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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: Tavistock CROSSMAN
« on: Sunday 13 September 09 12:11 BST (UK)  »
Hello Hemmum,

Thanks for your message and thoughts about John (1845) or thereabouts.  I've had contact with Cotton Historian who has given me lots of info on John and the family, but the feeling is John's birth wasn't registered and neither was he baptised.  However, I'd also wondered about the non-conformist possibility.  I may have a look at the South Molton certificate although I think this is going to be another set of Crossmans, as there do seem to be clusters all over Devon -  Walkhampton (near Horrabridge, just south of Tavistock) and Chittlehampton west of South Molton for instance.

Thanks again - I'll plough on!

All the best :)

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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: Tavistock CROSSMAN
« on: Thursday 10 September 09 21:17 BST (UK)  »
I've just registered on RootsChat and having read all the links since January I think I'm coming in a bit late on all the work everyone's done.  All the info regarding Robert Crossman (born Tavistock 1815) and his family is fascinating and will be filling alot of gaps for me.  His son John (born Tavistock 1845 according to 1851/61/71 census records) is my great grandfather.  I'm interested to know if anyone has found any record of his baptism or even a birth certificate.  Unless I've missed something I can't find any baptism record (having trawled through microfiche at Devon Records Office in Exeter).  There is one lead on the BMD index which suggests a John Crossman born in South Molton in 1845, but I'm wary of this and haven't yet investigated further. Any help, or suggestions gratefully received.  I was interested to see that Hemmum's paternal grandmother was Mary (Polly) Crossman, born Morwellham, 1855.  She was the younger sister of my great grandmother Eliza Crossman (born Tavistock 1850) who later married William Henry Lang, one of whose daughters (Mary (Polly) Lang) married one of John's sons James Eddy Crossman (born Calstock 16th August 1869) in Gibraltar Cathedral on 4th Sept. 1908 - these are my grandparents.  I'm very interested in the 'Spanish connection' and I was very interested to read from Cotton Historian that John was buried in the English Cemetery in Tharsis, Huelva in 1918. This has helped put a big piece of jigsaw in place. I have a little bit of information including a copy of James and Polly's marriage certificate should this interest anyone.  I'm also interested in any information regarding James's brother William John (born Calstock 7th April 1867, Calstock) and Frederick Robert (born Calstock 4th May 1871) I'm assuming they all trooped off to Huelva in the early-mid 1870s when the fortunes of some of the mines at Okeltor, Calstock went into decline.  Sorry this is long and rambling but any information will be gratefully received :)

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