Family:Edmund Crossman and Mary Stuart (1)

Parents: Robert Crossman and Sarah Douglas Capt Edmund Douglas Crossman b. 4 Nov 1835 Tweedmouth, Northumberland, England d. 31 Dec 1867 Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, England	Mary Stuart b. 1834 d. 27 Sep 1870 Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]

8 Jan 1860

Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa↑ "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8172-KFZM : 15 May 2021), Edward Douglas Gossman, 1860.

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	William Henry Crossman	17 Jun 1854 Cape of Good Hope	7 Dec 1923 Peddie, Cape, South Africa
2.	Charles Joseph Crossman	25 Mar 1855 Cape, South Africa	6 Apr 1920 Coleford Farm, Polela Division, Natal, South Africa
3.	Mary Douglas Crossman	4 Aug 1858 Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa	20 Mar 1920 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
4.	Sarah Emma Crossman	23 May 1860	27 Oct 1930 Eastbourne, Sussex, England
5.	Ada Alice Crossman	20 Sep 1862 Cape, South Africa	20 Oct 1935 Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Consider the situation in which the children of this family found themselves when they lost both parents within 3 years of each other.

When their mother died in 1870 the children were these ages:

William (16) Charles (15) Mary (12) Sarah (10) Ada (8) Edith - from her mother's 2nd marriage - (<1)

Did Mary die in childbirth?

References

↑ Edward Douglas Gossman, in "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973".

↑ "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8172-KFZM : 15 May 2021), Edward Douglas Gossman, 1860.