Robert Churchill Crakanthorp (1860 - 1926)

Born 22 Sep 1860 in Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Alice Frances (Patterson) Crakanthorp — married 29 Dec 1892 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Died 6 Dec 1926 at age 66 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Biography

Robert was born in 1860. Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp, née Patterson, was the first white child born (at Stamp’s Mill) Alberni, B.C., 26 February 1864. The late Mr. Robert Churchill Crakanthorp, whom she married at St. James’ Church, Vancouver, 29 December 1892 (by the Rev. Father Fiennes-Clinton) was a scion of a very old English family of distinguished lineage (see College of Heralds) of which there are records as far as 1180 A.D. The earliest records refer to a “de Crakanthorp of Crakanthorp”; the coat of arms is “Or, chevron between three mullets pierced, azure,” no supporters, as shown in a pedigree table made in 1826, in the possession of Mrs. Crakanthorp. Mr. Crakanthorp was the son of Rev. Chas. Churchill Crakanthorp, and was born at Castle Bytham in England (believe Grimsthorp; that his father was vicar of Stamford— unconfirmed); their only child is Miss Muriel Dorothy Branscombe Crakanthorp, born at Port Blakely, Washington, 20 October 1895. Mr. Crakanthorp died 6 December 1926, and was buried, from St. James’ Church, at Ocean View Burial Park.

Sources

• "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NCR-K2N : 1 October 2014), Robert Churchill Crakanthorp, 1860; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
• "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSW-7884 : 18 March 2018), Crakanthorp, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing United Kingdom, 06 Oct 1860, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .
• "British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZ6-DRX : 11 March 2018), Robert Churchill Crakanthorp and Alice Frances Patterson, 29 Dec 1892; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11372, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,529.
• "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL24-Y4R : 8 November 2017), Robert Churchill Crakanthorp, 1926.
• "Early Vancouver: Volume Four" by: Major J.S. Matthews, V.D. 2011 Edition (Originally Published 1944) Narrative of Pioneers of Vancouver, BC Collected During 1935-1939. Supplemental to Volumes One, Two and Three collected in 1931-1934. http://former.vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/archives/digitized/EarlyVan/DownloadPDF/MatthewsEarlyVancouverVol4_FullVersionPDF-A.pdf. Conversation with Mrs. Alice Crakanthorp 21 March 1935 pp.103-110.