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Henry Crawford

1848/9–1902

Irish-born naval officer. Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1874; assistant astronomer on the transit of Venus expedition to New Zealand.

Sources

G. B. Airy ed. 1881, p. 483

BMD (Death index)

Census returns of England and Wales 1901 (The National Archives: Public Records Office RG13/3370/126/11)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966 (Ancestry.com, accessed 17 January 2014)

Navy list 1874

Bibliography

BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.

Navy list: The navy list. London: John Murray; Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. 1815–1900.

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