Thomas Crawley

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Crawley was born on 10 May 1838, in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Crawley, was 33 and his mother, Mary Ann Willett, was 33. He married Betsy R. Ritchie on 4 June 1863, in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 21 March 1899, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Nephi City Cemetery, Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Crawley
1838–1899
Betsy R. Ritchie
1841–1904
Marriage: 4 June 1863
Betsy Ann Crawley
1865–1929
Mary Crawley
1866–1937
Rose Hannah Crawley
1869–1923
Thomas William Crawley
1871–1922
Emily Crawley
1873–1958
Isabelle Crawley
1875–1936
James Crawley
1877–1877
Joseph Mckay Crawley
1880–1943
Eliza Ritchie Crawley
1882–1948

Sources (45)

  • Thomas Crawley in household of James Crawley, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Thomas Crawley, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
  • Thomas Crawley, "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1852 · First Public Lavatory Erected 

George Jenning was the person that invented and gave us the public lavatory. It cost people a penny to use. 

1855 · London's First Pillar Box

The pillar box is a form of mailbox. Until 1855, people would have to walk the distance to go to the post office in order to send mail.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the many places called Crawley, for example in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Sussex, and Oxfordshire, named with Old English crāwe ‘crow’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Compare Crowley .

Irish (Louth): in Ireland, this is generally the English name in 1 above, but it may also have been adopted for McCrawley, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Raghallaigh ‘son of Raghallach’, also Anglicized as Magreely.

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

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Thomas Crawley History by Elva Bigelow Carter

[From a booklet written by Elva B. Carter for Christmas, 1984, with the help of her daughter Myrna C. Laird, who typed and compiled it. ] Histories of Clyde Avor Carter’s Ancestors THOMAS CRAWLEY I …

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