Researching John Croft
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 7074 people with the Croft surname? In that year Croft was ranked number 580 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Croft on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Croft and the Croft Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Croft 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 Croft family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for John Croft at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Croft using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about John Croft.
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| Did you know that there are currently 8512 people with the Croft surname in the UK? Croft is now ranked number 691 for popularity in the UK. |
Croft Family Tree Databases
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Find John Croft from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Croft Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 18229 people with the Croft surname in the USA? Croft is ranked number 151 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Croft Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on John Croft. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Croft
John Croft (Australian politician)
John William Croft (20 January 1871 – ) was an Australian politician. Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, he was educated in state schools before becoming an apprentice bootmaker. Moving to Western Australia in the 1890s, he was Secretary of the Coastal Trades and Labour Council. In 1903, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Western Australia. He retired in 1910.
The circumstances surrounding Croft's death are unclear, and no death certificate registered for him has been located in Australia. Members of his family have variously recorded that he disappeared after heading off on a mysterious "mission" to Uruguay in 1913, but that he attended his mother's funeral in 1925 and was not listed as deceased on his father's 1929 death certificate. Another theory was that Croft committed suicide and this was covered up.
Source: John Croft (Australian politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Croft
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