CRAVEN Mary,Ireland

[Sheila Helser]

CRAVEN Mary; SLI,IRL; c.1900<p>Searching for anyone bearing the family name CRAVEN, or descendants of<br>that line.<br>Family narrative places a mature MARY CRAVEN living in Tubbercurry, Co.<br>Sligo Ireland around 1917. She may have had the maiden name of West. It<br>is believed the family was of English descent. If, indeed, she was a West<br>by birth, she would have had brothers, John and William and sisters<br>Susan, Eliza and Elizabeth. The sisters and brother John all arrived in<br>the USA between 1850 - 1875. The sisters carried the married names of <br>Willans and Ebury, there were other children of that family who remain<br>unnamed, some were unmarried and did not leave Ireland.<br>Does anyone have any information that relates to this connection? Or can<br>anyone give background on the CRAVEN name?<p>Sheila Helser<br>
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[Andrew craven]

: CRAVEN Mary; SLI,IRL; c.1900<p>: Searching for anyone bearing the family name CRAVEN, or descendants of<br>: that line.<br>: Family narrative places a mature MARY CRAVEN living in Tubbercurry, Co.<br>: Sligo Ireland around 1917. She may have had the maiden name of West. It<br>: is believed the family was of English descent. If, indeed, she was a West<br>: by birth, she would have had brothers, John and William and sisters<br>: Susan, Eliza and Elizabeth. The sisters and brother John all arrived in<br>: the USA between 1850 - 1875. The sisters carried the married names of <br>: Willans and Ebury, there were other children of that family who remain<br>: unnamed, some were unmarried and did not leave Ireland.<br>: Does anyone have any information that relates to this connection? Or can<br>: anyone give background on the CRAVEN name?<p>: Sheila Helser<p>The name comes, at least in my branch of the family, from the "Craven District" in Yorkshire. This district, in turn, apparently took it's name from a word for wild garlic which apparently used to be common there (indeed in my childhood I often smelt wild garlic on the air.)<br>

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[David Craven]

My family tree in US goes back to cir 1760 from English or: Midlands region.<br>: CRAVEN Mary; SLI,IRL; c.1900<p>: Searching for anyone bearing the family name CRAVEN, or descendants of<br>: that line.<br>: Family narrative places a mature MARY CRAVEN living in Tubbercurry, Co.<br>: Sligo Ireland around 1917. She may have had the maiden name of West. It<br>: is believed the family was of English descent. If, indeed, she was a West<br>: by birth, she would have had brothers, John and William and sisters<br>: Susan, Eliza and Elizabeth. The sisters and brother John all arrived in<br>: the USA between 1850 - 1875. The sisters carried the married names of <br>: Willans and Ebury, there were other children of that family who remain<br>: unnamed, some were unmarried and did not leave Ireland.<br>: Does anyone have any information that relates to this connection? Or can<br>: anyone give background on the CRAVEN name?<p>: Sheila Helser<p>
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