN N.S.W. OCT. 2. 1838 / ON THE "COROMANDEL" / WITH HER HUSBAND RICHARD / WHO IS BURIED IN THE LANSDOWNE CEMETERY / ERECTED BY HER DESCENDANTS TO COMMEMORATE / THE 150TH YEAR OF THEIR ARRIVAL.

Commemorative plaque at Moorland General Cemetery, photographed by Ray Cork for the Australian Cemeteries Index (inscription 6427306); photograph uploaded and read this session. Erected by descendants for the 150th anniversary of a 2 October 1838 arrival, so 1988 - a modern monument, hence quality 2, but it is the source of the maiden name Tolhurst and of the Icklesham birthplace.