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Third Generation
Family of Francis CROWHURST (E3) and Mary Frances MILBOROW
E4 Francis CROWHURST
Born on 26 April 1862 in 4 Grosvenor Cots, Milbrook Rd, Brixton.
Recorded residing in 4 Grosvenor Cottages, Milbrook Road, Brixton in 1863; at 23 Effa Parade, Lambeth, Surrey in 1881 and at 229 Railton Road, Lambeth in 1901.
Francis died in Brixton, London on 10 June 1911, at the age of 49. He was buried on 17 June 1911 in Lambeth Cemetery Tooting. Cause of death: Influenza.
Occupation: Carpenter Journeyman.
About 1890 when Francis was 27, he married Emily Alice CARTWRIGHT.
Emily Alice was the daughter of Joseph William CARTWRIGHT (1836-10 January 1913) and Emily Louise BAGLEY (1835-). She was born in 1865 in Brixton, London. Emily Alice died in Brixton, London on 10 November 1918, at the age of 53. She was buried on 14 November 1918 in Lambeth Cemetery, Tooting.
They had the following children:
E5 Alice Emily (1892-1981) E6 Francis (Frank) (1893-1975)Frederick (about 1895) Frederick served in the Royal Navy for many years and had no children. E7 Florence (1896) Winifred (1900) Winifred married Frank DOWING. Occupation: Railwayman. Sidney (after 1901) Occupation: Builder. He had no children.
Francis is listed in the 1881 Census, aged 19, as a Boarder at 23 Effa Parade, Lambeth (next door to the Cartwright family at no. 21).
In the 1901 Census he is listed aged 38 living at 229 Railton Road, Lambeth with his wife Emily, 36 and children Alice, 9, Frances 7 and Winifred 1.
Picture 24 – The children: Frank, Alice and Florence about 1917
Picture 25 - Lambeth, circa 1900
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