Alice Maud (Crane) Pitcher (1899 - 1985)

Born 11 Apr 1899 in Holborn, London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Daughter of Frank Crane and Ada Annie (Willett) Crane

Wife of Horace Dowding — married 28 Sep 1920 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Walter Frederick Shaul — married after 1960 (to before 1971) in Cumbria, England

Wife of Harry George Pitcher — married Oct 1971 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England

Descendants

Died 20 Dec 1985 at age 86 in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Alice (Crane) Pitcher was born in England.

Alice (Crane) Pitcher has English ancestors.

Biography

Alice Maud Crane was born in Holborn ^[1] on the 11th April 1899 ^{[2] [3]} to Frank Crane and Ada Annie Willett. ^[4]

She and her family were living in Islington at the time of the 1901 census. ^[5]

She grew up in Eastbourne ^[4] where she married Horace Dowding on the 28th September 1920. ^[6]

She was living in Wembley with two of the three children at the time of the 1939 England Register. Her husband Horace appears to be absent from the register. ^[3]

The family initially moved back to Eastbourne not long after Liz's birth. After Horace passed away, Alice began to frequently move between Eastbourne and Cumbria. She married Fred Shaul sometime after Horace passed away, but currently no marriage record has been found. ^[7]

After Fred passed away, she married Harry Pitcher during the Oct-Nov-Dec quarter of 1971 in Eastbourne. ^[8]

She passed away on the 20th December 1985 in Carlisle, having suffered dementia. She was 86 years old. ^{[2] [7]}

1921 Census

Schedule Number 104

Mr Horace Dowding, Head, 25 years 9 months old, Male, Married, Born London St Lukes, Grill and Coffee Room Waiter at Clifton Hotel Eastbourne, No Children

Mrs Alice Maud Dowding, Wife, 22 years 2 months old, Female, Married, Born St Lukes London, Home Duties, No Children

1 Male, 1 Female, 2 Persons, 1 Room
Signed H Dowding

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2F46-NC9 : 1 October 2014), Alice Maud Crane, 1899; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Holborn, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZM-DS8P : 4 September 2014), Alice Pitcher, Dec 1985; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, Carlisle, Cumberland, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/948G
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7BV-GQM : 12 July 2019), Alice Maud Crane in household of Frank Crane, Eastbourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9ZR-67G : 20 May 2019), Alice Crane in household of Frank Crane, Islington, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Islington South East subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:262T-YK9 : 13 December 2014), Alice M Crane and null, 1920; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1920, quarter 3, vol. 2B, p. 209, Eastbourne, Sussex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} First hand information
8. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV6R-8DTS : 8 October 2014), Alice M Shaul and null, 1971; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1971, quarter 4, vol. 5H, p. 442, Eastbourne, Sussex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

DNA Confirmation

• AncestryDNA match: Anonymous Dowding and Living Durrant, known 2nd cousins 2x removed. Most recent common ancestors are Frank Crane and Ada Annie Willett. Predicted relationship is 3rd - 4th cousin based on 74 cM shared across 5 segments.
• MyHeritageDNA match: Anonymous Dowding and Living Crane, known 2nd cousins 2x removed. Most recent common ancestors are Frank Crane and Ada Annie Willett. Predicted relationship is parent's 2nd cousin or parent's 3 cousin based on 69 cM shared across 4 segments.
• AncestryDNA match: Anonymous Dowding and Living Ross, known 2nd cousins 2x removed. Most recent common ancestors are Frank Crane and Ada Annie Willett. Predicted relationship is 4th - 6th cousin based on 34 cM shared across 2 segments.