John Crawford & Mary Stevenson
John Crawford was born 24th
April 1838 at Main Street, Maryhill and died 12th October 1901 at Violet Bank,
Spindleknowe Road, Uddingston, Lanarkshire. John married Mary Stevenson
9th August 1861 at Shuttle Street, Kilsyth. Mary was born 24th October 1835 at
Kilsyth. When they married, Mary was a cotton weaver living at Shuttle Street
and John was an Iron Stone Miner. Mary died from Phthisis Pulmonalis, which she
had for 1 month and 20 days, on 26 June 1887 at 45 Whitelaw Street, Maryhill and
was buried 28 June 1887, Western Necropolis. Glasgow. Lair 1173 Section H. John
died 12 October 1901 at Violet Bank, Spindleknowe Road, Uddingston, Lanarkshire
and was buried 15 October 1901 at Bothwell Park Cemetery. Lair 1047: Section B.
Maryhill Cemetery
Mary Crawford (m.s. Stevenson)
and her second son Robert are buried here
Bothwell Cemetery
John and his
grandchildren are buried here
The Children of John Crawford & Mary
Stevenson are:
Robert Crawford,
born 21 October 1861, at Shuttle Street, Kilsyth . He died only 8 days after
his first birthday from Smallpox which the wee soul suffered for 10 days. He
died 29 October 1862 at Watter's Land, Kilsyth.
Janet Crawford on the 12th March
1863 at Watter's Land Kilsyth. She married Robert Henderson and died 24th march 1906 at 57 Quarrie Avenue,
Glasgow.
Robert Crawford was born 31st December 1865 at Row, Knightswood, New
Kilpatrick. So Mary and John had moved from Kilsyth between 1863 and 1865.
Robert never married and he too died from Phthisis Pulmonalis after 3 months,
only a few short years after his father on the 28th October 1905 at 2 Park
Place, Maryhill, Glasgow. He was buried with his mother on the 30th October
1909 at Western Necropolis. Glasgow. Lair 1173 Section H. Robert had also been
an Iron Stone Miner then a general labourer just before his death.
Next, Mary had fraternal twins.
Helen Crawford
was the eldest then her brother
James Crawford.
They were born 5th November 1866 at Row, Knightswood, New Kilpatrick.
Their grandmother, Helen Crawford, signed the birth certificates so she
was probably staying with the family at the time.
William Crawford
arrived on the 2nd November 1868 at 41 Whitelaw Street, Maryhill,
Glasgow. Now the family were back to where John's roots were. Did he
move back to the area because of his mother? William married Isabella
Ross Russell.
John Crawford
was born 20th August 1870 at 41 Whitelaw Street, Maryhill, Glasgow. He
married Catherine Gardner.
Another set of twins was next
but this time they were two boys. It is not know if they were identical
twins.
Thomas Crawford
was the first born, 1st February 1873 at 41 Whitelaw Street, Maryhill,
he married Margaret Reid, and Sarah Anderson. The next was
David Crawford.
He married Margaret Major.
Jeanie Stevenson Crawford arrived 29th November
1877, this time at 135 Main Street, Maryhill. The family may have moved into a
larger house as there had been a law passed which was to eliminate
overcrowding. Jeanie married John Andrew.
Peter Crawford
was the last child to be born on 21st
March 1880 at 155 Main Street, Maryhill. He married Margaret Mitchell on the
5th January 1906 at 13 Allison Street, Glasgow. They had a still born child
who was buried in the grand father's grave in November 1906. No other
information can be found for Peter or his wife. It is my suspicions that they
may have emigrated to New Zealand with a member of the Andrew family at about
1907. It is now known that he did indeed go to New Zealand. Click on his
name for his page.
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