[1]ancestry This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ScottRCAnderson Surnames: Cranston, Crowley, Ewald Classification: queries Message Board: [2]Click here Message Board Post: Hi, Diane, You write "My great grandfather's name was Crowley, son of George J Cowley and Elizabeth Cranston. Robert's sister." You mean Robert's daughter, correct? Just want to avoid any possible confusion. Thanks for all of this great information on Robert Cranston. I found him again in the 1910 census in Ancestry listed as Robert Orensten, working as a watchman and living with his grandson Robert Crowley, brother of your great grandfather George Crowley, Jr. They are next door to Elizabeth and her second husband Peter Ewald. Interestingly he's described as "Ireland (English)". I'm guessing that's a reference to his native language, as opposed to "Ireland (Irish)" that appears elsewhere on that census page. We are probably distant cousins, as Robert's father appears to be one of the Cranston gentry descended from William Cranston who in 1664 was settled on the townland of Muntober in Kildress, 10 miles northwest of Stewartstown. The family was still around in the mid-19th century, as evidenced by this 1851 Griffith's Valuation listing of John Cranston on the same land: http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/tyrone/kildress.htm This or a related John Cranston was also involved with pottery works to the south in the townland of Corr in the Parish of Killyman, three miles south of Stewartstown: http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/tyrone/killyman.htm These two townlands are explicitly connected by the 1762 will of the Archdeacon John Cranston, third son of William. I believe I'm descended from William's grandson James Cranston, also named in this will, possibly of Arboe/Ardboe, four miles northeast of Stewartstown. The man I believe to be his son, my fifth-great grandfather John Cranston, immigrated to the US in 1802. My readings tell me this was the first time after the Irish Rebellion of 1798 that it was safe to travel overseas due to a lull in the Napoleonic wars, and I assume my family decided it was a good time to get out. Scott Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. [3]Contact Us [4]Online Help Please add [5][email protected] to your address book to make sure you don't miss an email. You are receiving this email because you have registered with Ancestry using the email address [6][email protected] Your privacy is important to us. View our [7]Privacy Statement for more information. 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