Generation 8

Children of James Durrant Head (1862-1951)    Line A2.2

8. John Downs Head (1889-1954)

Born: June 15, 1889, in Shoeburyness, Essex.
Married: Winnifred Margaret Alderton, July 18, 1923 at St. Barnabas Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Winnifred was born August 26, 1899, in West Norwood, London.
John worked as a bricklayer and served in the Canadian Army in Europe in World War I. He and Winnifred had three children.
John died on January 25, 1954 at 86 Wolfrey Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.

8. Victor Charles Head (1891-1963)

Born: September 29, 1891 in Shoeburyness, Essex.
Married: Ethel Frances Ward, June 7, 1934 in Toronto. Ethel was born April 2, 1901 in Dorking, Surrey.
Charlie worked as a bricklayer and served in the Canadian Army in Europe in World War I. He and Ethel had one child.
Charlie died on April 2, 1963 at Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ontario. Ethel died in June 1998 in Toronto, aged 97.

8. Lily Grace Head (1893-1975)

Born: October 2, 1893, in Shoeburyness, Essex.
Married: Neil Galbraith, June 8, 1921, in Toronto, Ontario. Neil was born November 26, 1886. He died November 26, 1976 in Fonthill. Lilly & Neil had one child.
Died: August 29, 1975, in Parry Sound, Ontario.

8. James Head (1896-1965)

Born: August 19, 1896 in Shoeburyness, Essex.
Married: Marjorie Owen Findley, June 21, 1931, in Toronto. Margery was born May 27, 1901, in Toronto.
Jim worked as a bricklayer and he and Majorie had four children.
James died on January 1, 1965 at 30 Woodfern Avenue, Scarborough (Toronto), Ontario and Marjorie in December 1972.

8. Eva Alice Head (1898-1975)

Born: January 8, 1898 in Shoeburyness, Essex.
Died: February 28, 1975, in Toronto, Ontario.
Married: Chesley Silas Jones. Chesley was born February 8, 1898, in Moreton's Harbour, Newfoundland. He died January 15, 1979 in Toronto. Eva and Chesley had one child.

Children of Emma Jane Head (1867-?)    Line A2.4

8. Vincent John Crafter (1892-1902)

Born: 1892 in Woolwich, Kent. Vincent was adopted by Robert Crafter.
Died: 1902 in Woolwich.

8. Daniel James Crafter (1893-1974)

Born: July 29, 1893 in Woolwich, Kent.
Married Beatrice Mann in 1923 at Woolwich.  Daniel served as a private in the Royal Engineers during World War I.
He died on November 25, 1974 in Greenwich.

8. Ernest Frederick Crafter (1895-1924)

Born: January 10, 1895 in Woolwich, Kent.
Ernest was awarded the French Legion d'Honor because he saved the lives of more than twenty passengers whose ship went down in the Atlantic.  This is believed to be the highest medal that could be awarded a foreigner by France.  During his service in the Royal Navy, Ernest served on various ships, including the Blenheim and the Colne.  At the age of 26 He travelled from Rio de Janiero to the United States, arriving at New York on March 17, 1921 aboard the ship Socrates.  Two other journeys from Valparaiso, Chile, to New York were made aboard the Essequibo in October and December of the same year.  Ernest later worked in a building and decorating capacity at the home of Count John McCormack in New York.
Ernest died of pneumonia in 1924 in New York, U.S.

8. Francis William Crafter (1896-1974)

Born: May 28, 1896 in Woolwich, Kent.
Married: Frances Maud Lily Wood on March 3, 1918 at Woolwich.  Francis served in the East Surrey Regiment.  From 1920 to 1928 he was with the West African Rifles; by 1935 he was with the Territorial Reserve.  Francis William served in the Second World War and was a prisoner of war in Japan.
Died: November 22, 1974 in Hull, England.  His will indicates he left an estate of £6,000.

8. Cecil Robert Crafter (1898-1976)

Born: January 15, 1898 in Woolwich, Kent.
Married: Muriel Phyllis Huntley in 1942 at Sittingbourne.  Cecil and Muriel had two daughters.  They lived in a tiny bungalow in Kent, which had an orchard full of fruit trees, damsons, plums, apples and pears.  They would take these fruits to the market to sell as well as giving baskets of fruit to Cecil's sister Florence to make jam.   Cecil owned a bus in the 1930s and covered a route in Kent until a bus company took over and he wasn't allowed to continue.  After that, Cecil did whatever work he could find, on local farms and some bricklaying.  He was a very big man with large hands and feet and used to boast that he could carry a dozen or more bricks in his hands, without needing a hod.  Cecil used to go out poaching rabbits and pheasant with his shotgun.  He was very gentle and could always tell how anything worked or why it didn't.  He was deaf and spoke very quietly.
Cecil died in 1976 in Southampton, Hampshire. He had attended his daughter June's wedding in Southampton, was taken ill there and died.

8. Gertrude Elizabeth Crafter (1900-1955)

Born: December 9, 1900 in Ogilby Street, Woolwich.
Died: April 10, 1955, in Dartford, Kent, at age 54, with senile dementia.

8. Albert Edward David Crafter (1903-1974)

Born: November 3, 1903 at Woolwich, Kent.
Married: Ethel M. Collins in 1927 in Rochford, Essex.
Died: 1974 in Greenwich.

8. Elijah John Crafter (1907-1984)

Born: March 13, 1907 in Woolwich, Kent. Known as Uncle Lido, Elijah John apprenticed in England as a toolmaker with Siemens. He worked his passage to Australia as a steward in 1928. There he worked briefly for an uncle on a wheat farm. He survived during the Depression as a goldminer in Blackwood Goldfields in Victoria.
Married: Clarice Estella Lancaster October 3, 1936 at Middle Park, Victoria. Clarice was born June 22, 1914 at Walhalla, Victoria, Australia. She became a dressmaker and managed a furrier shop.
During the Second World War, Elijah John designed fuses for naval ordnance with the Australian Government Munitions
Department. After the war he established a toolmaking business. Always interested in dairy farming, Elijah bred Jersey cows and Saanen goats on a small farm for many years. He became a committed Christian in 1954.
Elijah John died on May 22, 1984 in Croydon, Victoria, of arrhythmia and congestive hear failure.

8. John Durrant Crafter (1909-1910)

Born in 1909 and died in 1910 in Woolwich, Kent.

8. Florence Mary Crafter (1911-1992)

Born: July 17, 1911 in Woolwich, Kent.
Married John Edwin Aucott on March 14, 1936 in Woolwich.
Died: January 4, 1992.

Children of Catherine Rosa Head (1868-1956)    Line A2.5 

8. Henry James Haselhurst (1890-1925)

Born: March 17, 1890 in Shoeburyness, Essex.
Married Julie Walker May 8, 1915 in Great Wakering. Julia was born on January 22, 189, in Romford, Essex. Henry and Julia had four children. Henry was a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery, joining up on August 8, 1915.  His service was in France.  Henry died on February 21, 1925 in Great Wakering, Essex, and Julia on March 14, 1983 in Westcliff on Sea, Essex.

8. Olive Ellen Haselhurst (1891-1968)

Born: October 30, 1891.
Married: Arthur Brown in 1922. Arthur was born in Great Wakering, Essex.
Died: 1968 in Shoeburyness.

8. Lillian Kate Haselhurst (1896-?)

Born: June 12, 1896.
Married: Percival Beals in 1918.

Children of Anne Matilda Head (1870-1947)    Line A2.6

8. Frank James Pezet (1894-?)

Born: December 6, 1894, in Guernsey, Channel Islands.  Frank was in the Royal Navy Reserve.
Died: ca 1924.

8. Evelyn Mary Pezet (1896-?)

Born: December 1896 in Shoeburyness, Essex.
Married: George B. Davie in 1922 at Southampton, Hampshire.

8. John Henry Pezet (1899-1959)

Born: 1899 at Southampton, Hampshire.
Married: Pauline Mary Todd March 31, 1931 at the Southampton Registry Office.  John was 32 years old and Pauline 23.   John's occupation was General Laborer and later Fitter.   Witnesses at the wedding were Thomas Harris and Leonora Shirley Harris. Pauline died in 1957 and John died in 1959 at the Chest Hospital, Southampton, aged 61.

8. Elsie Elizabeth Pezet (1903-23)

Born: March 1903 in Southampton, Hampshire.
Died: 1923, aged 20 at Southampton.

8. Blanche Annie Pezet (1904-?)

Born: December 1904 in Southampton, Hampshire.
Married: Frederick J. Standen in 1924 at Southampton.  Blanche and Frederick had two children.

8. Alice M. Pezet (1912-?)

Born: March 1912 in Southampton, Hampshire.
Married: Mr. Jarret in 1924 at Southampton.

8. Frederick L. Pezet (1914-1915)

Born: March 1914 in Southampton, Hampshire.
Died: 1915, aged 1 year.

Children of Amelia Frances Head (1874-1960)    Line A2.8

8. Herbert George Lee (1894-1950)

Born: November 25, 1894 at Erith, Kent.
Married: Alice Lilian Minett on April 5, 1920 at Christ Church, Benges, Hertfordshire. Alice was born September 3, 1899.  Herbert's occupation was mechanical engineer; later he became a police officer.
Herbert died in 1950 in Dartford, Kent, aged 55. Alice died on April 6, 1986.

8. Dorothy Olive Lee (1900-1915)

Born: April 28, 1900 at Dover, Kent.
Died: 1915 in Dartford, Kent, aged 15.

8. Reginald John Lee (1904-?)

Born: 1904 at Dartford, Kent.
Married: May Randall.  The couple emigrated to Australia. 

Children of Ernest Sydney Albert Head (1879-1939)    Line A2.11

8. Ernest Albert Head (1914 - 1978)

Born: July 21, 1914, in Shoeburyness, Essex. Ernest had dephtheria as a child; this and other illnesses were endemic at that time.
Married: November 11, 1944, to Grace Rosa Webb at East Ham.
Died: November 19, 1978.

8. Sydney John Head (1916 - 1939)

Born: 1916 in Shoeburyness, Essex.
Died: July 20, 1939, by drowning, when the barge he and his father were sailing sank. The funeral was attended by his mother, Dena Artonia Head, Ernest Head, Elijah Head, his uncle, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Crafter, and Mrs. Haselhurst, his aunts.

Children of Eliza Charlotte Head (1882-1957)    Line A2.13

8. Charlotte Katherine Penn (1905-1970)

Born: October 21, 1905, at Dover, Kent.  Lottie emigrated to Canada with her parents in 1910.
Married: John MacDonald Scott on June 17, 1926.  John was born in Falkirk, Scotland, June 15, 1905, and worked as a bricklayer.  Lottie and John had three children but divorced in the late 1950's.  Lottie became a foster mother.  She also raised Cocker Spaniels and Fox Terriers.  At the time of her death, July 7, 1970, she lived with her father's sister, Aunt Elizabeth Sarah Smith.  John Scott died November 3, 1989 in Hamilton.

8. John Durrant Tuckett (1921-present)

Born: May 30, 1921 in Hamilton, Ontario. John served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War 2, on convoy duty. His ship was a minesweeper, HMCS Truro. John had been frightened by a bee when a child and while he was in the Navy, he took a course on bee-keeping and found them to be very interesting creatures. He worked for about six months as a delivery man in Hamilton for Wonderbread, driving a horse, named "Toots", and cart and carrying a big basket filled with bread up to people's doors. He must have had his fill of this and after the War he was entitled to free post-secondary education through the auspices of the Navy. He wanted to be an architectural draftsman but the Navy counsellor said it would require additional education before he could enter these courses; that the country needed carpenters and that's what he should consider. So he did. He took courses and served an apprenticeship and in September 1947 he received his carpenters' papers. He got a job as a carpenter for various contractors on housing construction and with a lumber mill, building doors, frames and sashes.
Married: Yvette Vallee on January 24, 1948, in Hamilton. Yvette was born in June 1923 in Earlton, Ontario. She came from a very large French Canadian family of thirteen.
John and Yvette moved to a farm where they produced hay and kept nine hives of bees for honey. John was still afraid of bees but garbed himself well when handling the hives - except for one time when he forgot to tuck his protective gear into his boots. The bees crawled up his pants to his knees but didn't sting until he started to remove the pants, when he received sixty stings. The family moved to London, Ontario, in 1959. They took the bee hives with them and put them in the back garden. However, a neighbour complained so John gave the hives to a farmer. At age 45, John went to work for Labatt Breweries. He retired in 1986 at age 65. In 1992, at the age of 72, John took a fitness course at the London YMCA and qualified, then taught, as a fitness instructor to seniors. Yvette died of cancer on August 27, 1994 in London. John remains fit and healthy and lives in the house he and Yvette called home.

8. Robert Charles Tuckett (1923-1994)

Born May 14, 1923 in Hamilton, Ontario. Robert served in the Canadian Army during World War 2.
Married Helen Maria Magdelina Alers January 17, 1946, in Holland.  Helen was born April 17, 1924.
Robert died March 2, 1994.

Children of David Alexander Head (1884-1928)    Line A2.14

8. Emily Catherine Head (1917 - 1936)

Born: December 1917 in Rochford, Essex.  She worked at a costumers in Dartford.
Died: December 31, 1935 in Dartford, Kent, aged 18, after a short illness.  The cause of death is listed as uraemia and chronic nephritis.

8. David John Head (1919 - 1985)

Born: December 1919 in Woolwich.
Married: May Sarah Stone on May 23, 1969. David was an epileptic and his occupation was gardener.
Died: July 3, 1985, at Ealing, England, aged 66.  Cause of death is listed as coronary occlusion.

Children of Cecil (Caleb) Frank Arthur Head (1886-1932)    Line A2.15

8. Florence Sylvia Head (1916 - 1993)

Born: November 7, 1916 in Rochford, Essex.
Married: John Hinton Walker.  Florence and John had three children.
Died: 1993, aged 77.

8. Cecil Douglas Frank Head (1919 - 1919)

Born: January 2, 1919 in Rochford, Kent.   Cecil died of asphyxia from convulsions and bronchial pneumonia on a barge in the Thames River on August 9, 1919, possibly a victim of the "Spanish Lady" 'flu that was rampant in Britain at that time.

8. Norseman James George Head (1919 - present)

Born January 2, 1919 in Rochford, Kent, twin of Cecil Douglas Frank.
Married: Amy Pilditch on June 26, 1941 in Kensington. Norseman was a bus mechanic. He and Amy had five children.

8. Violet N. Head (1923 - 1986)

Born: February 22, 1923 in Rochford, Essex.
Married: Mr. Walker in 1941 at Kensington, London.
Died: 1986, aged 63.

8. Raymond J. Head (1928 - present)

Born: August 26, 1928 in Rochford, Essex.
Married: Mildred Launder, March 7, 1953 in Roehampton, Wandsworth. Witnesses at the wedding were Mrs. F. Head and Lily E. Hopkins. Mildred was born in 1930. Raymond was a warder at Wandsworth prison. He was conscripted into the Royal Fusilliers for his period of National Service. Raymond and Mildred had two children.  Mildred died in 1999.

Children of Beatrice Spinks (? - ?)    Line C6.1

8. Dorothy Waythe (? - ?)

The birthdate of Dorothy Waythe is unknown but would have been between 1910 and 1920.

Children of Mary Ann Agnes Spinks (1862 - 1944)    Line C6.3

8. Eleanor Maude Clay (1884 - 1972)

Born: August 4, 1884, Gorleston, Suffolk.  Eleanor Maude did not marry.
Died: February 7, 1972 in Hobart, Tasmania.

8. Alfred Reginald Clay (1886 - 1957)

Born: July 15, 1886, in Gorleston, Suffolk.  It is believed Alfred Reginald was the first of the Clay family to emigrate to Australia.
Married: Florence Stein in October 1913 in Sydney, Australia, where the family continued to live.  Alfred and Florence had five sons.
Died: April 29, 1957 in Hobart, Tasmania.  Alfred was attending the funeral of his younger brother Arthur, when he died suddenly of a heart attack.

8. Arthur William James Clay (1889 - 1957)

Born: December 11, 1889, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.  He emigrated to Australia some time before 1917.
Married: Marie Ransley.  Arthur William and Marie had no children.
Died: April 7, 1957 in Hobart, Tasmania.

8. Charles Alexander Clay (1892 - 1943)

Born: November 13, 1892 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.  Charles Alexander emigrated to Australia when he was 19 years old.
Married: Teresa Irene Lodge on July 4, 1917 at St. Paul's Catholic Church, Oatlands, Tasmania, when he was 24 years old.  Teresa Irene was the daughter of Charles John Lodge and Margaret Winifred McArdell.  Charles Alexander and Teresa Irene had four daughters and one son.
Charles Alexander died in car crash in Hobart on November 1, 1943

Charles (known as Charlie) Alexander's occupation was that of electrician.  Charlie and Renie settled in a rented mixed business and news agency on Main Road, Newtown.   Charlie later built a shop onto the front of his home, which was next door to the old Post Office, however, during the Depression the business was lost.  The family moved to Coleman Street, Moonah, Tasmania, and to support his wife and five children Charlie returned to work at the Zinc Works.  Charlie was a well known singer in Hobart, possessing a beautiful silver tenor voice.  He sang with the ABC, 7ZL and Philharmonic Society.  In 1929 he went to New Norfolk and sang in the opera "Maritana" at the Bush Inn.  He also sang in the "Messiah" in Hobart.  He sang in many concerts at the Town Hall in Hobart and on the radio.   When his first four children were very young he was offered a scholarship to study in England but decided at the last minute that he could not leave his wife and children.