Ann W (Culmer) Crooke (1832 - 1892)

Born 23 Jul 1832 in Woodensborough, Deal, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Howard Crooke — married 6 Apr 1854 in Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Jun 1892 at age 59 in Odon, Madison Township, Daviess, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Ann (Culmer) Crooke was born in Deal, Kent, England.

Ann W, or Anna O, Culmer was born on 23 Jul 1832 in Woodnesborough, Deal, Kent, England to parents Stephen Culmer and Sarah Cecil Woodruff. She was christened on 23 Sep 1832 in Woodnesborough, Kent, England.^[1] 1832 is also stated in the 1911 handwritten Culmer family history and supported by the immigration from England to America in Nov 1834 which shows Ann age 2.^[2] 1833 is shown on the tombstone and is incorrect.

She immigrated to America at age 2 in 1834 with her family. They settled in Pennsyvlania.

At age 15 in 1850 she was living with her parents and siblings in West Deer, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.^[3]

Ann Culmer married Howard Crooke on 6 April 1854 in Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana. ^[4]

Children:^[5][6][7]

1. Mary Louise Crooke b 1 Feb 1855 and died before 1860 in Odon, Indiana.
2. Sarah Nancy Crooke b 31 Aug 1858 and married James Albert Burrell. She died 21 May 1945 in Orange County, California.
3. Fannie Culmer Crooke b 28 Feb 1861 and married Stephen Olly Culmer.
4. Margaret Ann Crooke b 6 Mar 1863 and married Belden D Smiley. She died 14 April 1944 in Orange County, California.
5. Harry Howard Crooke b 18 Jan 1867 and married Margaret Louvinia Mason. He died 15 Dec 1948 in Fullerton, Orange County, California.
6. Lillie Blanch Crooke b 24 Feb 1872 and married Willis E Edgin. She died 30 Dec 1964 in Loma Linda, San Bernardino County, California.

Ann Crooke died 26 Jun 1892 in Odon, Daviess County, Indiana. Her obituary appeared in the Odon Journal on 2 Jul 1892. She was buried in the Walnut HIll Cemetery in Daviess County, Indiana. Three years later, her husband Howard Crooke was buried alongside her. ^[8]

Research Notes

• Gravestone birth year is incorrect.
• Middle initial is "O" or "W".
• First name is Ann or Anna.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9WDH-RWS : 19 March 2020), Entry for Ann Culmer, 1832.
2. ↑ Passenger List: "Pennsylvania, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1798-1962"
   The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Record Group Title: Records of the United States Customs Service, 1745-1997; Record Group Number: 36; Series: M425; Roll: 49
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8769 #10478363 (accessed 25 July 2022)
   Name: Ann Calmer [Ann Culmer]; Gender: Female; Arrival Age: 2; Birth Date: abt 1832; Departure Place: Liverpool, England; Arrival Date: 14 Nov 1834; Arrival Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Ship: Alleghany.
3. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1850; Census Place: West Deer, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 747; Page: 39b; Line Number: 1
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #832036 (accessed 25 July 2022)
   Ann Culmer (17) in West Deer, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. Born in England.
4. ↑ Marriage: "Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001"
   Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; Page: 430; FHL Film Number: 000476758
   Ancestry Record 60282 #3311897 (accessed 25 July 2022)
   Anna Or Ann Culmer marriage to Howard Crooke on 5 Apr 1854 in Indiana, United States.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FJ-5BS : 18 February 2021), Ann Crock in entry for Howard Crock, 1860.
6. ↑ 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1870; Census Place: Clarksburg, Daviess, Indiana; Roll: M593_306; Page: 230B
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #21493019 (accessed 25 July 2022)
   Ann Crook (38), Keeping House, in Clarksburg, Daviess, Indiana. Born in England.
7. ↑ 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Madison, Daviess, Indiana; Roll: 271; Page: 422C; Enumeration District: 134
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #26006020 (accessed 25 July 2022)
   Ann Crook (47), wife, House Keeper, in household of Howard Crook (55) in Madison, Daviess, Indiana, USA. Born in England.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71990973/ann-w-crooke: accessed 05 August 2022), memorial page for Ann W. Crooke (22 Jul 1833–26 Jun 1892), Find A Grave: Memorial #71990973, citing Walnut Hill Cemetery, Odon, Daviess County, Indiana, USA.

See also:

• 1911 handwritten genealogy of Culmer Family
• Part II. History of Daviess County: "History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana"
  Part II. History of Daviess County > image 841 of 914
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 25 Jul 2022).
• Obituary in "Odon Journal" 2 Jul 1892