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Linda ......

that house was a lodging house but not just for theatricals, there were people with all kinds of occupations living there, from labourers to French Polishers, hawkers, coal miners, a widow being supported by her children etc

There are about 40 people listed as living in that house, including the owner and his family

Thank you so much. My grandfather never mentioned his life in Yorkshire or his family I think I now know why. but it has raised more questions. What was the signicance of Kaufman I haven't a clue. And how did rose end up in a workhouse in nottingham. The house in bishop Auckland was a lodging house I always assumed that this was a theatrical lodging house. But it may not have been

Births Mar 1900
Cracknell Francis Redvers Leeds 9b 457

Maybe

First name(s) FRANCIS R
Last name CRACKNELL
Gender Unknown
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1900
Age 53
Death quarter 1
Death year 1953
District LEICESTER
County Leicestershire
Volume 3A
Page 710
Country England

Samuels birth which will give mmn

Births Mar 1894
Cracknell Samuel Leeds 9b 448

And
Births Mar 1896
Cracknell James William Leeds 9b 441

The only Ebenezer coming up for the birth qtr

Births Dec 1890
Don Ebenezer Wilson Sunderland 10a 636

Bit of a long shot but I wonder if this could be Louisa's birth reg?

Births Dec 1885
Tracknell Louisa Leighton B. 3b 398

Looks like he could have been born Sunderland


First name(s) Ebenezer
Last name Cracknell
Birth date 23 Sep 1890
Birth year 1890
Baptism date 09 Oct 1890
Baptism year 1890
Parish Sunderland
Church St. John
Father's first name(s) James
Father's occupation Acrobat
Mother's first name(s) Rose
Mother's last name Cracknell
Residence 3 Mill St
County Durham
Country England
Notes Born 23.09.1890
Record set Northumberland and Durham Baptisms
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Births & baptisms
Collections from Great Britain
Northumberland & Durham Family History Society

This could be James William, b. 1896 in 1911

1911 Census

Name: James Cracknell
Age in 1911: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1896
Relation to Head: Inmate
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Leeds
Civil Parish: Portishead
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County/Island: Somerset
Country: England
Street address: National Nautical School, Portishead, Commander Willoughby E Still R N, Somerset
Marital Status: Single
Registration district: Long Ashton
Registration District Number: 318
Sub-registration district: St George
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Piece: 14825

I can't find a marriage for James Cracknell and Rose, but I did find this marriage for their daughter Louisa

West Yorkshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935

Name: Louisa Kaufman Cracknell
Birth Year: abt 1885
Age: 21
Marriage or Bann Date: 27 Oct 1906
Parish: Hunslet, St Mary the Virgin, Yorkshire, England
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Spouse: Domonic Mazza
Father: James Cracknell <<<<<<<<<< Acrobat
Spouse Father: Rocco Mazza


I wonder if the "Kaufman" has any significance

This looks as though it is James' death registration


Deaths Sep 1902 (>99%)
Cracknell James 42 Leeds 9b 238

hmmmmmmm

according to the 1891 Census Ebenezer was born in

1891 Census

Name: James Cracknell
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: abt 1857
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Civil Parish: Bishop Auckland
Ecclesiastical parish: Auckland St Andrews
Town: Bishop Auckland
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

Registration district: Auckland
ED, institution, or vessel: 4

Piece: 4067
Folio: 82
Page Number: 26

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James Cracknell 34 Acrobat
Rose Cracknell 27 n.ca 1864, Wakefield, Yorkshire
Louisa Cracknell 5 b.ca 1886, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
Ebenezer Cracknell 4/12 b.ca 1891, Sunderland, Durham
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Address:- 8 Clayton Street, Licensed Lodging House

It was either a VERY big house, or people shared beds and rooms :-)

1901 Census

Name: James Cracknell
Age: 46
Estimated birth year: abt 1855
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Spouse: Rose Cracknell
Birth Place: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Civil Parish: Leeds
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Ecclesiastical parish: Leeds St Peter
Town: Leeds
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Registration district: Leeds
Sub-registration district: North Leeds
ED, institution, or vessel: 16

Piece: 4222
Folio: 8
Page Number: 7
Household schedule number: 45

James Cracknell 46 Acrobat on Stage (on own account)
Rose Cracknell 37 b.ca 1864, Wakefield, Yorkshire
Louisa Cracknell 16
Ebenezar Cracknell 11
Samuel Cracknell 7
Francis Cracknell 7 <<<<<<<<<< this Francis has been crossed out on the image
James Cracknell 5
Francis Cracknell 1

Address:- 9 Stainburn Street



sad ..................

1911 Census

Name: Rose Cracknell
Age in 1911: 48
Estimated birth year: abt 1863
Relation to Head: Inmate
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Nottingham
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County/Island: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Housekeeper
Registration district: Nottingham
Registration District Number: 430
Sub-registration district: Bulwell
ED, institution, or vessel: 39-42
Piece: 20672

Rose is an Inmate at the Basford Union Workhouse and Infirmary, Highbury Road, Nottingham

baptism of Samuel ............ couldn't find Ebenezer Edward

West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910

Name: Samuel Cracknell
Birth Date: 21 Dec 1893
Parish: Leeds, St Peter
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Baptism Date: 28 Jan 1894
Father: James Cracknell
Mother: Rose Cracknell


from image:-

Address:- Stainburn Street
Father occupation:- Acrobat


These look like other children of James and Rose ...........

Name: Andrew Cracknell
Birth Date: 23 Aug 1892
Parish: Leeds, St Peter
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Baptism Date: 18 Sep 1892
Father: James Cracknell
Mother: Rose Cracknell

Address:- Stainburn Street
Father occupation:- Acrobat

died June quarter 1893, registered Leeds


Name: James William Cracknell
Birth Date: 6 Feb 1896
Parish: Leeds, St Peter
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Baptism Date: 26 Feb 1896
Father: James Cracknell
Mother: Rose Cracknell

Address:- Stainburn Street
Father occupation:- Acrobat


Name: John Edward Cracknell
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1898
Parish: Leeds, St Peter
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Baptism Date: 9 Mar 1898
Father: James Cracknell
Mother: Rose Cracknell

Address:- Stainburn Street
Father occupation:- Labourer

these are records for his brother Samuel, one of which gives the name of his father

West Yorkshire, England, Reformatory School Records, 1856-1914

Name: Samuel Cracknell
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Birth Date: 20 Dec 1893
Event Date: 23 Apr 1902
Residence: Leeds, England
Father: James Cracknell
Mother: Rose Cracknell
Record Type: Commitment
Volume Date Range: 1897 - 1905
Reference Number: LC/SS2/1/5
Register Numbers: 1650-2045
Institution: Shadwell Childrens Centre

from image:-

Legitimate
Religion:- Wesleyan
Parent or Parents:- James and Rose Cracknell
Occupation:- Street Acrobat
Residence:- 9 Stainburn Street, York St, Leeds (note added:- nr Rothwell Union)

Offence:- Begging
Convicted:- Leeds Apr 23 1902

Sentence:- Until 16 years of age

Notes:-
Beyond home control. Aug 28/01 --- committed to Edgar St but will persist in begging as soon as school is over

Conduct during Detention
Oct 18 '09 to Mr Passavant, Parkin Farm, Methley
Feb 23 '10 Left position
Dec 31 '10 Last heard of at Gloucester 4 months ago
Nov 15 '11 Believed to have returned to Leeds, reported to have been in the Tumbler Colliery district

May 1 '12 Enlisting
Sept 1912 No. 13153 3 Battalion B Company Worcestershire Regiment Lucknow Barks Tidworth
26/11/12 Satisfactory

West Yorkshire, England, Reformatory School Records, 1856-1914

Name: Ebenezer Cracknell
Gender: Male
Event Date: 19 Dec 1908
Residence: Leeds, England
Record Type: Discharge
Volume Date Range: 1904 - 1913
Reference Number: LC/SS1/9/4
Register Numbers: 8
Institution: East Moor Community Home School

from image:-

Character and Circumstances for Three Years after Discharge

Left to take up position as Manual and Drill Instructor at the Boys' Reformatory, Whipton, Exeter

Still at Exeter Jan 1919

She might be more open minded than you expect.

When we told a relative (older than your mum) that her parents married 5 months before her birth, at first she went red. Then it dawned on her why she was never shown their wedding photos and why she and her now husband were so heavily chaperoned!

Perhaps you could be a bit economical with the truth.

Reading what was on the school roll, it sounded like they thought he was basically an intelligent lad who had been led astray by the people he associated with and a poor home life with mother struggling to bring up children on her own. Perhaps the school trained him as an instructor to give him some structure in his life.

Thank you so much. We knew about the Exeter bit as that is he worked when my mother was born in the thirties it's interesting to work how he became an instructor at a similar institution to what he was an inmate in. Now comes the big question to I tell my very frail mum who is in her eighties this.

in 1911 he was at Devon And Exeter Reformatory School For Boys, Whipton, Heavitree, Nr Exeter employed as a Gymnastic & Manual Instructor

Admitted to the school on 2 Feb 1905 convicted of breaking open showcases and stealing contents - convicted for 4 years 6 mtghs. Associated with bad companions

DOB 24 Sept 1890 also gives physical characteristics. home circumstances not favourable for a good upbringing

he had attended St Peters Council School, could read and write and was intelligent and was employed by M Brown of Goodman Street Hunslet

mother Rose Crackenell (father James dead) also on the roll employed as a charwoman of poor character living at 23 Cancel Street Pottery Fields Leeds 2 small children at home

brother Samuel inmate of Shadwell Ind school