Unwanted: Crack Family bible

[Gisele45]

I was pleased to see your section on family bibles.  I have a bible that came into my possession some years ago after the owner died.  It belonged to an elderly family friend and I wonder if there are any descendants.  It was originally the property of William Henry Crack, born December 5th 1855 and his wife, Louisa Augusta, born March 18th 1861.  Their two daughters, Edith Maude and Mildred Annie were friends and colleagues of my mother's family and neither of them married.  Their two sons who survived to adulthood were Howard Wilfrid and Leslie Charles.  One of these died in the Spanish flu epidemic, but I don't know which one.  I am wondering if there are any descendants of the brother who survived, who was estranged from his sisters.  If so  I should really like to return the bible to its rightful owners.
Gisele 64

[avm228]

Hi

What a lovely quest!  The WW1 Army records for Leslie show that he was still alive upon discharge in Sep 1919, and FreeBMD shows a likely marriage for him in 1920:

Marriage Jun qtr 1920   
 
Cowton  Doris E  (spouse Crack) 
Crack  Leslie C  (spouse Cowton)
Stoke upon Trent  6b 699

If you search www.freebmd.org.uk for Crack births with mother's maiden name Cowton you will see a birth of a female child in the same district later that year.  I won't post her name here in case she is still living.

Anna

[avm228]

It looks as though Howard died - date is consistent with the Spanish flu pandemic:

Birth Mar qtr 1884   
CRACK  Howard Wilfred   
Wandsworth 1d 669   


Death Mar qtr 1919   
CRACK Howard W aged 35 
Lambeth 1d 640