John Crawford

(Western District and Archdiocese of Glasgow) Born at East Monkland, Lanarkshire, 29/30th September 1846, the son of James Crawford and Mary Anne O’Doherty; ordained a priest in Valladolid, 16th March 1872, and left for Scotland, 15th April 1872; retired to Antwerp, 1905, where he died, 21st December 1910.

Date	Age	Description
30 Sep. 1846		Born East Monkland
11 Oct. 1846		Baptised St Margaret's, Airdrie
1862-1865	16	Blairs
27 Sep. 1865	19	Arrived in the College
16 Mar. 1872	25	Ordained a priest in Valladolid
15 Apr. 1872	25	Left for Scotland
1872	26	Dumbarton
1872-1877	26	St Lawrence's, Greenock
1877-1881	31	Dalry
1881-1884	35	Larkhall
1884-1885	38	Motherwell
1885-1898	39	Not in Scotland
1898-1899	52	Lambhill
1899-1905	53	Coatbridge
1905	59	Retired to Antwerp
21 Dec. 1910	64	Died Antwerp

Report of the ordination of John Crawford in the Scottish Catholic Directory of 1873.

The Rev. John Crawford was born in the Parish of East Monkland, Lanarkshire, on the 29th September 1846; entered Blairs College, 16th July 1862; and went to the Scots College, Valladolid, in September 1865. The dates of orders are the same as in the preceding account. On his return to Scotland he was for some time in Dumbarton, and on 18th May he was stationed at St Lawrence’s, Greenock.