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The Edgoose and Related Families'
Genealogical Project
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 1838 - 1922 (83 years)
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| Name |
CRAFT, James |
| Born |
22 Oct 1838 |
Algarkirk, Lincolnshire  |
| Christened |
27 Mar 1845 |
Algarkirk, Lincolnshire |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1922 |
Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire |
| Person ID |
I1699 |
Edgoose |
| Last Modified |
30 Jan 2024 |
| Father |
CRAFT, John, b. Between 1811 and 1812, Old Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire , d. 1 Sep 1893, Amber Hill, Lincolnshire (Age ~ 82 years) |
| Mother |
EDGOOSE, Elizabeth, b. 1815, Holland Fen, Lincolnshire , d. 15 Jan 1900, Amber Hill, Lincolnshire (Age 85 years) |
| Married |
6 Aug 1835 |
Algarkirk, Lincolnshire |
| Family ID |
F493 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
CROSS, Eliza, b. 1842 ?, Algarkirk, Lincolnshire , d. 1873, Bramley Registration District, Yorkshire |
| Married |
1860 |
Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire |
| Children |
| | 1. CRAFT, Elizabeth Ann, b. 1860, Carrington, Lincolnshire , d. 1891, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 31 years) [Stepchild] |
| | 2. CRAFT, William Jonathan, b. 1863, Frampton, Lincolnshire , d. Aft 1911 (Age 49 years) [Stepchild] |
| | 3. CRAFT, John Elija, b. 1865, Bramley, Yorkshire , d. 1932, Kellington, Yorkshire (Age 67 years) [Stepchild] |
| | 4. CRAFT, Emily, b. 8 Dec 1866, Bramley, Yorkshire , d. Aft 1901 (Age 35 years) [Stepchild] |
| | 5. CRAFT, James Albert, b. 1869, Bramley, Yorkshire , d. 1903, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 34 years) [Stepchild] |
| | 6. CRAFT, Anne Eliza, b. 1871, Bramley, Yorkshire , d. 1872, Bramley Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 1 years) |
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| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Family ID |
F1027 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
OVERED, Rosa Ann, b. 1846, Alby, Norfolk , d. 3 Jul 1887, Boston, Lincolnshire (Age 41 years) |
| Married |
1876 |
Leeds Registration District, Yorkshire |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Family ID |
F1028 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- JAMES CRAFT 1838-1922
According to a microfiche copy of Algarkirk, Lincolnshire, parish register James CROFT was born on 22 October 1838 and baptised there with his brother John CROFT on 27 March 1845.
(letter from Mrs. Averil Stephens 12.03.2003)
From the 1841 census of Algarkirk, Lincolnshire:
John CROFT (sic), aged 25, agricultural labourer, born in Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth CROFT (sic), aged 25, born in Lincolnshire;
William CROFT (sic), aged 5, born in Lincolnshire;
James CROFT (sic), aged 2, born in Lincolnshire;
John CROFT (sic), aged 1 month, born in Lincolnshire.
(HO107/606/2/7/6)
Elizabeth's 70 year old aunt, Alice EDGOOSE, lived next door with Mathew and Mary TEBB.
In 1851 Jonathan and Helen EDGOOSE were living next door to Jonathan's sister Elizabeth CRAFT at Wyatt Drove, Algarkirk:
Jonathan EDGOOSE, head, married, aged 38, agricultural labourer, born at Algarkirk;
Helen EDGOOSE, sister-in-law, aged 46, born at Uppingham, Rutland.
Next door were:
John CROFT (sic), head, aged 39, owner of 9 acres, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth CROFT, wife, aged 36, farmer's wife, born at Algarkirk;
William CROFT, son, aged 14, farmer's son, born at Algarkirk;
*James CROFT, son, aged 12, farmer's son, born at Algarkirk;
John CROFT, son, aged 10, farmer's son, born at Algarkirk.
(HO107/2099/761v)
He married Eliza CROSS in 1860.
(GRO December 1860 Boston 7a 755).
From the 1861 census of Algarkirk Fen:
John CRAFT, head, married,aged 49, farmer of 9 acres, born at North Kyme, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth Craft, wife, married, aged 46, born at Algarkirk, Lincolnshire;
John CRAFT, son, unmarried, aged 20, labourer, born at Algarkirk, Lincolnshire.
(RG9/2340/81/8)
Next door were:
*James CRAFT, head, married, aged 22, labourer, born at Hornsby, Lincolnshire;
Eliza CRAFT, wife, married, aged 19, born at Hornsby, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth Jane CRAFT, daughter, aged 5 months, born at Carrington, Lincolnshire.
(RG9/2340/81/8)
The birth of their son William Johnathan CRAFT was registered in 1863.
(GRO March Q 1863 [CROSS] Boston 7a 364)
The birth of their son John Elijah CRAFT was registered in 1865.
(GRO March Q 1865 Bramley 9b 351)
Emma, daughter of James and Eliza CRAFT, was born at Back Lane, Bramley, Yorkshire, on 8 December 1866. He was described as a railway signalman on the birth certificate.
(GRO December Q 1866 Bramley 9b 342)
The birth of their son James Albert CRAFT was registered in 1869.
(GRO June Q 1869 Bramley 9b 368)
An Anne Eliza CRAFT was born in 1871.
(GRO December Q 1871 [CROSS] Bramley pb 324)
An Annie Eliza CRAFT died aged 1 in 1872.
(GRO December Q 1872 Bramley 9b 256)
An Ann Eliza CRAFT died aged 1 in 1873.
(GRO March Q 1873 Bramley 9b 237)
An Eliza CRAFT aged 31 died in 1873, almost certainly the wife of James.
(GRO December Q 1873 Bramley 9b 265)
He married Rosa MANN, formerly BULLMAN, née OVERED, in 1876.
(GRO June Q 1876 Leeds 9b 631)
The 1881 census return for 10 Ducie Street, Wortley in Bramley, Yorkshire:
*James CRAFT, head, aged 41, relief signalman, born at Algarkirk, Lincolnshire;
Rosette A. CRAFT, wife, aged 35, born at Alby in Norfolk;
William CRAFT, son, aged 18, unmarried, telegraph clerk, born at Frampton, Lincolnshire;
John CRAFT, son, aged 16, scholar, born at Bramley, Yorkshire;
Emily CRAFT, daughter, aged 14, scholar, born at Bramley;
James CRAFT, son, aged 12, born at Bramley;
Annie CORNWALL, visitor, aged 30, widow, draper's assistant, born at Alby.
(RG11/4504/106/21)
By the time of the 1891 census James CRAFT was a 51 year old widower, born at Algarkirk Fen, working as a railway signalman, and living at 5 West Terrace. Boston, Lincolnshire. His 30 year old unmarried daughter Elizabeth born at Carrington, was acting as housekeeper. Also present was James CRAFT's one year old grandaughter Florence CRAFT, born at Boston. (RG12/2574/97/8).
The Elizabeth Ann CRAFT who died in 1891 aged 30 may have been his daughter.
(GRO September Q 1891 Boston 7a 240)
The 1901 census of 5 West Terrace, Boston, Lincolnshire:
*James CRAFT, head, aged 61, signalman, born at Amber Hill, Lincolnshire;
Florence H. CRAFT, granddaughter, aged 11, born at Boston;
Fanny WALKER, housekeeper, aged 43, born at Boston;
(RG13/3046/53/13)
From the 1911 census of Amber Hill, Near Boston, Lincolnshire:
*James CRAFT, head, aged 72, widower, farmer, born at Amber Hill, Boston, Lincolnshire;
George Francis CLAY, boarder, aged 23, single, farm labourer, born at Kirton End, Boston, Lincolnshire.
(RG14PN19550 RG78PN1174 RD415 SD1 ED4 SN59)
The death of a James CRAFT aged 83 was registered in 1922.
(GRO June Q 1922 Boston 7a 440)
John Henry CRAFT wrote to a niece in 1959:
"There were three brothers in father's family. William (my father), James and John, the latter died early in life. James had some family, one was an electrician and lived in Sheffield. James was employed on the Great Northern Railway for many years as a signalman."
NOTES & QUERIES:
The birth and death of another Ann Eliza CRAFT was registered at Bramley, Yorkshire, in 1878 and 1879. Without a birth certificate one cannot be certain of her parentage.
(revised 21.08.2011)
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