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Hi Peter, second cousin once removed  . I am the great great grandson of John (of the Secret), my mother was a Craven and your second cousin.

Welcome.

I haven't done an awful lot on the Cravens - only as far as they interact with my Cornish relatives via John Broadbent. In regard to his father John Craven of Newport, my gg grandfather, we are rather lucky in that he was caught three times by Census. The 1861 you know about when he had his wife and kids on board the 'Secret' in Yorkshire. You may not know about the 1881 census which places him master of the 'Albina' at Plymouth (see how these coastal ships allowed intermingling of Cornish and Yorkshire people!) or the 1891 census. The latter is particularly interesting as it has him Master of the 'Ariel' off Dungeness - this is where he drowned three years later.

Looking at the 1861 census for John Broadbent Craven on board the 'Secret', I am the great great grandson of John Craven and the great grandson of John Broadbent Craven. John Broadbent Craven married an Adelaide Dunsford in St Austell in 1872. Their progeny became Cornish people ! My mother was Adelaide's grand daughter.

Adelaide was the daughter of Jane Dunsford of Saltash Waterside and her father (not generally known) was William Odgers VC . See my blog on William odgers and Family for the interesting history.