Ivy Leslie Ivy Leslie Clarence Cramp [8381] Cramp [8381]

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  Noted events in her life were:

• Registration: Birth, 1889, Grafton District, New South Wales. ² 21445/1889
CRAMP, IVY L C
JAMES S
RACHEL
GRAFTON

• Newspaper: Death by Drowning, 1903 Nov 17, Grafton District, New South Wales, Australia. ³ Death by Drowning. (1903, November 17). Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915), p. 4. Retrieved July 30, 2014, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61398713>

Death by Drowning.
An inquest was held at the Court House
yesterday afternoon, before Mr. M.H.
Fitzhardinge, Coroner, and a jury of 12,
touching the death of Ivy Cramp, 14 years
of age, whose body was found in the river
on Sunday morning.
Sergeant Duke Dean stated that the body
was reported to the police as floating in the
river near the foot of Villiers Street. It was
face downwards, and much discoloured
and swollen. The body, which was fully
dressed, was taken to the Court House hotel,
till an order was made for interment on
Sunday afternoon.
Percy George deposed to seeing the body
in the river at 6:45 am on Sunday at
the foot of Villiers Street, near the Factory,
and reported the matter to the police.
He saw deceased at her own residence
about 8. a.m. on Wednesday. She spoke to
him and appeared all right.
James Cramp, father of deceased, stated
that he last saw his daughter alive between
7:30 and 8 am on Wednesday. She was
then in the best of health, and gave no
intimation of leaving home. He chastised
her on Wednesday morning for taking a
half-sovereign out of her brother's pocket
on Monday. On being taxed with taking
the money, she admitted it, and he beat her
with a strap. He left home afterwards and
went to his work. On returning at noon,
he was informed that Ivy had left home.
Search was made, and she could not be
found. He reported the matter to the
police, on Saturday. He had never beaten
her previously.
Mrs. Cramp, mother of deceased, stated
that she last saw her daughter alive on
Wednesday about 8:30 am. She came out
of the bedroom after having been chastised
and passed her as she was in the dining
room, without saying a word, and that was
the last she saw of her. She purchased
boots with the half sovereign. She had
shoes on when she left home, and she could
not account for no shoes being found on
the body. Her husband did not punish
her severely.
Dr. Ventry-Smith stated that he held a
post-mortem examination on the body of
deceased, and found she had been a healthy,
well-grown girl. There were no marks of
external violence. The body, which was
much decomposed, presented the usual
indications of death by drowning. The
body appeared to have been in the water
three or four days.
The Coroner said that this was all the
evidence that could be offered. They had
not the body to identify, as it was thought
necessary to have it buried.
The jury found that Ivy Clarence Cramp
was found drowned on Sunday last, but,
how she came into the water they could
not say.
Much sympathy is expressed for the
parents.

• Newspaper, 1903 Nov 18, Parramatta District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁴ Chips. (1903, November 18). The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 - 1950), p. 2. Retrieved July 30, 2014, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85685413>

A girl named Ivy Cramp was drowned at
Grafton. It is believed she committed suicide.
The deceased had been corrected by her
parents for the supposed appropriation of half
a sovereign.

• Newspaper: COUNTRY NEWS, 1903 Nov 18, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁵ COUNTRY NEWS. (1903, November 18). Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1907), p. 15. Retrieved July 30, 2014, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71488316>

The body of Miss Ivy Cramp, aged 14 years,
who had been missing since Wednesday last, was
found just below Grafton. She was the
daughter of Mr. James Cramp, of Prince
street.