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Topic: William Alfred Medcraft. Islip Oxfordshire (Read 140 times)
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smiths565
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Can anybody tell me more about William Alfred Medcraft and his family. He was born in 1897 and killed in action in 1917. At some point in his life, he moved to Sheffield/Rotherham and worked for Vickers Limited. CWGC states he was an apprenticed engineer. His parents were William & Annie Medcraft.
can anybody tell me his mothers maiden name and when/where they married. I assume they are both from Oxfordshire and they didn't move to Sheffield.
Did he have brothers & sisters?
I see that Jesse Medcraft is remembered on the Islip war memorial - was he a relative?
I look forward to hearing from you
kind regards
Robert.
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suegill
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Here they are mistranscribed as Mederaft
Annie Mederaft abt 1873 Islip, Oxfordshire, England Wife Islip Oxfordshire
Joseph Mederaft abt 1830 Chesterton, Oxfordshire, England Father Islip Oxfordshire
William A Mederaft abt 1898 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Son Islip Oxfordshire
William J Mederaft abt 1873 Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England Head Islip Oxfordshire
and here's Jessie
Elizabeth Goom abt 1833 Weston, Oxfordshire, England Head Islip Oxfordshire
Jessie Medcraft abt 1863 Islip, Oxfordshire, England Son Islip Oxfordshire
Sue
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smiths565
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Thanks Sue.
I'm not sure the Jesse Medcraft born in 1863 is the man I'm interested in - it would make him approx 53 in 1916 which is when Jesse Medcraft died.
Whilst not impossible, I think he would be too old.
Thanks for the info.
regards Robert.
Can anyone help on his mothers maiden name?
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Huron
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Hi,
Checking on the England BMD registers index, a William Joseph Medcraft was married in the June quarter of 1896 in the district of Woodstock (volume 3A), and the only potential wife I see there is Annie Stopp. So that looks pretty certain to be the right person, but you'd need to order the marriage certificate and check the details on there to be sure.
If she is the right one, you can find her on the Familysearch.org 1881 census, the daughter of John jr Stopp, a shepherd, and Ann Stopp. Can't help with the Jessie you're looking for, though it may be a version of Joseph, but there's a lot of Medcrafts in Islip from different families, so they may well be related somehow. If he was a brother, he would have had to be born after the 1901 census, which would have made him very young to have already gone through training and been killed by the time he was about 15. Not impossible, of course, but less likely.
Hope this helps.
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smiths565
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Hello Huron,
I think you're right - Annie Medcraft is 28 years old in the 1901 census. That means she was born 1873'ish. FreeBMD only lists 4 Annie Stopp's - with only one possible
Annie Stopp, MAR 1873 born Bicester
I think this confirms your research is correct.
Thank you very much for taking the time to help me
kind regards
Robert 
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