Entry Type | Person |
Surname | Cracroft |
Forenames | Isabella |
Also Known As | née Franklin, Isabella |
Epithet | wife of Thomas Robert Cracroft |
Dates | 1791-1883 |
Gender Identity | Female |
Biography | She was largely responsible for raising Eleanor Isabella Franklin, the daughter of John Franklin and his wife Eleanor Anne (nee Porden); daughter Eleanor stayed with the Cracrofts for the majority of the time between the the death of her mother in February 1825 and the Franklins moving to Van Diemen's Land in August 1836 |
Relationships | She was the 11th child and 6th daughter of Willingham Franklin and his wife Hannah (nee Weekes); she married Thomas Robert Cracroft on 13 Oct 1814; they had 6 children - Sophia (1815-1892), Isabella (1816-1843), Thomas (1817-1846), Henry (born 1818), Emma (1821-1897) and Catherine (1823-1885) |
Key Events | Born 10 April 1791 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire; died 2 Apr 1883 at Dorking, Surrey |
Authorised Form of Name | Cracroft; Isabella (1791-1883); wife of Thomas Robert Cracroft |
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