The Crandall surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,781 people carried this name — #2,163 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 16,212 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Crandall surname

Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Raonuill.

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

In print

Crandall in American newspapers,
1892–1913.

Newspaper page from The St. Mary Banner carrying the name Crandall
The St. Mary Banner 1907-11-09
Newspaper page from The Colfax Chronicle carrying the name Crandall
The Colfax Chronicle 1913-03-15
Newspaper page from The Helena Independent carrying the name Crandall
The Helena Independent 1892-06-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 151,722 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Crandall in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1960s.

306 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Crandall. The most, 61, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 132
Victoria 67
Queensland 51
South Australia 23
Western Australia 16
Tasmania 11
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Crandall,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Prudence Crandall
    Prudence Crandall 1803–1890 · teacher
  • Experience Crandall 1709–1738
  • Joseph Crandall 1765–1858
  • Francis A. Crandall 1837–1915 · civil servant
  • N. C. Crandall 1838– · politician
  • Charles Schretz Crandall 1840–1927 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Crandall,
in the records of 4 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 States1,567 records

1,567 records of the Crandall name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 533
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 444
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 251
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 231
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 88
  • Sacramento County historic burials 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gregory Stephen Crandall

    Born 1949; from Tacoma, Washington. U.S. Army, utility/observation helicopter pilot; killed in action 1971 in Laos. Buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 Ralph H. Crandall

    Born 1922 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1942 at Boston; bookkeeper from Norfolk County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at St Marys Cemetery, Franklin, Massachusetts.

    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 Emma Crandall

    Arrived at Boston in 1885 aboard the Pavonia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 23. From England; bound for Massachusetts.

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

Showing 3 of 1,567 records for Crandall in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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).

Canada107 records

107 records of the Crandall name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 102
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Charles Raymond Crandall

    Died 1964 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Lillian Mae Crandall

    Died 1992; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record John Thistle Crandall

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 107 records for Crandall in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Crandall name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Emma Love Crandall

    Of Adelong, New South Wales; died 1924.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Rafael Neville Crandall

    Died 1963 in Launceston; inquest held in Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Crandall 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 Pauline Louise Crandall

    Born 1927 in the United States; died 2000 in La Celle-Saint-Cloud (Yvelines).

    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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