Denne, Cosh and Crane family further papers

MLMSS 12137
ON 729
SLIDES 412
R 2440
R 2441
R 2442

fonds

1858-2011

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Drawings, Watercolours, Clippings, Medals

9675752

0.5 metres of textual material (3 boxes), includes photographs and drawings - manuscript, typescript
70 negatives - 15 x 4 cm or smaller
8 slides - black and white, colour, glass - 18 x 13 cm or smaller
2 medals - silver - 400 x 400 mm or smaller
2 detachable collars - lace - 21 x 19 cm or smaller

The Denne family were significant figures in the early settlement of New England. Richard Henry Denne held a pastorage licence from 1840 and grazed cattle and sheep on the Tia River run. One of his sons, David Richard Denne (1855-1906) married Frances Leonora Hooke (1877-1955) with whom he had four children including David Richard Denne (1904-1984). David married Margery Janet Crane (1904-1985) on 17 April 1928, with whom he had two sons including Alured Crane Denne (1931-2003), who married Norwegian-born Unn Margarethe Vethe (1937-1992) on 14 April 1961.

Reverend James Cosh (1838-1900) was ordained for the Vanuatu mission field on 28 November 1865, he married Janet Scotland Frame (1843-1904) on 31 January 1866 and they served at Pango on the Island of Efate until 1870. After time in Auckland, he became minister of the Campbell Street Presbyterian Church Balmain, Sydney, from 1872-1899. He had four children including Janet Mary Cosh (1879-1963) who married Arthur William Crane (1860-1932) on 10 October 1903. Their daughter, Margery Janet Crane (1904-1985), married David Richard Denne. They had a daughter, Janet Walker Windeyer (1933-), who married David Crane Denne (1937-2010). One of their three sons, John Inglis Clark Cosh (1873-1946), married Louise Snowdon Annie Calvert (1872-1956) and had three children including Janet Louise Cosh (1901-1989) who became a teacher, botanist and illustrator.

George Ekins Crane (1825-1906) was born in London, England and married Georgina Sibella Miller (1825-1907) with whom he had twelve children. In 1867, he established G.E. Crane and Sons (later G.E. Crane Holdings), a building materials firm, on Pitt Street, Sydney.

References:
Compiled from the collection.

Sydney’s Aldermen. “George Ekins Crane”. Accessed 18 April 2024. https://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/george-ekins-crane

The material has been in continual custody of the family.

MLMSS 12137/Box 1 – Denne family
Folder 1
Frances Leonora Denne family history textual records including diary excerpts; birth, marriage and death certificates; correspondence; photographic prints. Dated 1877-2007

Folder 2
David Richard Denne family history textual records including correspondence about his time at Sydney Grammar School and in Gulgong; photocopies of newspaper clippings and certificates; information about the familial house ‘Chiselt’ in Wahroonga; marriage invitation and newspaper clippings about his daughter, Barbara Denne. Dated 1905-2011

Folders 3a and 3b
Richard Henry Denne; Unn and Alured Denne correspondence; birth, marriage and death notices; newspaper clippings; information about the house ‘Tia’ in Walcha, survey maps of Denne and Tia parishes and animals runs in New South Wales; family photographic prints, some taken by Poul C. Poulsen, Brisbane; Swiss Studios, Sydney; Johnson Studios, Sydney. Dated 1870-2011. Photographic negatives of some photographic prints in Folder 3b housed at ON 729

Folder 4
Textual material about the history of the Golden Cob grain and birdseed supply store, established 1895, and photographic prints of premises, vehicles, family and employees. Dated 1939-1971

MLMSS 12137/Box 2 – Cosh family
Folder 1
Families of Reverend James Cosh, Joseph Henderson, William McTaggart and Adam Frame family trees, newspaper clippings and photographic prints, some taken by Moffat studios and A. Pithy studios; 5 pencil sketches of locations in Scotland by Joseph Henderson, 1858. 1 watercolour by William McTaggart. Dated 1858-1974

Folder 2
Janet Cosh family information and photocopies of newspaper clippings about her work as a botanical illustrator; correspondence regarding the book Rev. James Cosh, M.A., D.D., 1838-1900 Minister, Missionary and Academic by Janet Denne. Dated 1976-2012

Folder 3
Janet Cosh and Stephen Hunter family information and family trees; copies of collegiate information and sermons by Reverend James Cosh. Dated to 2013.

Folders 4a and 4b
Reverend James Cosh information and family history; correspondence; photographic prints, some taken by Kerry & Co, Sydney and Creelman & Co, Sydney; newspaper clippings; birth, marriage and death notices; copies of sermons; information about the Cosh memorial stained-glass window in St. Andrew’s College chapel, University of Sydney; correspondence from Cosh’s travels to New Hebrides (Vanuatu). Dated 1866-1992. Photographic negatives and slides of some photographic prints and related images from folder 4b housed at ON 729. Two lace clerical bands housed at R 2440.

MLMSS 12137/Box 3 – Crane family
Folder 1
Arthur William Crane and Margery Crane family information; transcript of diary of journey from Sydney to San Francisco, 1881; photographic prints; correspondence. Dated 1881-1992. Photographic slides and glass slide of photographic prints housed at ON 729 and SLIDES 412. Small silver cycling shield housed at R 2441. Gold sailing pendant housed at R 2442.

Folder 2
George Ekins Crane family history information; birth and death certificates; photographic prints; information about the familial house ‘Redleaf’ in Wahroonga; information about the Auckland Islands and the British Colony of which Crane was a Company servant. Dated 1841-2009

Folder 3
G.E. Crane Holdings building supplies company information and 1967 annual report; family information about George Ekins Crane and the familial house ‘Redleaf’ in Wahroonga; newspaper clippings; 1986 Commercial Orientation class assignment. Dated 1926-2008

ON 729 SLIDES and NEGATIVES
(Removed from MLMSS 12137/Box 1, Folder 3b)
14 photographic negatives of the family gathering celebrating the 50th wedding anniversary of David and Janet Denne, 17 April 1978

(Removed from MLMSS 12137/Box 2, Folder 4b)
20 photographic negatives of the grave of Thomas Frame Cosh, Janet Frame Cosh and Reverend James Cosh in the Gore Hill cemetery, St Leonards
7 photographic negatives of an illuminated address for the Reverend James Cosh who served as Minister for the Campbell Street Presbyterian Church, Balmain, presented 1899
20 negatives of the Cosh memorial stained-glass window in St. Andrew’s College chapel, University of Sydney
5 photographic negatives of images of James and Agnes Cosh
4 photographic negatives of a painting of the ‘Fearnought’ ship and a group of family members posing on a terrace

4 slides probably taken in Vanuatu; 1 of a group of Ni-Vanuatu and one Caucasian woman; 3 of a Ni-Vanuatu family in Western dress posing outside a cottage.
2 slides of the Cosh memorial stained-glass window in St. Andrew’s College chapel, University of Sydney, 1987

(Removed from MLMSS 12137/Box 3, Folder 1)
1 slide of the family house ‘Redleaf’ in Wahroonga, New South Wales

SLIDES 412
1 glass slide of Janet Mary Crane holding Margery, aged about six months, in a garden

REALIA
R 2440 – two lace-edged white clerical bands, likely worn by Reverend James Cosh
R 2441 – small silver shield from a prize tray of cutlery engraved “Sydney Bicycle Club ; 1st Race Meeting August 1882 ; One mile without handles ; 1st Prize, won by A.W. Crane” on recto
R 2442 – gold pendant from the Sydney Amateur Sailing Club engraved “Champion ‘Mercia’, A.W. Crane, 1902-3 on verso

The original arrangement and folder titles have been retained for this collection.

This material is held in cold storage and requires 3 working days notice to retrieve. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian - Applies to ON 729
Access via appointment - Applies to SLIDES 412 and R 2440, R 2441, R 2442

Copyright restrictions may apply:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Many photographic prints are annotated on verso or on attached backing paper identifying the individuals and/or date. Pencil sketches by Joseph Henderson initialed "JH" in lower left or right corners.