With the link below, can anybody tell me how I can find out more, if there is any ?
The chap I am looking for, disappeared around 1856/7, his family of 4 children lived in Tranmere, although he was born in Kent. His name has been spelt incorrectly at times between Crafter and Crofter. This one is Crofter. It may not be the right person, but can't find any more bits to link or unlink. This period 1853 to 1856 was the period of the Crimea War. Can't work out where to go next, as keep getting the same info.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KCQG-DK2
Thank you for any help to direct me.
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Richard Crofter United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
birth: 1826 Kent military service: United Kingdom
Richard Crofter, "United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941"
Name: Richard Crofter Event Type: Military Service Event Year Range: 1853-1857 Event Place: United Kingdom Birthplace: Kent Birth Year: 1826 GS Film number: 1562743 Digital Folder Number: 004650253
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1851 England Census about Richard Crafter Name: Richard Crafter Age: 25 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Sarah Crafter Gender: M (Male) Where born: Bexley, Kent, England Civil Parish: Tranmere Ecclesiastical parish: St Catherine County/Island: Cheshire Country: England Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
Disability:
View Image Registration District: Wirral Sub-registration District: Birkenhead ED, institution, or vessel: 2c Neighbors: View others on page Household Schedule Number: 168 Piece: 2175 Folio: 805 Page Number: 63 Household Members: Name Age Richard Crafter 25 Sarah Crafter 25 Eliza Catherine Crafter Under 9 View Original Record
Liverpool, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921 about Richard Crafter Name: Richard Crafter Age: Full Age Marriage Date: 19 Aug 1849 Parish: Liverpool, St Nicholas Spouse's Name: Sarah Eleanor Edwards Father's Name: Richard Crafter Spouse Father's Name: Samuel Edwards Reference Number: 283 NIC/3/39
1861 England Census about Sarah E Crafter Name: Sarah E Crafter Age: 30 Estimated Birth Year: 1831 Relation: Head Gender: Female Where born: Tarvin, Cheshire, England Civil Parish: Bebington Ecclesiastical parish: St Catherine Town: Tranmere County/Island: Cheshire Country: England Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
View Image Registration District: Birkenhead Sub-registration District: Tranmere ED, institution, or vessel: 4 Neighbors: View others on page Household Schedule Number: 178 Piece: 2645 Folio: 119 Page Number: 34 Household Members: Name Age Sarah E Crafter 30 Eliza C Crafter 10 Richard A Crafter 8 Herbert E Crafter 6 Annie E Crafter 4 Mary Radcliffe 35
Cranky, thank you very much. You have the correct family and her husband Richard did not appear on 1861 census or indeed any subsequent one. That is the mystery and what I have been trying to find out.
Family tales say that he and his partner in work, (whose wife was Mary Radcliffe and on one of your lists), took off one morning by carriage to go to work and never returned. Nobody knew really what the truth was, and all the family members that may have known are gone now.
Sarah also lived in Queens Building, Queen Street, Tranmere in 1861 according to what I saw, but I thought Queens buildings was by Laird street, unless there was another one.
Sarah at one time was a teacher at a Girls School on Old Chester Road, and also listed as a nurse at another time.
all great fun, but bloody annoying.
Thanks for all that. Any chance you can find anything out on Richard and Crimean War records? Being cheeky now
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That's the one Bert. His father Richard came here with his family in 1840's for whatever reason and was proprietor at the Derby Arms Pub ,Rock Ferry for a number of years and later Chester Arms, Parkgate. He died in 1862.
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
Thanks for the link Helles. I have been looking through and there have been some enquiries in the past about 'Crafter', one of which was from a relation. The trouble is, there were so many Richards' scattered all over the place, it's hard to pin one down. Some don't have birth dates, some emigrated and back then they could have given false ages and names too, I suppose. Anyway, I will keep scouting and your link seems the best so far. Thank you.
Bert, thanks for your info. That has been very helpful in pin pointing his occupation. Knew all the details of Herbert's DOB but not daddy's occupation at that date. Probably Richard commanded more attention as we came from the line of his son Richard Andrew,(who had 12 children), rather than Herbert.
Too many Richards' and most are from different branches of the same family,both here and abroad. If we should catch up with the buggar, it will be a bit of an anti climax, as there will not be any more to search for. So although infuriating ,it's an enjoyable pastime.
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
