Researching Frederick Crawford
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 14655 people with the Crawford surname? In that year Crawford was ranked number 266 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Frederick means "Peace" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Frederick Crawford on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Frederick Crawford and the Crawford Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Crawford Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Crawford family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 22503 people with the Crawford surname in the UK? Crawford is now ranked number 233 for popularity in the UK. |
Crawford Family History Databases
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Crawford Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 206601 people with the Crawford surname in the USA? Crawford is ranked number 89 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Crawford Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Frederick Crawford. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Frederick Crawford
Frederick Crawford (colonial administrator)
Sir Frederick Crawford (9 March 1906 – 27 May 1978) was a British colonial administrator.
He was Governor of the Seychelles between 1951 and 1953. He was Deputy Governor of Kenya from 1953 to 1957 during the Mau Mau uprising. He was Governor of Uganda from 1957 to 1961.
He became a director of the Anglo-American Corporation and a resident of Rhodesia. His passport was withdrawn by the British government on 9 May 1968, while he was visiting London, because of his implicit support for Rhodesia's 1965 Unilateral Declaration of Independence, which Britain and the United Nations had deemed illegal.
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