My Family History

 

 

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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