Newfloridian's home for years to come ...?

Welcome to the Extended Craxford Family web site and magazine. In these grey pages we have gathered together an expanded and descriptive listing of the main red pages and the colour supplements. In the next column is a listing of those articles which have been published over the course of the last six months or so.

On the next page is an alphabetical index of family members that have had articles written about them. We hope this list will grown as more contributions are received. In due course we will add an index of places and events with which the family has been associated.

The fourth page is an article about starting out on the quest of a family history and points out some useful sources and sites of information while the last page in this section is dedicated to TNG - the database and authoring software with which this web site has been developed. References are also made to the TNG Community

-- PAGE 2: RESEARCH IN PROGRESS --

A series of articles entitled "RESEARCH DONE". Stories from around the family which don't quite fit in the oither section pages.

-- PAGE 3: BACK TO OUR ROOTS (NORTHAMPTON) --

Articles from Gretton, Cottingham and further afield. Inspired by our visit to the area in August 2005.

-- PAGE 4: LEICESTER AND THE CRAXFORDS --

Newfloridian was born and bred in Leicester (still looks in the Sunday paper to see how the Foxes are getting on) but lost touch with the city in the early 1970s.

-- PAGE 5: THE WEST MIDLANDS CONNECTION --

Stories of the migration from Gretton to the Birmingham area.

-- PAGE 6: CRAXFORD CUTTINGS --

Minor anecdotes, newspaper clippings and the small details - items that probably would not occupy a whole article but which are of interest nevertheless - that you would need to search the hidden corners of the database to find.

-- PAGE 7: THE EDITORIAL --

Newfloridian's page and a chance to rant and rave and rumble!

-- PAGE 8: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR --

Your chance to send your thoughts and comments about items which have appeared on these pages

-- PAGE 9: MEETINGS AND REUNIONS --

The first of what we hope will become a record of gatherings of the family in the future.

These supplements contain information and articles about individuals and families allied too but not directly linked to the main part of the Craxford tree. The general format of the supplement will be the same but will be immediately recognisable by a different coloured masthead.

-- SUPPLEMENT A: THE BLUE PAGES --
The Nessworthy and Simpson families including a discussion about the origins of the Nessworthy surname. Also mentioned: Atkinson, Welch, Offenberg

-- SUPPLEMENT B: THE OLIVE PAGES --
The families Matkin, Liston-Smith and Cotterill

-- SUPPLEMENT C: THE PURPLE PAGES--
Featuring the Craxfords and Lane-Craufords of London and their association with the Britannia Theatre, Hoxton

-- SUPPLEMENT D: THE TEAL PAGES--
The families of Naylor, Ball, Haywood, Unwin and Cook are all ancestors on our maternal side.

-- SUPPLEMENT E: THE BROWN PAGES--
The Eldridge, Curtis and Manooch families

-- SUPPLEMENT F: THE ORANGE PAGES--
The Anker, Griffin, Moore and Walpole families

Several of the documents posted on the histories pages have been stored in pdf format. If you do not have a copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader module (which allows viewing, printing and saving the file on your PC for later use - it can be downloaded from the Adobe site given below. The download is free and quite quick. Just complete the on line form.

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If you have any questions or comments about the information on this site, please contact us at AlanCrax@aol.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

Newfloridian - Site Administrator
(Alan D. Craxford) July 23rd 2010.

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A CAMBRIDGESHIRE FAMILY HISTORY
(Added June 8th 2010)
The Anker family arrived in the fens of East Anglia from Holland during the reign of Charles I. In two parts, this is their story.
WHITTLESEY ANCESTORS: THE ANKER FAMILY (PT 1)
WHITTLESEY ANCESTORS: THE ANKER FAMILY (PT 2)

A WHITTLESEY WILL (Added June 8th 2010)
Abraham Anker died in 1886 leaving his estate which included his farm business to his wife Mary
THE WILL OF ABRAHAM ANKER

REMEMBERED IN TWO COUNTRIES
(Added May 11th 2010)
Percival Anker emigrated from Cambridgeshire to Canada in 1913. He enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was killed in the last weeks of the war
PERCIVAL JOSEPH ANKER, MM (1892 - 1918)

A FAMILY AND A VILLAGE AT WAR
(Added April 18th 2010)
Harold Walpole was one of at least ten cousins from a small Northamptonshire village who fought for King and Country. He died on the last day of the war.
BROTHERS IN ARMS: THE MOORES AND WALPOLES OF GEDDINGTON

IN MEMORIAM (Added December 10th 2009)
A tribute to Margaret who helped coordinate two reunions for the Naylor family documented in the TEAL pages.
MARGARET RADFORD: 1939-2009

FASCINATING INSIGHT INTO EDWARDIAN LIFE
(Added November 18th 2009)
Jane Welch was given an album in which her family and friends sketched and painted the world around her.
THE WELCH FAMILY SKETCHBOOK

A FAMILY MYSTERY AND A WAR TRAGEDY
(Added October 26th 2009)
Stanley Griffin was brought up by his grandparents and died during World War I. There is still a mystery surrounding his mother.
THE SHORT LIFE OF STANLEY C. GRIFFIN (1896 - 1916)

A FAMILY WEDDING
(Added September 20th 2009)
Rob and Lindsey were married at the beginning of September in Royston. This is a pictorial record of their day.
THE MARRIAGE OF LINDSEY BURNS AND ROBERT ELDRIDGE

A CONUNDRUM FROM COTTINGHAM
(Added July 14th 2009)
We have obtained a will from Northamptonshire dated 1760. Although our conclusions are not yet absolute the terms of the will seem to place the Craxfords in Cottingham at least 40 years earlier than previously believed.
THE WILL OF JOHN CRAXFORD, LABOURER OF MIDDLETON, 1760

A FAMILY ACHIEVEMENT IN MID WALES
(Added July 5th 2009)
The beginning of the month saw Richard achieve his B.A. Honours degree at the University of Wales, Lampeter. The family were on hand to see his graduation.
RICHARD GAINS HIS DEGREE

GIVING NELLIE BACK HER BIRTHRIGHT
(Added February 17th 2009)
"We always knew that auntie Nellie was not really our auntie but the circumstances behind her inclusion into our tree have been shrouded in mystery - until now!"
AUNTIE NELLIE'S STORY: NELLIE YOULE SWANN (1894-1970)

A DERBYSHIRE WILL (Added January 31st 2009)
This is a transcription of John Naylor's (Newfloridian's maternal great grandfather) will from 1898.
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN NAYLOR

WE SAY FAREWELL TO AUNTIE EVA
(Added September 26th 2008)
Eva, our cousin and associate editor of the TEAL pages, died at the beginning of the month. This is an account of the moving service held in her memory.
EVA UNWIN: 1919 - 2008

A LIFETIME IN EDUCATION
(Added May 8th 2008)
Irene Simpson (Donald's wife) adds her triptych of articles about her training and experiences as a teacher on Tyneside. Of particular interest is her account of her stay at Wynyard Hall, County Durham, an emergency training college set up immediately after the second world war.
LESSONS IN EDUCATION 1: WYNYARD COLLEGE
LESSONS IN EDUCATION 2: BACKWORTH AND BEYOND
LESSONS IN EDUCATION 3: GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF

KISSING COUSINS?
(Added April 25th 2008)
Research amongst the Victorian families of South Normanton, Derbyshire has thrown up a number of intermarriages and some unanswered conundrums
DID JOHN HENRY NAYLOR MARRY HIS COUSIN?

AMATEUR GENEALOGY FROM THE 1920s
(Added April 25th 2008)
This is the text in three parts of a fascinating letter which George Haywood wrote to his daughter in 1920 detailing his family history back to his own grandfather.
GEORGE'S FAMILY 1: EARLY DAYS TO LEAVING HOME
GEORGE'S FAMILY 2: GRANDFATHER HAYWOOD'S PROGENY
GEORGE'S FAMILY 3: STAFF AND DISTAFF

IN MEMORIAM: "DON THE MAN"
(Added March 24th 2008)
Irene Simpson's eulogy recalls her husband Donald.
DONALD McDONALD SIMPSON