Crawford G Logan
Crawford Glegg Logan was the son of Edward and Emily Logan (nee Townshend) who had 11 children with 7 of them still being alive at the time of the 1911 census. Edward Logan was a magistrate and copper merchant whilst Emily was the daughter of Lee Porcher Townshend who held the seat of Wincham, Cheshire. Edward and Emily were married in 1865 by Edward’s brother the Rev. Crawford Logan.
Our Crawford was born on 28 January 1870 at Thurstaston Hall. He was given the middle name of Glegg which was the maiden name of his maternal grandmother. By 1881, the family had moved to Ashfield Hall, Leighton (now demolished, but a photo can be seen here Neston Past | Neston, early 1890) which was seat of Uvedale Corbett J.P. and Barrister-at-law who is also linked with another of our signatures – Andrew Reynard Uvedale Corbett………..
Crawford was not at home for the 1881 census – he was a border at Cordwalles College (now better known as St Piran’s), a prep school in Maidenhead. Later on that year, on 22nd December, his father Edward died aged 52. This may have necessitated in the family moving house again, because by the time of the 1891 census Emily Logan had moved to Upton Lawn, nr Upton by Cheshire. Upton Lawn was built in the 1850s. By the 1960s the house had been turned into flats but was subsequently demolished.
Although Crawford is with his family on the 1891 census at Upton Lawn, he had actually been living in America since 1887. On October 19 1892, Crawford became a naturalised American citizen, undergoing the process at the court house in Laramie, Wyoming. The 1900 census shows Crawford to be living at Sheep Mountain, Albany, Wyoming with his farming partner N. Egerton Gresley, a farm labourer Percy H Milburn and his uncle Alfred Logan (whose occupation is given as capitalist). Crawford is shown as owning his home outright (i.e. free from mortgage). In 1910, Crawford and Nigel Egerton Gresley are still in a farming partnership together.
On Valentine’s Day 1914, Crawford married Gertrude I Geddes in Denver, Colorado. Gertrude was the daughter of Fred and Lucia Geddes who were also ranching in Albany, Wyoming. As Crawford and Gertrude’s first two sons were born in Colorado, I assume that the family had moved there at some point between the census of 1910 and their marriage. Edward Townshend Logan and James A C Logan were born in 1915 and 1918 respectively.
In the early part of the 20th century, Crawford crossed back and forth between the UK and USA several times, including one time to help “settle an estate” in early 1916. This was potentially the estate of his younger brother, Roland Octavius Logan, who had died on the Western Front in October 1915. Towards the end of 1918, Crawford travelled abroad again but this time he travelled to France as a volunteer with the YMCA. The YMCA worked alongside the Red Cross and other voluntary organisations and specialised in welfare work – trying to ensure that troops, munitions workers and other people engaged in the war effort had safe places to eat, wash and socialise amongst the harshness of war. More information about the work of the YMCA in WW1 can be found here YMCA and WWI - YMCA England & Wales.
Crawford returned from France in time to be included on the 1920 census. The family had moved around 1918 to California, and lived on Pinehurst Road, Hollywood. Pinehurst Road has been the home of many famous Hollywood stars including Rudolph Valentino and is part of the Hollywood Hills district. The family stayed in Los Angeles, but moved to Pennsylvania Avenue. The 1930 census shows that Crawford has changed his profession, and moved away from farming and into selling real estate. Gertrude is also shown as working, and was a social worker in the County Probation Service. Their youngest son David was born on 12 August 1920.
On 28th October 1930, Crawford died leaving assets in the UK of £1004 11s (re-sworn at a later date to be £937 2s). According to his death certificate, Crawford died in hospital of broncho-pneumonia and interstitial nephritis. He had also been suffering with chronic myocarditis. Crawford and Gertrude’s youngest son, David, died tragically young on Valentine’s Day 1938 aged 17 years, 6 months and 2 days. According to his death certificate, his cause of death was lobar pneumonia and he died at Glendale Research Hospital. Gertrude remarried on 28th November 1946 to William Ruddy Harriman, a hospital doctor. Gertrude died on 24th May 1970 in Santa Barbara County, California but was buried back in Laramie County, Wyoming along with Crawford and Gertrude’s son, Edward. I have not found any trace of what happened to James A C Logan, so if anyone has any answers then please let me know!
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