Crowley

What does the name mean?

Last Name: crowley

  • Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cruadhlaoich "descendant of Cruadhlaoch", a personal name composed of the elements cruadh "hardy" + laoch "hero".
  • English: variant spelling of Crawley.

Last Name: crawley

  • English: habitational name from any of the many places called Crawley, named with Old English crawe "crow" + leah "woodland clearing". Compare Crowley.
  • Probably also a reduced form of Irish McCrawley, an Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Raghallaigh "son of Raghallach", also Anglicized as Magreely.

Francis.

  Great great great great great great grandfather

Married Elizabeth JACKSON.

Died 1800, Millbrook, Bedfordshire, England.

female.

Parents Francis CROWLEY and Elizabeth JACKSON.

Married Thomas ROFFE, 1795.

John.

  Great great great great great grandfather

Born 1775, Millbrook, Bedfordshire, England.

Parents Francis CROWLEY and Elizabeth JACKSON.

Appeared before the 1801 Summer Assizes (Bedford 1800), with two other men, charged with stealing a sheep. A guilty verdict was given and the men were sentenced to death. Pepper was executed but for Crowley and Sharwood the sentence was commuted to transportation for life.

John arrived on 11Mar1803, HMS Glatton

Married Jane BRYANT, 1811, Windsor, NSW.

Died 1833, Richmond, NSW.

Jane.

Born 1812, Richmond, NSW.

Parents John CROWLEY and Jane BRYANT.

Died 1823, Richmond, NSW.


Elizabeth.

  Great great great great grandmother

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Born 1815, Richmond, NSW.

Parents John CROWLEY and Jane BRYANT.

Married Thomas HOWELL, 1832, Windsor, NSW.

Died 1891, Cudal, NSW.

John.

Born 1817, Richmond, NSW.

Parents John CROWLEY and Jane BRYANT.

Married Mary JOHNSON, 1836, Windsor, NSW.

Died 1887, Richmond, NSW.


William.

Born 1819, Richmond, NSW.

Parents John CROWLEY and Jane BRYANT.

Married Emma BAINES, 1845, , Richmond, NSW.

Died 1892,`Cobbadah, NSW.


Eliza.

Born 1822, Richmond, NSW.

Parents John CROWLEY and Jane BRYANT.

Married Thomas EATHER, 1843, Richmond, NSW.

Died 1897, Bulga, NSW.


Charlotte.

Born 1825, Richmond, NSW.

Parents John CROWLEY and Jane BRYANT.

Died 1840, Richmond, NSW.


Ann (Nancy).

Born 1828, Richmond, NSW.

Parents John CROWLEY and Jane BRYANT.

Married William WOOD, 1847, Richmond, NSW.

Died 1893, Emu Plains, NSW.


Mary Ann.

Born 1830, Richmond, NSW.

Parents John CROWLEY and Jane BRYANT.

Died 1834, Richmond, NSW.