The sources for this work are many and varied and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who gave and are still giving their time, to help in the research. These pages are updated with whatever information comes to hand, and all information is gratefully received.
In studying these pages, it should be remembered that no information is 'carved in granite'. In odd cases even the cross referenced entries in the same reference book have given different dates, and in the time period researched, several things conspire to make verification difficult. Lack of records, lack of requirement to keep records or the later loss of them, the tendency to 'sweep under the carpet', anything of which the family might be ashamed, lack of literacy leading to many spelling variations, the re-use of many names within a family, sometimes within siblings, particularly where one (or more) has died, and human error. I have endeavoured to show up and explain any discrepancies I have found in an effort to provide options for those following in my footsteps.
Reference Books:
'Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland' by Sir Bernard Burke Vol III published 1871
'Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom' 1920
'Gravestone Inscriptions Vol 3 Co Down' published 1969
'History of the Belfast Banking Co. 1829-1970' printed by Blackstaff Press
'Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland' 1871
'Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland' 1904
'Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland' 1912
'Burke's landed Gentry of Ireland' 1958
'Burke's Peerage and Baronetage' 1967
'Burke's Irish Family Records' 1976
'Burke's Guide to Country Houses, Ireland' by Mark Bence Jones 1978
'History of the Gallery' (Crawford Gallery, Cork School of Art)
HUGH CRAWFORD
Much of the basic framework for the Crawford family tree was constructed by Mr Hugh CRAWFORD, who wrote his family history and made several visits to the Crawford Gallery in Cork in the late 1980s. He donated his work to the gallery, along with some silhouette portraits in Indian Ink on paper of the Crawford family of William I of Lakelands, Cork. These portraits are reproduced on the page of the person they depict who can be accessed from Tree 1a
I have gathered together further information from a variety of sources and added family trees of some related families.
A printed copy of these pages is available to view at the Gallery, along with the original miniatures and much more information and artefacts of the Crawford family.
With thanks for all their help ..
Randall Gill, museum attendant at the Ulster Family and Folk Museum
Ed. Hinchy of the Beamish and Crawford Brewery, South Main Street, Cork, Ireland
Niall Kerrigan, The Archives Department, Allied Irish Bank, College Street Dublin
James Stevenson, Company Secretary, Northern Bank PO Box 183, Donegal Square West, Belfast BT1 6JS
Colleen O'Sullivan, Crawford Gallery, Cork
Many people on the Internet Newsgroup soc.genealogy.uk+ireland who have shared their knowledge and made this research possible for me.
I have done the work as part of a quest to discover my own family background.
For more about this (in case you can help)