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The Purple Pages

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A Play Bill from the Britannia Theatre (1888)

CAPITAL, JUST CAPITAL

By Newfloridian

…. And so we come to our third colour supplement.

I have been aware that there have been a number of branches of the Craxford family living in the London area. It is perhaps unfortunate that whether by accident or design, here in particular the surname has been mis-spelled - and in a variety of ways. I was delighted a few months ago when I received a communication from Liz Osborne about one of her ancestors. The marriage certificate in question has spawned a research trail which will run and run

The stories on this page explore the relationship between the Craxfords and Croxfords. On Page 2 we have the fascinating story of the Britannia Theatre in Hoxton and how the Craxfords became the Craufords. London also seems to have been the melting pot which turned the agricultural Northamptoners into shopkeepers and steelworkers. Some of these links have been clarified but more remains to be done.

In the mean time, please read on … and enjoy!!

Newfloridian: June 20th 2005

THE OTHER PAGES

-- PAGE 2: CRAUFORDS OF LONDON;
THE BRITANNIA THEATRE --

-- PAGE3: CRAUFORD CREDITS --

Cuttings, quotations, remembrances of members of the Craxford / Crauford families past and present. This is a reader participation feature. So, please send your contributions to the editors!

COMING SOON:
PAGE4 ASPECTS OF CRAXFORDS' LONDON

FEATURE ARTICLES

CRAXFORDS AND THE OLD BAILEY "When I came into the tap-room, were not you very much in liquor...?

SARAH'S TWISTED SKEIN Their married bliss was short lived as the following year Thomas was dead...

THE CRAUFORDS OF HOXTON "Alfred Craxford seemed to go by the name Crauford and had something to do with a theatre in North London."

Feature Story 4. Reserved for another story of interest about the Craxfords past and present.

IPSE DIXIT - A SURVEY Given the chance, what would you ask your great great grandmother? What would you like your great great grandchildren to know about you?

MEET THE EDITOR

I had always enjoyed my history lessons in primary school, and one topic that fascinated me more than anything else was family history. Unfortunately as a ten year old, you are restricted as to what you can learn. I found out about quite a lot on my mothers side of the family, but my father’s side was a lot more complicated and therefore much harder to discover any answers. So much so, that I had no idea while I was growing up, that my paternal parents were in actual fact my great aunt and uncle. My siblings and I always knew them to be our grandparents.

Anyway, many years later, I decided to investigate further all branches of my family. Not an easy task, when very little is known. A few years ago, my brother showed me copies of our father’s birth, and also his grandfather’s death certificate. The field was left wide open for me to plunge into. This I did with great gusto and managed to get hold of some other certificates and information. I have searched many websites and found many cousins I never would have known about. There have been plenty of ups and downs in my searches.

It was on one of these searches, looking for some clues regarding Craxford that I came across Alan. My paternal grandfather’s grandfather married Sarah Ann Augusta Craxford in October 1857. This was as far as I could go. No other information could be learnt, despite all my researching. I was glancing through the Craxford name on genesreunited when I came across Alan’s name and sent him an e-mail. This has resulted in many communications, of which, Alan has kindly supplied me with information that he has gathered along the way. I don’t know how this relationship ties in with Alan and his branch of the Craxfords, but it is certainly a challenge to find out.

Liz Osborne: June 20th 2005

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