Croad and Closely-related Families

Emanuel (or Samuel) LOVELACE (or LOVELESS)

Born about 1688, buried 24 December 1727 at Alton Pancras

Ann(e) VINCENT

Born about 1688

Father: Not known Mother: Not known Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Married February 1713 at Alton Pancras (PR)

Children

Son: Joseph LOVELACE (or LOVELESS), born about 1713, baptized 1 January 1713 at Alton Pancras

Son: James LOVELACE (or LOVELESS), born about 1720

Son: Matthew LOVELESS (or LOVELESS), born about 1723, baptized 16 February 1723 at Alton Pancras; buried 21 May 1731 at Alton Pancras

Joseph Ann KNELL

Born about 1723

Not known

Father: Not known Mother: Not known Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Children

Son: Richard KNELL, born about 1748

Daughter: Mary KNELL, born about 1750, baptized 2 December 1750 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts)

Son: Joseph KNELL, born about 1753, baptized 25 December 1753 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts, PR); buried 26 March 1819 aged 65, living at Duck St., Cerne Abbas (B/Ts)

Son: Thomas KNELL, born about 1757

Daughter: Jenny KNELL, born about 1760, baptized 14 February 1760 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts, PR)

Son: John KNELL, born about 1763, baptized 15 March 1763 at Cerne Abbas

Daughter: Grace KNELL, born about 1765, baptized 9 June 1765 at Cerne Abbas; married John DURDANT (born about 1762) on 1 May 1787 by banns at Cerne Abbas

Daughter: Ann KNELL, born about 1771

Richard KNELL

Born about 1748, baptized 2 August 1748 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts)

Edith NORTHOVER

Born about 1749

Father: Joseph Ann KNELL Mother: Not known Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Married 21 March 1774 by banns at Cerne Abbas

Children

Son: Joseph KNELL

Son: Thomas KNELL

Abel CRODE

Born about 1753

Jenney (or Jane or Jean) DENNIS

Born about 1753; signed marriage register Jean DENNIS; name given as Jenney when son John baptized, and as Jane when Susanna and Abel baptized

Father: Not known Mother: Not known Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Married 21 February 1773 by banns at Alton Pancras (PR); date of marriage not stated — last publication of banns 14 February 1773

Children

Son: John CRODE (or CROAD)

Daughter: Elizabeth CROAD, born about 1778, baptized 25 December 1778 at Osmington (PR); she had a daughter, Ann CROAD, born (illegitimate) about 1798, baptized 4 February 1798 at Osmington (PR) (received into church), private baptism in Melcombe Regis; this is possibly Ann CROAD (born about 1800; of Preston with Sutton Poyntz who married Thomas WILTSHIRE on 12 November 1825 by banns, witnesses Thomas Hellier and Ann Wallis; Thomas was born about 1800 at Preston with Sutton Poyntz)

Daughter: Sarah CROAD, born about 1781, baptized 8 April 1781 at Osmington (PR)

Daughter: Jane CROAD, born about 1783, baptized 16 May 1783 at Osmington (PR)

Daughter: Mary CROAD, born about 1785, baptized 24 July 1785 at Osmington (PR), married 30 December 1815 Henry HARWOOD at Alton Pancras, same day as her brother Abel CROAD. Henry was born about 1801, an agricultural labourer in 1841; they had three children: Susan HARWOOD (born about 1825), Jane HARWOOD (born about 1832), and Thomas HARWOOD (born 1841). All five in 1841 census, living with their family in Alton Pancras.

Daughter: Susanna(h) CRODE, baptized 25 December 1787 at Alton Pancras (B/Ts)

Son: Abel CROAD

Richard COX

Born about 1769 of the Isle of Portland; he was a mariner on baptism of Joseph Knell COX

Ann KNELL

Born about 1771, baptized 5 November 1771 at Cerne Abbas

Father: Not known Mother: Not known Father: Joseph Ann KNELL Mother: Not known

Married 8 December 1794 at Cerne Abbas

Children

Daughter: Edith COX, born about 1798, baptized 10 April 1798 at Cerne Abbas; married George FOOTE (born about 1797 of Minterne Magna) on 13 April 1822 at Cerne Abbas by licence, witnesses William Gillingham and Ann Cox

Son: Richard COX, born about 1800, baptized 3 August 1800 at Cerne Abbas, buried 23 March 1797 at Cerne Abbas, an infant (B/Ts) [inconsistent dates]

Daughter: Ann Knell COX, born about 1802, baptized 22 November 1802 at Cerne Abbas; spinster of Cerne Abbas at baptism of Charles COX (her son, born about 1831, baptized 15 March 1831 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts); buried 20 March 1832 aged 1, living at Duck Street, Cerne Abbas; (B/Ts, PR)); B/Ts show Ann Cox of Duck Street, Cerne Abbas buried on 4 July 1832 aged 28, PR shows Ann Cox of Duck Street, Cerne Abbas buried on 24 July 1832 aged 29 [references to the same person?]

Son: Jacob Knell COX, born about 1805, baptized 24 February 1805 at Cerne Abbas, cordwainer at baptism of daughter Ann COX; married Louisa (surname not known, born about 1808); daughter Ann COX, born about 1833, baptized 8 September 1833 at Cerne Abbas, clergyman J. Davis

Son: John COX, born about 1806, baptized 14 December 1806 at Cerne Abbas

Son: James Davidge COX, born about 1809, baptized 29 December 1809 at Cerne Abbas; buried 11 February 1834 aged 24, living at Duck Street, Cerne Abbas, clergyman J. Davis

Son: Joseph Knell COX

Joseph KNELL

Born about 1774, baptized 4 October 1774 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts)

Silence (surname not known)

Born about 1774

Father: Richard KNELL Mother: Edith NORTHOVER Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Children

Daughter: Marianna KNELL, born about 1796, baptized 6 March 1796 at Cerne Abbas

Daughter: Elizabeth KNELL, born about 1797, baptized 26 March 1797 at Cerne Abbas

Thomas KNELL

Born about 1777, baptized 21 March 1777 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts); a mason from 1813

Ann (surname not known)

Born about 1777; possible maiden name Davidge [see their son James Davidge KNELL]

Father: Richard KNELL Mother: Edith NORTHOVER Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Children

Daughter: Marianne KNELL, born about 1801, baptized 10 February 1801 at Cerne Abbas; buried 15 February 1801 at Cerne Abbas, infant (B/Ts)

Daughter: Edith KNELL, born about 1804, baptized 6 May 1804 at Cerne Abbas; buried 23 October 1809, aged 5 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts, PR)

Son: Joseph KNELL, born about 1806, baptized 30 March 1806 at Cerne Abbas; married Ann EDMUNDS (born about 1807) on 8 November 1832, both of Cerne Abbas, by banns at Cerne Abbas, witnesses Jos. Tizard and Henry Hodges (B/Ts)

Daughter: Mary Ann KNELL, born about 1808, baptized 5 June 1808 at Cerne Abbas; possibly married William PEATY (born about 1806, labourer), possible daughter Letitia Knell PEATY (born about 1831, baptized 1 September 1831 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts))

Son: Richard KNELL, born about 1813, baptized 22 February 1813 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts); married Jane MUNDAY (born about 1813) on 23 August 1838, both of Cerne Abbas, by banns at Cerne Abbas, witnesses Joseph Knell and Deborah Munday, married by J. Davis (B/Ts)

Son: James Davidge KNELL, born about 1813, baptized 21 June 1813 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts)

Son: Jacob KNELL, born about 1814, baptized 5 December 1814 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts); a mason in 1840, a labourer in 1847; a prisoner in Dorset County Gaol, Dorchester in 1841, occupation given as a brickmaker; 1841 census; married Elizabeth SHINER on 21 December 1837, both of Cerne Abbas, by banns at Cerne Abbas, witnesses Jno. Dyer Hodges and Edith Edwards, married by J. Davis (B/Ts); they had three children: son Thomas William Shin KNELL (born about 1838, baptized 23 December 1838 at Cerne Abbas by J. Davis [his third name is probably Shiner, his mother’s maiden name]), daughter Ann Elizabeth KNELL (born about 1840, baptized 11 October 1840 at Cerne Abbas by J. Davis; of Acreman St., Cerne Abbas), and son Henry KNELL (born about 1847, baptized 19(?) April 1847 at Cerne Abbas by T. C. Hughes). [The ‘gap’ between the births of Ann Elizabeth and Henry suggest that Jacob might have been in prison for about five years; more research is to be done!]

Abel CROAD

Born about 1793 in Alton Pancras, baptized 21 July 1793 at Alton Pancras (B/Ts); shoe maker at baptism of Absolum (or Absolom or Abraham) CROAD and Maria CROAD, shoe maker of Piddlehinton in 1816 and 1819, cordwainer at baptism of Rachel CROAD and Leah CROAD; buried 29 May 1867 at Alton Pancras aged 74; 1841 census; 1851 census; 1861 census

Sarah (or Susan) HARBIN

Born about 1792 in Blandford, Dorset, of Piddlehinton in 1816, of Alton Pancras at marriage; 1841 census; 1851 census

Father: Abel CRODE Mother:
Jenney (or Jane or Jean) DENNIS		 Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Married 30 December 1815 at Alton Pancras (B/Ts)

Children

Son: Abel CROAD, born about 1816 Piddlehinton, baptized 24 August 1816 Piddlehinton; possibly marriage registered first quarter of 1840 at Dorchester

Daughter: Jane CROAD, born about 1819 Piddlehinton, baptized 14 March 1819 Piddlehinton

Son: Absolum (or Absolom or Abraham) CROAD

Daughter: Maria CROAD, baptized 22 June 1823 at Alton Pancras

Daughter: Rachel CROAD, born about 1829 at Alton Pancras, Dorset, christened 8 January 1829 at Alton Pancras; 1841 census; 1851 census

Daughter: Leah CROAD

Son: Aaron (or Aron) CROAD, born about 1831 at Alton Pancras, christened 24 October 1831 Alton Pancras; 1841 census; 1851 census; possibly marriage registered in second quarter of 1864 in IOW

Thomas DUNNING

Born about 1820 or 1821 in Buckland Newton; a servant in 1848 to 1861, a groom aged 40 living in Alton Village in 1861, aged 50 an agricultural labourer in 1871; 1861 census; 1871 census

Leah CROAD

Born about 1829, christened 24 August 1829 at Alton Pancras; aged 42 living in Alton Pancras in 1871; 1871 census [some of these details are not reliable]

  Father: Abel CROAD Mother: Sarah HARBIN

 

or
Elizabeth (surname not known)

Born about 1827 in Alton Pancras; aged 34 living in Alton Village in 1861; 1861 census

Father: possibly
Henry DUNNING		 Mother: possibly
Jane (surname not known)		 Father:
Not known		 Mother:
Not known

Married 12 August 1847 at Alton Pancras (B/Ts), both of full age

Children of Leah

Son: Henry DUNNING

Son: James DUNNING

Son: Thomas DUNNING

Son: John DUNNING

Son: William John DUNNING

Children of Elizabeth

Son: James DUNNING

Son: Thomas DUNNING

Daughter: Maria DUNNING

Daughter: Charlotte DUNNING

Son: George DUNNING

Son: Charles DUNNING

Daughter: Sarah DUNNING

John CROAD

Born about 1805, baptized 5 May 1805 at Alton Pancras (B/Ts); died 1885; agricultural labourer in 1839, when he marked his son James’s birth certificate with ‘X’; 1841 census; 1851 census; 1861 census; 1871 census (aged 67)

Mary Ann(e) LOVELACE

Born about 1806, Gosport; IGI has her name as ‘Mary Anne’ possibly Mary Ann LOVELESS (born 4 May 1805, christened 13 October 1805 at St Mary’s, Portsea; of Alton Pancras at marriage (surname also recorded as LOVELEFS); 1841 census; 1851 census; 1861 census; 1871 census (aged 66); 1881 census; 1891 census

Father: John CRODE (or CROAD) Mother: Susanna(h) MASTERS Father: John LOVELACE (or LOVELESS) Mother: Jenny (surname not known)

I am not convinced that the details recorded here are for the correct Mary Ann(e) LOVELACE. In view of this uncertainty, I have found these other possibilities:
Mary Ann LOVELESS, christened 15 May 1803 at St Mary’s, Portsea, Father: Robert LOVELESS, Mother: Sarah
Mary Anne LOVELESS, christened 21 July 1803 at Portisham, Dorset, Father: Mark LOVELESS, Mother: Christiana
Mary Ann LOVELACE, christened 26 May 1805 at Coombe-Keynes, Dorset, Father: John LOVELACE, Mother: Hannah
Maria LOVELACE, born 18 May 1806 at Castleton, Dorset, christened 10 September 1806 at Castleton, Father: John LOVELACE, Mother: Elizabeth
Mary LOVELACE, christened 15 February 1809 at St Mary’s, Bridport, Father: John LOVELACE, Mother: Dinah
Mary Ann LOVELESS, christened 21 May 1809 at Cheselbourne, Dorset, Father: John LOVELESS, Mother: Ann
Mary LOVELESS, born 26 September 1810, christened 24 April 1811 at New Meeting Barrack Street Independent, Bridport, Dorset, Father: William LOVELESS, Mother: Sarah
Mary LOVELESS, born 2 November 1810, christened 7 August 1814 at Bitton, Glos, Father: John LOVELESS, Mother: Dinah
Maria LOVELESS, christened 19 May 1810 at Coombe-Keynes, Dorset, Father: John LOVELESS, Mother: Hannah

Married 5 April 1830 at Alton Pancras (B/Ts)

Children

Daughter: Mary Ann CROAD, born about 1831 at Alton Pancras, occupation: buttoner, buried 11 July 1855 at Alton Pancras aged 24; 1841 census; 1851 census

Daughter: Catherine CROAD, born about 1833 at Alton Pancras, occupation: agricultural labourer. Probably twin sister of Caroline CROAD; 1841 census; 1851 census; 1861 census

Daughter: Caroline CROAD, born about 1833 at Alton Pancras, occupation: agricultural labourer. Probably twin sister of Catherine CROAD; possibly marriage registered first quarter of 1861 at Dorchester; 1841 census (name ‘Carolline’); 1851 census (name ‘Carronline’)

Daughter: Hester CROAD

Son: Josiah CROAD, baptized 20 November 1836 at Alton Pancras, occupation: agricultural labourer; see also Josiah CROAD (born about 1832, marriage registered first quarter of 1857 at Dorchester); 1841 census; 1851 census; in 1901 census, aged 63, living in Sowerby Bridge, Yorks, occupation Masons Labourer (1901 census data are incomplete)

Son: James CROAD

Son: John CROAD

Daughter: Martha CRODE, baptized 21 October 1845 at Alton Pancras; buried 26 October 1845 at Alton Pancras, an infant

Son: Henry CROAD (or CRODE), baptized 28 March 1847 at Alton Pancras, registered first quarter of 1847 at Dorchester, occupation: agricultural labourer; (birth also noted as 1849); possibly Henry CROAD (born about 1849; death registration second quarter of 1892 at Dorchester); 1851 census; 1861 census; 1871 census; 1881 census (living at Henley); 1891 census; (not found on 1901 census)

Wife of Henry CROAD was Elizabeth; 1891 census

Granddaughter: Mary Ann CROAD, born about 1859 at Alton Pancras, living in 1881 with Francis LOCK and family; 1881 census; possibly on 1901 census. Unclear who her parents were, though the most likely is Catherine CROAD (above), with whom she was living in 1861, or possibly Hester CROAD whose daughter Emily Sophia CROAD was also there; 1861 census

John CLARK(E)

Born about 1823, baptized 16 November 1823 at Alton Pancras (some of the census data may be incorrect); labourer; a carter in 1853; in the 1841 census is a John Clarke, aged 15, an apprentice born in Dorset, living at Cerne Abbas with the Northam family; 1851 census; 1861 census; 1871 census; 1891 census; 1901 census; 1911 census: there is a John Clark aged 87 registered in Weymouth;

Harriet JOINER

Born about 1824 at Woodsford, christened 9 May 1824 at Woodsford; she marked her daughter, Priscilla’s birth certificate with ‘X’; 1851 census; 1861 census; 1871 census; 1881 census; 1891 census; 1901 census

Father: Stephen CLARK Mother: Mary (surname not known) Father: John JOINER Mother: Anne (surname not known)

Children

Daughter: Eliza CLARKE, born about 1850 at Owermoigne, Dorset; 1851 census; 1861 census; 1911 census: there is an Eliza Clark aged 63 in Bath, Somerset (and also a Frederick CLARKE, compare her brother below)

Daughter: Jane CLARKE, born about 1852 at Broadwindsor; 1861 census

Daughter: Priscilla CLARK(E)

Daughter: Anna Maria CLARKE, born about 1855, baptized 23 July 1855 at Alton Pancras; 1861 census; 1871 census

Son: George CLARKE, born about 1857, baptized 31 May 1857 at Alton Pancras; he signed the wedding register for Charles Cox CROAD; 1861 census; 1871 census; 1891 census; 1901 census; see the note for Matilda CLARKE below

Son: Frederick John CLARKE, born about 1859, baptized 24 July 1859 at Alton Pancras; 1861 census; 1871 census; 1911 census: there is a Frederick Clark aged 51 in Bath, Somerset (and also an Eliza CLARKE, see his sister above); and see the note for Matilda CLARKE below

Daughter: Rosina Mary (or Jessica) CLARK, born about 1861, baptized 24 June 1861 at Alton Pancras; 1871 census

Daughter: Elizabeth CLARKE, born about 1863, baptized 13 December 1863 at Alton Pancras; 1871 census

Grandson: Thomas George CLARK(E), born about 1879, baptized 6 April 1879 at Alton Pancras; living with grandparents in 1891; not clear who his parents were; 1891 census; see note below

[Note: There is some uncertainty about the relationships here. Matilda CLARKE, born about 1854; domestic servant; her husband was either George CLARKE or Frederick John CLARKE (both above); her son was Thomas George CLARK(E) (also above)]

James CROAD

Born 9 July 1839 at Alton Pancras, birth registered third quarter of 1839 at Dorchester, baptized 3 November 1839 at Alton Pancras. Agricultural labourer in 1864 (see birth certificate of Charles Cox CROAD, labourer in 1895 (see marriage certificate of Charles Cox CROAD); death registered second quarter of 1900 at Dorchester; 1841 census; 1851 census; 1861 census; 1871 census; 1881 census; 1891 census

Emily COX

Born 4 October 1838 at Alton Pancras; [in searching through the FRC birth indexes for third quarter of 1837 through fourth quarter of 1838, I found only one entry that may be relevant: Emily COX, birth registered fourth quarter of 1838 at Dorchester (ref. volume 8 page 43)]; living at Alton Pancras in 1901 with grandson Reginald (Charles?) CROAD; birth of her son, Charles Cox CROAD was registered by her, marking her signature by a ‘X’; for possible 1841 census (where an Emily COX aged 3 is living in Alton Pancras with Elizabeth HANNAM aged 75, possibly her grandmother); 1851 census (aged 12); 1861 census (aged 22); 1871 census (aged 30); 1881 census; 1891 census; 1901 census

Father: John CROAD Mother: Mary Ann(e) LOVELACE Father: Joseph Knell COX Mother: Elizabeth DOWELL (or DOWLE)

Marriage registered third quarter of 1859 at Dorchester

Children

Daughter: Mary CROAD, born about 1862 at Buckland Newton; see also Mary Caroline CROAD; 1871 census

Daughter: Elizabeth M. CROAD, born about 1863 at Buckland Newton, Dorset; possibly Elizabeth Mary CROAD (birth registration third quarter of 1861 at Dorchester, marriage registered second quarter of 1891 at Dorchester); 1891 census

Son: Charles Cox CROAD

Son: Joseph C. CROAD

Son: Thomas E. CROAD, born about 1868, Buckland Newton; 1871 census; 1881 census; 1891 census (aged 22)

Daughter: Emma Jane CROAD, born at Alton Pancras, birth registered second quarter of 1871 at Dorchester; (not found in 1901 census), marriage registered fourth quarter of 1890 at Dorchester; 1881 census

Daughter: Ellen CROAD, born at Alton Pancras, registered third quarter of 1873 at Dorchester; (not found in 1901 census); marriage registration second quarter of 1895 at Dorchester; 1881 census

Son: William George CROAD

Daughter: Lydia CROAD, born or baptized 7 June 1878 at Alton Pancras, birth registered second quarter of 1878 at Dorchester; 1881 census

Daughter: Hester Emily CROAD, born about 1882 at Alton Pancras, Dorset, marriage registered third quarter of 1903 at Dorchester; 1891 census

Son or grandson: Reginald (Charles?) CROAD

Charles Cox CROAD

Born 13 March 1864, Alton Pancras (birth registered at Cerne Abbas on 15 April 1864) [photocopies of the birth certificate and his marriage certificate are in my possession]. Birth of his son, Arthur Leonard CROAD was registered by him, marking his signature by a ‘X’. Surname given as ‘Crowe’ erroneously in internet version of 1901 census, labourer in 1885; fought in the British victory over Arabi Pasha at Tel-el-Kebir in Egypt in September 1883; 1871 census (birth at Buckland Newton); 1881 census; 1891 census; 1901 census; 1911 census

Priscilla CLARK(E)

Born 3 June 1853 at Little Windsor, Broadwindsor; her birth certificate shows her name as ‘Persilla Clarke’, birth registered second quarter of 1853 in Beaminster, Dorset (PRO reference 5 a 372); labourer in 1885 (see her marriage certificate); [photocopies of her birth and marriage certificates are in my possession]. Married surname shown as ‘CROWE’ erroneously in internet version of 1901 census; always known as ‘Tilly’; 1861 census; 1891 census; 1901 census; 1911 census

Father: James CROAD Mother: Emily COX Father: John CLARK(E) Mother: Harriet JOINER

Married 12 February 1885 at Alton Pancras, witnesses George CLARKE and Rosina Mary (or Jessica) CLARK (names given as George Clark and Rose Mary Clark), FRC reference 1Q1885 5 a 467 at Dorchester

Children

Son (?): Reginald (Charles?) CROAD (unlikely)

Stepson: William F. CLARK, probably illegitimate son of Priscilla before their marriage

Son: John James CROAD, born at Alton Pancras (birth registered first quarter of 1887 at Dorchester); carter boy on farm in 1901; 1891 census; 1901 census; 1911 census; Wife: Alice L. GREENING (born about 1887), marriage registered second quarter of 1912 at Weymouth

Daughter: Ellen Rose CROAD, born at Alton Pancras (birth registered third quarter of 1888 at Dorchester), 1891 census; 1901 census; marriage to Ted SMITH (?) registered second quarter of 1910 at Dorchester; lived in Fulham; believed to have had about six children

Son: Charles CROAD, born about 1892, Alton Pancras; 1901 census; 1911 census

Son: Alfred George CROAD, born at Alton Pancras (birth registered first quarter of 1893 at Dorchester), died 21 August 1915; 1901 census; 1911 census

Son: Arthur Leonard CROAD

Grandson: Brought up William CLARK, son of William F. CLARK

William George CROAD

Born at Alton Pancras, baptized 25 December 1875 at Alton Pancras, birth registered fourth quarter of 1875 at Dorchester; carter for greengrocer; moved to Sowerby, West Yorkshire between 1891 and 1899; his brother Joseph moved to the same district at about the same time;
1881 census; 1891 census; 1901 census; 1911 census

Maud Louisa BARTLETT

Born about 1878 in Beaminster Town, Dorset; moved to Sowerby, West Yorkshire before 1899; 1901 census; 1911 census

Father: James CROAD Mother: Emily COX Father: (Unknown) BARTLETT,
see note below		 Mother: (Not known)

Marriage registered third quarter of 1899 at Todmorden

Children

Son: James William CROAD, born at Hebden Bridge, birth registered second quarter of 1900 at Todmorden; 1901 census; 1911 census

Son: Frank CROAD, born 1902 at Hebden Bridge, birth registered fourth quarter of 1902 at Todmorden; 1911 census

Daughter: Mona CROAD, born 1904 at Hebden Bridge, birth registered fourth quarter of 1904 at Todmorden; 1911 census

Son: Philip Edward CROAD, born 1909 at Hebden Bridge, birth registered first quarter of 1909 at Todmorden; 1911 census

Note about father and family of Maud Louisa BARTLETT:
He was born about 1853; possibly William Kellaway BARTLETT or Henry Kellaway BARTLETT or John Kellaway BARTLETT.
He had another daughter, Mildred BARTLETT, born about 1883 in Beaminster Town, Dorset, in 1901 census

Reginald (Charles?) CROAD

Born about 1883 in Bingham Melcombe; however, the 1891 census shows Reginal Charles Croad aged 8, born in Queens Charlton, Somerset (near Bristol), whose father is stated to be James CROAD and mother Emily COX —; birth registration first quarter of 1883 at Keynsham, (with a possible marriage registration in the second quarter of 1911 at Dorchester); age 18, single, living with grandmother Emily COX as cowman on farm in 1901 census; it seems quite possible that they were in fact his grandparents, not his parents; the precise ancestry is uncertain and may refer to two different people named Reginald CROAD; 1891 census; 1901 census

 

Father: Charles Cox CROAD
or
Father: Joseph C. CROAD
or
Father: James CROAD		 Mother: Priscilla CLARK(E)
or
Mother: Mary Sophia
 
or
Mother: Emily COX

 

James LOVELACE (or LOVELESS)

Born about 1720, baptized 3 July 1720 at Alton Pancras

Elizabeth (surname not known)

Born about 1725

Father: Emanuel (or Samuel) LOVELACE (or LOVELESS) Mother: Ann(e) VINCENT Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Children

Son: Joseph LOVELACE, born about 1750, baptized 14 October 1750 at Alton Pancras

Son: Samuel LOVELESS (or LOVELACE), born about 1752

Son: William LOVELESS, born about 1756

Daughter: Martha LOVELACE, born about 1759, baptized 18 February 1759 at Alton Pancras

Daughter: Ann LOVELACE, born about 1761, baptized 28 July 1761 at Alton Pancras; ‘independent’, in Alton Pancras in 1841; buried 19 August 1849 aged 90 at Alton Pancras, presumably unmarried as her surname was given as LOVELACE; 1841 census
Ann possibly had a son, William LOVELACE, born about 1801, a grocer, in Alton Pancras in 1841; 1841 census
William, in turn, may have had a daughter, Elizabeth LOVELACE, born about 1821, a buttoner, in Alton Pancras in 1841; 1841 census; none of these descendants is certain, as the 1841 census did not show family relationships

Robert MASTERS

Born about 1744, buried 22 July 1810 at Alton Pancras

Anne (surname not known)

Born about 1740; buried 14 April 1814 aged 74 at Alton Pancras
Father: Not known Mother: Not known Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Children

Daughter: Susanna(h) MASTERS

Daughter: Maria MASTERS, born about 1772, baptized 5 January 1772 at Alton Pancras; buried 20 March 1772 at Alton Pancras

Son: Robert MASTERS, born about 1773, baptized 9 October 1773 at Alton Pancras

Daughter: Maria MASTERS, born about 1776, baptized 6 October 1776 at Alton Pancras; married James COLLINS (born about 1776) on 20 October 1794 at Alton Pancras

Daughter: Mary MASTERS, born about 1779, baptized 29 May 1779 at Alton Pancras; buried 14 November 1779, infant, at Alton Pancras

Samuel LOVELESS (or LOVELACE)

Born about 1752, baptized 29 May 1752 at Alton Pancras (PR)

Mary SYMONDS

Born about 1752

Father: James LOVELACE Mother: Elizabeth Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Married 23 April 1776 at Alton Pancras

Children

Daughter: Maria LOVELACE, born about 1777, baptized 9 May 1777 at Alton Pancras

Son: William LOVELACE, born about 1779, baptized 2 May 1779 at Alton Pancras

Daughter: Martha LOVELACE, born about 1781, baptized 14 December 1781 at Alton Pancras (B/Ts)

Son: John LOVELACE, born about 1785, baptized 12 or 20 March 1785 at Alton Pancras (B/Ts)

William LOVELESS

Born about 1756, baptized 30 September 1756 at Alton Pancras

Eliza (surname not known)

Born about 1753

Father: James LOVELACE (or LOVELESS) Mother: Elizabeth (surname not known) Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Children

Son: John LOVELACE (or LOVELESS)

Daughter: Margaret LOVELESS, born about 1780, baptized 28 December 1780 at Piddletrenthide (B/Ts)

Thomas KNELL

Born about 1757, baptized 17 April 1757 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts, PR)

Elizabeth GALE

Born about 1755

Father: Joseph Ann KNELL Mother: Not known Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Married 30 April 1780 at Cerne Abbas

Children

Daughter: Dinah KNELL, born about 1781, baptized 7 October 1781 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts); buried 4 November 1781 (B/Ts)

Daughter: Dinah KNELL, born about 1782, baptized 7 November 1782 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts); married Robert DUNNING (born about 1777; of Up Cerne at his marriage) on 30 November 1802 at Cerne Abbas

Son: John KNELL

Son: James KNELL

Daughter: Hannah KNELL, born about 1789, baptized 25 December 1789 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts)

Daughter: Elizabeth KNELL, born about 1792, baptized 1 April 1792 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts)

Daughter: Phoebe KNELL, born about 1796, baptized 31 July 1796 at Cerne Abbas; married John LOVELL (born about 1791; of Melcombe Regis at his marriage) on 29 October 1816 by banns at Cerne Abbas, witnesses James Knell and Maria Hodder (B/Ts)

John CRODE (or CROAD)

Born about 1773, christened 14 November 1773 at Alton Pancras

Susanna(h) MASTERS

Born about 1769, baptized 9 July 1769 at Alton Pancras

Father: Abel CRODE Mother: Jenney (or Jane or Jean) DENNIS Father: Robert MASTERS Mother: Anne (surname not known)

Married 25 March 1799 at Alton Pancras (PR)

Children

Son: James CROAD

Daughter: Susanna(h) CROAD, baptized 24 January 1802 at Alton Pancras (B/Ts); of Alton Pancras at marriage to Thomas HELLYER (born about 1804) on 5 November 1829 at Alton Pancras (B/Ts)

Daughter: Frances CROAD, baptized 8 [unknown month] 1803 at Alton Pancras (B/Ts), spinster at baptism of her daughter Susan; daughter Susan CROAD, illegitimate, baptized 23 July 1826 at Alton Pancras; buried 6 October 1846 at Alton Pancras aged 20 (surname CRODE)
Compare the following family:
Elizabeth CROAD, born about 1769 at Alton Pancras; in 1851 census aged 82, widow, living at Alton Pancras, pauper (possibly the same person as another Elizabeth CROAD, born about 1771, baptized 19 May 1771 at Osmington (PR); 1841 census; 1851 census); 1841 census; 1851 census; daughter Frances CROAD (born about 1804(?) at Alton Pancras; in 1851 census age undecipherable, possibly 47; 1841 census; 1851 census; and Frances’s daughter (?) Susan CROAD, born about 1828 in Dorset, 1841 census

Son: John CROAD

John LOVELACE (or LOVELESS)

Born about 1778, baptized 4 August 1778 at Piddletrenthide (B/Ts)

Jenny (surname not known)

Born about 1778

Father: William LOVELESS Mother: Eliza (surname not known) Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Child

Daughter: Mary Ann(e) LOVELACE

John KNELL

Born about 1785, baptized 3 October 1785 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts); a mason

Jane ENGLISH

Born about 1785; of Hillfield at her marriage

Father: Thomas KNELL Mother: Elizabeth GALE Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Married 3 April 1810 by banns at Cerne Abbas

Children

Daughter: Elizabeth Emily KNELL, born about 1813, baptized 20 March 1813 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts)

Son: Henry KNELL, born about 1815, baptized 3 October 1815 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts); of Acreman St., Cerne Abbas

James KNELL

Born about 1787, baptized 1 April 1787 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts)

Jane (surname not known)

Born about 1787

Father: Thomas KNELL Mother: Elizabeth GALE Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Child

Son: Absolam KNELL, born about 1812, baptized 26 July 1812 at Cerne Abbas

Stephen CLARK

Born about 1798; labourer; surname Clarke at baptisms of sons Stephen and Thomas; labourer (in husbandry)

Mary (surname not known)

Born about 1798

Father: Not known Mother: Not known Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Children

Son: John CLARK(E)

Daughter: Martha CLARK

Son: Stephen CLARKE

Son: Thomas CLARKE

Henry DUNNING

Born about 1796; shoe maker of Rue (now ‘Rew’, Buckland Newton) in 1821, 1824, 1829 and 1832

Jane

Born about 1796

Father: Not known Mother: Not known Father: Not known Mother: Not known

See also Thomas DUNNING

Married 12 August 1847 at Alton Pancras (B/Ts), both of full age

Children

Son: John DUNNING

Daughter: Melina DUNNING

Daughter: Jane Maria DUNNING

Daughter: Anne DUNNING

Daughter: Mary Ann DUNNING

John JOINER

Born about 1799

Anne (surname not known)

Born about 1799

Father: Not known Mother: Not known Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Child

Daughter: Harriet JOINER

James CROAD

Baptized 9 February 1800 at Alton Pancras (B/Ts); 1841 census; 1861 census; 1871 census — 1871 census notes that he was deaf from birth; 1881 census

Elizabeth GOULD

Born about 1799 of Alton Pancras or born about 1801 at Thornford, Dorset; 1841 census; 1861 census (birth in Stanford (?)); 1871 census; 1881 census

Father: John CRODE (or CROAD) Mother: Susanna(h) MASTERS Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Married 7 April 1824 at Alton Pancras (B/Ts)

Children

Daughter: Mary CROAD, born about 1819, christened 18 July 1819 at Wyke Regis, Dorset

Daughter: Sarah Jane CROAD, born about 1821, christened 1 July 1821 Wyke Regis, Dorset

Daughter: Mary CROAD, born about 1826 in Alton Pancras, Dorset; 1841 census

Daughter: Susan CROAD, born 1829 (also recorded as about 1831 or 1834) at Dawlish (?); 1841 census; 1861 census

Son: James CROAD, born about 1826 in Alton Pancras, Dorset; 1841 census, born August 1831 in Cattistock, Dorset (birth date also given as 1848); he emigrated to New Zealand in about 1864; he married Emily GODFREY (born 1848 or 1849 Bridgwater, Somerset) in New Zealand (born 1848 or 1849 Bridgwater, Somerset)

Son: Richard CROAD

Son: John CROAD, born about 1844 at Alton Pancras, christened 25 December 1845 Cattistock, Dorset;

Son: George CROAD, born about 1844 at Alton Pancras, christened 25 December 1845 Cattistock, Dorset; possibly George CROAD (birth registered fourth quarter of 1843 at Weymouth; death registered third quarter of 1879 at Weymouth); 1861 census

Joseph Knell COX

Born about 1813, baptized 13 September 1813 at Cerne Abbas (B/Ts), of Cerne Abbas at his marriage; a mason at baptism of Elizabeth Ann COX, a labourer at baptism of James Thomas COX; a mason in 1838, living at Alton Pancras; 1841 census; 1851 census; 1861 census; 1871 census; 1881 census; 1891 census

Elizabeth DOWELL (or DOWLE)

Born about 1810 in Chilfrome, christened 11 March 1817 at Chilfroome; of Alton Pancras at her m.; probably related to Mary WATTS (1841 census), with whom she was living in 1861; in 1881 and 1891 censuses her name is given as ‘Eliza’ and her birthplace as ‘Charminster’; 1841 census; 1851 census; 1861 census; 1871 census; 1881 census; 1891 census

Father: Richard COX Mother: Ann KNELL Father: James DOWLE
(born about 1792)		 Mother: Ann (surname not known)
(born about 1792)

Married 6 August 1835 by banns at Cerne Abbas, witnesses George Foote and Edith Foote, clergyman G. D. Davis (B/Ts)

Children

Daughter: Elizabeth Ann COX, born about 1836, baptized 10 September 1836 at Cerne Abbas, clergyman J. Davis; 1851 census

Daughter: Emily COX

Son: James Thomas COX, born about 1840, baptized 26 April 1840 at Cerne Abbas, clergyman J. Davis; 1841 census; 1851 census; 1861 census

Son: Esau COX, born about 1843 at Alton Pancras; 1851 census

Son: Walter COX, born about 1847 or 1848 at Alton Pancras; 1851 census; 1861 census

Daughter: Ellen COX, born about 1850 at Alton Pancras; 1851 census; 1861 census

Daughter: Emma COX, born about 1852 at Alton Pancras; 1861 census

Daughter: Susana COX, born about 1853 at Alton Pancras; not shown living with parents in 1861 census; 1871 census

Daughter: Elizabeth COX, born about 1855 at Alton Pancras; 1861 census; 1871 census

Absolum (or Absolom or Abraham) CROAD

Born about 1822 in Alton Pancras, Dorset, baptized 8 September 1822 at Alton Pancras, labourer of Milbourne St Andrew at baptism of Levi Henry CRODE; 1841 census

Eliza (or Elizabeth)

Born about 1821

Father: Abel CROAD Mother: Sarah HARBIN Father: James DOWLE Mother: Ann (surname not known)

Marriage registered 1844 Wareham

Children

Son: Levi Henry CRODE, born about 1846, baptized 25 October 1846 at Alton Pancras

Daughter: Lena Maria CROAD, born about 1856, christened 2 March 1856 at Melcombe Regis, marriage registered in second quarter of 1875 in the Isle of Wight (Note: compare Lena Marie CROAD, born about 1874, married about 1899 of the IOW)

Richard CROAD

Born about 1833 or 1835 in Dorset; 1841 census

Jane Elizabeth EDWARDS

Born about 1833

Father: James CROAD Mother: Elizabeth GOULD Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Married in 1856

Children

Son: Jesse Joseph S. CROAD (or CRODE), birth registered fourth quarter of 1867 at Sherborne, christened on 19 February 1870 at Christ Church, Warminster, Wiltshire

Daughter: Mary Edwards CROAD, born about 1876, christened on 12 July 1876 at St Denys, Warminster, Wilts

Son: Victor George CROAD, birth registered second quarter of 1876 in Warminster, Wilts; christened on 12 July 1876 at St Denys, Warminster, aged 28 in 1901 census, living in Devon, occupation Navy Man, possibly marriage registered third quarter of 1904 at Bedwelty

Daughter: Elizabeth CROAD, birth registered second quarter of 1877 at Warminster; christened 4 May 1877 St Denys, Warminster; death registered second quarter of 1877 at Warminster

John CROAD (?)

Possibly born about 1836, (deceased in 1885); Hester CROAD may not have been married when her daughter was born, but her father, John CROAD, may instead have been named on Emily Sophia CROAD’s marriage certificate (for the sake of appearances)

Hester CROAD

Born about 1835, christened 12 July 1835 at Alton Pancras, occupation: agricultural labourer; 1841 census; 1851 census

Father: (Not known) Mother: (Not known) Father: John CROAD Mother: Mary Ann(e) LOVELACE

Child

Daughter: Emily Sophia CROAD

John CROAD

Birth registered second quarter of 1842 at Dorchester, born at Alton Pancras; (birth also noted as 1843); 1851 census; 1871 census; 1881 census; 1891 census; not found on 1901 census; 1911 census

Ann (surname not known)

Born about 1846 in Corscombe; in 1871 census aged 25 living at Buckland Newton; not found on 1901 census; 1871 census; 1881 census; 1891 census; not found on 1901 census; 1911 census

Father: John CROAD Mother: Mary Ann(e) LOVELACE Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Marriage registered third quarter of 1865 at Dorchester

Children

Daughter: Sarah A. CROAD, born about 1869 at Buckland Newton; 1871 census

Daughter: Virtue K. CROAD, born at Buckland Newton, birth registered fourth quarter of 1870 at Dorchester; marriage registered fourth quarter of 1897 at Dorchester; aged 5 months (name Virtue H. CROAD) living at Buckland Newton in 1871 census; not found in 1901 census; 1871 census; 1881 census

Son: George Thomas CROAD, born at Buckland Newton, birth registered third quarter of 1874 at Dorchester; marriage registered first quarter of 1902 at Dorchester (not found in 1901 census); 1881 census; 1891 census
This is possibly George Thomas CROAD (born about 1877, found by ♣ in electoral register for early 1940s, as tenant of Duntish Mill farm in Buckland Newton, Dorset), married to Eva Rebecca CROAD (born about 1877, also found in 2006 by ♣ in the electoral registers for the early 1940s (1941-1943), as tenant of Duntish Mill farm in Buckland Newton, Dorset; ‘There we found a builder who had purchased the run down farm buildings whose tenants had been the family Croad! He knew of the two sons and Henry’s son is still alive in the area; one grandson of the Croad family is still alive and working in a supermarket somewhere in Dorset. I would say that Eva was in her sixties when I visited [in the early 1940s]’ — ♣, July 2006). George and Eva had two sons, Nelson Henry T. CROAD (birth registered fourth quarter of 1904 at Dorchester, found by ♣ in the electoral register for early 1940s, as tenant of Duntish Mill farm in Buckland Newton, Dorset) and Dick (or Vic) CROAD (born about 1906, remembered by ♣ from the early 1940s as ‘Dick’, and by the builder mentioned above as ‘Vic’)

George GARDNER

Born at 3.15 p.m. on 25 August 1852 at Shearston, North Petherton, birth registered 6 September 1852 at Bridgwater (PRO reference 5 c 409) by his mother who marked with a ‘X’, baptized at North Petherton, died 8 February 1939 aged 86; living at 101 East Street, Charlton in 1901 aged 48, wharf labourer; also in 1901 census, having a boarder, John HARVEY; at 79 Station Road, Plumstead in 1911, with a boarder; served in the Coldstream Guards, was at the Relief of General Gordon in January 1885, and also served in the Boer War; 1901 census; 1911 census

Emily Sophia CROAD

Born 27 December 1853 at Alton Pancras (birth registered at Cerne Abbas, 30 January 1854, entry 291; birth certificate shows only her mother’s name, marked with ‘X’: Hester CROAD [I have photocopies of this birth certificate and her marriage certificate to George GARDNER; the marriage certificate shows her as a widow aged 30, her father, said to have been John CROAD, was a labourer, by then deceased]); died 26 April 1937 aged 85; in 1861 census aged 7 living at Buckland Newton with her grandfather John CROAD; 1901 census shows her aged 45; 1861 census; 1901 census; 1911 census. On her marriage to George GARDNER she was surnamed WILLBY (widow); her first husband was Luke WILLBY, marriage registered fourth quarter of 1877 at Holborn (FRC record: Volume 1b, Page 1178); he was probably born about 1852, of Battlebridge, Middlesex (in Islington, near Kings Cross station) but I have been unable to discover anything more about him — the closest is a Luke WILBY, born about 1821, died third quarter of 1900 aged 79 at Bosmere, Suffolk (FRC reference Volume 4a, Page 548)

Father: James GARDNER Mother: Elizabeth KITCH Father: John CROAD (?) Mother: Hester CROAD

Married 31 October 1885 at All Saints Church, Battlebridge, Kings Cross, Islington, Middlesex, FRC ref 4Q1885 1 b 423, both living at 78 Harringford Road, marriage witnessed by Henry PENNY and Alice PENNY; [I have a photocopy of the marriage certificate; this certificate shows him as a bachelor aged 28, his father, James GARDNER, was a labourer by then deceased]

Children

Adopted Daughter (George’s niece): Edith Miriam GARDNER

Daughter: Emily Alma GARDNER

Daughter: Bessie Emma GARDNER

Joseph C. CROAD

Born at Alton Pancras, birth registered second quarter of 1866 at Dorchester; 1871 census; 1881 census; 1901 census; 1911 census; moved to Heptonstall, West Yorks before 1901; his brother William moved to the same district at about the same time

Mary Sophia (surname not known)

Born about 1865 in Bilston, Staffs [Bilston, Staffs is given in the 1901 census, Bilton, Staffs in 1911; there are three villages called Bilton in Yorkshire and one near Rugby; there is only one Bilston, which is near Wolverhampton and would have been in Staffs before local government reorganisation. So Bilston, Staffs is likely to be the correct one]; 1901 census; 1911 census

Father: James CROAD Mother: Emily COX Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Marriage registered fourth quarter of 1888 at Todmorden

Children

Possible Son: Reginald (Charles?) CROAD

Son: James CROAD, born at Hebden Bridge, registered first quarter of 1890 at Todmorden; age 11 living at Heptonstall in 1901 census; marriage to Ellen (surname not known, born about 1889 in Hebden Bridge; 1911 census) registered first quarter of 1911 at Todmorden; 1901 census; 1911 census

Daughter: Nellie (or Nelly) CROAD, born at Hebden Bridge, birth registered third quarterof 1893 at Todmorden; aged 7 in 1901 census; living in Heptonstall, West Riding, Yorks in 1901; 1901 census; 1911 census

Daughter: Frances Mary CROAD, born at Hebden Bridge, birth registered fourth quarter of 1896 at Todmorden; 1901 census; 1911 census

Daughter: Laura Maud CROAD, born at Hebden Bridge, birth registered second quarter of 1899 at Todmorden; 1901 census; 1911 census

William F. CLARK

Born about 1883 in Alton Pancras, occupation: agricultural labourer; 1891 census; 1901 census; 1911 census

(Not known)

 

Stepfather:
Charles Cox CROAD		 Mother:
Priscilla CLARK(E)		 Father:
(Not known)		 Mother:
(Not known)

Child

Son: William CLARK, born about 1906 and brought up with Arthur Leonard CROAD; 1911 census; Wife: Nanny, born about 1904

Arthur Leonard CROAD

Read Wilfred Owen’s poem
“Anthem For Doomed Youth”

Born 4 November 1894 at Alton Pancras (birth registered at Cerne Abbas on 3 January 1895) [I have photocopies of the birth certificate, his marriage certificate, and various other documents relating to his war service]; died 17 October 1918 (as no. 41874 Shoeing Smith of 5th Sqdn., Machine Gun Corps (Cav), killed in action in northern France, buried at Busigny Communal Cemetery [Commonwealth War Graves Commission], Nord, France). War Office reference WO363/C1079 (microfilm #717 to 743) shows he joined the Army as a private on 26 August 1914 at Woolwich; joined expeditionary force on 22 May 1915, transferred 27 June 1916; appointed shoeing smith 11 October 1917; his wife received his 1914-1915 Star on 9 February 1921 and his Victory Medal on 15 September 1921; a separation allowance was made to his wife of 12/6+3/6 (twelve shillings and sixpence plus three shillings and sixpence); on 25 August 1914 he received 5 days confined to barracks for neglect of duty on night guard; he was on leave to the U.K. from 7 to 15 September 1918; his wife received a pension of 13/9 (thirteen shillings and ninepence) per week from 5 September 1919; 1901 census; 1911 census

Emily Alma GARDNER

Born 19 September 1887 at 101 East Street, Charlton, Kent, (registered 28 October 1887 at Charlton), baptized 20 May 1888 at Holy Trinity Church, New Charlton; attended Maryon Park School, Charlton; worked as a maid for Sir Leslie Scott at 20 Egerton Terrace off Brompton Road, Belgravia; was a ‘nanny’ to Peter Du Cane who was later to manage Malcolm Campbell’s world water speed record on Lake Coniston (a photograph bearing the caption Peter Du Cane and Alma at the foot of the fells appears as the frontispiece of Musings on Moor and Fell by Colonel William Lisle B. Coulson — Peter Du Cane’s grandfather — published by George Bell & Sons, 1907); died 23 January 1972, Dartford, Kent; always known as ‘Alma’ [copies of her birth, marriage and death certificates are in my possession]; (living at 101 East Street, Charlton in 1901 aged 13); domestic housemaid with Charles Henry Copley DU CANE and family at South Kensington in 1911, single, aged 23; 1891 census: 4 matches, most likely being at Shoreditch, Haggerston (but birth-place is Shoreditch), others: at The Palace, Brighton, (birth Brighton), at West Ham, Leyton (birth Forest Gate), and at South Sheffield (birth Masborough); 1901 census; 1911 census

Father: Charles Cox CROAD Mother: Priscilla CLARK(E) Father: George GARDNER Mother: Emily Sophia CROAD

Married 5 September 1918 [a photocopy of their marriage certificate is in my possession], witnesses Bessie Emma GARDNER and Edith Miriam GARDNER (surnamed Jackson at that time)

See Photos of Arthur and Alma


Child

Daughter: Betty Alma CROAD