My maternal G.G.Grandfather, Henry William Crouch, arrived in Melbourne with his wife, Sarah (Lewis), and daughter Fanny aged 4, on 16th October 1852. Henry came to Doncaster in 1862 and bought 30 acres on Church Rd. from Robert Campbell, steward of the Carlton Estate, for £337 – Lynton

Crouch family tree – web version

Henry William Crouch born 9th September 1824
Fifth child of Thomas Crouch and Sarah Pluckrose
Henry married on the 3rd November 1846
Sarah Lewis born 1820, daughter of Joseph Lewis
at the Parish Church of St. Martin in the Fields
in the county of Middlesex.

Henry Crouch born 7th May 1854
4th child of Henry William Crouch and Sarah Lewis
married on 5th Sept 1876
Marion Longmuir born 20th Jan 1856
Additional Crouch photos…






Percival “Pert”, Enid Salome, John Temple, Frances Willard, Salome Goodman (Russell)



In the 1900s bicycle races were held each year on Easter Monday at the Oddfellows Picnic Day, around a perimeter track at the Doncaster Recreation Ground.

