Creelman
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Creelman is a surname of Lowland Scottish origin.
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[edit] Origin of name
The name 'Creelman' is believed to have first been given to/used by a man named Ashmore, presumably in Scotland. He became known as Creelman because of work carrying provisions in a wicker basket called a creel. [1] Presumably the individual in question was English, as Ashmore is a surname common to England, not Scotland.
[edit] Distribution of name
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] Scotland
In the mid-19th century, concentrations of people bearing the name Creelman were living in Scottish Lowland counties of Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian, and Roxburghshire. The 1841 Census reports 54 people bearing the surname with 29 hailing from Ayrshire, 7 from Lanarkshire, 7 from Midlothian, and 5 from Roxburghshire. The 1851 census has 34 Creelmans living in Ayshire, 11 in Roxburghshire, 8 in Lanarkshire, 5 in Fife, and 4 in Orkney. 1861 sees 24 Creelmans in Lanarkshire, 12 in Ayrshire, 9 in Orkney, 7 in Renfrewshire, just 2 in Roxburghshire, and 1 each in Fife and Midlothian.
By the turn of the 20th-century however, most Scots with the surname Creelman lived in Dumbartonshire, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, and in the far north in Orkney. The 1871 Scottish Census reported a total of 62 Creelmans - 30 in Lanarkshire, 10 in Orkney, 9 in Ayrshire, 5 in Selkirkshire, and 4 in Midlothian. 1881 saw 15 Creelmans in Renfrewshire, 13 in Lanarkshire, 10 in Orkney, 9 in Ayrshire, 4 in Argyll, 3 in Selkirkshire, 3 in Midlothian, and 2 in Dumbartonshire. The 1891 census lists 60 Creelmans - 21 living in Renfrewshire, 16 in Lanarkshire, 13 in Orkney, 4 in Dumbartonshire, 3 in West Lothian, 2 in Argyll, 1 in Midlothian, and none in Ayrshire. Finally, the 1901 Scottish Census lists 105 Creelmans, with 33 living in Renfrewshire, 32 in Lanarkshire, 15 Dumbartonshire, 15 Orkney, 8 in West Lothian, 1 in Midlothian, and 1 in Argyll. [2].
[edit] Ulster
Ayrshire Creelmans migrated to Ulster during the 17th century.[citation needed] A concentration settled in the Coleraine and Limavady area of County Londonderry. Large numbers live in County Antrim as well. [3]
[edit] England
Information gathered by Ancestry.co.uk on English Census reports has a "Robt Creelman" of Suffolk as the only Creelman to be recorded in the 1841 English census. The 1851 census recorded three Creelmans in Northumberland bordering Scotland and one in Northamptonshire. The 1861 census records but one Creelman again, an "H. Creelman" in Lancashire. The 1871 English census however records 15 Creelmans, with more 9 living in Warwickshire. Similarly, the 1881 census lists 12 Creelmans in total and 10 in Warwickshire. The 1891 Census lists 25 Creelmans in England with concentrations in Warwickshire, London, and Yorkshire. Finally, the 1901 census lists 39 English Creelmans living mostly in Warwickshire and London, but with none in Yorkshire.
[edit] North America
Most North American Creelmans are descendant of the East Londonderry Creelmans.[citation needed] Many can trace their ancestry to Samuel Creelman of Coleraine, County Londonderry, who migrated to present-day Colchester County, Nova Scotia in 1771/1772. [4][5].
[edit] Canada
Samuel Creelman's descendants have been concentrated in communities of Upper Stewiacke, Stewiacke, Newton Mills, Truro, Portapique, and Bass River since his settlement.
A concentration of Creelmans lived in Grey County, Ontario in the mid-19th century according to the 1851 Census report of Canada West. [6]
A large number of Creelmans in Saskatchewan and indeed western Canada can trace their ancestry to William Alexander Creelman of Stewiacke, who settled in Kenaston at the turn of the 19th century. [7]
[edit] United States
The first Creelman to appear on a United States Federal Census was "Wm Creelman" in 1820. The 1830 census reported 4 Creelmans, 2 in Fayette County, Indiana, 1 in Essex, Massachusetts, and 1 in Buncombe County, North Carolina. By 1840, 5 Creelmans officially resided in the U.S., 2 in Monroe, Michigan, 1 in Essex still, 1 in Monroe, New York, and 1 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
The 1850 U.S. Federal Census lists 42 Creelmans - 11 in "Monroe" (either Michigan or New York), 9 in Allegheny, 8 in Philadelphia, 7 in Essex, 2 in "Randolph", 1 in Hamilton County, Ohio and 1 in Wayne County, Michigan. 1860 reports 58 Creelmans with concentrations in Allgheny, "Suffolk", Washtenaw County, Michigan, "Pierce", Philadelphia, Monroe, Hamilton, and "Lee". [8]
Creelmans of Northeastern Texas and are likely to trace their ancestry to Eddy Tupper Creelman of Upper Stewiacke, who lived in Wood County, Smith County, and Red River counties. [9] Two of his sons, Tupper Raford and William Thomas went on to have children of their own.
By 1920 there were 298 Creelmans reported in the federal census with the following concentrations: 29 in Philadelphia, 19 in Hamilton, Ohio, 18 in Middlesex, Massachusetts, 17 in Hartford, Connecticut, 17 in San Diego, 14 in New York, New York including 6 in Queens, 14 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, 9 in Providence, Rhode Island, 7 in Kings County, California, 6 in Monroe, New York, 6 in Mahoning County, Ohio, 6 in Allegheny, 6 in Skagit County, Washington, and 6 in Campbell County, Kentucky. [10]
The 1930 Census shows concentrations of the 373 Creelmans listed in the same locales as well as 20 in Cook County, Illinois, 13 in Hudson County, New Jersey, and 11 in Essex County, New Jersey [11]
[edit] People with the surname
- C. Douglas Creelman - American psychologist at the University of Toronto
- Debra-Jean Creelman, member of indie group Mother Mother
- George Creelman, 1869-1929 - of Grey County, Ontario president of the Ontario Agricultural College from 1904 to 1920. Creelman Hall at the University of Guelph is named after him. His parents were from Nova Scotia.
- Gordon Creelman, Canadian sound recordist - Gordon Creelman at the Internet Movie Database
- James Creelman - late Canadian-born American journalist, grandson of Limavady migrants to Montreal
- James Ashmore Creelman - son of James Creelman, late Hollywood screenwriter
- Jenna-Lee Creelman - Canadian model, born to Belfast immigrants to Brampton, Ontario
- John Jennings Creelman, Liberal Party of Canada candidate for the St. Antoine (electoral district) in the 1926 federal election
- Karl Creelman, of Truro, Nova Scotia was the first Canadian to cycle around the globe, from 1899 to 1901
- Patric A. Creelman, born in British Columbia, singer/ actor/dancer in Canada and the USA, in the late 1980s / early 1990s - Patric A. Creelman at the Internet Movie Database
- Creelman Brothers, a pioneer knitting company founded in Georgetown, Grey County, Ontario by brothers Richard Irving and Robertson Creelman [12]
- Sharon Creelman, of Windsor, Ontario - former Canadian international field hockey player and national team head coach
- William J. Creelman, recipient of a peacetime Medal of Honor in the United States
- William Mackay Creelman (b. Regina Saskatchewan, September 29, 1918 and died in Ottawa, Ontario, 1985) did important naval defence research in degaussing ships beginning in World War II. Following the war, he moved from Halifax to Ottawa where he continued his research, becoming one of Canada and NATO's leading experts in degaussing. His work was honoured in 1993 when a Department of National Defence building at Ferguson's Cove in Halifax was named after him.
[edit] Places named after a Creelman
- Creelman, Saskatchewan, named after a CPR surveyor who surveyed the area and whose surname Creelman
- Creelman Township, in the Ontario Nickel Belt
- Creelman Drive, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
- Creelman Street, at the campus of Mississippi State University in Starkville
- Creelman Avenue in Vancouver, British Columbia
