1/31/2005
Information Supplied by Joseph Courtney Crudden
Here is a summary of the Philadelphia branch.
My Great Grandfather was Thomas Crudden 1832-1901. Born in Ireland, he left during the potato famine in 1847 at age 15, alone, an orphan we think, and somehow arrived in Philadelphia. He married Catherine O’Rourke, also from Ireland an had a bunch of kids. He became a US citizen in 1856. The children were William, James Francis, Daniel W, Thomas C, John, Joseph J, Michael, Elizabeth Crudden Haws and Catherine Crudden Morrissey.
Catherine died of TB in 1875 and Thomas never remarried. He was a boot maker by trade and had a shop in North Philadelphia.
The second son, James Francis 1879-1920 was my grandfather. He married Mary Elizabeth Gibbons 1857-1913. Like her mother-in-law Mary, also died young from a broken neck caused by a fall.
James and Mary had ten kids, Thomas James, James Joseph, Walter Aloysius, Regina Elizabeth Crudden Carrigan, Gertrude Mary Crudden Potter, Susan Marie Crudden Corcoran, Edwin Francis, Agnes Crudden Gregory, George Aloysius, and my father Joseph Aloysius 1900-1980.
My father married Margaret Kevlin 1902-1946 and they had Joseph Courtney Crudden 1930 - and Claire Crudden Fitzpartick Clark 1939 -. His second wife was Claire Kevlin.
I married Bernice Margaret Dywer and we have Michel, Dennis Colleen and Maureen. and eight grandchildren.
Despite a lot of research, I have never been able to find a paper trail for Thomas Crudden in Ireland but assume he came from the area around Clones in County Monaghan or County Fermanagh because that’s where all the Cruddens seem to come from originally.
1/30/2005
52. Jerry Willard, Jr. (Will) Smith (Susan Marie Hilliard-6, Patricia Lee Strother-5, Julia Agnes O’ Sullivan-4, Ann Agnes (Annie) St. John-3, Mary Crudden-2, Charles (also spelled Cruden)-1) was born in Belle Glade, FL.
He was married to Amy Denise Cunliffe (daughter of Hillis Milton Cunliffe and Shirley Ann Sluder) on December 9, 2000 in Sanibel, FL. Amy Denise Cunliffe
54. James Garett Smith (Susan Marie Hilliard-6, Patricia Lee Strother-5, Julia Agnes O’ Sullivan-4, Ann Agnes (Annie) St. John-3, Mary Crudden-2, Charles (also spelled Cruden)-1) was born in Fort Myers, FL.
He was married to Ave’ Tiffany Armfield (daughter of Peter David Armfield and Judith K. Phillips) on October 27, 2001 in Fort Myers, FL. Ave’
38. Teri Henry (Elmer Denton (nickname - Buddy)-5, Frances Elizabeth (nickname Boo) O’ Sullivan-4, Ann Agnes (Annie) St. John-3, Mary Crudden-2, Charles (also spelled Cruden)-1)
Jay Moore Teri Henry and Jay Moore had the following children:
45 i. Joseph Moore was born on March 12, 1984. He died on March 12, 1984.
39. Joseph Henry (Elmer Denton (nickname - Buddy)-5, Frances Elizabeth (nickname Boo) O’ Sullivan-4, Ann Agnes (Annie) St. John-3, Mary Crudden-2, Charles (also spelled Cruden)-1)
Joseph Henry and Kathy Minder had the following children:
46 i. Stephanie Henry
47 ii. Candice Henry
Joseph Henry and Dawn Welch had the following children:
48 i. Nathan (twin) Henry
49 ii. Ryan (twin) Henry
42. Kathleen Anne Hilliard (Patricia Lee Strother-5, Julia Agnes O’ Sullivan-4, Ann Agnes (Annie) St. John-3, Mary Crudden-2, Charles (also spelled Cruden)-1) was born in CA.
She was married to Roy Nelson. Roy Nelson was born on March 17 in AL. Kathleen Anne Hilliard and Roy Nelson had the following children:
50 i. Ashley Brooke Nelson was born in Fort Myers, FL.
She was married to Lloyd Nolan Mathis on May 25, 1990 in Moore Haven, FL. She was married to Lloyd Nolan Mathis. Lloyd Nolan Mathis was born on December 7, 1943 in FL and died 2004. Kathleen Anne Hilliard and Lloyd Nolan Mathis had the following children:
51 i. Susan Leigh Mathis was born in Fort Myers, FL.
43. Susan Marie Hilliard (Patricia Lee Strother-5, Julia Agnes O’ Sullivan-4, Ann Agnes (Annie) St. John-3, Mary Crudden-2, Charles (also spelled Cruden)-1) was born in Seattle, WA.
She was married to Jerry Willard, Sr. Smith (son of Willie Howard Smith and Thamara Evelyn Frasier) on September 27, 1976 in Moore Haven, FL. She was divorced from Jerry Willard, Sr. Smith on September 26, 1996 in Henry Co., FL. Jerry Willard, Sr. Smith was born in Pahokee, FL. Susan Marie Hilliard and Jerry Willard, Sr. Smith had the following children:
+52 i. Jerry Willard, Jr. (Will) Smith
53 ii. Joseph Stephen Smith was born on March 3, 1978 in Belle Glade, FL. He died on March 4, 1978 in St. Petersburg, FL. He was buried in Okeechobee, FL.
+54 iii. James Garett Smith
2nd marriage - She was married to Nestor Miguel Reyes (son of Jesus Ulpiano Reyes and Aura Nicolasa Lacle) on November 8, 1996 in Miami, FL. Nestor Miguel Reyes was born in Aruba.
3rd marriage - She is married to Adrian Fusiarski (son of Maria Fusiarska and Eugene Murphy) - marriage date November 29, 2003. Adrian was born in Derby, England. They divorced in Sept. 2005.
44. Ernest Walter, III (Pete) Hilliard (Patricia Lee Strother-5, Julia Agnes O’ Sullivan-4, Ann Agnes (Annie) St. John-3, Mary Crudden-2, Charles (also spelled Cruden)-1) was born in Orlando, FL.
He was married to Betty Jean Redwine (daughter of William Henry, III Redwine and Emma Lou Ussery) on May 10, 1980 in Clewiston, FL. Betty Jean Redwine (Adopted name Black) Ernest Walter, III (Pete) Hilliard and Betty Jean Redwine had the following children:
55 i. Joseph Travis Hilliard was born in Fort Myers, FL.
28. Mary Elizabeth Henry (Frances Elizabeth (nickname Boo) O’ Sullivan-4, Ann Agnes (Annie) St. John-3, Mary Crudden-2, Charles (also spelled Cruden)-1)
29. Elmer Denton (nickname - Buddy) Henry (Frances Elizabeth (nickname Boo) O’ Sullivan-4, Ann Agnes (Annie) St. John-3, Mary Crudden-2, Charles (also spelled Cruden)-1)
Elsie Rose Elmer Denton (nickname - Buddy) Henry and Elsie Rose had the following children:
+38 i. Teri Henry
+39 ii. Joseph Henry
32. Margaret Anne Strother (Julia Agnes O’ Sullivan-4, Ann Agnes (Annie) St. John-3, Mary Crudden-2, Charles (also spelled Cruden)-1)
She was married to Robert D., Sr. Boyer on December 24, 1948. Robert D., Sr. Boyer Margaret Anne Strother and Robert D., Sr. Boyer had the following children:
40 i. Robert D., Jr. Boyer
41 ii. Jennifer Anne Boyer
33. Patricia Lee Strother (Julia Agnes O’ Sullivan-4, Ann Agnes (Annie) St. John-3, Mary Crudden-2, Charles (also spelled Cruden)-1) was born in Front Royal, VA.
She was married to Ernest Walter, Jr. Hilliard (son of Ernest Walter, Sr. Hilliard and Mattie Lee Brantley) in MD. Ernest Walter, Jr. Hilliard was born in FL. Patricia Lee Strother and Ernest Walter, Jr. Hilliard had the following children:
+42 i. Kathleen Anne Hilliard
+43 ii. Susan Marie Hilliard
+44 iii. Ernest Walter, III (Pete) Hilliard
34. Louise St. John (Tee) Strother (Julia Agnes O’ Sullivan-4, Ann Agnes (Annie) St. John-3, Mary Crudden-2, Charles (also spelled Cruden)-1)
She was married to Nelson Hillock on November 21, 1969. 3rd marriage Nelson Hillock was born on December 13.
She was married to Marden Toney. 2nd marriage
She was married to Kenny Presgraves. 1st marriage
1/29/2005
Information supplied by Bernice Crudden in Vermont USA
I have been able to trace my Cruddens back to 1838 using the 1880 US Census.
Starting with my father Bernard Joseph Crudden (b1916, Wareham, MA) to his
father John Francis (b. 1886, Taunton, MA) to his father James P. (b. 1863,
Taunton, MA) to his father Bernard (b. 1835, Ireland). Bernard was married to
Bridget A. (b. 1838, Ireland). I have no information where Bernard and Bridget A.
were born in Ireland or where or when they were married.
The 1880 Census states that Bernard b. 1835 Ireland, and wife Bridget A. b.
1838 Ireland had five children residing with them in Taunton, MA.
Felix F. b. 1861 in MA
James P. b. 1863 in MA (my Great Grandfather)
Edward P. b 1865 in MA
Benjamin F. b 1868 in MA
Joseph b. 1871 in MA
There may have been other children born after the 1880 Census. Most of my
line of Cruddens stayed in the New England and New York City area of the states.
Thank you for this opportunity to participate in our Crudden website.
Bea 
Information supplied by Brian Mac Domhnaill in Ireland
The Crudden family is recorded in only two Fermanagh baronies (Coole and Clonkelly) in the Tithe Applotment Books recorded in the 1820s and 1830s. The only graveyard in the entire region in which Crudden burials are recorded at an early date is Donagh, a few miles south of Lisnaskea. The earliest of three headstones records the death of ‘Phelim Crudden d[ied] 28 Jan[uary] 1803 a[ged] 75; his son James of Kilturk, d. 13 Dec[ember] 1803, a[ged] 67.
Kilturk [North] in Galloon parish would appear to have been the Fermanagh base of the Crudden family and they may have moved there from elsewhere, as there is no record of the family in the Catholic Qualification Rolls of the late C18th. On the other hand, they might simply have been too poor to meet the property requirement for qualification as voters.
By the 1830s, we see the name moving beyond this core area. The Tithe Applotment Book records that there was a James Crudden of Lammy, holding a little over three acres. A James Crudden is also shown as jointly holding nearly 21 acres in Rateen, a joint tenancy with Samuel Mayne. It is possible and even probable that this was the same James Crudden, as Lammy and Rateen are very close, bordering on Gallon parish but within the parish of Clones.
The Catholic Parish register for Clones records that on 27 May 1833, there was a marriage between James Crudden of Drummully Parish and Mary Sweeny. Sweeny’s were an established family in the Aghdrumsee district and it is no surprise that we later see families of Crudden populate this area. As James of Rateen and Lammy was already a local property owner, we can speculate that the James who married Mary Sweeny was his nephew or a cousin. Certainly the James who married Mary Sweeny would appear to have had an abiding relationship with Drummully Parish, two of his daughters marrying into the townlands of Clonshannagh and neighbouring Edergole, in the Wattlebridge district of Drummully.
Between the two of them (James of Lammy and the other James who was to settle in Killyliffer) the Aghadrumsee area saw a steady growth of Crudden families by the mid C19th. Amongst the townlands in which families were recorded by 1862 (Griffith’s Valuation) were the family of Samuel Crudden in Arnot’s Grove [this is Edward’s family, I’m sure, Susan], a Margaret Crudden and a Richard Crudden holding separate homes and farms in Loughgare, James Crudden of Lammy, James Crudden of Killylifferbane Glebe (this was Mary Sweeny’s husband). The name Samuel was unusual in Catholic families and it may be that James of Lammy and Rateen gave his son the name out of respect for Samuel Mayne with whom he held the joint tenancy back in the 1830s!
By then the surname had also spread to the nearby parishes of Aghalurcher and Aghavea and into Clones, County Monaghan.
Apart from a Charles Crudden who married Joanna Dixen on 19 January 1851 and for whom I could find no native townland (he may have been living in Clones town), most of the Crudden of Clones marriages occur in the 1870s. The first, however, was on the 24 February 1868 when Patrick Crudden of Loughgare married Brigid Armstrong of Galloon Parish. Patrick’s parents were most likely Richard Crudden and his wife Mary Cadden of Loughgare. Their daughter Eliza Crudden married in 1870 to Charles McGuire of Glasgow. The next recorded marriage was of Bernard Crudden to Mary McElgunn of Tully townland (also in Clones parish). This Bernard was a son of James Crudden and Sarah Maguire of Lammy. Another son of Richard and Mary named James married Margaret Kierans of Drumaa on 20 February 1873. Then three daughter of James Crudden and Mary Sweeney were married between 1873 and 1876. These were Rose who married Bernard Prunty of Edergole on 29 November 1873, Catherine who married Owen Connolly of Clonshannagh and Sarah who married Peter Lynch of Mullans on 27 July 1876.
Weddings are traditionally held in the native parish of the bride, so it is possible (indeed likely) that other Crudden boys followed the example of Patrick above and married into neighbouring parishes and even into parishes in Scotland and America. Certainly we know that the sons of Samuel of Arnot’s Grove would eventually emigrate.
There is no record in any of the above of marriages associated with Samuel Crudden of Arnot’s Grove. This is, however, currently being researched by a direct descendant, Edward Crudden, to whom I am grateful for the following information. Samuel was married to Ann Lynch (of Mullans?). Their children included Edward (b.1857), John (b.1860), Bridget and Ellenor who was born in 1870. After a period in the military, Edward moved to the USA where, in 1895, he contested the New York mayoral election. He spent $400 on the campaign and secured 70 votes., a poor return on his investment! According to his grandnephew, ‘He was known as the Coachman candidate, as he drove a coach drawn by 4 white horses around the city. He was reputed to have worked in SingSing prison but I have found no mention of that yet. I’m fairly sure he was unmarried and returned to Ireland to the home place.’
By such anecdotes if genealogy brought to life! Sure where would we be without the odd skeleton?
It appears from the death records that Samuel Crudden died in 1898, aged 80 years. This suggests [certainty is difficult as people often guessed their age] that he was born in 1818. Could this be the period when his father, James became a partner in a lease with Samuel Mayne?
Below are listed all of the Registry of births, deaths and marriages entries for Cruddens in Clones Poor Law Union between 1864 and the latter years of the C19th (1878 in the case of marriages), with additional detail provided by the Clones parish register. It should be noted that the poor law union area was much greater than the parish, and would have included all of Drummully Parish, as well as a fair bit of Galloon.
Crudden births (Clones PLU)
1864 None
1865 Anne 8 173
1866 None
1867 Bridget 8 173
1868 None
1869 Mary 18 155 [of Patrick Crudden & Brigid Armstrong, Loughgare]
1870 Ellenor 13 149 [of Sam Crudden & Ann Lynch, Arnot’s Grove]
The birth of James, son of Bernard Crudden & Mary McElgunn of Lammy not registered
1871 Catherine 8 173 [of Patrick Crudden & Brigid Armstrong, Loughgare]
1872 Elizabeth 18 140 [of Patrick Crudden & Brigid Armstrong, Loughgare]
1873 None
1874 Patrick 8 171 [of James Crudden & Margaret Kierans, Loughgare]
Rose Ann 18 145 [of Patrick Crudden & Brigid Armstrong, Loughgare]
1875 Mary 8 163 [of James Crudden & Margaret Kierans, Loughgare]
The birth of Hugh Pat, son of Bernard Crudden & Mary McElgunn of Lammy not registered
1876 None
The birth of Bernard, son of Bernard Crudden & Mary McElgunn of Lammy not registered
The birth of Mary, daughter of Sarah Crudden & Peter Lynch, Mullans, probably recorded under Lynch
1877 Bridget 8 167 [of Patrick Crudden & Brigid Armstrong, Loughgare]
1878 Richard 3 158 March [of James Crudden & Margaret Kierans, Loughgare]
1879 Edward 3 131 Dec. [of Patrick Crudden & Brigid Armstrong, Loughgare]
The birth of Joseph, son of Bernard Crudden & Mary McElgunn of Lammy not registered
The birth of Mary, daughter of Sarah Crudden & Peter Lynch, Mullans, probably recorded under Lynch
1880 None
1881 None
1882 Margaret 3 137 March
1883 None
1884 John 3 130 March
Patrick 3 139 June
1885 None
1886 Philip 3 106 Sept.
Elizabeth 3 119 Dec.
1887 None
1888 None
1889 Margaret 3 119 March
1890 None
1891 None
1892 None
1893 None
1894 None
Crudden Marriages (Clones PLU)
1864 - None
1865 Anne
1866 None
1867 None
1868 Patt 3 180
1869 None
1870 Eliza 8 133 [Eliza Crudden of Loughgare to Charles McGuire of Glasgow]
Rose Anne 18 135
[The marriage of Bernard Crudden of Lammy to Mary McElgunn of Tully is not registered]
1871 None
1872 None
1873 James 3 160 [James Crudden of Loughgare to Margaret Kierans of Drumaa]
Rose 18 134 [Rose Crudden of Killylifferbane Glebe to Bernard Prunty]
1874 Bessy 13 127 [Elizabeth Crudden of ? married Pat Grew of ?]
Catherine 13 129 [Catherine Crudden of Killyliffer to Owen Connolly of Clonshannagh]
1875 Sarah 13 109 [Sarah Crudden of Killyliffer to Peter Lynch] date discrepancy 1876
1876 None
1877 None
1878 Michael 3 163
Crudden Deaths (Clones PLU)
Year Name Age Vol. Page [From 1882 onwards the relevant quarter is given]
1864 Anne 80 8 102
Bernard 71 8 98
1865 Patrick 76 3 129
Sarah 74 3 130
1866 None
1867 Anne 78 3 142
1868 Bessie 72 18 98
James 68 3 119
1869 None
1870 Patrick 84 13 86
1871 None
1872 None
1873 None
1874 None
1875 None
1876 Mary 36 8 109
1877 None
1878 None
1879 None
1880 None
1881 None
1882 Richard 79 3 96 [June]
1883 Eliza 10 3 123 [March]
1884 Mary 70 3 102 [March]
1885 Patrick 90 3 100 [June]
1886 None
1887 Bella 97 3 171 [March] Death recorded in Lisnaskea PLU, not Clones
Mary 80 3 145 [June] Death recorded in Lisnaskea PLU, not Clones
1888 None
1889 Catherine 73 3 138 [June] Death recorded in Lisnaskea PLU, not Clones
Margaret 1 3 84 [Dec.]
Margaret 35 3 84 [Dec.]
1890 Mary Anne 42 3 160 [March] Death recorded in Lisnaskea PLU, not Clones
1891 Mary 85 3 107 [March] [This was Mary of Loughgare]
1892 Mary 80 3 76 [Dec.] [This was Mary of Loughkillygreen]
Mary 18 3 79 [Dec.]
1893 Catherine 28 3 83 [March]
1894 Margaret 77 3 112 [March]
Patrick 77 3 134 [June]Death recorded in Lisnaskea PLU, not Clones
1895 Anne 57 3 96 [March]
1896 Margaret 65 3 77 [Sept.]
Margaret 70 3 79 [Dec.]
1897 John 62 3 71 [Sept.]
1898 Samuel 80 3 98 [March]
1899 None
1900 Sarah 70 [Died in December 1899, but registered in January 1900]
1/28/2005
Information supplied by Edward Crudden in Ireland
I have just completed a check in the 1880 US census for Charles Crudden. He turned up as Charles Cruden and the census information confirms that he is indeed the Charles Crudden who married Jane Dixon in Clones in 1851. It seems that he lived in Ireland for a period as I think I see a record of his daughter Anne being born in Clones in 1865. This would identify the James and Frank(Francis) that my brother mentioned because my ggrandfather John was born around the same time and would have known them as children before they left Ireland. We might get more information if we can get Charles’s Marriage cert and the children’s birth certs. What the relationship was between Samuel and Charles is still not clear –a brother or cousin? The census shows that Jane and the children were born in Pa so my speculation may be incorrect.
The information in the census is as follows:
Charles Cruden age 50
Jane Cruden age 45
Mary Cruden age 20
Barney Cooper age 18
Nannie age 14
Johnnie age 13
Charles age 11
Eliza age 9
Ellie (written Elfie) age 7
Maggie age 4
Frank (Francis) was missing so out of interest I checked who lived next door to Charles and lo and behold there was Francis.
Francis Crudden age 23 Laborer in Limeworks —born in Ireland.
Bridget (wife) age 26
The address is Cedarville ,Warren,Virginia.
Now James is missing so I did a search for him.The only likely candidate is a James McCrudden a Blacksmith at Flint,Genesee,Michigan. Probably a long shot but I find that Crudden,Cruden , McCrudden , Credan and Croddan can be interchangeable.
Information supplied by Brian Mac Domhnaill in Ireland
I have additional information on another branch of the family, that of Fr Peter Crudden who became a priest in Lowell, Massachusetts and accumulated a small fortune there. This he used to buy land back in Ireland for his family. His estate passed first to his sister Margaret who had been his housekeeper in america and on her death, it passed to the sole suriviving sister Sarah. She established the Crudden bursary for the training of priests for Clogher diocese here in Ireland and established a diocesan orphanage. Besdies which, a lot of money was left all to relatives. As I say, I did a fair bit of work on this branch of the family and you are welcome to whatever I have. I should add that I am virtually certain that all of the Cruddens of south east Fermanagh (ie the parishes of Clones and Galloon) are related.
Notes from Joe Crudden of Texas - In reference to the two pictures I’ve added to this article… The pictures are from Joe and here’s his comments to go with the pictures: “I read on your website about the orphanage funded by Father Peter Crudden’s estate around 1900. My wife and I drove there a few years ago. The trust fund left by the Crudden estate went broke back around 1950 due primarily to bad investments. Today, its a regular public school.”
Here are a few more details about the story from Joe Crudden about Father Peter Crudden:
In 1994 I was staying overnight at the home of a business associate in Rostrevor on Carlingford Loch. I mentioned my search for Cruddens and he told me about a friend who knew a man named Crudden. My friend volunteered to drive me up to Belfast the next day to meet his friend. The next day we went, traveling up the Falls Road and several other places that were constantly in the news during that period because of the “Troubles”. The trip was more than a little scary.
The next day the Belfast friend drove me to Newtownbutler in County Fermanagh to meet Tom Crudden. The three of us spent a nice evening.
Here are more details of the Orphanage story gleaned from the 1990 Clogher Record story, Father Peter’s obituary in the Lowell Sun and Tom Crudden’s childhood memory.
In the beginning Patrick Crudden b1785 and Sarah Crudden b1790 lived on 24 acres in Lettergreen, a townland located between Newtownbutler and Donagh. They had five children, Peter, James, Margaret, Sarah and Tom?
Peter b1812 went to North America and was ordained a catholic priest in Montreal, Quebec in 1843. He was assigned to a parish in Boston for a couple of years. In 1847 he was transferred to Lowell, Massachusetts where he was pastor of Saint Peter’s RC Church for 47 years. Lowell was a textile mill town some 30 miles northwest of Boston.
During this long period, Peter amassed a large fortune. In 1861 he sent 4,000 pounds sterling to his family back in Ireland allowing his two younger brothers to each purchase their own farm. The year 1861 was the time of the American Civil war and 4,000 pounds was a small fortune. Tom Crudden told us that he grew up in one of the farms which belonged to his grandfather. He said that the home was very grand for the period, having 15 bedrooms. Unfortunately, we did not have time so I never got to see the house.
Father Peter died in 1885 and his estate went first to his sister Margaret who was also the parish housekeeper in Lowell. Upon Margaret’s death the estate went to Sarah living in Ireland and she used it to endow the orphanage in Bundoran.
The picture is a scanned likeness of Father Peter Crudden from the 1885 newspaper which ran a large spread at the time of his death.
Information supplied by Brian Mac Domhnaill in Ireland
This information was downloaded from the historical Encyclopedia of Illinois:
History of Sangamon County Volume II - biographical, published by Munsell Publishing Company, Chicago (1912):
‘Crudden, Patrick (deceased) - Springfield is in the center of a rich mining district that attracts workers from all over the world. The mines give employment to thousands of men, who find in the dangerous occupation a means of obtaining a livelihood. Patrick Crudden, now deceased, was a coal miner there. He was born in County Mona[g]han, Ireland, in 1827, and was a genial, warmhearted, hard working man, who had friends wherever he went. He was a son of Barney and Mary (Matthews) Crudden, both born in Ireland, where the father was a farmer.
‘Growing up in Ireland, Patrick Crudden lived with his parents and worked on their farm until he came to America in search of better opportunities. About 1866 he located in Springfield, which continued his home until his demise, May 4, 1907. His remains were interred in Calvary Cemetery, he having been a consistent members of the catholic Church. In political faith he was a Democrat, but never cared for office.
‘Mr Crudden was married in Durham, England, in 1853, to Bridget McCardle, born in Ireland, January 5, 1839 [that made her just 14], a daughter of John and alice (Murray) McCardle, also natives of Ireland [McArdle is a big county Monaghan surname]. Mr mcCardle was a farmer in Ireland, which remained his home until his death.
Mr and Mrs Crudden had the following children:
Patrick, born May 9, 1857;
Mary Anna, born May 7, 1859;
Burnett, deceased, born December 22, 1869;
Alice, deceased, born January 1, 1868;
Rose, born July 5, 1870;
Kate, born in 1874;
Margaret, born January 5 1882.
Mrs Crudden’s home is at No. 1803 East Jackson street. The family are prominent in the Catholic Church, to which all belong. The respect and confidence which Mr Crudden inspired for his honesty and integrity, won for his family a recognized place in the community, and they are reaping the benefit of his hard work and sterling traits of character.’
From the surnames of his parents, I would say that Patrick’s was one of the Crudden families that settled in or about Clones town (which is in County Monaghan), although most of the parish is in County Fermanagh.
1/26/2005
39. Eva Lee Clough (Helen Sophronia Isabel Mars Hilliard-7, Theresa Hargraves-6, Rhoda Carver-5, Sampson-4, William-3, Ann Carver-2, William-1) was born on August 25, 1871 in Ware Co, Ga. She died on November 11, 1943.
She was married to Virgil Cady Parker on January 26, 1890. Virgil Cady Parker was born on November 28, 1870 in Willacoochee, GA. He died WFT Est. 1918-1962. Eva Lee Clough and Virgil Cady Parker had the following children:
+59 i. Zella Lee Parker (born on June 7, 1891).
+60 ii. Claude Clough Parker (born on April 9, 1893).
61 iii. Mary Isabel Parker was born on September 13, 1895 in Waycross, GA. She died on November 18, 1896.
62 iv. Forrest True Parker was born on August 30, 1897. He died on December 16, 1897.
+63 v. Alma Myrtice Parker (born Private).
+64 vi. Virgil Cady Parker (born Private).
+65 vii. Joseph Dwight Parker (born on January 24, 1903).
+66 viii. Theresa Hilliard Parker (born Private).
+67 ix. Annie Lois Parker (born Private).
+68 x. Eugene Hansel Parker (born on March 21, 1909).
69 xi. Daniel Webster Parker was born on July 1, 1910 in Waycross, GA. He died on September 24, 1910.
70 xii. Eva Clough Parker was born Private.
+71 xiii. Frank Cady Parker (born Private).
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