I was thinking about this all last night, could not sleep. My dad just recently came back from visiting family in England and brought Eleanor's picture back, she looked to be around late 30's or early 40's. For some strange bizzare reason I decided to undertake finding her when I saw her, up until that time never having the inclination. It's almost like she wants us to know something. My grandmother, my dads mom, was very secretive about her past, never wanted us to know anything about them. I remember as a kid trying to put a family tree together for a school project. My grandmother, Doris Florence Newton was Margerets daughter. She came to stay with us several times and each time, I tried to find anything out about her family. But, she just put me off did not want to say a thing. My grandmother was a very vane woman, did not want us even to refer to her as grandma. She was not the best mother either, my dad does not share too many happy memories. Maybe Craggs was the name given to another daughter Eleanor and William had. I have yet to find all their children and they married extremely young and started having kids even before marriage, with my gg granny, Margeret. What if this was another daughters child? This is the only way the name would enter the family you would think. Unless he was a son of some friends they had and they took him in to raise as their own because of some circumstance. I think I need to find a census with Eleanor and William Harrison and their children from an earlier time. They married around I am guessing on this,1860. Margeret being born, in 1859, when Eleanor was just 10 years old. This too is a story. I can not imagine having a kid at 10! William was just a few years older. Any child at the age of 9 having sex to me is a crime, rape. I just do not know if this was common place to have children at this age way back then. It just seems so wrong. I will go ahead and pursue the birth certificate with the site you found. Once again, I thank you a million times over. I am so amazed at how you have helped me. I thank you again and again Have a great day, Lori ----- Original Message ----- From: Angela MacLellan<mailto:angela@maclellan.org.uk> To: Lori Williams<mailto:williamslorid@msn.com> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 2:13 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR] Re: CRAGGS Hi Lori It is a puzzle isn't it? if he was Margeret's son why was he called CRAGGS? Margeret wasn't married twice was she? If she was Eleanor's son why was he called CRAGGS! The infomation someone else sent you is everything you need to get Arthur's birth certificate from the GRO as it is their reference - it may be a red herring but as it is the only birth to be found it is probably worth getting Arthur CRAGGS Dec 1875 Darlington 10a 28 It will be interesting to see what it reveals Angela ------------------------------------------ Order a certificate A certified copy of a birth, marriage, or death certificate may be ordered online from the General Register Office (GRO). This service is now available to visitors based in the UK or overseas (as of 8 July 2004). You can also order certificates from the GRO by post, e-mail, telephone or fax. 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Their site will give further details on certificate fees. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lori Williams" <williamslorid@msn.com<mailto:williamslorid@msn.com>> To: <ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 4:07 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR] Re: CRAGGS > I think you might be right. Now comes the story as to who's child he was. Wondering if he was either an aunts on my ggg grandmother side (Eleanor) or my gg grandmothers child Margeret, Eleanors daughter. She was older when she married my gg grandfather 30's. I too think this is him, now I need to find his family with his parents to see who they were. Any ideas how to do this? Any help or ideas would be appreciated > Thanks again > Lori > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Angela MacLellan<mailto:angela@maclellan.org.uk<mailto:angela@maclellan.org.uk>> > To: Lori Williams<mailto:williamslorid@msn.com<mailto:williamslorid@msn.com>> > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 2:36 PM > Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR] Re: CRAGGS > > > Hi Lori > > The Arthur CRAGGS born Dec 1875 would be only 5 yrs old in Apr 1881 > he would not be six til the Dec 1881 > > So this may be your man! > > Just a thought > > Angela > > > > > -------------------- > Could this be a cousin of his, born one year apart? > -------------- > > There is an Arthur CRAGGS registered as below, could this be yours? > > Craggs, Arthur 1875 December Births Co. Durham North Riding of Yorkshire > 10a 28 > > Best wishes, Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > Hi Bill, this the Craggs in my family. > > My ggg grandparents adopted a son, his name was Arthur Craggs, 5 years > old in 1881. They are, William and Eleanor Harrison > > Arthur Craggs born 1876, Darlington, Durham England > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lori Williams" <williamslorid@msn.com<mailto:williamslorid@msn.com<mailto:williamslorid@msn.com<mailto:williamslorid@msn.com>>> > To: <ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com>>> > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 7:33 PM > Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR] Re: CRAGGS > > > > I did see him listed on the census but there is another Arthur Craggs born > 1876 living with William and Eleanor. I am not sure how common the name is > with the s on the end. Maybe this was a relation to my Arthur Craggs living > with Eleanor. There are not many listed on the census with the s on the > end. Could this be a cousin of his, born one year apart? Or is this him, > and they changed his birthplace to Darlington when he was adopted one year > later? This could have been it! The Harrison's, William and Eleanor lived > in Darlington but there daughter Margeret, my gg grandmother shows Yorkshire > England as her birthplace. She married my gg grandfather late, in her 30's. > I thought at first this was my ggg grandmothers nephew but can find no > record of an Eleanor Craggs, born 1849, in Waskerly. So I am trying to > figure out how Arthur Craggs came to be adopted by them. Could this have > been their daughter's child, my gg grandmother or a possible aunts child? I > am thinking th! > > at more the relationship now. What ever the case is, there is a > interesting story here. I thought I read on the 1891 census sent to me by a > wonderful woman, Angela MacLellan, Arthur was listed as serv, servant. But > he is down as a adopted son. We were thinking this was either bad writing > by the enumerator , when he should have been listed as a son. Hmmmmm why > would the census taker think to write serv rather than son? Could this have > been an observation he made and a assumption? Anyway, all the help from > everyone is so amazing. I am landlocked here in the United States in > Oregon, unable to know too much of how the counties are set up England. So > I am learning a lot and have so much more to learn. But I love it! > > Thanks to everyone, > > Lori > > ---- Original Message ----- > > From: Nivard Ovington<mailto:ovington1@btconnect.com<mailto:ovington1@btconnect.com<mailto:ovington1@btconnect.com<mailto:ovington1@btconnect.com>>> > > To: Lori Williams<mailto:williamslorid@msn.com<mailto:williamslorid@msn.com<mailto:williamslorid@msn.com<mailto:williamslorid@msn.com>>> > > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 9:58 AM > > Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR] Re: CRAGGS > > > > > > Hi Lori > > > > There is an Arthur CRAGGS registered as below, could this be yours? > > > > Craggs, Arthur 1875 December Births Co. Durham North Riding of Yorkshire > > 10a 28 > > > > Best wishes, Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > > > > Hi Bill, this the Craggs in my family. > > > My ggg grandparents adopted a son, his name was Arthur Craggs, 5 years > > old in 1881. They are, William and Eleanor Harrison > > > Arthur Craggs born 1876, Darlington, Durham England > > > > > > His last name was changed to Harrison in 1891. He is listed on the > census > > as Harrison. I am not sure what the story is here. I think that perhaps > > this may have been Eleanor's nephew from a brother or sister. I am > still > > looking into this. What stumped me was that in 1881 he is listed on the > > census as son, then in 1891 it looked like they wrote serv... looked to > be > > servant. But I did some talking to others and it looks like the > enumerator > > who wrote the census had some bad handwriting, we did some checking and > he > > is listed as their son. 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