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Family: William John Croker / Margaret Wilson Miller (F6085)

• Father | Male William John Croker

  
  

  Born	29 Jan 1840	Drogheda, Louth, Ireland
  Died	15 Mar 1919	Clarencetown, NSW, Australia
  Buried
  Married	30 Jan 1864  [1]	Newcastle, NSW, Australia  [1]
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  Mother | Female Margaret Wilson Miller

  
  

  Born	Abt 1843	Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Died	15 Mar 1930	Clarencetown, NSW, Australia
  Buried	Mar 1930	the Presbyterian Section, Stony Creek Cemetery, Clarencetown, NSW, Australia
  Father	John Miller | F289 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary Wilson | F289 Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Newspaper: CLARENCETOWN. A shocking and most distressing occurrence happened a few days since to one of Mr Croker's family. While the youngest child, a boy of about 12 months old, was asleep in bed it was attacked by a rat, which stripped the lower eyelid from its place, and would no doubt have effected other and perhaps fatal injuries had not the poor child cried out, and aroused its parents. As soon as it was day-light, Mr & Mrs Croker drove with the sufferer to Morpeth, but as there was no surgeon there they were recommended to proceed on directly to Newcastle, whither Mrs Croker, in charge of the child, immediately went. Rats are just now very troublesome about the neighbourhood of the river. The premises of Mr C F Holmes, at Fotheringay are much infested with them, and Mr Holmes has been laying down poison for the purpose of exterminating the vermin. Although every precaution was used, some of the house and cattle dogs were unfortunately fatal sufferers.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1002] Margaret Wilson Miller, Wright, Ian, (March 2012).