CROASDELL FAMILY - POTTED HISTORIES - BRANCHES
Henry Croasdell and Hannah Silver
Henry Croasdell 1824 - 1863 was the 2nd child and eldest son of William Croasdell and Isabella Tyson. He was baptised at Hawkshead on 19 January 1824 and was brought up on his parents' farm at Sawrey Ground near Hawkshead. He was there, aged 17, when the 1841 census was taken but by 1851 he had become a coachman and was working for Betty L[ew]thwaite, a single gentlewoman, at Thwaites in the parish of Millom
Later in that year on 18th August 1851 Henry married Hannah Silver at St John the Baptist church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool. Henry's name is spelled as Croasdale on the certificate and he is described as of full age, a coachman of Thwaites. Hannah, also of full age, is a spinster of Berkley Street. Her father is given as Joseph Silver, farm servant. It is probable that the marriage took place in Liverpool because Hannah was working there, most likely as a servant. She had been born in Backbarrow about 1825.
By 1861 Henry had changed jobs and in the census for Dalton in Furness was described as a Sawyer and Butcher. The family with 4 of their children and a domestic servant were living on Main Street. On birth certificates relating to some of his children he is described as a gardener (1852) and butcher (1862)
Henry and Hannah had six children before Henry's early death on December 13th 1863. The rest of the family fell on hard times and in 1871 Henry, James, Jane and Isabella were all in Ulverstone Union Workhouse described as paupers. Later all the boys went to sea. Three of them married and had large families. The two girls were lifelong spinsters. Hannah applied for administration of Henry's estate and sureties were his brother John and brother-in-law Mark Grisedale.
William 1852 - 1915
- Born 28 May 1852 at Tyson's Square, Neville Street, Ulverston and Baptised at St Mary's on 27 June
- Married Elizabeth Jackson on 17 May 1873 at Ulverstone. They had 11 children
- William was a seaman and, for a time, a master mariner. In 1881 he was mate on the S.E.A Charnley
- Married Margaret Hughes, nee Morris on 10 October 1898 at Emmanuel Church, Bootle
- Died 5 January 1915 in Walton, West Derby
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Joseph 1854 - 1905
- Baptised 10 September 1854 at St Peter's Liverpool
- Married Sarah Agnes Ainsworth on 10th April 1879 at Barrow. They had nine children and several lines have been followed, some to the present day
- Died in 1905
- Joseph was a master mariner and later a lighthouse keeper In 1881 he was master of the S.E.A Charnley
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Henry c 1857 - 1922
- Born about 1857 in Ulverstone Registration District
- Died 1 July 1922 at Lancaster Lunatic Asylum, a general labourer of 11 Burlington Street, Ulverstone
- It seems likely he was unmarried and his death was notified by his sister-in law, wife of James, of the same address
- In 1881 was a seaman on board S.E.A Charnley
James 1860 - 1934
- Born about 1860 at Dalton in Furness
- Married Sarah Mary Williamson on 24th December 1892 at Ulverstone. They had 10 children
- Died 30 June 1934 at Ulverstone
- The direct line has been traced to the present day
Jane 1862 - 1933
- Born 13 March 1862 at Dalton in Furness
- Known as Aunt Ginny in the family
- Probably worked as a companion to a lady in Manchester
- In 1924 she was living in Oldham when she was named as executor of her sister's estate
- Died 17 January 1933 at Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester
- She left a will naming several siblings and their children
Isabella 1864 - 1932
- Baptised at St Mary's Ulverstone on 4th September 1864
- Died at Newbury, Berkshire on 20th August 1932
- Her will left everything to her sister Jane
- In 1876 Isabella, aged 11, embroidered a sampler which has been passed down in the family and now belongs to her 2x great niece Deborah Croasdell Trunfio