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William George Craxford

William George Craxford

Male 1918 - 1944  (26 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William George CraxfordWilliam George Craxford was born 3 Jun 1918, Tynemouth, Tyne And Wear (son of Percy Edward Craxford and Jane Craig); died 12 Sep 1944, SS Rakuyo Maru, South China Sea.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1939, 2, Acasias, Ware Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire
    • Occupation: 1939; Nurseyman and cucumber grower
    • Residence: 1940
    • Military Service: 1940-1944; WW2 / Private The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
    • Commemoration: 1948, Hertford Heath War Memorial, Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire
    • Commemoration: 1975, Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore, Singapore

    Notes:

    Residence:
    Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire

    William married Nora Marjorie Hicks 23 Aug 1941, St Catherine and St Paul's Church, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. Nora was born Abt 1920, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Notes:

    Married:
    Reference:

    Children:
    1. Living

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Percy Edward Craxford was born 1 Sep 1877, Heydour, Lincolnshire; was christened 7 Oct 1877, Heydour, Lincolnshire (son of William James Craxford and Rose Margaret Smith); died 21 Jan 1952, County Hospital, Hertford, Hertfordshire.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1891, Wanstead District Infant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead, London
    • Residence: 1909, 85, Boleyn Road, Islington, London
    • Occupation: 1909; Railway porter
    • Residence: 1911-1914, 428, Hertford Road, Enfield, London
    • Occupation: 1914
    • Residence: 1939, 2, Acasias, Ware Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire
    • Occupation: 1939; Gardener

    Notes:

    Occupation:
    China & Glass Dealer

    Percy married Jane Craig 8 Nov 1906, St Lukes Church, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. Jane (daughter of Hugh Craig and Mary [--?--]) was born 17 Dec 1881, Barrow in Furness, Lancashire; died 1975. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Jane Craig was born 17 Dec 1881, Barrow in Furness, Lancashire (daughter of Hugh Craig and Mary [--?--]); died 1975.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1891, 5, Rochdale Street, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear
    • Residence: 1909, 85, Boleyn Road, Islington, London
    • Residence: 1911, 428, Hertford Road, Enfield, London
    • Residence: 1939, 2, Acasias, Ware Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire

    Notes:

    Married:
    Reference:

    Children:
    1. Harold Percy Craxford was born 24 Feb 1909, Islington, London; died 22 Apr 2000, Gloucestershire.
    2. Margaret Craxford was born 22 Dec 1914, Tottenham, London; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 1. William George Craxford was born 3 Jun 1918, Tynemouth, Tyne And Wear; died 12 Sep 1944, SS Rakuyo Maru, South China Sea.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William James Craxford was born 22 Sep 1849, Aldgate, London; was christened 2 Dec 1849, St Botolph Without Aldgate, London (son of William Craxford and Mary Ann Hunt); died 20 Nov 1881, Heydour, Lincolnshire; was buried 24 Nov 1881, St Michael's Church, Heydour, Lincolnshire.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1851, 37, Mitre Street, St James Dukes Place, London
    • Residence: 1861, Bramshott, Hampshire
    • Residence: 1871-1881, Heydour, Lincolnshire
    • Occupation: 1871-1881; Organist

    Notes:

    (Medical):Blind following an accident

    Residence:
    He was resident with Gordon F Deedes, Vicar of Haydour, and family in 1871. Two doors away lived Rose Smith, schoolmistress, whom he subsequently married

    William married Rose Margaret Smith 25 Feb 1873, St Mary's Church, Islington, London. Rose (daughter of Edward Smith and Eliza [--?--]) was born 31 Jan 1847, Umballa, East Indies; died 6 Nov 1943, Hertford, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Rose Margaret Smith was born 31 Jan 1847, Umballa, East Indies (daughter of Edward Smith and Eliza [--?--]); died 6 Nov 1943, Hertford, Hertfordshire.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: 1889, National School, Wold Newton, Lincolnshire; School Mistress
    • Residence: 1891, School House, Wold Newton, Louth, Lincolnshire
    • Residence: 1901, Pode Hole, Pinchbeck, Spalding, Lincolnshire
    • Occupation: 1904; Head Mistress
    • Residence: 1911, Witchford, Ely, Cambridgeshire
    • Residence: 1939, 17, Foxholes Avenue, Hertford, Hertfordshire
    • Residence: 1942, 17, Foxholes Avenue, Hertford, Hertfordshire

    Notes:

    Residence:
    She had her son William's future wife, Jane Hickabottom, boarding with her

    Occupation:
    Isle of Ely Education Committee raise her salary from 50 pounds to 55 pounds per annum on November 1st 1904 - Cambridge Independent Press Page 8 November 4th 1904

    Notes:

    Married:
    Banns were published on 26th January, 2nd and 9th February 1873

    Children:
    1. Rose Emily Craxford was born 9 Aug 1874, Heydour, Lincolnshire; was christened 27 Sep 1874, Heydour, Lincolnshire; died 28 Dec 1959, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire.
    2. William James Craxford was born 11 Feb 1876, Heydour, Lincolnshire; was christened 12 Mar 1876, Heydour, Lincolnshire; died 28 Mar 1955, Painswick, Gloucestershire.
    3. 2. Percy Edward Craxford was born 1 Sep 1877, Heydour, Lincolnshire; was christened 7 Oct 1877, Heydour, Lincolnshire; died 21 Jan 1952, County Hospital, Hertford, Hertfordshire.
    4. Agnes Elizabeth Craxford was born 1879, Heydour, Lincolnshire; was christened 24 Apr 1879, Heydour, Lincolnshire; died 1958, Buckinghamshire.
    5. Lionel George Craxford was born 1880, Heydour, Lincolnshire; was christened 2 Jan 1881, Heydour, Lincolnshire; died 20 Apr 1956, Palmers Green, London.

  3. 6.  Hugh Craig was born 1857, Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died 4 Jun 1931, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1891, 5, Rochdale Street, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear
    • Occupation: 1891; Ship's plater

    Hugh — Mary [--?--]. Mary was born 1863; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Mary [--?--] was born 1863; died Yes, date unknown.
    Children:
    1. 3. Jane Craig was born 17 Dec 1881, Barrow in Furness, Lancashire; died 1975.
    2. William A Craig was born 1885, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Elizabeth Craig was born 1892, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Maggie Craig was born 1894, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Hugh Craig was born 1897, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Robert Craig was born 1900, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Craxford was born 1827, Gretton, Northamptonshire; was christened 27 Apr 1827, St James the Great, Gretton, Northamptonshire (son of Thomas Craxford and Sarah Fielding); died 30 May 1885, City Infirmary, London; was buried 7 Jun 1885, City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery, London.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1841, Gretton, Northamptonshire
    • Residence: 1848, 12, York Street, Westminster, London
    • Occupation: 1848; Millwright
    • Residence: 1851, 37, Mitre Street, St James Dukes Place, London
    • Honours: Oct 1860; Freeman: City of London
    • Residence: 1861, 5, Mitre Square, Aldgate, London
    • Residence: 1881, 3, Duke Street, Westminster, London
    • Residence: 1885, 10, Bartholomew Close, London

    Notes:

    Residence:
    He was a lodger with Joseph and Mary Fielding (his maternal grandparents)

    William married Mary Ann Hunt 25 Dec 1848, St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London. Mary (daughter of James Hunt) was born 1828, Middlesex; died Mar 1893, London. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Ann Hunt was born 1828, Middlesex (daughter of James Hunt); died Mar 1893, London.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1848, 15, Queen Street, Westminster, London
    • Residence: 1851, 37, Mitre Street, St James Dukes Place, London
    • Residence: 1861, 5, Mitre Square, Aldgate, London
    • Residence: 1881, 10, Bartholomew Close, London

    Children:
    1. 4. William James Craxford was born 22 Sep 1849, Aldgate, London; was christened 2 Dec 1849, St Botolph Without Aldgate, London; died 20 Nov 1881, Heydour, Lincolnshire; was buried 24 Nov 1881, St Michael's Church, Heydour, Lincolnshire.
    2. Emma Jane Craxford was born 28 Jun 1851; was christened 27 Jul 1851, St Botolph Without Aldgate, London; died 1889, Edmonton, London.
    3. Mary Ann Craxford was born 2 Dec 1853; was christened 29 Jan 1854, St James Church, Dukes Place, Whitechapel, London; died 8 May 1855, Mitre Square, London.
    4. Alfred Craxford was born 1859, London; died 1 Feb 1860, Mitre Square, London.
    5. Maria Craxford was born Jan 1863, London; died 24 Dec 1863, Mitre Square, London.
    6. Alice Evangeline Craxford was born 3 Oct 1866, Aldgate, London; was christened 26 May 1867, St James Church, Clerkenwell, London; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Lizzie Beatrice Craxford was born 1868, Aldgate, London; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 10.  Edward Smith

    Edward — Eliza [--?--]. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Eliza [--?--]
    Children:
    1. 5. Rose Margaret Smith was born 31 Jan 1847, Umballa, East Indies; died 6 Nov 1943, Hertford, Hertfordshire.
    2. Emily Smith was born Abt 1871, Bengal, India; died Yes, date unknown.


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