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Shadrach Grose
b. 30 August 1844, d. 4 March 1918
Birth
Shadrach Grose was born on 30 August 1844 in Parramatta.1
Parents
| Father | William Smith Grose (b. 1810) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Reay (b. 1810, d. May 1867) |
Family life
Shadrach Grose and Julia Healey were married on 8 January 1872 at Church of St Saviour in Tambaroora.1
Children with Julia Healey (b. 1851, d. 20 May 1929)
| Son | Shadrach Henry Grose (b. 9 August 1872, d. 1943) |
| Daughter | Elizabeth Anna Grose (b. 24 November 1874, d. 1933) |
| Daughter | Rachael Mary Grose (b. 24 January 1876, d. 7 January 1877) |
| Daughter | Sarah Grose (b. 26 January 1878, d. 8 January 1956) |
| Son | William Grose (b. 6 February 1881, d. 1 January 1940) |
| Daughter | Julia Monica Grose (b. 17 March 1883, d. 18 April 1958) |
| Son | John Sydney Grose (b. 18 August 1886, d. 30 April 1955) |
| Son | James Oswald Grose (b. 9 August 1887, d. 16 April 1950) |
| Son | Arthur Daniel Grose (b. 17 December 1888, d. 18 February 1955) |
Involvement in crime
Shadrach Grose was arrested on 12 July 1864 in White Rock.1 He was indicted for having (on 18 June last), while under arms, waylaid, stopped, and robbed the Orange and Bathurst mail coaches on 17 October 1864 in Bathurst. Thomas Kessey, Frederick Peisley and Shadrach Grose were charged with robbing the Bathurst - Orange mail coaches in June 1864. Despite the fact that all three were identified by George Milne, Peisley and Grose were acquitted while Thomas Kessey was found guilty. He was sentenced to ten years hard labour on the roads. At the same session of the Circuit Court, James Kessey was charged with robbery under arms (in company with others) of Hugh McKinnon. He was found guilty and sentenced to ten years hard labour on the roads.2,3,4 He was suspected of stealing a bridle and crupper from Rev Mr Langley in October 1865 in Bathurst.1 He was tried for stealing a saddle and surcingle on 3 October 1865 in Bathurst. His co-accused was Frederick Jackson.5 He was tried for several counts of highway robbery with arms on 9 October 1865 in Bathurst. He and his accomplice, Frederick Jackson, were found guilty and sentenced to five years hard labour on the roads.1 He was admitted to Darlinghurst Gaol on 18 October 1865 in Darlinghurst.1 He was convicted of perjury on 17 October 1903 in Bathurst. He was sentenced to three years gaol.1 He was discharged from gaol in February 1906 in Bathurst.1
Working life
- On 21 February 1894 Shadrach Grose was a mail contractor in Sofala. His tender of 68/10/- for the thrice-weekly Sofala, Sally's Flat and Hill End mail service was accepted.6
Death
Shadrach Grose died from hypostatic pneumonia and a strangulated inguinal hernia on 4 March 1918 at age 73 at Bathurst District Hospital in Bathurst.
Citations
- [S865] Beverley Johnson, Shadrach Henry Grose & Julia Healey: Beverley Johnson, 2018.
- [S776] Monday October 17, Sydney Morning Herald, within the column headed "Bathurst Circuit Court", 22 Oct 1864, 4.
- [S777] Return of Prisoners Tried at the different Circuit Courts 1864, Police Gazette, NSW, December 1864, p353.
- [S778] Bathurst, The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser, Part of the "Telegraphic Intelligence" column, 20 Oct 1864.
- [S779] Highway Robbery with Arms, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 Oct 1865, 4.
- [S708] Mail contracts, Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal, 21 Feb 1894, p3.
| Last Edited | 16 October 2018 |