Greetings from the Isle of Wight - we are now well settled and I thought I'd get back to the Family History again. Sorry for my prolonged absence!
Hi Suebee
It looks like you are a distant relation of mine. Henry Cross (b 1836) was my Great Great Grandfather. He was the son of Thomas Cross (b1811) and Ellen Kidman (1811)
It gets a bit complicated as Henry was married twice
His first wife was
Elizabeth Fuller (b 1836) and they married in 1859 and they had 3 children together Emma (1860) Ellen (1863) and
FULLER (1867) I haven't found the exact date but Elizabeth died about 1867 - possibly in childbirth???
Henry married again to Mary Ann Parr (b 1846 married in March 1875) they had 3 children Fred Henry (b 1836 - my great grandfather) Minnie Gertrude (b1880) and Arthur (b1879) Mary had another son that also lived with them James Halls Yard (b1873)
Henry died in 1920
To link him in to the rest of this thread Henry had 2 brothers
1)Charles (b1855) who was the father of Harry Langton Cross the organist at Little Wilbraham (siblings to Harry were Ireson b1876, William b1878 and Maud b1883)
2)George (b1840)
Hope this makes sense, its always a bit confusing when there is a second marriage. I must add that everyone mentioned was born in Swaffham Bulbeck, Swaffham Prior or Burwell near Newmarket. I will need to dig a bit deeper into Fuller Cross and why they moved to Hertfordshire which oddly is where some of my Mothers family hail from!
You can check out some of the other people in the Cross Tree at
http://bigjen.viviti.com/family-tree
