Farmer.
Born at Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland on 16 May 1859, son of John Crawford and Mary Cruickshank, the family emigrated to Canada in 1865, settling first at Nova Scotia where his father managed a coal mine. At the age of 14 he worked in the mine then became a fireman for the Nova Scotia Coal Railroad Company. In 1879, he moved with his parents to Manitoba and took up a farm in Township 11, Range 18 where they were the first settlers.
On 13 June 1883, he married Abigail Maria “Abbie” Brooks (1864-1913) and they had ten children: William Ernest Crawford (1884-?), Bertha Annie Crawford (1885-?), Lavina Wyman Crawford (1887-?), Frederick Walter Crawford, Mary Harrison Crawford (1892-?), John Harold Crawford (1894-?), Jean Crawford (1895-?), Florence Crawford (1897-?), Ida May Crawford (1901-?), and Lloyd Brooks Crawford (1903-?). He was a member of the Methodist church and Independent Order of Foresters.
He died in 1946 and was buried in the Brandon Cemetery.
Birth registrations [William Ernest Crawford, Bertha Annie Crawford, Lavina Wyman Crawford, Mary Harrison Crawford, John Harold Crawford, Jean Crawford, Florence Crawford, Ida May Crawford, Lloyd Brooks Crawford], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 August 2023
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