The Crafton surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,056 people carried this name — #8,173 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 72,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,979 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Crafton surname

A habitational surname from Old English.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Crafton» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Crafton in American newspapers,
1878–1907.

Newspaper page from Helena Weekly Herald carrying the name Crafton
Helena Weekly Herald 1888-05-17
Newspaper page from Luxemburger Gazette carrying the name Crafton
Luxemburger Gazette 1907-04-16
Newspaper page from Illinois Staats-zeitung carrying the name Crafton
Illinois Staats-zeitung 1878-05-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Crafton in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

239 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Crafton. The most, 58, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 121
Queensland 72
South Australia 22
Victoria 12
Western Australia 9
ACT (Canberra) 2
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Crafton.

In the public record

People named Crafton,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States292 records

292 records of the Crafton name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 184
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 66
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 21
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James J. Crafton

    Born 1947; from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1965 in South Vietnam. Buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clyde E. Crafton

    Born 1909 in Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Richmond; farm hand from Spotsylvania County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Mount Hermon Bapt Ch Cemetery, Mineral, Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Kate Crafton

    Arrived at New York in 1879 aboard the Adriatic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 17; servant. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 292 records for Crafton in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia9 records

9 records of the Crafton name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Crafton

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Lady Elma Bruce, aged 21; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Amy Crafton

    Arrived in Queensland in 1891 aboard the Tara, aged 19.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Crafton

    Arrived in Victoria in 1877 aboard the Linguist, aged 30.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Crafton in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Crafton name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Christian Marie Crafton

    Born 1951 in Cayenne (Guyane); died 1993 in Tourcoing (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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