| Birth | Crane Goldsmith was born 17 September 1831 in Baldock, Herfordshire, England. |
| INFO | BAPTISM. Wesleyan, Biggleswade Circuit, Bedfordshire, England. p.38, #301. Baptized 19 Nov 1831, born 17 Sep 1831. Crane, son of James and Pamela Goldsmith (formerly Crane), of Baldock, Herts., Builder. (EngNonConReg.) |
| INFO | CENSUS 1851 (30 Mar 1851) Cambridgshire, Blassingbourn. Household of Samuel Blott, 43, corn & wine merchant, farmer of 33 acres employing 9 lab. Also wife Sarah B. and six children, one female house servant and Crane Goldsmith, apprentice, unmarried, 19, corn & wine merchant apprentice, b. Herts Baldock. (GBCens1851 H.O.107:1708 232:14.) |
| Marriage | He married Lydia Rogers 1856. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Marriage 1856 SepQ Crane Goldsmith Lydia Rogers Camberwell 1d,790. (FreeBMD.) |
| INFO | CENSUS 1861. (7 Apr 1861) Hertfordshire, Hitchin. Dane Road. Crane Goldsmith, head, mar, 29, coal merchant clerk, b. Herts Baldock. Wife Lydia, mar, 28, b. Surrey Old Kent. Son James R., 3, b. Camb Bassingbourn. Son Oliver, 2, b. Camb Bassingbourn. Daur Alice M., 5 monnths, b. Herts Hitchin. One female servant. (GBCens1861 RG9:818 75:25.) |
| INFO | CENSUS 1871 (2 Apr 1871) Norfolk Thetford. King Street, Crane Goldsmith, head, mar, 39, General merchants clerk, b. Herts Baldock. Wife Lydia, 37, b. Middlesex London. Son James Rogers, 13, scholar, b. Camb Bassingbourne. Daur Alice Maud,10, scholar, b. Herts Hitchin. Son Thomas Fred, 8, scholar. b. Norfolk Thetford. Son Frank Arthur, 7, scholar, b. Norfolk Thetford. Son Charles William, 6, scholar, b. Norfolk thetford. Daur Catherine Sarah, 2, b. Norfolk Thetford. Two servants. (GBCens1871 RG10:1875 86:34.) |
| Marriage | Crane Goldsmith married Ann Groombridge, daughter of Joseph Groombridge, 1872 in England. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Marriage 1872 SepQ Crane Goldsmith Annie Bradley Lambeth 1d,737. (FreeBMD.) |
| INFO | CENSUS 1881 (3 Apr 1881) London St Pancras 38 Osanburgh St. Herbert Blote, head, mar, 34, general practitioner MRCS, b. Cambridgshire Blassingbourne. Wife and two children, stepmother, female servant. Visitor Crane Goldsmith, mar, 49, merchants clerk, b. Herts Baldock. (GBCens1881 RG11:181 19:14-15.) |
| INFO | CENSUS 1891 (5 Apr 1891) Bedford, Leighton Buzzard. Hockliffe Street. Crane Goldsmith, head, m, 59, accountant, b. Herts Baldock. Wife Annie Goldsmith, mar, 58, b. Norfolk Thetford. Daur Kate B. Goldsmith, 17, confectioners assistant, employed, b. Norfold Thetford. (GBCens1891 RG12:1264 131:45.) |
| INFO | CENSUS 1901 (31Mar 1901) Bedford. Leighton Buzzard, 21 Market Square. household of Edwin T. Preswell, head, 49, Publican, works on own acct, at home, b. Bucks Soulbury. Also in household: wife Sarah Preswell, 1 male servant, two licensed hawkers (male) and lodger Crane Goldsmith, widowed, 69, brewery clerk, b. Herts Baldock. (GBCens1901 RG13:1508 89:2.) |
| Death | Crane Goldsmith died 1908 in England. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Death 1908 DecQ Crane Goldsmith Leighton Buzzard 3b:209? (FreeBMD.) |
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