I am still going thru this film, but so far have found: LDS 1042926, Campton Church of England Parish Records: 26Jan1812: Baptised Rebecca, daughter of William and Mary Croft 20Mar1785 Buried ___ Thomas Osborn not much so far, but hopefully it will eventually 'plug in' :) sandee > [Original Message] > From: Eunice Cubbage <eunice@cubbage.plus.com> > To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 2/19/2006 5:52:18 AM > Subject: [BDF] CROFT/OSBORNE - Henlow > > 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 >