John Brown Crawford was
born 22nd April 1884, Falls Creek, Jefferson, Pennsylvania and died in
1954.
John was the son I looked for first
of all as I had been given the clue by Joe Ritson. His mother had told him
that her father had a cousin called John Crawford. The only other bits Joe
knew was that John married a woman called Maude and they had a daughter
called Edith. I wondered why this son and no other had been remembered but I
have found that this family had moved to Butler where Joe had also moved to.
I have not been able to locate John
on the 1900 census. I did find him in 1910 at Brady's Bend and he was a
driver in a coal mine. He was employed by North Penn Coal Company, Kaylor,
Armstrong Co., PA at some point. he was at Brady's Bend on the 1920 and 1930
Censuses and he was a driver, foreman and labourer in the coal mines.
He married Maude M Myers about 1910
and I would expect them to have married in Brady's Bend as she was born
there.
Children of John Crawford and Maude
Myers:-
Edith Crawford was born
3rd November 1911 at Kaylor, Brady's Bend Twn, Pennsylvania. She died
23rd March 1982 at Butler County Memorial Hospital, Butler, PA.
Infant Son Crawford who
died 20th June 1913.
Russell E Crawford was born 1st November 1913 and
died 26th May 1988.
It is unknown if there were any
other children. Russell's date of birth was 1913 on birth his grave stone
and the SSDI. There is something still to figure out here!
Maude died on the 15th August 1974
at Sugar Creek Rest Home, Cowansville, PA. John and Maude and their infant
son are buried in the Crawford family plot at Brady's Bend.
Thanks go to Joe Ritson for the
photographs and information he found and remembered!
Edith married James S Williams and
had a son William Wilford Williams born 9th July 1941 and died 25th January
1973 at Cowansville, PA. All I know is that he married and had several
children. I would love to get in touch.
The Crawford Graves
Photos by Joe Ritson
Someone is clearly looking after these graves and
putting flowers on them. It would be so nice to get in
touch.
John
Maude
Baby
