Individual Details
Louis James CROXFORD
(13 Sep 1879 - 16 Dec 1947)
Events
| Birth | 13 Sep 1879 | Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England |  | ||
| Census | 1881 | Thame Road, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England | | ||
| Census | 1891 | Scholar - Thame Road, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England | | ||
| Occupation | Abt Dec 1897 | Porter - Great Western Railway - Reading, Berkshire, England |  | | |
| Occupation | Abt Jul 1899 | Porter - Great Western Railway - Abingdon, Berkshire, England | | | |
| Occupation | Abt Apr 1926 | Battery Foreman | | ||
| Residence | Abt Apr 1926 | Transvaal, South Africa | | ||
| Travel aboard | 19 Apr 1926 | Cape Town, South Africa | | | |
| Residence | Abt Apr 1926 | Thame Road, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England | |||
| Residence | Abt Oct 1936 | 77 High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, England | | ||
| Occupation | Abt Oct 1936 | Retired - Thame, Oxfordshire, England | | ||
| Travel aboard | 19 Oct 1936 | Natal, South Africa | | | |
| 1939 Registration (England & Wales) | 1939 | Reduction Worker Gold Mine - Retired - 77 High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, England | | | |
| Death | 16 Dec 1947 | (Registration District), Ploughley, Oxfordshire, England | | ||
| Probate | 11 Mar 1948 | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | | |
Families
| Father | Albert Richard CROXFORD (1845 - 1934) |
| Mother | Mary Ann PRICE (1845 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Christopher CROXFORD (1867 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Frederick Albert CROXFORD (1869 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Florence Annie CROXFORD (1870 - ) |
| Sibling | Ernest Oliver CROXFORD (1873 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Aubrey CROXFORD (1875 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Sidney Spencer CROXFORD (1877 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Bertie Price CROXFORD (1881 - 1911) |
| Sibling | Frank Percival CROXFORD (1883 - 1908) |
| Sibling | Albert George CROXFORD (1885 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Alfred CROXFORD (1887 - 1951) |
Notes
Occupation
Extract from: Register of uniformed staff No.2 C 1878-1915 - Great Western Railway. Page: 239Name: Croxford, Louis James
Date of Birth: 13 Sept 1879
Date of Entering Service - Occupation - Station - Commencing Wages
Dec 1897 - Porter - Reading - 15/- Increases: 6 Dec 1898 16/- and 6 Dec 1899 17/-
July 1899 - Porter - Abingdon
Reference to Testimonials: 25452
Last columns say: "No Trace where to".
Occupation
Extract from: Register of uniformed staff No.2 C 1878-1915 - Great Western Railway. Page: 239Name: Croxford, Louis James
Date of Birth: 13 Sept 1879
Date of Entering Service - Occupation - Station - Commencing Wages
Dec 1897 - Porter - Reading - 15/- Increases: 6 Dec 1898 16/- and 6 Dec 1899 17/-
July 1899 - Porter - Abingdon
Reference to Testimonials: 25452
Last columns say: "No Trace where to".
Travel aboard
Extract from passenger list: Ships name: Arundel Castle - Steamship line: Union Castle Ltd - Port of Arrival: Southampton - Date of Arrival: 19 April 1926 - Whence arrived: NatalPort of embarkation: Cape Town
Port of disembarkation: Southampton (no: 457)
Name: Croxford, Louis
Address in UK: Thame Road, Chinnor
Class: 3rd
Occupation: Battery Foreman
Age: 47
Country of last permanent residence: Transvaal
Country of intended permanent residence: Other part of the British Empire.
Travel aboard
Extract from passenger list: Name of Ship: Balmoral Castle - Steamship line: Union Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd - Port of Arrival: Southampton - Date of Arrival: 19 October 1936 - Whence Arrived: Natal.Port of embarkation: NatalPort of disembarkation: Southampton
Name: Croxford, Louis
Class: Tourist
Age: 57
Address in UK: 77 High Street, Thame, Oxford
Occupation: Retired.
Country of last permanent residence: England
Country of intended permanent residence: England
1939 Registration (England & Wales)
Listed in the household of Ida M Croxford (widow).Probate
Extract from probate calendar - Year: 1938Croxford Louis James of 18 Chinnor Road Thame Oxfordshire died 16 December 1947 Probate Oxford 11 March to Edward Humphrey Bowen Solicitor and Stuart Henry Messer solicitors clerk. Effects: £3062 1s 1d.
Endnotes
1. GRO (England & Wales) Birth Registrations Index, 1879 Oct/Dec - Wycombe - Vol: 3a Page: 568.
2. UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1956, Piece: 356 - Register of uniformed staff No.2 C 1878-1915.
3. 1881 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG11; Piece: 1470; Folio: 147; Page: 20.
4. 1891 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG12; Piece: 1143; Folio: 122; Page: 10;.
5. UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1956, Piece: 356 - Register of uniformed staff No.2 C 1878-1915.
6. UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1956, Piece: 356 - Register of uniformed staff No.2 C 1878-1915.
7. UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878 - 1960, Class: BT26; Piece: 826; Item: 72.
8. UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878 - 1960, Class: BT26; Piece: 826; Item: 72.
9. UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878 - 1960, Class: BT26; Piece: 826; Item: 72.
10. UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878 - 1960, Class: BT26; Piece: 1111; Item: 11.
11. UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878 - 1960, Class: BT26; Piece: 1111; Item: 11.
12. UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878 - 1960, Class: BT26; Piece: 1111; Item: 11.
13. 1939 Register - England & Wales, RG101/2195E/023/36 - Letter code: DYED.
14. GRO (England & Wales) Death Registrations, 1947 Oct/Dec - Ploughley - Vol: 6b Page: 878.
15. England & Wales - National Probate Calendar 1858-1966, 1948 - Croxford, Louis James.
16. England & Wales - National Probate Calendar 1858-1966, 1948 - Croxford, Louis James.