William
Creaven
aka Craven
Born about in Roscommon, Ireland
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of Thomas Creaven
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Margaret Craven
Husband of
Thomasina (Givens) Creaven
— married
13 Aug 1880 in St Peter, Dublin South, Ireland
Descendants 
Father of
William Thomas Creaven, Elizabeth Thomasina (Creaven) Mason, Rebecca Sarah Creaven, Adelaide Creaven, Susan Creaven, Mary Jane (Creaven) Williams and [private son (1890s - 1950s)]
Died
at about age 58
in James Green, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Oct 2015
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William Creaven was born in Ireland.
Biography
The children were born in various parts of Co. Kilkenny, reflecting our grandfather's postings. - 'The Creaven or Craven families' Family history letters dated 1979/1980
Son of Thomas Creaven.
Residence (1878): 2 Parkgate Street, Dublin
Residence (1880): 5 Upper Mount Pleasant Avenue, Castletownroche (Co. Cork)
Passed away at the age of 57 from (cannot read the cursive). [1]
Protestant Sáirsint (Sergeant) in the Royal Irish Constabulary.
Sources
- Redford-509 and Craven-641
- ?? "United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records, 1760-1913," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5CQ-99R : 6 December 2014), William Craven, ; from "Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records 1760-1913," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing WO97, WO 97, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. *No thumb avail but would make sense as he was an officer employed by the UK.
- "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FYQZ-K3L : accessed 2 February 2016), MARRIAGES entry for William Creaven; citing Dublin South, Jul - Sep 1880, vol. 2, p. 503, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,253.
- "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FT6H-Z36 : accessed 2 February 2016), DEATHS entry for William Craven; citing Kilkenny, Jan - Mar 1900, vol. 3, p. 481, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,601.
- Copy of death register [1]
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Rae Santema
His great grandson (my Dad), visited the police station in Kilkenny (Jan 2016) where he worked and the staff said that he would have been an UK loyalist who moved around the country as a protestant civil servant working for the police, not the average Roman Catholic Irish Republican.
posted 17 Mar 2016 by Rae Santema
[thank Rae]
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Long list of appearances in the Ireland, Petty Sessions Court Registers, 1828-1912 but cannot view the actual documents.
Most likely born in south western Ireland like his wife. NOT born in Kilkenny region.
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