Hi Valerie, I only have the following out of the 1901 Kellys directory - Crawshaw, H. & Co., drapers and house furnishers, 44 Witham. Crawshaw, Herbert ( H. C. & Co. ) 55 Sherburn Street. Good Luck, Richard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Gilbert" <gilbert.valerie@btinternet.com> To: <eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 8:03 PM Subject: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] CRAWSHAW search > This is my first posting in this area. It appears that a great uncle of > mine > Herbert CRAWSHAW spent some time in business in Hull about 1900-1910. At > first he worked with his father Edwin in a ' drapery and hosiery 'business > I > think was called 'Bonanza '. There may have been more than one site. One a > least is now possibly a garage. My informer, another relative was shown > the > place years ago. At marriage Herbert lived at 55 Sherburn Street > > I wonder if there is anyone with trade directories or phone books that > could > help me locate more precisely where they were ? Herbert later (1911?) > traded > in watches as H HAMMOND , Lucerne , Switzerland. This colourful character > later worked for Tobler and maybe spent the war years in Switzerland > arranging lotteries ! > > I am fascinated by this strange series of occupations and would like to > trace more of his beginnings. He divorced and may have married 3 times in > all. > > Can anyone provide any help from directories or electoral rolls please? > > Valerie in N Yorks > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >