Person:Charles Crossman (5)

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Charles Joseph Crossman
b.25 Mar 1855 Cape, South Africa
d.6 Apr 1920 Coleford Farm, Polela Division, Natal, South Africa
Parents and Siblings
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m. 8 Jan 1860
  1. William Henry Crossman1854 - 1923
  2. Charles Joseph Crossman1855 - 1920
  3. Mary Douglas Crossman1858 - 1920
  4. Sarah Emma Crossman1860 - 1930
  5. Ada Alice Crossman1862 - 1935
Spouse and Children
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m. 20 Jun 1874
  1. Stephen Martin Crossman - 1919
  2. Charles Joseph Crossman
  3. David Crossman
  4. Mabel Susan CrossmanAbt 1878 - 1951
  5. William Henry Crossman1888 -
  6. Annie Maria Amy Crossman - 1957
  7. Ida Alice Crossman - 1937
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Facts and Events
Name Charles Joseph Crossman
Gender Male
Birth[1] 25 Mar 1855 Cape, South Africa
Marriage 20 Jun 1874 Peddie, Cape, South Africato Anna Maria Ackermann
Death? 6 Apr 1920 Coleford Farm, Polela Division, Natal, South Africa

Occupation: Farmer at Coleford Farm Polela Division, Kwazulu-Natal.

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References
  1. ↑ St Patricks Catholic Church Register, Grahamstown, South Africa.

    Charles Joseph, born 1855 was the child of Mary Crossman and "Captain" Crossman

    The problem with this date is that Edmund Douglas Crossman was supposedly fighting in the Crimean War at this time and had not yet arrived in the Cape.

    What other alternatives are there?

    a) they are children of Mary Stuart from a previous marriage or perhaps no marriage at all. The suggestion that she may have had children out of wedlock might be inferred by the St Patrick's Catholic Church scribe who wrote upon her death "she led an irregular life". I'm not sure what that is supposed to mean.

    b) they were adopted by Mary and Edmund. But why? What circumstances could lead to that?

    c) William, Charles and Ada Alice are the children of neither Mary nor Edmund but entirely different parents, the mother being Mary and the father a Captain Crossman.

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