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DOWSE, Emma
1844 - 1910 (66 years) Has 2 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.
1813 - 1879 (67 years)-
Name DOWSE, Emma Birth 1844 Sutterton Fen, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Female Death 1910 Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire Person ID I2808 Edgoose Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
Father DOWSE, William, b. Between 1812 and 1813, Holton, Lincolnshire, England d. 1879, Holland Fen, Lincolnshire, England (Age 67 years) Mother CLARK, Sarah, b. 1817, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1842 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire Family ID F1419 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 CRAFT, John, b. 11 Sep 1840, Algarkirk, Lincolnshire, England d. 1876, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 35 years) Marriage 1864 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire Children 1. CRAFT, James William, b. 1865, Algarkirk Fen, Lincolnshire, England d. 20 Dec 1935, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 70 years)2. CRAFT, Emma Jane, b. 10 Oct 1866, Algarkirk Fen, Lincolnshire, England d. 1922, Sleaford Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 55 years)3. CRAFT, Alice Maud, b. 1869, Sutterton Fen, Lincolnshire, England d. 1922, Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, England (Age 53 years)Family ID F853 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 PRINGLE, Adam, b. 1844, Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England d. 1903, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 59 years) Marriage 1881 Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire Children 1. PRINGLE, Rosalie, b. 1882, Sheffield, Yorkshire d. 1914, Burnley, Lancashire, England (Age 32 years)Family ID F1418 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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EMMA CRAFT nee DOWSE 1844-1910
The birth of Emma DOWSE was registered in 1844
(GRO September Q 1844 Boston 14 247)
The 1851 census (taken on 31 March) of Sutterton Fen, Lincolnshire:
William DOWSE, head, aged 38, publican, born at Halton, Lincolnshire;
Sarah DOWSE, wife, aged 33, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
*Emma DOWSE, daughter, aged 6, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
Mary Jane DOWSE, daughter, aged 3, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
William DOWSE, son, aged 1, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
Edward WARD, visitor, aged 26, farm labourer, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
Frank CLARK, lodger, aged 20, farm labourer, born at Swineshead, Lincolnshire;
Jane CLARK, visitor, aged 11, born at Swineshead, Lincolnshire.
(HO107/2099/745/5)
The 1861 census of Sutterton, Lincolnshire:
Franklin CLARK, head, aged 29, grocer and butcher, born at Swineshead, Lincolnshire;
Mary CLARK, wife, aged 30, born at South Kyme, Lincolnshire;
Joseph Benton CLARK, son, aged 9, born at South Kyme, Lincolnshire;
*Emma DOWSE, niece, aged 16, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire.
(RG9/2340/69/12)
John CRAFT married Emma DOWSE in 1864.
(GRO December Q 1864 Boston 7a 792)
John CRAFT was still alive in 1871:
John CRAFT, head, aged 30, publican, born at Algarkirk Fen, Lincolnshire;
*Emma CRAFT, wife, aged 26, born at Sutterton Fen, Lincolnshire;
Emma Jane CRAFT, daughter, aged 4, scholar, born at Algarkirk Fen;
Alice CRAFT, daughter, aged 2, scholar, born at Sutterton Fen;
Thomas RID..ARD?, boarder, aged 37, labourer, born at Wyberton, Lincolnshire;
Joseph MILLY, boarder, unmarried, aged 30, labourer, born in Kent (place illegible).
(RG10/3343/12)
The death of a John CRAFT aged 35 was registered in 1876.
(September Q 1876 Sheffield 9c 330)
The 1881 census return for 22 Ct 1 Saville Street East, Brightside Bierlow, Yorkshire, lists:
*Emma CROFT (sic), head, widow, aged 36, seamstress, born at Sutterton Fen, Lincolnshire;
Adam PRINGLE, lodger, unmarried, aged 50, general labourer, born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
(RG11/4662/118/25)
Emma CRAFT married Adam PRINGLE in 1881.
(December Q 1881 Sheffield 9c 563)
That John and Emma CRAFT had moved to Sheffield, Yorkshire, is confirmed by the entry in the 1891 census of 82 Liverpool Street, Attercliffe cum Darnell:
Adam PRINGLE, head, aged 46, machine belt repairer, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
*Emma PRINGLE, wife, aged 46, born at Sutterton;
Alice CRAFT, daughter, aged 22, bar maid, born at Sutterton;
Rosalie PRINGLE, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire.
(RG12/3838/76/21)
The 1901 census of 17 Harleston Street, Brightside Bierlow, Yorkshire:
Adam PRINGLE, head, aged 57, machine belt man, born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire;
Emma PRINGLE, wife, aged 57, draper on own account working from home, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Mabel DOWSE, visitor, aged 14, born at Boston.
(RG13/4378/136/21)
The death of Emma PRINGLE aged 65 was registered in 1910.
(GRO March Q 1910 Sheffield 9c 328)
(revised 29.09.2012)