David Crawford Sr.

Brief Life History of David

When David Crawford Sr. was born on 28 July 1872, in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Jeramiah Crawford, was 35 and his mother, Janet Park Reid, was 33. He married Jessie Gray on 22 December 1898, in Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Mercur, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1900 and Sunnyside, Carbon, Utah, United States for about 14 years. He died on 21 September 1924, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Crawford Sr.
1872–1924
Jessie Gray
1876–1961
Marriage: 22 December 1898
David Swan Crawford
1899–1948
Jessie Crawford
1901–1969
John Crawford
1902–1980
Margaret Isabell Crawford
1902–1988
Amy Crawford
1905–1996
Laurence William Crawford
1909–1974
Abraham Crawford
1911–1980
James Watt Crawford
1915–1981

Sources (22)

  • David Crawford in household of Jeremiah Crawford, "Scotland Census, 1891"
  • David Crawford, "Wyoming Marriages, 1869-1923"
  • David Sr. Crawford, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

Scottish and English: habitational name from any of various places called Crawford, primarily the one in Lanarkshire (Scotland), and possibly also from the one in Lancashire. Both are named in Old English with crāwe ‘crow’ + ford ‘ford’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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