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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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