crawfordjohnsylvesterancestors.htm

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Andrew Sylvester Crawford

and
Clara O. Peterson

Page Updated 5 October 2008

SOURCES:

1. My daughter's mother-in-law, Millie Crawford Johnson, gave me much of this information herself.
2. From there, I used Ancestry.com to track some of these families through the various U. S. censuses.
3. Today, 5 October 2008, Mrs. Tom (Iris) Crawford contacted me with access to their page (located at http://mysite.verizon.net/res7zoj4/id3.html), from which I gleaned the information shown below in this light blue color.

5.00--James Crawford, b. 1816; d. 1888; m. Mary Ann White (b. 1822; d. 1902); at least one ch.

6.00--Andrew Sylvester Crawford, b. Dec 1865 [Tom and Iris have 1864]; [per 5 Jun 1900 census of Swerly or Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; [age 44 in 29 Apr 1910 census of Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; [widowed (and living with son John and Trout family), age 55 in the 16 Jan 1920 Census of Oil City, VenangoCo., PA, listed as machinist in machine shop]; d. Jun 1944; bd. unk.; m. ca. 1886? to Clara O. [Tom and Iris have m.i. as V.] Peterson (b. Jun 1869 [per 5 Jun 1900 census of Swerly or Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; [age 40 in 29 Apr 1910 census of Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; d. betw. 1910 and 1920 in her forties [Tom and Iris have 1910]); at least nine ch.

7.01--James (W.?) Crawford, b. Feb 1887 [per 5 Jun 1900 census of Swerly or Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; [age 23 in 29 Apr 1910 census of Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. (nee unk., b. ; d. unk.); at least __ ch.

7.02--Charles E. Crawford, b. Jan 1889 [per 5 Jun 1900 census of Swerly or Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; [age 21 in 29 Apr 1910 census of Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. (nee unk., b. ; d. unk.); at least __ ch.

[Possibly found in 1920 census of Pittsburg, Allegheney Co.: Charles (30), annie, veronica, norine, Ida, charles, with six roomers]

7.03--Clara May "May" Crawford, b. Feb 1892 [per 5 Jun 1900 census of Swerly or Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; [age 18 in 29 Apr 1910 census of Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. (nee unk., b. ; d. unk.); at least __ ch.

7.04--Eva Lu Crawford, b. Sep 1894 [per 5 Jun 1900 census of Swerly or Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; [age 15 in 29 Apr 1910 census of Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. Mr. Bailey (b. unk.; d. ca. 1927-1930); at least four ch.

8.01--Clara M. Bailey, b. ca. 1915 [age 15 in the 11 Apr 1930 Census of Sharon, Mercer Co., PA]; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. (nee unk., b. ; d. unk.); at least __ ch.

8.02--Albert Bailey, b. ca. 1916 [age 14 in the 11 Apr 1930 Census of Sharon, Mercer Co., PA]; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. (nee unk., b. ; d. unk.); at least __ ch.

8.03--Hector Bailey, b. ca. 1919 [age 11 in the 11 Apr 1930 Census of Sharon, Mercer Co., PA]; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. (nee unk., b. ; d. unk.); at least __ ch.

8.04--Harry Bailey, b. ca. 1927 [age 3 in the 11 Apr 1930 Census of Sharon, Mercer Co., PA]; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. (nee unk., b. ; d. unk.); at least __ ch.

7.05--George E. Crawford, b. Nov 1896 [per 5 Jun 1900 census of Swerly or Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; [age 13 in 29 Apr 1910 census of Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. (nee unk., b. ; d. unk.); unk. ch.

7.06--Mary Etta (Marietta?) Crawford, b. May 1899 [per 5 Jun 1900 census of Swerly or Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; [age 11 in 29 Apr 1910 census of Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. Eugene E. Trout (b. ca. 1898 [age 24 in 16 Jan 1920 census of Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; d. unk.); at least 1 ch.

8.01--Eugene C. Trout, b. Aug 1918 [From the 16 Jan 1920 Census of Oil City, Venango Co., PA]; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. (nee unk., b.; d. unk.); unk. ch.

7.07--Margaret Crawford, b. ca. 1903 [age 7 in 29 Apr 1910 census of Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. (nee unk., b. ; d. unk.); at least __ ch.

7.08--John Sylvester Crawford, b. 31 May 1904 [Tom and Iris concur] [age 6 in 29 Apr 1910 census of Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; [living with Trout family at age 15 in the 16 Jan 1920 Census of Oil City, VenangoCo., PA, listed as delivery boy in grocery store]; [age 25 in the 11 Apr 1930 Census of Sharon, Mercer Co., PA]; d. 20 Oct 1994 [Tom and Iris concur]; bd. unk.; m1. 27 Feb 1927 in Oil City, Allegheny Co., PA, to Orral Ilce Lewis (b. 1905 [age 24 in the 11 Apr 1930 Census of Sharon, Mercer Co., PA]; d. 19 Jul 1947); at least one ch.

At right is Ancestry.com's transcription of
this John Sylvester Crawford's
California Death Certificate. Information
taken from it appears elsewhere in this same
green color.

Name:	John Sylvester Crawford
Social Security #:	177076658
Sex:	MALE
Birth Date:	31 May 1904
Birthplace:	Pennsylvania
Death Date:	20 Oct 1994
Death Place:	Orange
Mother's Maiden Name:	Peterson

8.01--John Crawford (Jr.?), b. ca. 1 Mar 1930 [age 1.5 mo. in the 11 Apr 1930 of Sharon, Mercer Co., PA]; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. (nee unk., b. ; d. unk.); unk. ch.

8.02--Thomas Richard "Tom" Crawford, b. 3 Mar 1932; m. 15 Jan 1966 in Casper, Natrona Co., WY to Iris E. Wilcox (b. 1941); unk. ch.; [see more info at http://mysite.verizon.net/res7zoj4/id3.html]

8.03--Howard Crawford, b. 1934; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. (nee unk., b. ; d. unk.); unk. ch.

8.04--Susan Crawford, b. 1941; d. 1981; bd. unk.; m. Robert Francis (b. unk.; d. unk.); unk. ch.

JSC m2. Mildred Smith, b. unk. (d/o Oscar Earl Smith and Rennie Mae Stump); d. unk.; bd. unk.;

8.05--Earl Sylvester Crawford, b. 27 Apr 1952; d. ca. 1964; bd. unk.; m. never

8.6--Mildred "Millie" Johnette Crawford, b. 9 Aug 1953 in Whittier, CA; m. Malry Johnny Johnson, Jr. (b. 21 May 1950 in NM); seven ch.

[Photo here of Malry and Millie]

9.01--Melissa (Ray?) Johnson, (twin) b. 27 Apr 1976 in Flagstaff, AZ; RN in Albuquerque, NM;

9.02--Michelle (Renae?) Johnson, (twin) b. 27 Apr 1976 in Flagstaff, AZ;

9.03--Jason Deane Johnson, b. 18 May 1977 in Flagstaff, AZ; m. 30 Dec 2002 at First Assembly of God Ch., Las Cruces, NM, by Pastor Scott Caldwell, to Sarah Joy Gwin (b. 9 May 1981 in Las Cruces, NM; d/o John M. Gwin and Sharon L. Hamrick); 3 ch.;

10.01--Jason Deane "J. D." Johnson, Jr., b. 7 Feb 2003 in Las Cruces, NM;

10.02--Ryan Jonathan Johnson, b. 4 Sep 2004 in Las Cruces, NM;

10.03--Tate Austin Johnson, b. 21 Apr 2006 in Las Cruces, NM;

10.04--Zachary Jacob Johnson, b. 4 Apr 2008 in Las Cruces, NM;

9.04--Jessica Denise Johnson, b. 19 May 1980 in Flagstaff, AZ;

9.05--Christina Marie Johnson, b. 10 May 1983 in Las Cruces, NM; m. 2004 to Timothy James "T. J." Sanchez (b.); one ch.

10.01--Mia Marie Sanchez, b. 1 Oct 2004

9.06--Cody John Malry Johnson, b. 13 Jan 1985 in Las Cruces, NM;

9.07--Travis Cord Johnson, b. 30 Dec 1995 in Las Cruces, NM;

7.09--Edward Crawford, b. ca. 1907 [age 3 in 29 Apr 1910 census of Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA]; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. (nee unk., b. ; d. unk.); at least __ ch.

Related Census Data

We were fairly confident that one of these in the 1870 and 80 censuses--Moses Scott or I. W. (or J. W.)--was the father of our Andrew. But now we're not so sure, as neither of the POB patterns match.

From the 6 Jul 1870 Census of Brady,
East Mahoning Twnp., Indiana Co., PA

Res/fam	Name	Occ.	Sex	Race	Age	Est. DOB	Prop. Val. Real/Pers	POB	Other	John M. Gwin Comments
34/37	Moses Crawford	farmer	m	w	39	[1831]	12,500/750	PA	both parents are reported to be of foreign birth
	Racheal Crawford	keeping house	f	w	28	[1842]		PA	both parents are reported to be of foreign birth
	Terisa Crawford		f	w	6	[1864]		PA
	Ada Crawford		f	w	5	[1865]		PA
	Andrew Crawford		m	w	4	[1866]		PA
	Lizzie Crawford		f	w	10 mo.	[Aug 1869]		PA	Record states she was b. Aug
	Nancy Pollock		f	w	25	[1845]		PA
36/39	Isabel Crawford	keeping house	f	w	45	[1825]	800/100	PA	both parents are reported to be of foreign birth
	Martha Crawford	keeping house	f	w	41	[1829]		PA	both parents are reported to be of foreign birth

From the 24 Jun 1870 Census of Sharon,
Hickory Twnp., Mercer Co., PA

Res/fam	Name	Occ.	Sex	Race	Age	Est. DOB	Prop. Val. Real/Pers	POB	Other	John M. Gwin Comments
1/1	I.W. or J.W. Crawford	blacksmith	m	w	53	[1817]	---/100	PA		Working backward from 1880, this is the family in 1870 of the first-listed hit in the 1880 census search.
	Mary Crawford	keeps house	f	w	47	[1823]		OH
	Thomas Palm	Lab.	m	w	18	[1852]		PA		Lab. must stand for "laborer"
	James Palm	Lab.	m	w	19	[1851]		PA		Lab. must stand for "laborer"
	George Palm	Lab.	m	w	25	[1845]		PA		Lab. must stand for "laborer"
	Marietta Crawford	[BLANK]	f	w	13	[1857]		PA	a.s.w.t.y.
	Myra Crawford	at school	f	w	11	[1859]		PA	a.s.w.t.y.
	Elmer Crawford	at school	m	w	7	[1863]		PA	a.s.w.t.y.
	Andrew Crawford	[BLANK]	m	w	5	[1865]		PA
	William Miller	blacksmith	m	w	24	[1846]		NY

From the 5 Jun 1880 Census of East Mahoning Twnp., Indiana Co., PA

Res/fam	Name	Relat. to HoH	Sex	Race	Age	Est. DOB	Marr. Stat.	POB S/F/M	Occ.	John M. Gwin Comments
104/109	Moses S. Crawford	head	m	w	49	[1831]	m	PA/---/PA	farmer	The middle initial leaves room for his name to be Sylvester--a small plus in the favor of this being our family.
	Rachel Crawford	wife	f	w	45	[1835]	m	Ireland/PA/PA	keeping house	Interesting: her parents, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania, must've gone back to Ireland for a visit, and whhile there, she was born.
	Theresa J. Crawford	daughter	f	w	17	[1863]	s	PA/PA/Ireland	at home
	Ada M. Crawford	daughter	f	w	16	[1864]	s	PA/PA/Ireland	at home
	Andrew S. Crawford	son	m	w	14	[1866]	s	PA/PA/Ireland	works on farm	This is the second-listed hit (of two viables) on my Ancestry.com search of the 1880 census and COULD be our Andrew Sylvester Crawford but is not necessarily.
	Lizzie B. Crawford	daughter	f	w	12	[1868]	s	PA/PA/Ireland	at home
	Minnie M. Crawford	daughter	f	w	10	[1870]	s	PA/PA/Ireland	at home
	Samuel W. Crawford	son	m	w	6	[1874]	s	PA/PA/Ireland	works
	Rebecca M. Crawford	daughter	f	w	3	[1877]		PA/PA/Ireland	at home
105/100	Isabella Crawford	head	f	w	52	[1828]	s	PA/---/PA	keeping house	These certainly look like sisters of Moses living next door.
	Martha Crawford	sister	f	w	51	[1829]	s	PA/---/PA	keeping house	These certainly look like sisters of Moses living next door.

From the 13 Jun 1880 Census of West Fairfield Twnp., Crawford Co., PA

Res/fam	Name	Relat. to HoH	Sex	Race	Age	DOB	Marr. Stat.	POB S/F/M	Occ.	John M. Gwin Comments
93/94	I. W. or J.W. Crawford	head	m	w	63	[1817]	m	PA/PA/PA	farmer	Ancestry.com has transcribed this as I. W., but when I compared it to the writer's J's in John, Jane, etc., it was a perfect match. Nevertheless, I didn't have any capital I's with which to compare it, so until we know for sure, we'll go with I.
	Mary A. Crawford	wife	f	w	57	[1823]	m	OH/PA/PA	keeping house
	Mary E. Crawford	daughter	f	w	22	[1858]	s	PA/PA/OH	[BLANK]
	Elmer E. Crawford	son	s	w	17	[1863]	[BLANK]	PA/PA/OH	[BLANK]
	Andrew S. Crawford	son	s	w	15	[1865]	[BLANK]	PA/PA/OH	[BLANK]	This is the first-listed hit (of two viables) on my Ancestry.com search of the 1880 census and COULD be our Andrew Sylvester Crawford but is not necessarily.

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From the 5 Jun 1900 Census of Swerly or Siverly Borough, Cornplanter Twnp., Venango Co., PA

St. Add./
Res/fam

Name

Relat.
to HoH

Sex

Race

Age

DOB

Marr.
Stat.

Yrs.
Md.

Chldrn.
Bn/Lvg

POB
S/F/M

Occ.

John M. Gwin Comments

80/81

Andrew Crawford

head

Dec 1865

PA/PA/PA

day labor

This is clearly our Andrew. But he has the POB pattern of PA/PA/PA; therefore, I believe that NEITHER of the above two Andrew S. Crawfords (i.e., in 1870 and 1880) is he, since one has the pattern PA/PA/Ireland and the other PA/PA/OH.

Clara O. Crawford

wife

Jun 1869

6/6

PA/PA/PA

I started a search for any Clara O. in Pennsylvania in 1880 and came up with Clara O. Brister who could possibly be our Clara O.; nothing conclusive has surfaced yet, however.

James (W?) Crawford

son

Feb 1887

PA/PA/PA

at school

Charles E. Crawford

son

Jan 1889

PA/PA/PA

at school

Clara M. Crawford

dau

Feb 1892

PA/PA/PA

This is Clara May Crawford.

Eva Lu Crawford

dau

Sep 1894

PA/PA/PA

George E. Crawford

son

Nov 1896

PA/PA/PA

Mary Etta Crawford

dau

May 1899

PA/PA/PA

John Sylvester Crawford will be born in 1904.

From the 29 Apr 1910 Census of Siverly Branch, Venango Co., PA

St. Add./
Res/fam

Name

Relat.
to HoH

Sex

Race

Age

Est.
DOB

Marr.
Stat.

Yrs.
Md.

Chldrn.
Bn/Lvg

POB
S/F/M

Occ.

Place

John M. Gwin Comments

28 Kramer
Av./202/203

Sylvester Crawford

head

[1866]

PA/PA/PA

machinist

shop

This is Andrew Sylvester Crawford, who will be still living on 4 Apr 1930 at age 65 in Venango Co., PA.

Clara Crawford

wife

[1870]

10/9

PA/PA/PA

none

According to the 1920 census, below, Clara O. Crawford will die before the 1920 census.

James Crawford

dau

[1887]

PA/PA/PA

Brakeman

railroad

Charles Crawford

son

[1889]

PA/PA/PA

machinist

shop

May Crawford

dau

[1892]

PA/PA/PA

[core?] factory

factory

Eva Crawford

dau

[1895]

PA/PA/PA

none

George Crawford

son

[1897]

PA/PA/PA

Marietta Crawford

dau

[1899]

PA/PA/PA

Margret Crawford

dau

[1903]

PA/PA/PA

John Crawford

son

[1904]

PA/PA/PA

This is Millie Johnson's father, John Sylvester Crawford, whom she reports as being b. 1904 in Oil City, PA, and moving to California in 1944.

Edward Crawford

son

[1907]

PA/PA/PA

From the 16 Jan 1920 Census of Oil City, Venango Co., PA

St. Add./ Res/fam	Name	Relat. to HoH	Sex	Race	Age	Est. DOB	Marr. Stat.	POB S/F/M	Occ.	Place	John M. Gwin Comments
760/214/343	Eugene E. Traut	head	m	w	24	[1896]	m	PA/PA/PA	student		Millie says this spelling is Trout; the spelling in this census, however, is not clear (could be either), and Ancestry.com transcribes it as Traut.
	Mary Etta Traut	wife	f	w	20	[1900]	m	PA/PA/PA	none
	Eugene C. Traut	son	m	w	17mo.	[Aug 1918]	s	PA/PA/PA	none
	Andrew S. Crawford	father- in-law	m	w	55	[1865]	wd.	PA/PA/PA	machinist	machine shop	Millie reports his name as being Sylvester, so here we learn that his first name is Andrew.
	John S. Crawford	brother- in-law	m	w	15	[1905]	s	PA/PA/PA	delivery boy	grocery store	This is Millie Johnson's father, John Sylvester Crawford, whom she reports as being b. 1904 in Oil City, PA, and moving to California in 1944.

From the 4 Apr 1930 Census of Oil City, Venango Co., PA

St. Add./ Res/fam	Name	Relat. to HoH	Sex	Race	Age	Est. DOB	Marr. Stat.	POB S/F/M	Occ.	Place	John M. Gwin Comments
216 Plumer St./77/99	Eugene E. Trant	head	m	w	32	[1898]	m	PA/PA/PA	clerk	mill	This looks more like Trout to me; Ancestry. com, however, mistranscribed it as Trant.
	Marietta Trant	wife	f	w	30	[1900]	m	PA/PA/PA	none		This is Marietta Crawford, daughter of Andrew and Clara.
	Eugene Trant	son	m	w	11	[1919]	s	PA/PA/PA	none
	Robert K. Trant	son	m	w	8	[1922]	s	PA/PA/PA	none
	Andrew S. Crawford	father- in-law	m	w	65	[1865]	wd.	PA/PA/PA	machinist	shops	This is Millie Crawford Johnson's grandfather.

From the 11 Apr 1930 Census of Sharon, Mercer Co., PA

St. Add./
Res/fam

Name

Relat.
to HoH