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Me again :-) i want to find out if my great granddad Benjamin Henry frederick crossley was Walker born , in ireland 1864 had any brothers or sisters :-)

Is this him in 1911?


1911 England Census about Benjamin F Crossley
Name: Benjamin F Crossley
Age in 1911: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male

Birth Place: Omah, Resident, Tyrone, Ireland

Civil parish: Dorchester St Peter
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England
Street Address: 1 Aldhelm Villas, Victoria Pk, Dorchester
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Army Pensioner Engineers Carpenter
Registration district: Dorchester
Registration District Number: 264
Sub-registration district: Dorchester
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Household schedule number: 132
Piece: 12386
Household Members:
Name Age
Benjamin F Crossley 47
Alice M Crossley 49 - 1862 Birth Place: Stamford Le Hope, Essex
Alice Crossley 16
Colin Crossley 15
Jessie Crossley 13
Doris Crossley 9

Any idea of his parents names?

Previous thread which includes Benjamin

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/ancestors/thread/1303353

I can't see him in any previous census's in the UK probably because he was serving in the army aboard. I also can't see him on Family Search..

I looked at the 1901 Irish Census wihch is free to search online and this is the only Crossley family I could see in County Tyorne. They may not be related but posting just incase

1901.

Crossley William 55 Male Head of Family Church of Ireland Tyrone Farmer Read and write - Married -
Crossley Thomas 16 Male Son Church of Ireland Tyrone Labourer Read and write - Not Married -
Crossley Sarah Jane 14 Female Daughter Church of Ireland Tyrone Servant-Domestic Read and write - Not Married -
Crossley Margaret 10 Female Daughter Church of Ireland Tyrone Scholar Cannot read - Not Married -
Crossley Anna Isabella 7 Female Daughter Church of Ireland Tyrone Scholar Cannot read - Not Married

Hello Lauren, what do you mean by "was Walker born" ?

Found his army record on Ancestry.

Prior to his marriage to Alice his father Samuel - possibly living in Dublin - is named as his next of kin and it is listed that he had 2 brothers younger and 2 older.

Thanks for the replies , my grandfather yeras ago before he died tried to put a family tree together and on some of the paper work he had written it says Benajmin was a walker then changed his name to crossley, but not 100% sure if this is true , might of been changed so he could join the army .
K that is him as he married an Alice Mary Green . How would i find out his brothers names and ages .

Lauren

I will send you the army records so you can check the detials, but I don't know how you can find out more. at the moment. Does your family tree list anything else about him?

Kay

No nothing K . and thank you for the records you sent .

Hi Lauren,
Looking back at the previous thread re his son Colin Crossley, and the replies, I noticed something a little bit odd.
On the 1911 census, his name is entered as Benjamin HF Crossley.
I am assuming that the militarry records that you refer to also sa his name was Benjamin.

For both of his children Alice and Colin who were born in India, his name on their birth records is: Henry Frederick Crossley.
Both birth records are found on Family Search and neither has included Benjamin in the father's name
He died in Dorchester, Dorset in 1922 ( or registered 1st quarter 1922) and his death is listed as Benjamin HF Crossley

There is a probate record for his wife Alice Mary who died 3 Jun 1947.
the estate was £165 1s 7d. Administration to Ali Legg wife of Frederick James Legg.
I am presuming that this is daughter Alice Crossley?
Unfortunately the probate states only that Alice Mary was a widow and does not name her husband.

EDIT.
There was another child who was born and died in India
Harry Crossley b 22 Apr 1891 Bengal. Died 13 Nov 1893 Bengal
Parents: Henry Frederick and Alice Mary Crossley


Anne

Good spot Anne!

Based on just the two christian names I found this marriage which confirms the link to Walker and his fathers name

Name: Henry Frederick Walker Crossley - Soldier
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Spouse Name: Alice Mary Green
Spouse Age: 24
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 5 Oct 1885
Parish: Shoreditch St Leonard
Borough: Hackney
Father Name: Samuel Walker Crossley - Carpenter
Spouse Father Name: John Green - Labourer
Register Type: Parish Register

Witnesses Annie Green and Henry Wilton
Address of both Henry and Alice listed a 4 ? Place Kingsland Road

Nice one K!
I looked at his Military docs dated 1914 where he calls himself Benjamin Fred Crossley.
Most of the paperwork contained refer to his previous service in the Royal Horse Artilliery based overseas from 1881 until circa 1901.

The pages give Service No 230 and have Benjamin Frederick /Fred Crossley at the top of the page, yet he married as Henry Frederick Walker Crossley during this period.

It is hard to figure out exactly what his birth names were!

Thank you all loads for the help , the whitness Annie green would that be Alice's mum or sister