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Cornwall / Unrelated Craze? Driving me Crazy!
« on: Thursday 13 September 07 13:16 BST (UK) »
Hello all - my name is Kelly and I've taken on the daunting task of tracing my maternal genealogy. Never thought I'd get stuck so early on though - my great, great grandmother was Sarah J Craze, born 1847, and married a James Humphrey (born 1846) in 1867 in Bridgewater, Somerset County. That's the earliest record I have of her, and I'm not even 100% sure that that is her!! They had two children in England, Anna (1868) and Albert (1871) before moving to America between 1871-1872 and having Rose (1872), Harry (1874), William (1877), Alice (~1881), and Myrtle (1883).
I have fairly good records of them once they're over in America, but their early life is a blank! Family lore says that Sara and James were from opposite sides of the country (Sara in Corwall, James in Dover) and were forbidden by their families to get married (something about Sara came from a wealthy family, while James' were sailors).
Can anyone help? I don't have an ancestry.com membership (I'll save *that* rant for another time!), and I feel like I've googled myself silly over this. Does anyone see a Sara J Craze born in 1847?
Thanks so much!
I have fairly good records of them once they're over in America, but their early life is a blank! Family lore says that Sara and James were from opposite sides of the country (Sara in Corwall, James in Dover) and were forbidden by their families to get married (something about Sara came from a wealthy family, while James' were sailors).
Can anyone help? I don't have an ancestry.com membership (I'll save *that* rant for another time!), and I feel like I've googled myself silly over this. Does anyone see a Sara J Craze born in 1847?
Thanks so much!