Admiral
Abraham
Crawford
RN
Born in Lismore, Co. Waterford, Ireland
Son of Thomas Crawford
and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Sophia (Mockler) Crawford
— married
about 1831 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 80
in Teignmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Aug 2018
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Biography
Abraham was born in 1788. He was the son of Thomas Crawford. [1]
He wrote two volumes entitled "Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, During the Late War"[2]
He was the youngest of 11 siblings and his mother died giving birth to him.[2]
He married Sophia, daughter of James Mockler, in 1831[3][4]
By the 1851 census, he is living with his wife in Newton Abbot, Devon. [5]
Obituary [6]
He died in 1869 and was buried in Teignmouth Cemetery.
Portrait - [3]
Sources
- ↑ Boise, Frederic Modern English Biography (Vol 1-4) A-H 1892 Biography of Admiral Abraham Crawford
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 [[1]]Crawford, Abraham, Reminiscences of a naval officer, during the late war, London 1851
- ↑ [[2]] A the Circulating Library entry for Sophia Crawford
- ↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJ9-692T : 30 August 2018), Abraham Crawford, 6 Feb 1869; citing Probate, Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGN1-ZSY : 9 November 2019), Abraham Crawford, East Teignmouth, Devon, England; citing East Teignmouth, Devon, England, p. 9, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ The Register, and Magazine of Biography, A Record of Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Other Genealogical and Personal Occurrences. V. 1-2; Jan.-Dec. 1869. Nichols and Sons 1869. Page 337
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