1844–1926

Introduction

Born: No­vem­ber 21, 1844, St. Ger­mains, Nor­folk, Eng­land.

Died: Ju­ly 19, 1926, Sey­mour Road, El­stern­wick, Mel­bourne, Aus­tra­lia.

Buried: Brigh­ton Ge­ne­ral Ce­me­te­ry, Mel­bourne, Aus­tra­lia.

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Biography

Ada was the daught­er of Hen­ry Cam­bridge, and wife of George Fred­er­ick Cross (mar­ried 1869).

George took Ho­ly Or­ders in 1870 in Eng­land. Af­ter va­ri­ous cu­ra­cies in Aus­tral­ia, he be­came In­cum­bent of Co­ler­aine, dio­cese of Bal­la­rat, in 1877.

Works

She al­so con­trib­ut­ed to Lays of the Pi­ous Min­strels, 1862; Eng­lish Lyr­ics; and pub­lished a prose sto­ry, The Two Sur­plic­es, 1865, and tales in va­ri­ous ma­ga­zines.

Sources

Lyrics