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Colin,
Yes, I was aware that some of the information had previously been provided but I was hoping that the final sailing of Emily Crocker, William Sprow and his wife Bessie back to England might have come to light, unfortunately it didn't.
Many thanks
Mo

UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Wilfred Crocker
Name: Wilfred Crocker
[Wilfred Samson Crocker]
Birth Date: abt 1902
Age: 3
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 12 Feb 1905
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ship Name: Philadelphia
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Shipping line: American Line
Official Number: 150617


UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Wilfred Crocker
Name: Wilfred Crocker
[Wilfred Samson Crocker]
Birth Date: abt 1902
Age: 10
Port of Departure: Calcutta, India
Arrival Date: 18 Dec 1912
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Colombo
Ship Name: Caledonia
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Shipping line: Peninsula and Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Official Number: 102390


UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Wilfred Crocker
Name: Wilfred Crocker
Birth Date: abt 1902
Age: 36
Port of Departure: Bombay, India
Arrival Date: 22 Jul 1938
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
Ports of Voyage: Bombay
[Karachi]
Ship Name: Circassia
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Shipping line: Anchor Line
Official Number: 165916

Many thanks Alviegal and Colin,

Those sailings are extremely helpful and thank you for your time. I now just need to find Emily Crocker's and her son Wilfred's return from Malta after husband Samson died in Malta in 1919. Emily definately did return to England as she died in Bromley in Kent in 1954.

Again many thanks,
Mo

Emily had a child named Wilfred Samson Crocker who was born in 1902 in Bermuda and of course he would have travelled with her.

Mo,

Sorry, can't find Emily on that voyage. Did she have any children?

He is a garage owner in this, married to Mary Elizabeth and had spent time in London and Liverpool. He was going to UK on business.

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 about William Sprow
Name: William Sprow
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1842
Birth Place: San Francisco, California
Age: 76
Residence: Albany, New York
Passport Issue Date: 14 May 1919
Father Name: Michael Sprow
Father's Birth Location: California
Father's Residence: Deceased
Passport Includes a Photo: Yes

That is most definately them returning to England in 1919, I wonder if I could push my luck a little further and ask if an Emily Crocker was on the same voyage, she was the married sister of Mary E Sprow and had just lost her husband on 14 Apr 1919 whilst abroad.

Many thanks
Mo

Here they are in the States.

1900 United States Federal Census about Mary E Sprow
Name: Mary E Sprow
[Mary E Shepheard]
Home in 1900: Cleveland Ward 11, Cuyahoga, Ohio
[Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio]
Age: 42
Birth Date: Dec 1857
Birthplace: England
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1894
Relationship to head-of-house: Wife
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's name: Sarah Shepheard
Mother's Birthplace: England
Mother: number of living children: 0
Mother: How many children: 0
Spouse's Name: William Sprow
Marriage year: 1890
Marital Status: Married
Years married: 10
Occupation: View on Image
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Household Members:
Name Age
William Sprow 59, Birth Date: Dec 1840
Birthplace: California, janitor, Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Mary E Sprow 42
Sarah Shepheard 76

Going to NY. He is a sailor going to Cleveland, doesn't sound like the one I found at all.
There is also A Sarah, 60 and Emily, 30 Shepherd travelling to Cleveland, Ohio. Are these Bessie's mother and sister?

First Name: Bessie
Last Name: Sprow
Ethnicity: England
Last Place of Residence:
Date of Arrival: Apr 13, 1895
Age at Arrival: 36y Gender: F Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Paris
Port of Departure: Southampton
Manifest Line Number: 0320

First Name: Wm.
Last Name: Sprow
Ethnicity: England
Last Place of Residence:
Date of Arrival: Apr 13, 1895
Age at Arrival: 37y Gender: M Marital Status:
Ship of Travel: Paris
Port of Departure: Southampton
Manifest Line Number: 0319

Here they are. He was an Estate Agent with an address of Marinton Hall, West India Dock Rd, London and he travelled with wife, Mary E, 62.
(Maybe Mary R, type is very faint)


UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about William Sprow
Name: William Sprow
Birth Date: abt 1843
Age: 76
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 23 May 1919
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Mauretania
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Shipping line: Cunard Line
Official Number: 124093