George
Crosswell
aka Leary
Born in Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Simmons Crosswell
and Sarah (Deverell) Leary
Brother of
Emma Louisa (Crosswell) Wittenbaker, Catherine (Crosswell) Fitzgerald, Thomas Crosswell, Ellen Leary [half] and John Leary [half]
Husband of
Ellen Beatrice (Kelly) Crosswell
— married
11 Mar 1873 in Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Annie Beatrice (Crosswell) Fitzgerald, George Edmund Crosswell, Jane Lee (Crosswell) Burnett, Violet Daverill (Crosswell) Bridger, Leonard Sylvester Crosswell, Hilton Mulqueenie Crosswell, Ellen Victoria (Crosswell) Russell, Linda Shamrock (Crosswell) Merrie, Cyril John Kelly Crosswell, Clement Thomas Crosswell, Clarence Clyde Patrick Crosswell and Vivian James Crosswell
Died
at age 82
in Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Dec 2019
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Biography
George was born in 1848. He passed away in 1931. George enlisted in the Bay of Plenty Volunteer Cavalry under the name Leary, his step father's name. He received the New Zealand War Medal for surviving a clash with Te Kooti's supporters, in 1869, near Opepe, Taupo.
Sources
- personal record
- Welcome to the Crosswell Family - edited by Mike Choat
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 October 2020), memorial page for George Crosswell (unknown–20 Mar 1931), Find a Grave Memorial no. 175578530, citing Opotiki Public Cemetery, Opotiki, Opotiki District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand ; Maintained by muzzamie (contributor 49179623) .
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/crosswell-nzmedal
- FamilySearch Ref L4HD-V5V
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