Crawford Name Study

I am researching William Crawford of Philadelphia (specifically of Kingsessing towship) (Crawford-26132). I saw that no one else on here had entered my group of Crawfords so I did so. All we really have on him are a couple of census records (1850 and 1840) and the family stories. He worked for the Railroad and left sometime after 1851. His wife, Jemima, was committed to the Alms House of Philadelphia for many years. Her 2nd son, Capt Emmet Crawford, was paying for her care until his death in 1886. His two surviving brothers argued over who should get his body and who was going to care for their mother. The eldest son, Charles, remained in Philadelphia and was a florist until his death in 1913 (he never married or had children). The third son, Zachary Crawford, suffered from debilitation due to the Civil War. However, he married and had 4 children survive, 2 of which have continued the line (a third had children but the last surviving member of that line has not). The family settled in Kearney, Nebraska. So there are are lot of Nebraska Crawfords carrying on the name.

I'm interested in trying to figure out where we fit and I might be able to contact on of the male Crawfords if a Y chromasome test would be useful. Especially if it might help pin down where we fit.

I have recently gotten 2 DNA hits that link to the Crawford line, but I'm not sure how accurate they are.

One point of confusion has been that there are two William Crawfords born in the first decade of the 1800's who both married a Jemima. But our Jemima is a Rodgers and theirs is a Berford and none of the details match. Still the name has caused a few less skilled amateur genealogists to confuse the two and mix them up. Ancestry.com is insistent that Williams's father is John Crawford, but that is the other William's father, not ours. But to research the DNA connections, I accepted the error until I can figure it out.

Is there any objection to my merging these duplicate profiles: William Crawford II (1662-1732) and William Crawford (abt.1662-abt.1732)

Hello everyone, the wife of the well-known Italian and Forlì politician Aurelio Saffi was Janet Craufurd, known to us as Giorgina Saffi.

Hi, I'm REALLY new here and actually stumbled on this site looking for info about my grandfather. The Universe kind of dropped a family lineage that was tucked inside of a letter to my grandmother in my lap. I've copied it (verbatim) into a word file, but I'm not sure how to share this information out. It starts with James Crawford in Va (apparently he was used as some of the subject matter for a book at the time of the letter) and meanders through Indiana with several 2nd and even a few 3rd marriages and MANY children, coming forward until my grandparents. Any suggestions on how to share would be truly appreciated!

Please add Space:Crawford_Name_Study_Census_Records to the Research Pages section. Anyone who wishes to help out is welcome! Thanks!

Amy, in identifying Y-DNA ancestry I have detached my ancestors from the line of John Crawford of Virginia (study page noted above). If I wanted to start new lineage pages to track findings for my current line as well a couple of others that have been matched on FTDNA (but have no common paper trail), I should create a new space page and then notify you to add it to the list of research pages here?

Tracking down my ancestors has brought me close to the Kilbirnie Crawford line. Perhaps, the most famous member of this family has been Robert Craufurd, one of Wellington's generals during the Peninsular war. Craufurd was famous, or infamous, for his storming temper. His nickname was "Black Bob", supposedly given to him as a result of his temper tantrums. .

My father had, and one of my daughters has, a very quick, scary temper. As a consequence, I have long wondered if there is something genetic in action here.

All you Crawfords out there, related to the Baronetcy of Kilbirnie line, are there people in your family whom you have to tiptoe around for fear of setting them off? Do we all have a Crawford gene for a volatile temper?

Intriguing?

Billy Crawford.

Added the following books to the page owned by wikitreers, the House of Crawford Vol II in particular may be of interest

• Hester Murray. Family Record of James Crawford (1774-1845) of Washington County, Pennsylvania and Medina County, Ohio. (Newberry's Print Shop, Creston, Ohio,194-?). Jonathan M Crawford

• Crawford, Kevan Ph.D., Raymond Crawfurd, and Joanne Crawford, Ph.D. The House of Crawford: Collected Articles on Our History, Genealogy, Heraldry and Y-DNA. South Carolina, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2009. ISBN-10: 1442134186. ISBN-13: 978-1442134188. Jonathan M Crawford

• Crawford, Joanne, Ph.D., Kevan Crawford Ph.D., Raymond Crawfurd, Georgina Craufurd, Bruce Crawford, MS, Eleanor Moore. The House of Crawford, Volume II: New Perspectives on Crawford Heritage. South Carolina, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012. ISBN-10: 1467914037. ISBN-13: 978-1467914031 Jonathan M Crawford

Hi! My mother was a Crawford here is the line

Chester Crawford Omer Crawford Philip Crawford and my brick wall Jonathan William Crawford b-1816-1820 Franklin Pennsylvania d-1892 Darke Ohio Married Mary Jane Sanson Please if anyone could help!!

My maternal aunt’s Maiden name was Crawford, her brother Ian Crawford.

I have Crawfords all over my tree (mothers father, and fathers mothers way back)

Mothers Crawfords: My great great grandfather Andrew Charles Crawford was born in Lisnacreeve ( Clogher, Donacavey) County Tyrone Northern Ireland, died in KS (1898). I only learned this because I messaged a DNA match who matched his brother (that I didn't know about). Andrew and his brothers William, James and John came with their parents William Crawford and Margaret (Culbertson?) to Pittsburgh, PA in 1849. Margaret was from Dromore, County Tyrone. John was married to Isabella Love whose mother was Elizabeth Crawford of a different set of Crawfords (supposedly from the Earl of Crawfords). Williams brother Andrew Crawford stayed in County Tyrone when everyone else immigrated on the Ship HURON. Uncle Andrews adopted son "Wee Andy" stole the farm at this point... unknown if he continued using the surname Crawford.

Fathers Mother Crawfords: Elizabeth Crawford born 1759 County Down married John Scott died 1853 Beaver, PA (she is my 5th great grandmother)

My Uncle will be doing a Y DNA test shortly. Will let you know when results come back.

My Grandfather Robert Baden Powell Crawford told us of our ancestors. 9 of the Earls of Crawford Lindsay from Scotland and that he would have been the Earl present day had one not tried to murder his father for the title.

Hi Amy, my Grandfather was James Campbell CrawfUrd. He always told us that his surname was the correct one. Obviously that is not the case, there are many variants. I know that my Great Grandfather went to New Zealand in the mid 1800s from Scotland and would like to join the Crawford project page, if possible.

Regards Raelee Ryan

My husband has many very old Crawford connections.I would like to join the Crawford project page.

My mother was a Crawford from a line in Texas and Pike County Georgia that I’ve traced back to Renfrewshire Scotland. Not sure what you want to do with that but be glad to help.

Crawford is my mother’s maiden name. It looks like they came out of upper E Tennessee in early 1800’s. Some then came to Powell (Knoxville) Tennessee.

Would love to check my tree and see if I can get through to 1700,s