Crandall History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms 

To escape the religious and political discrimination they experienced primarily at the hands of the English, thousands of Irish left their homeland in the 19th century. These migrants typically settled in communities throughout the East Coast of North America, but also joined the wagon trains moving out to the Midwest. Ironically, when the American War of Independence began, many Irish settlers took the side of England, and at the war's conclusion moved north to Canada. These United Empire Loyalists, were granted land along the St. Lawrence River and the Niagara Peninsula. Other Irish immigrants settled in Newfoundland, the Ottawa Valley, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The greatest influx of Irish immigrants, however, came to North America during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Thousands left Ireland at this time for North America and Australia. Many of those numbers, however, did not live through the long sea passage. These Irish settlers to North America were immediately put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. Irish settlers made an inestimable contribution to the building of the New World. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Irish name Crandall or a variant listed above, including:

Crandall Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

• John Crandall (1618-1676), English settler to America arriving c. 1637, Commisioner of Rhode Island (1662-1663)
• Edward Crandall, who arrived in Virginia in 1653 2
• Thomas Crandall, who landed in New Jersey in 1681 2

Crandall Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Mrs. Crandall, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
• G Crandall, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
• J W Crandall, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1856 2
• Constance Crandall, aged 25, who immigrated to the United States, in 1893

Crandall Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

• Allen B Crandall, aged 29, who immigrated to the United States, in 1905
• Arthur Crandall, aged 45, who settled in America from Kingston, in 1906
• Charles F Crandall, aged 51, who landed in America, in 1907
• Edwards Crandall, aged 14, who landed in America, in 1909
• Daisy R. Crandall, aged 36, who landed in America, in 1910
• ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Crandall Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century

• Charles Fenwick Crandall, aged 45, who settled in Montreal, Canada, in 1923

• Delmar Wesley "Del" Crandall (1930-2021), American Major League Baseball player and manager from Ontario, California
• Louis Eugene Crandall (1929-2016), American printer and entrepreneur, founder of Legend City and the Crandall Historical Printing Museum
• Roland Dimon "Doc" Crandall (1892-1972), American animator, best known for his work at Fleischer Studio, especially on the Betty Boop version of Snow White
• Robert Crandall (b. 1935), former president and chairman of American Airlines
• Richard Crandall, American computer scientist and physicist
• Reed Crandall (1917-1982), American illustrator of comic books and magazines
• Orson Leon Crandall (1903-1960), American U.S. Navy master diver and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
• Lucien Stephen Crandall (1844-1889), American inventor of typewriters, adding machines and electrical devices and held a patent for a typewriter for blind users and in 1879
• Stephen H. Crandall (b. 1920), professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Jesse Armour Crandall (1834-1920), American inventor and toymaker who held over 150 patents on toys
• ... (Another 37 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

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