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Edward BUSH¹ was born in Portsmouth, England. He married Emma Thomsett Crothall CRITTLE on 22 Feb 1864 in Mariners Church, 105 Princes St., The Rocks, Sydney.

"NSW Police Gazette, page 355, 1864

Edward Bush - Disertion.

A warrant has been issued by the Water Police Bench for the arrest of Edward Bush, wherein he is

charged with diserting his wife Emma Bush, leaving her without means of support, he is a Seaman

of about 24 years of age, 5ft 3 or 4 inches tall, stout build, dark hair.

The offender is said to be working in a coal mine at Newcastle".

Emma Thomsett Crothall CRITTLE,¹ daughter of Charles CROTHALL ( - ) and Emma THOMSETT ( - ), was born in 1836 in Kent, England. She was baptised on 7 Aug 1837 in Dymchurch, Kent. She married George Adolphus GEE on 8 Jul 1867 in Sydney. She died on 18 Mar 1877 in Redfern, Sydney, NSW. Died in childbirth. Emma was buried on 19 Mar 1877 in Rookwood cemetery.

"Emma was born in Kent, England about 1836, before the marriage of her parents in April of 1837.

She was baptised as Emma Thomsett at the church of St Peter and St Paul, Dymchurch, Kent on 7

August 1837, Her baptism names her parents as Charles Crothall and Ellen Thomsett.

On 6 June 1841, she is 4 years old and registered in the census in the name of Emma Crothall and

living with her parents Charles and Ellen and younger siblings George, 2 and Elizabeth, 3 months

at Dymchurch, Kent. Two months later she and her family emigrated to Australia on the Lalla

Rookh, Her father Charles, an agricultural labourer, funded the family's passage as bounty

immigrants."

"THE FRIENDS of Mr. GEORGE A. GEE are respectfully inivited to attend the Funeral of his late

beloved WIFE, Emma ; to move from his residence, 3, Vine-street, off Abercrombie-street,

Redfern, THIS (Monday) AFTERNOON, at 2 o'clock, for the Necropolis.

J. and G. SHYING and CO., 719, George-street.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : Mon 19 Mar 1877 Page 8 Family Notices)."¹