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CRAFT, Emma Jane
1866 - 1922 (55 years) Has 10 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1840 - 1876 (35 years)-
Name CRAFT, Emma Jane Birth 10 Oct 1866 Algarkirk Fen, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Female Death 1922 Sleaford Registration District, Lincolnshire Person ID I2816 Edgoose Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
Father CRAFT, John, b. 11 Sep 1840, Algarkirk, Lincolnshire, England d. 1876, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 35 years) Mother DOWSE, Emma, b. 1844, Sutterton Fen, Lincolnshire, England d. 1910, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 66 years) Marriage 1864 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire Family ID F853 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family INGAMELLS, Benjamin, b. 1867, Mount Pleasant, Lincolnshire, England d. 1945, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England (Age 78 years) Marriage 1900 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire Family ID F1424 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Birth - 10 Oct 1866 - Algarkirk Fen, Lincolnshire, England 
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EMMA JANE CRAFT 1866-1922
Emma Jane CRAFT was born on at Algarkirk Fen, Lincolnshire, on 10 October 1866, daughter of John and Emma CRAFT. John CRAFT had married Emma DOWSE in the Boston Registration District in 1864. He was described as a farm laborer (sic) on the birth certificate.
(GRO certificate)
She was living with her parents in Boston, Lincolnshire, 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 RICHMOND?, boarder, aged 37, labourer, born at Wyberton, Lincolnshire;
JOSEPH Milly, boarder, unmarried, aged 30, labourer, born in Kent (place illegible).
(RG10/3343/12)
She was staying with her grandparents John and Elizabeth CRAFT of Algarkirk Fen at the time of the 1881 census:
John CRAFT, head, aged 69, cottager, born at Old Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth CRAFT, wife, aged 66, born at Algarkirk Fen, Lincolnshire;
James W. CRAFT, grandson, aged 15, born at Algarkirk Fen;
*Emma J. CRAFT, granddaughter, aged 14, born at Algarkirk Fen.
(RG11/3220/152/8)
At the time of the 1891 census John and Elizabeth CRAFT were at Amber Hill. John CRAFT was a 79 year old farmer born at Bolingbroke in Lincolnshire and his wife Elizabeth was 76 and born at Algarkirk. Also present was their 22 year old grandson James A. CRAFT, an agricultural labourer born at Bramley in Yorkshire, and their 24 year old granddaughter Jane CRAFT born at Algarkirk.
(RG12/2576/132/2)
Note: Jane is probably synonymous with Emma Jane.
John CRAFT died at Amber Hill, Lincolnshire, on 1 September 1893. His granddaughter Emma Jane CRAFT of Amber Hill was prresent when he died and informed the registrar.
(Death Certificate)
An Emma Jane CRAFT married Benjamin INGAMELLS in 1900.
(GRO June Q 1900 Boston 7a 957)
The 1901 census for Station Road, Swineshead, Lincolnshire:
Benjamin INGAMELLS, head, aged 34, ordinary agricultural labourer, born at Mount Pleasant, Lincolnshire;
*Jane INGAMELLS, wife, aged 34, born at Amber Hill, Lincolnshire;
William HARRISON, lodger, widower, aged 68, ordinary agricultural labourer, born at Holbeach Marsh, Lincolnshire.
(RG13/3040/43/1)
From the 1911 census of North Kyme, Lincolnshire:
Benjamin INGAMELLS, head, aged 44, farmer, born at Mount Pleasnt, Boston;
*Emma INGAMELLS, wife, aged 44, born at Amber Hill, Boston;
James Wm INGAMELLS, son, aged 5, born at Amber Hill, Boston.
(RG14/19605)
The deaths of Emma J. INGAMELLS were registered in 1922 and 1932:
(GRO September Q 1922 Sleaford [which included North Kyme] 7a 403 - aged 55)
(GRO December Q 1932 Peterborough 3b 199 - aged 64)
NOTES & QUERIES:
I have wondered for years why one of
the grandchildren of Elizabeth Craft nee Edgoose (1815-1900) was
born and baptised Emma Craft in 1866 but was known as Emily
from a very early age. I solved the mystery last week whilst scanning
birth certificates. Two of Elizabeth's sons, John and James Craft,
lived many miles apart. John stayed in Lincolnshire which is in the
east Midlands and James moved far away to Sheffield in the north. The
only contact would have been by letter. Emma, daughter of James and
Eliza Craft, was born on 8 December 1866, followed quickly by Emma
Jane, daughter of John and Emma Craft, on 10 December the same year!
Obviously Emma Jane was named after her mother but plain Emma's name
was unofficially changed to Emily. Mystery solved by seeing those two
certificates side by side.
(MJE 09.04.2018)
(revised 09.04.2018)