The McCraw surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,561 people carried this name — #6,156 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 5,402 in 2000.

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In print

McCraw in American newspapers,
1908–1916.

Newspaper page from The Laurens Advertiser carrying the name McCraw
The Laurens Advertiser 1916-03-22
Newspaper page from The Watchman And Southron carrying the name McCraw
The Watchman And Southron 1916-03-22
Newspaper page from Keowee Courier carrying the name McCraw
Keowee Courier 1908-09-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,623 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McCraw in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1980s.

1,131 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McCraw. The most, 295, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 553
New South Wales 289
Queensland 157
Tasmania 108
South Australia 10
Western Australia 9
ACT (Canberra) 5

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

Who carried it

People named McCraw,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas K. McCraw 1940–2012 · historian
  • William McCraw 1896–1955 · lawyer
  • John McCraw 1925–2014 · geologist
  • William McCraw 1824– · photographer
  • Michael McCraw 1947–2020 · bassoonist

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named McCraw,
in the records of 5 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 States355 records

355 records of the McCraw name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 215
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 89
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 19
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 12
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lemiel A. McCraw

    Born 1921 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Shelby; farmer from Scott County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Ridge Baptist Cemetery, Forest, Mississippi.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James W. McCraw

    Born 1931; from Beauregard County, Louisiana. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margarett McCraw

    Arrived at New York in 1834 aboard the Peace from Leith, aged 28; laborer. From Scotland.

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

Showing 3 of 355 records for McCraw 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia108 records

108 records of the McCraw name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 41
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 31
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 17
  • Tasmanian Names Index 9
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 8
  • Ballarat Avenue of Honour, First World War 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record McDonald McCraw

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Lady East, arriving 1825.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Alexander McCraw

    Arrived in Queensland in 1889 aboard the Dacca, aged 19.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Raymond McCraw

    Enlisted in 1915 with the 37th Battalion. Honoured on the Ballarat Avenue of Honour.

    City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU)

Showing 3 of 108 records for McCraw in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Canada11 records

11 records of the McCraw name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 6
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Richard Earl McCraw

    Buried in 1975 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 20.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. 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 James Alexander Leitch McCraw

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Donald McCraw

    Listed at Canso Township, Inverness, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1841.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 11 records for McCraw in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom6 records

6 records of the McCraw name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 3
  • Stirling Council burial records 2
  • Scottish rolls of honour, First World War 1
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. McCraw

    Lancers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. McCraw

    Royal Scots. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 2 of 6 records for McCraw in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the McCraw name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Alexander McCraw

    Married in 1749 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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