Edward Frederick Crippin
Edward Frederick Crippin was an English businessman.
Crippin was born at 13 Tonman Street, Manchester, Lancashire. His father William Crippin was a coal agent and his mother Sarah Crippin was a housewife. He eventually took over his father's business, Bryn Hall Colliery, Bryn, Ashton-in-Makerfield, near Wigan. Crippen was a successful businessman who never married.
On 22 August 1890 in Wigan, Crippen was involved in what The Wigan Observer And District Advertiser described as an "Exciting Scene in Wallgate":
Bryn Hall at Ashton in Makerfield was the Crippin family home while they ran the colliery. Edward Crippen lived at Bryn Hall until the 1890 incident after which he was frowned on by local residents. As a result he moved to Bank Hall, Bretherton and travelled to Ashton in Makerfield to run his business.
Crippin's memorial at Manchester Crematorium gives his address at the time of death as Bryn Hall where he lived at the time of the 1881 census. The 1891 census shows he moved to Bank Hall, Bretherton where he died of pneumonia on 3 February 1892 aged 44. His cremation took place at Woking Crematorium, Surrey.
