Edward CAUSON m2. 18 Aug 1849 Register Office, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Anna ARKWELL (marriage entry from Lois Keating)
Anna ARKWELL b bef 1828 Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, d/o Henry ARKWELL.

Children of Edward CAUSON and Sarah ARKELL:

1. Charles CAUSON b abt 1824, d 10 Sep 1849 in shipwreck of the cutter Thompsons 3m S of Guichen Bay (Robe) off the coast of South Australia, with his younger brother James.

2. Edwin CAUSON b 17 Jul 1826, chr 17 Sep 1826 St James the Great Church, Cranham, Gloucestershire, England, son of Edwin CAUSON and Sarah CAUSON [R/N141] [IGI Batch Number C027692 extracted from parish records]
Edwin CAUSON aged 22, left London and Plymouth, England on 11 May 1849 on the Eliza and arrived Port Adelaide 23 Aug 1849. He sailed with two brothers, Charles aged 24 and James aged 20. They were all listed as single, agricultural laborers from Gloucester [Passenger nos 7147, 8, 9, Certificate of Final Departure of the Eliza, 49/16 Frame 4]
Passenger List for Eliza 1847 by Robert Janmatt at The Ships List 1847-1886.
Edwin CAUSON died 27 Jul 1904, aged 78, Pascoe Street Smythesdale, Victoria. [Vic 10493] buried 29 Jul 1904 Smythesdale General Cemetery [R/N 2791]
Edward (Edwin) CAUSON aged 24 yrs m Elizabeth Jane SCOWN aged 16 yrs, on 2 Feb 1852 at the C of E Church at Willunga, South Australia [R/N 252, certificate 35446]

Edwin CAUSON m 1852 Elizabeth Jane SCOWN

3. James CAUSON chr 21 Sep 1828 Cranham, Gloucester, England s/o Edward/Sarah [IGI Batch Number C027692 extracted from parish records]
James CAUSON d 10 Sep 1849 in shipwreck of the cutter Thompsons 3m S of Guichen Bay (Robe) off the coast of South Australia, with his older brother Charles.

4. Sarah Ann CAUSON chr 1 Jan 1832 Cranham, Gloucester, England d/o Edward/Sarah [IGI Batch Number C027692 extracted from parish records]
Sarah Ann CAUSON died aged 6 yrs, bur 25 Sep 1837 Cranham.

5. Joseph CAUSON chr 13 Jul 1834 Cranham, Gloucester, England s/o Edward/Sarah [IGI Batch Number C027692 extracted from parish records].

6. Hester CAUSON chr 9 Apr 1837 Cranham, Gloucester, England d/o Edward/Sarah [IGI Batch Number C027692 extracted from parish records]
Hester CAUSON died aged 3 wks, bur 24 Apr 1837 Cranham.

Death of CAUSON brothers from Cranham
On 10 Sep 1849 just 17 days after their arrival in Adelaide, Edwin's two brothers, Charles and James CAUSON were passengers on a small cutter bound for Melbourne, the Thompsons, which was shipwrecked in a heavy gale about 3 miles south of Guichen Bay, off Robe (south of Adelaide). They were two of nine shepherds of the South Australian Company who perished. Twenty-one souls in all were lost, including the Captain Frederick Wilkinson, his wife Elizabeth and child Sarah, the mate, 3 seamen and a boy and other passengers. There were no survivors and the ship was totally wrecked. So that was the tragic fate of two young lads from the village of Cranham. Accounts of the wreck of the cutter Thompsons can be found in the South Australian Mining Journal 22 Sep 1849, The Adelaide Times 24 Sep 1849, and the South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal 4 Oct 1849.