Judith's CLASPER & CROSS Families
My CLASPER family connection is centred in the town of Dunston on Tyne which is in the Parish of Whickham, to the west of Gateshead, Co Durham (now Tyne & Wear).
My GGGrandfather was Thomas CLASPER, who was born in Dunston in 1834, son of Robert CLASPER & his second wife, Mary.
Thomas was half brother to the famous CLASPER brothers who were champion Oarsmen on the River Tyne, notably Henry (Harry) CLASPER who was not just a champion Oarsman but a brilliant boatbuilder & designer.
Thomas CLASPER m. Elizabeth SINCLAIR in Newcastle on Tyne in 1855 and they had ten children, the eldest Mary Ann CLASPER, b 1857 in Dunston, being my GGrandmother.
The other children of Thomas & Elizabeth are:
Robert CLASPER, b. 1859
Elizabeth CLASPER, b. 1861
Dorothy Frances CLASPER, b. 1864
Hannah CLASPER, b. 1867
Thomas Bainbridge CLASPER, b. 1868
John CLASPER, b. 1870
Frances CLASPER, b. 1873
Robert William CLASPER, b. 1877
Henry CLASPER, b. 1879
My GGrandmother Mary Ann CLASPER, married Henry CROSS at Whickham Parish Church in 1873, Henry CROSS was born in Southam, Warwickshire in 1854.
Henry & Mary Ann had seven children:
Thomas Clasper CROSS, b. 1876
Elizabeth CROSS, b. 1878 (My Grandmother)
George CROSS, b. 1880
Henry CROSS, b. 1888
Fanny CROSS, b. 1890
Clara CROSS, b. 1893
Mary Ann CROSS, b. 1896
My Grandmother Elizabeth CROSS, married William Henry AMOS, at Whickham Parish Church, William Henry AMOS was born in Hythe, Kent in 1877.
Mary Ann CROSS, youngest child of Henry & Mary Ann CROSS, married Francis Victor Kendall AMOS, b. 1888 in Hythe, Kent, half brother of William Henry AMOS, See Amos Page Francis & Mary Ann married in Liverpool in 1919 and emigrated to the USA. Contact Dawn AMOS for more information.
William Henry AMOS & Elizabeth CROSS had nine children:
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