FATHER Robert
Benjamin CRAWFORD | SEE NOTES  |
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Birth |
Jan 1868 |
Mississippi |
| Death |
abt 1907 |
Leake County, Mississippi -- trampled to death by horses during a
lightning storm. |
| Burial |
|
Rocky Point Cemetery, Leake County, Mississippi |
| MOTHER
Carrie E. KELLY |
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Birth |
4 Jan 1873 |
Center, Attala County, Mississippi |
| Death |
7 Aug 1961 |
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana |
| Burial |
9 Aug 1961 |
Fairmount Cemetery, Block D, Lot 11, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas |
| CHILDREN |
M |
William Patrick "Pat"
CRAWFORD |
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Birth |
1 Sep 1890 |
Durant, Holmes County, Mississippi |
| Death |
8 Apr 1963 |
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana |
| Burial |
9 Apr 1963 |
Forest Park Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Marriage |
|
Sue CONNELL |
| Occupation |
|
Electrician |
F |
Lillian "Sis"
CRAWFORD |
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Birth |
19 Oct 1894 |
Center, Attala County, Mississippi; Lillian lied about her age, 1920
census showed that she had pared two years off her age by that time, an inaccuracy that
she carried through on other official records until the end of her life. |
| Death |
8 Dec 1997 |
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Lillian outlived four husbands and
died at the age of 103! |
F |
Ethel CRAWFORD |
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Birth |
Feb 1896 |
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| Death |
Bef 1920 |
Mississippi or Texas |
M |
Robert Louis CRAWFORD
Sr. |
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Birth |
17 Oct 1900 |
Sallis, Attala County, Mississippi |
| Death |
Apr 1977 |
Schumpert Hospital, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana |
| Burial |
15 May 1977 |
Greenwood Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Marriage |
Aft 1930 |
Cleo SCOTT; Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Marriage |
7 Feb 1942 |
Catherine Elizabeth WHITTEN; Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisana |
| Occupation |
|
Journeyman electrician. Was active member and one-time president of his
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) union local in San Francisco,
California. Worked on building of many skyscrapers in downtown San Francisco in
1940s, 1950s and 1960s. |
| Other |
Bet 1930 - 1940 |
Union organizer who worked with his second wife, Catherine WHITTEN, a
telephone operator, to unionize telephone operators in the State of Louisiana. |
| Military Service |
|
Bob was too young to join the armed forces during WWI, although he tried
by lying about his age. (Family oral history stated that he was actually born in
1901, although his daughter's birth certificate showed his birth year as 1900.)
Because of his poor vision and age, he was turned down when he tried to join the armed
forces again during WWII. He worked as a civilian employee for the Navy during WWII
on Treasure Island in the Oakland, California Bay area, an assignment he took so seriously
that he refused to tell anyone what he had done for the Navy. |
M |
Earnest CRAWFORD |
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Birth |
abt 1905 |
Sallis, Attala County, Mississippi |
| Death |
10 Mar 1926 |
San Angelo, Texas; according to his sister, Lillian CRAWFORD, Earnest was
hit in the head with a football during a game at his high school. Earnest came home,
collapsed in the kitchen and died in front of his family. |
| Burial |
abt Mar 1926 |
Fairmount Cemetery, Block D, Lot 11, San Angelo, Tom Green County, TX |
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Unknown CRAWFORD |
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Death |
bef 1920 |
Mississippi or Texas |
| Birth |
|
Information on this and other unknown CRAWFORD child was supplied by
Robert Louis CRAWFORD's wife, Catherine WHITTEN, who said that Robert Benjamin CRAWFORD
and Carrie KELLY had seven children, but three died young. |
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Unknown CRAWFORD |
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Death |
bef 1920 |
Mississippi or Texas |