Mary Craven (buried 1921)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Craven
First name: 
Mary
Other Christian names: 
Frances Dottin
Gender: 
Female
Burial number: 
1031
Born: 
0/0/1841
Died: 
01/04/1921
Buried: 
16/04/1921
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SES
Cemetery row: 
6
Cemetery plot: 
17
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Sydney Craven who died at Worthing 4th Jan 1917 aged 81 "Til the day break" Mary Frances Dottin wife of the above ? April 1921 aged 80.

Life story

Life story

Mary was born in Westleigh, Devon in 1841 where her father, Dashwood Lang, was Vicar. Her mother was Charlotte Lang. Mary continued to live at Westleigh until she married Sidney Higgs Craven at Barnstaple, Devon, in 1862. Curiously, although there were three children of the marriage by 1871 and the youngest being only 2 months old, Sidney was not with his wife and family in the Censuses of 1871 and 1881. In both of these years she was living with Lang relatives and described as a "Banker's wife". Meanwhile, Sidney was in London. However, Sidney and Mary were both included in the 1891 and 1901 Censuses in London. By 1911 they had moved to "West View", in Harrow Road, Worthing. This Census revealed that Sidney and his son, Arthur Nevill, a bank cashier,had both been born in Ceylon but were British by parentage.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1841
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Lang
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Sidney Higgs
Spouse one last name: 
Craven
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1862
Marriage one address: 
Barnstaple, Devon, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
01/04/1921
Age (at time of death): 
80
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Burlesdon, Eton Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Arthur Neville Craven status: Banker
Probate pounds: 
£240

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

Living at The Vicarage, Westleigh, Devon - Dashwood Lang aged 47, head, Vicar of Westleigh; Charlotte Lang aged 46, wife; Helen Lang aged 11, daughter; Mary Lang aged 9, daughter; Dashwood Lang aged 8, son; Arthur Lang aged 5, son; Charles Lang aged 3, son; Elizabeth Easterbrook aged 27, house servant; Eliza Wills aged 15, house servant; Susan Toms aged 17, house servant; George Wills aged 17, house servant.

1861 census: 

Living at The Vicarage, Westleigh, Devon - Dashwood Lang, aged 56, head, Vicar of Westleigh; Charlotte Lang aged 55, wife; Helen N Lang aged 21, daughter; Mary F D Lang aged 20, daughter; John E Lang aged 58, brother, Capt. North? Indian Army; Grace Paskey aged 30, visitor, dressmaker; George Wills aged 27, servant; Eliza Wills aged 25, house maid; Louisa Wills aged 20, servant; Ann Williams aged 23, cook.

1871 census: 

Living at Bath? Terrace, Instow, Devon - Fanny Davis aged 48, head, lodging house keeper; Louisa Edwards aged 15, niece, servant; Mary F D Craven aged 30, lodger, banker’s wife; Sidney Dashwood Craven aged 7, lodger; Arthur Nevill Craven aged 4, lodger, born in Ceylon infant Craven aged 2 months, female; Caroline C Lang aged 60, widow, sister; W F Dashwood Lang aged 28, lodger, Rector of Instow, Devon; Ann Lewis aged 60, nurse; Harriett H Oliver aged 23, servant.

1881 census: 

Living at Instow Rectory, Instow, Devon - W M Frances Dashwood Lang aged 38, head, Rector of Instow; Arthur Neville Dashwood Lang aged 7, nephew; Donald Horace Lang aged 5, nephew; Caroline Catherine Lang aged 72, aunt; Mary Frances Dotten (sic) Carmen(sic) Higgs aged 40, sister; Elizabeth Sibella Rimmel aged 57, friend; Madeline Skinner aged 40, cook; Henrietta Tidball aged 23, house and parlourmaid; Emily Lovegrove aged 21, nurse; Wm Henry Jewell aged 32, groom.

1891 census: 

Living at 16, Linden Gardens, Chiswick - Sidney Cravin (sic) aged 55, head, cashier in land agent office; Mary Francis (sic) DOTTIE (sic) Cravin (sic) aged 50, wife; Agnes Edith Josephine Cravin (sic) aged 20; Mary Field aged 19, domestic servant.

1901 census: 

Living at 90, Elgin ? Kensington, London - Sidney Craven aged 65, head, cashier in ? firm; Mary F D Craven, 60, wife; Arthur R(sic) Craven aged 34, son, bank clerk, (London and Country); Gertrude M Craven, aged 32, ; Agnes E J Craven aged 29, daughter; Mary Jane Mitter (sic) Miller? aged 55, general domestic servant.

1911 census: 

Living at West View, Harrow Road, Worthing - Sidney Craven aged 75, private means, born in Ceylon, British by parentage; Mary F Craven aged 70, wife; Arthur Nevill Craven aged 44, son, bank clerk, born in Ceylon, British by parentage; Jane Miller aged 65, general domestic servant.