Biography:
Mary Fairfax Crossman (265)
1843 –27/07/1927
Mary Fairfax Crossman (265)
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Plot 265 Mary Fairfax Crossman
Mary was born in 1843 in the little village of Upton-cum-Chalvey, Bucks, which has now been swallowed up by Slough. Her father was Alfred Edwin Atkins, her mother Mary Anne (née Cantrell). Alfred was a farmer of 250 acres. In 1851 they lived at Chalvey Grove. Mary had two older brothers and one older sister.
Mary married Joseph Gilchrist Crossman, a “gentleman farmer” in Farnham Royal, Bucks, 20 April 1871.He lived at Medmenham, a village on the Thames in Buckinghamshire and their two sons were born there - Alan Fairfax Crossman (1872) and Arthur (1873).
However, it seems that the farm did not prosper and in April 1881 Joseph was recorded at his father’s home, Chiswick House, Ancroft, near Berwick on Tweed with “out of business” in the occupation column against his name.
In 1891 Mary and the two boys were living at 74, Clapham Road, Bedford. Joseph was not at home on census night. They employed a live-in cook and housemaid.
In 1901 Joseph and Mary were living at 37, Kittsbury Road. He was describe as “living on own means”. Their unmarried son Alan, a solicitor, was living with them and they employed a live-in cook and housemaid.
In June 1921 the census recorded Joseph and Mary as visitors at the house of a Mrs Prinn in Durham.
Their son Arthur died at the age of 52 at Ghanzi, Bechuanaland (Botswana) in 1923. He is commemorated on the gravestone here.
Joseph died 15 June 1925 at Nutcroft, Cross Oak Road aged 78 and was buried 18 June.
Mary survived him until July1927 when she died aged 84. She was buried 30 July.
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Plot 265 Mary Fairfax Crossman
Mary was born in 1843 in the little village of Upton-cum-Chalvey, Bucks, which has now been swallowed up by Slough. Her father was Alfred Edwin Atkins, her mother Mary Anne (née Cantrell). Alfred was a farmer of 250 acres. In 1851 they lived at Chalvey Grove. Mary had two older brothers and one older sister.
Mary married Joseph Gilchrist Crossman, a “gentleman farmer” in Farnham Royal, Bucks, 20 April 1871.He lived at Medmenham, a village on the Thames in Buckinghamshire and their two sons were born there – Alan Fairfax Crossman (1872) and Arthur (1873).
However, it seems that the farm did not prosper and in April 1881 Joseph was recorded at his father’s home, Chiswick House, Ancroft, near Berwick on Tweed with “out of business” in the occupation column against his name.
In 1891 Mary and the two boys were living at 74, Clapham Road, Bedford. Joseph was not at home on census night. They employed a live-in cook and housemaid.
In 1901 Joseph and Mary were living at 37, Kittsbury Road. He was describe as “living on own means”. Their unmarried son Alan, a solicitor, was living with them and they employed a live-in cook and housemaid.
In June 1921 the census recorded Joseph and Mary as visitors at the house of a Mrs Prinn in Durham.
Their son Arthur died at the age of 52 at Ghanzi, Bechuanaland (Botswana) in 1923. He is commemorated on the gravestone here.
Joseph died 15 June 1925 at Nutcroft, Cross Oak Road aged 78 and was buried 18 June.
Mary survived him until July1927 when she died aged 84. She was buried 30 July.
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