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Cramsie’s partner, Thomas H. Sparkes, died in March 1868 at Balranald.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5813507 Deaths], ”The Argus” (Melbourne), 14 April 1868, page 4.</ref> In July 1868 Cramsie purchased his late partner’s share in the storekeeping business at Balranald.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/267853015 In the Estate of Thomas Harrison Sparkes, Deceased], ”The Pastoral Times” (Deniliquin), 1 August 1868, page 3.</ref>

Cramsie’s partner, Thomas H. Sparkes, died in March 1868 at Balranald.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5813507 Deaths], ”The Argus” (Melbourne), 14 April 1868, page 4.</ref> In July 1868 Cramsie purchased his late partner’s share in the storekeeping business at Balranald.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/267853015 In the Estate of Thomas Harrison Sparkes, Deceased], ”The Pastoral Times” (Deniliquin), 1 August 1868, page 3.</ref>

In September 1871 the partnership between Cramsie, Maurice Aron and Louis Gerstman, storekeepers of Balranald and [[Euston, New South Wales|Euston]] (trading as John Cramsie and Co.), was dissolved by mutual consent. The business was carried on by Cramsie and Aron under the existing name.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223088359 Dissolution of Partnership], ”New South Wales Government Gazette” (Sydney), 5 April 1872 (Issue No. 100), page 929.</ref>

In August 1873 the partnership between John Cramsie and Maurice Aron, general storekeepers at Balranald and Euston, trading as John Cramsie and Co., was dissolved “by mutual consent”. The business at Balranald was continued by Cramsie and the Euston business carried on by Aron. At the same time Cramsie admitted John Clark Bowden as a partner in his storekeeping business at Balranald.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5870520 Dissolution of Partnership], ”The Argus” (Melbourne), 30 August 1873, page 2.</ref> From July 1875 the partnership between Cramsie and Bowden was carried on under the name Cramsie, Bowden and Co.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/267943653 J. Cramsie & Co.], ”The Pastoral Times” (Deniliquin), 24 July 1875, page 3.</ref>

In August 1873 the partnership between John Cramsie and Maurice Aron, general storekeepers at Balranald and Euston, trading as John Cramsie and Co., was dissolved “by mutual consent”. The business at Balranald was continued by Cramsie and the Euston business carried on by Aron. At the same time Cramsie admitted John Clark Bowden as a partner in his storekeeping business at Balranald.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5870520 Dissolution of Partnership], ”The Argus” (Melbourne), 30 August 1873, page 2.</ref> From July 1875 the partnership between Cramsie and Bowden was carried on under the name Cramsie, Bowden and Co.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/267943653 J. Cramsie & Co.], ”The Pastoral Times” (Deniliquin), 24 July 1875, page 3.</ref>

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Australian politician

John Cramsie
In office 2 December 1880 – 7 October 1885
Born	23 December 1831
Died	18 February 1910(1910-02-18) (aged 78)
Spouse	Lillias Rankin
Parents	William Cramsie (father) Ann (née Boyd) (mother)

John Cramsie (23 December 1831 – 18 February 1910) was an Irish-born Australian politician.

John Cramsie was born on 23 December 1831 at Ballymoney in County Antrim, the son of William Cramsie and Ann (née Boyd).^[1][2]

Cramsie emigrated to Victoria in about 1855-58. He lived “for some time” at Swan Hill, on the Victorian side of the Murray River.^[1]

Prior to April 1860 the firm of Sparkes, Cramsie and Co., a partnership between George Bagley Perkins, Thomas Harrison Sparkes and John Cramsie, carried on business as general storekeepers at Balranald on the lower Murrumbidgee River. In April 1860 the partnership between Perkins, Sparkes and Cramsie was dissolved by mutual consent. Cramsie and Sparkes continued to carry on the business in co-partnership under the existing name of Sparkes, Cramsie and Co.^[3]

John Cramsie and Lillias Rankin were married on 26 November 1863 at St. Kilian’s church at Bendigo, Victoria. The couple had had ten children, born from 1864 to 1882.^[2][A]

Cramsie’s partner, Thomas H. Sparkes, died in March 1868 at Balranald.^[4] In July 1868 Cramsie purchased his late partner’s share in the storekeeping business at Balranald.^[5]

In September 1871 the partnership between Cramsie, Maurice Aron and Louis Gerstman, storekeepers of Balranald and Euston (trading as John Cramsie and Co.), was dissolved by mutual consent. The business was carried on by Cramsie and Aron under the existing name.^[6]

In August 1873 the partnership between John Cramsie and Maurice Aron, general storekeepers at Balranald and Euston, trading as John Cramsie and Co., was dissolved “by mutual consent”. The business at Balranald was continued by Cramsie and the Euston business carried on by Aron. At the same time Cramsie admitted John Clark Bowden as a partner in his storekeeping business at Balranald.^[7] From July 1875 the partnership between Cramsie and Bowden was carried on under the name Cramsie, Bowden and Co.^[8]

Bowden operated a store at Wentworth, at the confluence of the Darling and Murray rivers.^[9]

His business expanded rapidly and he joined with John C. Bowden, of Melbourne, in a business trading as Cramsie, Bowden & Co.^[1]

In about April 1877 Cramsie, Bowden and Co. purchased the river steamer Kelpie.^[10]

Before entering politics he was a stock agent in Balranald, New South Wales.

In 1880 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balranald, serving until his retirement in 1887.^[11]

In May 1882 the partnership between John Cramsie, John Clark Bowden and Arthur Woodfall, operating as general merchants and storekeepers at Wilcannia, Milparinka and Tibooburra, was dissolved by mutual agreement. The stores at those places was carried on by Woodfall, in partnership with Peter Swanson and Thomas Wakefield Chambers.^[12]

Lillias Cramsie died on 12 June 1888, aged 43, at her residence ‘Balranald’ in Bruce Street, Ashfield.^[13]

John Cramsie died on 18 February 1910, aged 78, at ‘The Pines’ Private Hospital in Randwick, “after a lengthy illness”.^[1]

A.^ The children of John and Lillias Cramsie: (1) William Augustine Cramsie, born in 1864; (2) Jessie A. Cramsie, born in 1866; (3) James Rankin Cramsie, born in August 1869 at Glen Innes; (4) John Boyd Cramsie, born in March 1871 at Balranald; (5) Angus Duncan Cramsie, born in about 1873; (6) Lillias May Cramsie, born in 1874; (7) Alexander Stuart Cramsie, born in 1875; (8) Charles Henry Wrexford Cramsie, 1876-8 at St. Kilda in Melbourne; (9) Ronald Herbert Cramsie, born in 1880; (10) Reginald Cecil Cramsie, born in 1882.^[2]