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My Family History
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CHARLES HENRY CRAGO BORN 7th April 1868 at Northill, Cornwall MARRIED Harriet Anne Kent Hicks, No details DIED 1st November 1932
CHILDREN
William Henry Born 13th December 1891 at Coads Green, Cornwall. Florrie Born 18th September, as above. Dorothy Born 12th July 1896, as above. Myrtle Born 22nd November 1897, as above. Cordelia Born 21st March 1900, as above. Kathleen Born 10th June 1902, as above. Harriet Anne Born 12th December 1908, as above. Ellen Born 2nd November 1910, as above. Chas, as he was known only had one eye, this was due to an accident with a whip. He had a varied career as in the 1881 Census he was listed as a Cordwinder's Apprentice. He later was the local Fish Monger, owning two ponies and traps.He even supplied Covent Garden, London with tons of both Black Berries and mushrooms, that others in the Village collected every morning for him. He lived at Rose Cottage, Coads Green where all of the children were born, in the same house as he was born in. He won the Queen Victoria Scholarship at Coads Green as a boy. He died of Cancer at a little place named Banta near Condon's Shop, Cornwall.
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