WILLIAM HENRY CRAWCOUR c 1805-1845

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This new thread provides a range of data relating to William Henry Crawcour c 1805-1845 aka Henry Crawcour aka Henry Cracour son of Isaac Crawcour c1777-1837 and Simha Cohen De Lara 1776-1851. Some 12 years ago I purchased GRO Records relating to William aka Henry which included his marriage and death plus several documents on his descendants. The addition of census and other records not available at the time has helped fill in some missing gaps relating to William aka Henry. The transcription errors in several documents online particularly census regarding the spelling of the last name Crawcour ( versions include Croker, Cracour) has made it difficult to trace the lines accurately.

A family tree on the Crawcour has a record for a first Jewish marriage for William aka Henry to Gitcha bat Isaac in 1831. There is no other data to confirm this marriage or the name of the first wife and her death. However, there is a GRO Record I hold for the marriage in 1837 December 8 Parish Church St.Mary Nottingham for:
William Henry CROKER above 21 bachelor Traveller St Georges's Hanover Square London father John Isaac Croker deceased Gentleman
Mary BRIDDON above 21 no occupation - Cl...ber Street - father William BRIDDON butcher
Married by Licence
Witnesses Joseph Parkham; William ....? x mark

The confirmation that this William Henry Croker is William Henry Crawcour appears in the burial inscription for his son Robert Crawcour- see billiongraves website- Tombstone photograph and inscriptions Robert Crawcour grand son of William Briddon aged 1 year 10 months died 1846 also William Briddon who died Nov 10 1802 aged 72 years and his wife Mary who died June 20 1802 aged 72 years- Buried Nottingham Cemetery.
Another brother Charles Edward Crawcour 1841-1821 appears to have been called Henry at least on one occasion as I will post.
Charles Edward Crawcour GRO Birth Certificate - 2 Sept 1841 Milton Street Parish of St Mary Nottingham father Henry Crawcour traveller mother Mary Crawcour formerly BRIDDON Milton Street Registered 15 September 1841
See GRO Birth Index Records Charles Edward Crawcour Sept qtr 1841 Nottingham 15 597

William Henry Crawcour aka Henry died in 1845
GRO Death Record
3 January 1845 in the Borough of Doncaster
Henry CRAWCOUR 40 a Jew trade not known cause of death Natural Causes Informant Thomas R MANDALL CORONER Doncaster 31 January 1845

In the 1851 British Census:
(Crown Copyright TNA) HO 102 2130 329 2
Sneitonville??
William Hubbard H M 26 Cattle dealer b Leicester Barleston
Eliza wife 22 b Notts Nottingham
Mary dau 3 b Notts Sneiton
Elizabeth dau 7 months b Sneiton
MARY BRIDDON 62 Married visitor cattle dealer b Notts Bathley
HENRY CRAWCOUR 12 visitor scholar b Nottingham

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In the marriage Certificate for William Henry Croker aka Crawcour his residence was recorded as St George's Hanover Square London. The following 2 records suggest that William and Henry are one in the same:
Partnership between Henry Crawcour and David De Lara carrying on business of Stationers at 21 Mount Street Whitechapel Dissolved 20 March 1838 -The London Gazette
The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser for Lancashire and Westmoreland Sat December 4 1841
"George SIMMONDS 11 Carlto Strret Islington Green London, Philip LEVESON of London, Henry CRACOUR of Nottingham.Henry CRACOUR of Nottingham, who represented himself as the authorised successor of Messrs Stephens and Co of London, marking ink manufacturers and inventors of gold fluid. These men were examined at Ulverston.
Simmonds and Leveson were committed for trial and "Cracour was liberated for want of evidence and left Ulverston for Lancaster in his gig"

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This appears to be the re-marriage of Mary Crawcour nee Briddon- June qtr 1845 Nottingham 15 823
The GRO Birth Certificate for William Henry Crawcour son of Henry and Mary Briddon- the Henry Crawcour in the 1851 Census age 12 is more likely to be William Henry rather than Charles Edward as posted on#1
29 June 1839 Parliament Street Parish of St Mary Nottingham
William Henry Crawcour - father Henry Crawcour Commercial Traveller -mother Mary Crawcour formerly Briddon
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Marriage of Mary Crawcour nee Briddon:
May 13 1845 Parish Church of St Mary Nottingham
William KIRKWOOD full age bachelor Licensed Victualler Kingston upon Hull father Stephen Kirkwood Timber Merchant
Mary CRAWCOUR full age widow no occupation Milton Street -father William Briddon cattle dealer
Married by licence
Witnesses- George Briddon; Elizabeth Briddon

GRO Birth Certificate 28 March 1844 Milton Street Parish of St Mary
Robert CRAWCOUR -father Henry Crawcour traveller -mother Mary Crawcour formerly Briddon

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The following records relate to Charles Edward Crawcour born Nottingham in 1841. In the first of the records the last name is recorded as Croker but alias Cracour or Crawcoar. This record is from the UK Criminal Records - Charles Croker alias Cracour or Crawcoar- Larceny - before service summarily convicted under the Juvenile Offender Act- sentence 4 years imprisonment.
Date of Trial 31 December 1855 Nottinghamshire.
A Newspaper article ( Nottinghamshire Guardian Thursday March 15 1855) recorded the trial and sentence of a Charles Croker age 13 and Thomas Bell 16 committed to prison the former for a fortnight and to be once whipped and the latter for a month of hard labour.
I suspect that Charles Croker and Charles Crawcour in both trials are one in the same.

The 1861 British Census ( Crown Copyright TNA) RG9 2181 1 29 5
Aston Duddeston Nottinghamshire Cavalry Barracks has
Charles CRAWCOUR Private age 19 4th Dragoon Guards b Notts

The Dragoons were the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards who I understand served for some years in Ireland and England.
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The following GRO Marriage Certificate for Charles Edward Crawcour gives his age as 39 in 1887 with a dob 1848 some 7 years younger than the Charles Edward Crawcour b 1841 Nottingham. However, his father is given as Henry Crawcour deceased and there are no other records on Free BMD indicating another comparable Charles Edward Crawcour:
Register Office Shoreditch Middlesex
12 August 1887
Charles Edward Crawcour 39 bachelor Commercial Traveller 42 Alma Street Hoxton -father Henry Crawcour deceased Commercial Traveller
Martha Ellen MATTHEWS 22 spinster no occupation 40 Saint Johns Road Hoxton -father Samuel Matthews Farmer
Married by Licence
Witnesses- John Fraser; William Neal

Here are Baptism Records for the children of Charles and Ellen:
London Church of England Births and Baptisms
July 14 1889 born-baptised July 24 Charles Henry Crawcour parents Charles Edward Crawcour and Martha Ellen Crawcour
4 Holly Street Dalston Commercial Traveller Holy Trinity Church Hackney
Baptism -Ellen Emmeline Crawcour 12 Feb 1893 St John Vartyr Road Stamford Hill -parents Charles Edward Crawcour and Ellen Crawcour 314 Seven Sisters Road Licensed Victualler
Baptism- Henry Robert Crawcour 14 July 1895- Parish of St John Bethnal Green Middx
Parents Charles Edward Crawcour and Martha Ellen Crawcour - born 20 May 1895 - Victualler 2 Pollard St
Baptism 30 July 1899 born 26 June 1899
Arthur Henry Crawcour Parents Charles Edward Crawcour and Ellen Crawcour 58 Red Lion Street Confectioner

London Electoral Registers show Martha Ellen Crawcour and Charles Edward Crawcour 58-59 Red Lion Street Camden 1919; 1932 Martha Ellen Crawcour and Arthur Henry Crawcour , Florence Jane Crawcour -58-59 Red Lion Street 1939

Further data to follow.
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I have struggled to find Charles Edward Crawcour and family post 1891 British Census in Census records but do have his probate record and that of his wife Martha Ellen:
1891 Census ( Crown Copyright TNA) RG12 206 179 46
29 " The Dagman" Hackney
Charles E Crawcour H M 44? Beer House Keeper b Notts Nottingham
Ellen wife 26? b Eastwood?? ( Difficult to read her age and place of birth)
Charles E Crawcour son 7months b London

Probate
Charles Edward Crawcour 58 Red Lion Street Holborn died 10 October 1921 St Peters Hospital Covent Garden- Probate to Martha Ellen Crawcour widow Effects £245 9s

The London Electoral Rolls show Charles and Martha to be at 58 Red Lion Street in 1900 and 1901 and up to 1919 but I can't locate them in the 1901 or 1911 Census as yet.

Probate
Martha Ellen Crawcour Anzac Cove Old Heath Southminster Essex
widow died 6 Feb 1951 Administration to Ellen Emmeline GALE wife of Henry Gale and Arthur Henry Crawcour Hire car proprietors
Effects £900

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Marriage Index Record- Ellen Emmeline Crawcour June qtr 1915 Holborn 1b 1736 to Henry G GALE

GRO Birth Certificate- 14 December 1892 314 Seven Sisters Road Tottenham UD
Ellen Emmeline Crawcour - father Charles Edward Crawcour Licensed Victualler -mother Ellen Crawcour formerly Matthews- Informant Charles Edward Crawcour father 314 Seven Sisters Road Tottenham 23 Jan 1893
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Death Index Records for children of Charles Edward Crawcour -Henry Robert Crawcour Dec qtr 1895 Bethnal Green 1c 114 age 0 years
Arthur Henry Crawcour b 1899 died Dec qtr 1979 Age 80 Southend on Sea 9 2805

Marriage Index Record- Arthur Henry Crawcour -Florence J BAKER Sept qtr 1923 Holborn Middx

London Admission and Discharge Registers- Arthur Crawcour b 26 June 1899 age 3 Admission 21 April 1903 St John the Evangelist School- Parent Charles

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The following 2 GRO Marriage Certificates relate to William Henry Crawcour son of William Henry Crawcour aka Henry and Mary Briddon:
1869 Parish Church Oakham Rutland
3 August 1869
William Henry Crawcour 31 bachelor Commercial Traveller St George's Middlesex father-Henry Crawcour Gentleman
Mary Jane THORPE 19 spinster no occupation Oakham -father George Thorpe Gentleman's attendant
Married by licence
Witnesses
Eugene Etrenne Seprick??
Eliza Thorpe

Death Index Mary Jane Crawcour age 22 Dec qtr 1873 7a 153 Leicester

William re- married in 1874 to Mary's sister Eliza Thorpe
GRO Marriage Certificate
May 30 1874 Trinity Church Parish of Trinity's Grays Middlesex
William Henry Crawcour 36 widower Commercial Traveller St Trinity Parish -father Henry Crawcour Gentleman
Eliza Thorpe 26 spinster no occupation Leicester father George Thorpe Gentleman

Married by Licence
Witnesses
J S? Arnold
S Punnitt??

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