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England
The
earliest definite reference that I have for England
is to Ellen Creevey who married John Eaton in Liverpool on 1st April
1759. She was the aunt of
Thomas
Creevey (1768 - 1838)
who was a Member of Parliament in the early 19th century. Also in 1759,
Patrick and Elizabeth Crevey’s son John was baptized in London on 9th
December. More tenuous is a reference to Charles and Mary Creafey whose son
William was baptised in Lincoln in 1747.
English
name variations
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Two main
versions of the name are commonly in use today and Creevy is
increasingly replacing Creevey. There are currently some 600/650 Creevys
(counting all variations in use) in
England and Wales, a tiny proportion of the total population of 53
million.
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Creavey
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Creavy |
Creevay |
Creeve |
Creevey |
Creevy |
Crevey |
Crevy |
Totals |
| Births |
3
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12 |
3 |
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93 |
604 |
8 |
1 |
724 |
| Marriages |
3 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
71 |
356 |
2 |
1 |
448 |
| Deaths |
4 |
6 |
1 |
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72 |
188 |
11 |
2 |
284 |
| Totals |
10 |
31 |
5 |
1 |
236 |
1148 |
21 |
4 |
1456 |
Creavey and Creavy have principally been seen in the Manchester
and Oxford areas with the latter spelling replacing the former over time. Crevey
was seen mainly in the Leeds and Halifax areas and Creevay and Crevy
seem to have virtually disappeared in England now.
Locations
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The
most prolific area for registrations in England is Liverpool and its
surrounding districts. Liverpool is of course, a major gateway to and
from Ireland and was particularly so for Irish immigrants during the
18th and 19th centuries. The Creevy name hardly features at all in
Wales. Up to the end of 2003 there have only ever been eight registrations; one birth, one death and
six marriages. All took place
in the late 1980s or 1990s.
Timeline
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Unsurprisingly, the greatest
birth rate was seen in the 'Baby Boomer' era of the 1960s. The 1990s
growth rate over the 1980s is some 36%.
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