1846–1912

Introduction

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Born: Ju­ly 27, 1846, Brock­ville, On­ta­rio, Ca­na­da.

Died: De­cem­ber 17, 1912, All Saints Ca­thed­ral, Ha­li­fax, No­va Sco­tia, as he was about to per­form a bap­tism.

Buried: Old St. Pe­ter’s Ce­me­te­ry , Brock­ville, On­ta­rio, Ca­na­da.

Biography

Edward was the son of George Craw­ford and Ca­ro­line Sher­wood; hus­band of Anne Hen­der­son (mar­ried 1871); and step bro­ther of John Wil­lough­by Craw­ford (1817–1875), Lieu­ten­ant Governor of On­tar­io.

He spent the first 23 years of his min­is­try in On­ta­rio. In 1892, he be­came rec­tor of St. Luke’s Church, and in 1907 suc­ceed­ed Dean Gil­pin.

In 1905, Craw­ford was De­pu­ty Pro­lo­cu­tor of the Ang­li­can Ge­ner­al Sy­nod for Qué­bec Ci­ty. From 1907–12, he was Dean of No­va Sco­tia.

Sources

Music

  1. Brockville
  2. Jehovah Nis­si
  3. Ottawa
  4. Worship