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CRAFT, John
1840 - 1876 (35 years) Has 6 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.
1815 - 1900 (85 years)-
Name CRAFT, John Birth 11 Sep 1840 Algarkirk, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Male Death 1876 Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire Person ID I1486 Edgoose Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
Father CRAFT, John, b. Between 1811 and 1812, Old Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, England d. 1 Sep 1893, Amber Hill, Lincolnshire, England (Age 82 years) Mother EDGOOSE, Elizabeth, b. 1815, Holland Fen, Lincolnshire, England d. 15 Jan 1900, Amber Hill, Lincolnshire, England (Age 85 years) Marriage 6 Aug 1835 Algarkirk, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F413 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family DOWSE, Emma, b. 1844, Sutterton Fen, Lincolnshire, England d. 1910, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 66 years) Marriage 1864 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire Children 1. CRAFT, James William, b. 1865, Algarkirk Fen, Lincolnshire, England d. 20 Dec 1935, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 70 years)2. CRAFT, Emma Jane, b. 10 Oct 1866, Algarkirk Fen, Lincolnshire, England d. 1922, Sleaford Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 55 years)3. CRAFT, Alice Maud, b. 1869, Sutterton Fen, Lincolnshire, England d. 1922, Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, England (Age 53 years)Family ID F853 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JOHN CRAFT 1840-1876
According to a microfiche copy of Algarkirk parish register John, son of John and Elizabeth CRAFT, was born on 11 September 1840 and baptised there at the same time as his brother James on 27 March 1845 (letter from Mrs. Averil Stephens 12.03.2003).
From the 1841 census of Algarkirk, Lincolnshire:
John CROFT (sic), aged 25, agricultural labourer, born in Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth CROFT (sic), aged 25, born in Lincolnshire;
William CROFT (sic), aged 5, born in Lincolnshire;
James CROFT (sic), aged 2, born in Lincolnshire;
John CROFT (sic), aged 1 month, born in Lincolnshire.
(HO107/606/2/7/6)
Elizabeth's 70 year old aunt, Alice EDGOOSE, lived next door with Mathew and Mary TEBB.
Jonathan and Helen EDGOOSE were living next door to Jonathan's sister Elizabeth CRAFT at Wyatt Drove, Algarkirk, in 1851:
Jonathan EDGOOSE, head, married, aged 38, agricultural labourer, born at Algarkirk;
Helen EDGOOSE, sister-in-law, aged 46, born at Uppingham, Rutland.
Next door were:
John CROFT (sic), head, aged 39, owner of 9 acres, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth CROFT, wife, aged 36, farmer's wife, born at Algarkirk;
William CROFT, son, aged 14, farmer's son, born at Algarkirk;
James CROFT, son, aged 12, farmer's son, born at Algarkirk;
*John CROFT, son, aged 10, farmer's son, born at Algarkirk.
(HO107/2099/761v).
He was unmarried according to the 1861 census of Algarkirk, but by November 1869 he was married with three children and kept the Duke of York public house in Boston (source: letter to William CRAFT from his mother Elizabeth dated 1869).
JOHN Craft married Emma DOWSE in 1864.
(GRO December 1864 Boston 7a 792)
The birth of their son James William CRAFT was registered in 1865.
(GRO September 1865 Boston 7a 371)
Their daughter Emma Jane CRAFT was born on at Algarkirk Fen, Lincolnshire, on 10 October 1866. John CRAFT was described as a farm labourer on the birth certificate.
(GRO certificate)
The birth of their daughter Alice CRAFT was registered in 1869.
(GRO March 1869 Boston 7a 246)
JOHN CRAFT was still alive in 1871:
JOHN CRAFT, head, aged 30, publican, born at Algarkirk Fen, Lincolnshire;
EMMA CRAFT, wife, aged 26, born at Sutterton Fen, Lincolnshire;
EMMA J. CRAFT, daughter, aged 4, scholar, born at Algarkirk Fen;
ALICE CRAFT, daughter, aged 2, scholar, born at Sutterton Fen;
THOMAS RICHMOND?, boarder, aged 37, labourer, born at Wyberton, Lincolnshire;
JOSEPH MILLY, boarder, unmarried, aged 30, labourer, born in Kent (place illegible).
(RG10/3343/12)
The death of a John CRAFT aged 35 was registered in 1876.
(September 1876 Sheffield 9c 330)
In 1881 the marriage of an Emma CRAFT to Adam PRINGLE was registered.
(December 1881 Sheffield 9c 563)
The likelihood that John and Emma CRAFT had moved to Sheffield, Yorkshire, is confirmed by the entry in the 1891 census of 82 Liverpool Street, Attercliffe cum Darnell:
Adam PRINGLE, head, aged 46, machine belt repairer, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
Emma PRINGLE, wife, aged 46, born at Sutterton;
Alice CRAFT, daughter, aged 22, bar maid, born at Sutterton;
Rosalie PRINGLE, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire.
(RG12/3838/76/21)
John Henry CRAFT wrote to a niece in 1959:
"There were three brothers in father's family. William (my father), James and John, the latter died early in life. James had some family, one was an electrician and lived in Sheffield. James was employed on the Great Northern Railway for many years as a signalman."
(revised 12.08.2016)