Whilst doing some lookups on my FULFORD ancestors, specifically an Esther Fulford who married into the Timpson family who were originally from Clifton Reynes, Bucks, I may have stumbled upon a Bedford onnection. I have been trying to find out a little about Walter O Croft, who was born at St Pancras around 1840. I was interested in him because in 1901 he has his cousin, Eliza TIMPSON, a widow, living with him in London. ELiza's husband, Isaac Timpson, had died in 1880. I have found Walter Croft in 1891, and living with him was a sister, Jane E Croft (unmarried), also born St Pancras. I then looked on the IGI hoping to find Walter and Jane's births (1840 & 1833-ish, respectively), and have traced Jane to a Samuel Croft and his wife, Susan, nee Osborne, who were married in Henlow, Bedfordshire in 1826 (There - got to the Bedford connection at last!) I am thinking this is a possible connection because Eliza's son, Edward Timpson (who married Esther Augusta Fulford) had the middle name Osborn, and continued the tradition by giving one of his sons, Harry (b.1890) the middle name Osborn, also. (I suspect the O in Walter O Croft is also Osborn) I hope you have followed this so far, I am hoping to hear from anyone who knows anything about Samuel Croft and Susan Osborn, who can confirm any of this. Thanks for reading Regards Eunice Cubbage

Hi Eunice Samuel Craft was the elder brother of my 3xg gt aunt Mary Ann Craft b 1808 Henlow who married into my Cooper forebears. He was christened on 30 June 1805 at Henlow, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Craft. Samuel snr was christened at Astwick Beds on 26 June 1768, and he married Elizabeth Bailey at Astwick on 12 Oct 1793. She was born at Ashwell Herts c 1766 (she was aged 85 in 1851). Osborn was not a Henlow name and I can't see where Susan was from. She was dead by 1861 where Samuel was a widower but I can't find the family in 1851. I'll carry on digging Regards David Eunice Cubbage <eunice@cubbage.plus.com> a écrit : Whilst doing some lookups on my FULFORD ancestors, specifically an Esther Fulford who married into the Timpson family who were originally from Clifton Reynes, Bucks, I may have stumbled upon a Bedford onnection. I have been trying to find out a little about Walter O Croft, who was born at St Pancras around 1840. I was interested in him because in 1901 he has his cousin, Eliza TIMPSON, a widow, living with him in London. ELiza's husband, Isaac Timpson, had died in 1880. I have found Walter Croft in 1891, and living with him was a sister, Jane E Croft (unmarried), also born St Pancras. I then looked on the IGI hoping to find Walter and Jane's births (1840 & 1833-ish, respectively), and have traced Jane to a Samuel Croft and his wife, Susan, nee Osborne, who were married in Henlow, Bedfordshire in 1826 (There - got to the Bedford connection at last!) I am thinking this is a possible connection because Eliza's son, Edward Timpson (who married Esther Augusta Fulford) had the middle name Osborn, and continued the tradition by giving one of his sons, Harry (b.1890) the middle name Osborn, also. (I suspect the O in Walter O Croft is also Osborn) I hope you have followed this so far, I am hoping to hear from anyone who knows anything about Samuel Croft and Susan Osborn, who can confirm any of this. Thanks for reading Regards Eunice Cubbage ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== For any updates our info about the status of this list go to http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com --------------------------------- Nouveau : téléphonez moins cher avec Yahoo! Messenger ! Découvez les tarifs exceptionnels pour appeler la France et l'international.Téléchargez la version beta.