Henry Crane

1819 - 1885  (65 years)

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• Name	Henry Crane
  Relationship	with George William Craxford
  Born	12 Jun 1819	Cottingham, Northamptonshire   [1]
  Christened	3 Jul 1831	St Mary Magdalene, Cottingham, Northamptonshire
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1841	George Street, Corby Road, Cottingham, Northamptonshire
  Residence	1851	(85), George Street, Corby Road, Cottingham, Northamptonshire
  Residence	1861	(41), Town Street, Corby Road, Cottingham, Northamptonshire
  Occupation	1861
  	Agricultural Labourer
  Residence	1871	(33), High Street, Cottingham, Northamptonshire
  Residence	1875	Blind Lane, Cottingham, Northamptonshire
  Residence	1881	Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Sandhurst, Berkshire
  Died	29 Mar 1885	Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Sandhurst, Berkshire   [2]
  	Cause: Pleuro Pneumonia
  Inquest	31 Mar 1885
  	Information received from William Weedon, Coroner for East Berkshire
  Person ID	I9746	Extended Craxford Family
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2009

  
  

  Father	Thomas Crane,   b. 1788, Cottingham, Northamptonshire ,   d. 1820, Cottingham, Northamptonshire  (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Gibbins,   b. Abt 1786, Cottingham, Northamptonshire ,   d. 27 Jan 1845, Cottingham, Northamptonshire  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Married	1808	Medbourne, Leicestershire
  Family ID	F8433	Group Sheet,  Family chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Sculthorpe,   b. 1828, Cottingham, Northamptonshire ,   d. 1904, Cottingham, Northamptonshire  (Age 76 years)
  Married	24 Apr 1853	St Mary Magdalene, Cottingham, Northamptonshire   [3]
  Children	1. Charles Crane,   b. Abt 1847, Cottingham, Northamptonshire ,   d. 1930, Cottingham, Northamptonshire  (Age ~ 83 years)   2. Emma Crane,   b. Abt 1851, Cottingham, Northamptonshire ,   d. 1929, Leicester, Leicestershire  (Age ~ 78 years)   3. Henry Crane,   b. 1853, Cottingham, Northamptonshire ,   d. 1913, Leicester, Leicestershire  (Age 60 years)   4. John Crane,   b. 1855, Cottingham, Northamptonshire ,   d. Aft 1903  (Age 49 years)   5. Mary Elizabeth Crane,   b. 1856, Cottingham, Northamptonshire ,   d. 1952, Cottingham, Northamptonshire  (Age 96 years)   6. George Crane,   b. 1858, Cottingham, Northamptonshire ,   d. 4 Mar 1927, Cottingham, Northamptonshire  (Age 69 years)   7. Thomas Crane,   b. 1861, Cottingham, Northamptonshire ,   d. 1877, Cottingham, Northamptonshire  (Age 16 years)   8. William Crane,   b. 1864, Cottingham, Northamptonshire ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Lewis Crane,   b. 1866, Cottingham, Northamptonshire ,   d. 21 Apr 1947, Cottingham, Northamptonshire  (Age 81 years)   10. Charlotte Crane,   b. 1868, Cottingham, Northamptonshire ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Walter Crane,   b. 1872, Cottingham, Northamptonshire ,   d. 1901, Cottingham, Northamptonshire  (Age 29 years)
  Census Returns		RG: Crane, Mary (1881) and family Mary Crane was living with five of her children in Church Street, Cottingham at the time of the 1881 census. Husband Henry had been committed to Broadmoor for the murder of Sarah Ann Claypole's son, Thomas Christopher, in 1875. Sons Henry (19) and James (17) were lodging at 61 West Street, Northampton, the home of Thomas and Emily Tilley Crane Mary M Head 55 Northampton, Cottingham Crane Charles S Son 35 Agricultural Labourer Northampton, Cottingham Crane William S Son 18 Agricultural Labourer Northampton, Cottingham Crane Lewis S Son 16 Agricultural Labourer Northampton, Cottingham Crane Charlotte S Dau 12 Northampton, Cottingham Crane Walter S Son 9 Northampton, Cottingham English Census RG11/1579 Kettering Corby 29 20
  		RG: Crane, Henry (1851) and family Henry Crane was living at George Street, Cottingham with Mary Sculthorpe (his lodger) and daughter. They married later that year. Crane Henry S Head 21 Agricultural labourer Middleton, Northamptonshire Sculthorpe Mary S Ldgr 22 Lace maker Cottingham, Northamptonshire Sculthorpe Emma S Dau 8mo Cottingham, Northamptonshire English Census HO107/1746 Kettering Cottingham 571
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2009
  Family ID	F8434	Group Sheet,  Family chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 Jun 1819 - Cottingham, Northamptonshire Christened - 3 Jul 1831 - St Mary Magdalene, Cottingham, Northamptonshire Married - 24 Apr 1853 - St Mary Magdalene, Cottingham, Northamptonshire Residence - 1875 - Blind Lane, Cottingham, Northamptonshire Residence - 1881 - Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Sandhurst, Berkshire Died - Cause: Pleuro Pneumonia - 29 Mar 1885 - Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Sandhurst, Berkshire  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos

  Henry Crane Photograph taken about 1880 when he was an inmate at Broadmoor Asylum for the murder of Thomas Christopher Claypole

  
  

  BMD Certificates

  DC: Crane, Henry (1885) He was committed to Broadmoor in 1875 for the murder of Thomas Christopher Claypole, the five year old son of Sarah Anne Claypole.

  
  

  Personal Histories

  DEATH FOR THREEHA'P'ORTH OF SUCKERS The circumstances of the murder of Thomas Claypole in 1875

  
  

• Sources

  [S341] Cottingham Parish Records, (at FreeREG.org.uk), File: 87 (Reliability: 3). [S4] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, Easthampstead 2c 271 (AMJ 1885) (Reliability: 4). [S4] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, Kettering 3b 261 (AMJ 1853) (Reliability: 3).