Richmond Ancestry Of Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

A newspaper article describing the end of Dr. Crippen's fugitive status (below):

Fort Wayne Journal - 3 August 1910 (Fold3)

A brief description from Wikipedia:

Hawley Harvey Crippen...was an American homeopath, ear and eye specialist and medicine dispenser. He was hanged in Pentonville Prison for the murder of his wife Cora Henrietta Crippen, and was the first criminal to be captured with the aid of wireless telegraphy.

See a Crippen Ahnentafel here.  It includes Mary Richmond who married John Crippen.  Mary was #83 in the Joshua Bailey Richmond's Richmond Family book.

83.  Mary Richmond 4, (John 3, John 2, John 1) was born in Taunton, Massachusetts.

Mary and John were the parents of Ezra Crippen (1745-1813) who married Tabitha Crippen.

Ezra had a son, Bradley Crippen (1783-1855), who married Esther* Hard, daughter of Philo and Concurrence (Hawley) Hard.  They moved to Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan.  Son, Philo Crippen (1809-1890), also lived in Coldwater.

Census 1860

Coldwater Village, Branch, Michigan

Gender: Female

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Elliott Crippen  M 45 New York

Jenny Crippen  F 22 Illinois

Mary Crippen F 0 Michigan

Mary Tur Brudd F 25 France

*Esther Crippen F 73 Canada E

Census 1860

Coldwater Village, Branch, Michigan

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Harvey D Robinson M 30 Vermont

Mary E Robinson F 27 New York

Philo B Robinson M 2 Michigan

Philo H Crippen M 52 New York

Sophia Crippen F 47 New York

Harriet J Wells F 17 New York

Myron Augustus Crippen (1835-1923) was the son of Philo and the father of the infamous Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen (1862-1910).

See the full text of "The trial of Hawley Harvey Crippen, ed. with notes and an introduction."

Census 1860

Coldwater, Branch, Michigan

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Myron Crippen M 25 New York

Ordessa Crippen F 24 Pennsylvania

Ella Crippen F 3 Michigan

Jennie Lewis F 15 New York

Name: Hawley H Crippen
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Michigan [Coldwater, Branch]
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Myron A Crippen M 35 New York
Ardessee Crippen F 35 Pennsylvania
Hawley H Crippen M 8 Michigan
Amanda Pulver F 27 Ohio


[Myron] Augustus Crippen raised Dr. Crippen's son, Hawley Otto Crippen.  They were living in California in 1900.

Name: Hawley A Crippen
Birth Date: 1862
Birthplace: Michigan
Age: 25
Spouse's Name: Charlotte J Bell
Spouse's Birth Date: 1858
Spouse's Birthplace: Ireland
Spouse's Age: 29
Event Date: 13 Dec 1887
Event Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Father's Name: Myron A Crippen
Mother's Name: Artusee Shinner
Spouse's Father's Name: Arthur Bell
Spouse's Mother's Name: Susan Madden

Name: Hawley H Crippen

Birth Date: 1862

Birthplace: Us

Age: 30

Spouse's Name: Corinne K Turner

Spouse's Birth Date: 1873

Spouse's Birthplace: Us

Spouse's Age: 19

Event Date: 01 Sep 1892

Event Place: Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Marital Status: Single