Researching Buster Crabbe
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 422 people with the Crabbe surname? In that year Crabbe was ranked number 3157 for popularity in the UK. |
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Records of Buster Crabbe on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Buster Crabbe and the Crabbe Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 950 people with the Crabbe surname in the UK? Crabbe is now ranked number 3150 for popularity in the UK. |
Crabbe Family History Databases
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Crabbe Forums
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Some Famous People called Buster Crabbe
Buster Crabbe
Clarence Linden Crabbe II ( February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983), known professionally as Buster Crabbe, was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and film and television actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold medal for 400-meter freestyle swimming event, which launched his career on the silver screen and later television. He starred in a variety of popular feature films and movie serials released between 1933 and the 1950s, portraying the top three syndicated comic-strip heroes of the 1930s: Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and Buck Rogers.
Source: Buster Crabbe, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Crabbe
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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