Cragg Family Origins (England 1770-1859)

The history of the Cragg family, who lived in England until 1859 before emigrating to Sydney Australia. The story commences in the heart of England's Lake District in a Keswick poor house and moves to the towns of Workington and Cockermouth. The majority of the family, while in Cockermouth, enter the woollen mills in the midst of a socially tumultuous time where mass rallies call for significant political change and widespread enfranchisement. Hunger, disease, imprisonment and the hint of rebellion.

• | Author: David Cragg
• | Publisher: David James Cragg
• | Publication Date: Mar 23, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 150 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0994519214
• | ISBN-13: 9780994519214