Ellen Crowe Ellen Crowe Ellen Crowe (c.1847 – 24 January 1930) was a New Zealand homemaker and community leader. She was born in Ballindooley, County Galway, Ireland on c.1847. She was the daughter of Bridget Cody and John Silke of Ballindooley, parish of Castlegar, County Galway, about 1847. When about 12 or 13, she was promised in marriage to John Crowe but by the time Ellen was 18 or 19, he had emigrated to New Zealand. Ned Crowe, John's brother, visited the family to tell them that John would send for Ellen. Silke was one of several hundred single women who received
Sanford Johnston Crowe Sanford Johnston Crowe Sanford Johnston Crowe (February 14, 1868 – August 23, 1931) was a political figure in Vancouver, British Columbia who served in the Parliament of Canada in both the House of Commons and the Senate. Crowe was born in Truro, Nova Scotia. He moved to Vancouver in 1888 as a young man and entered contractor, died in Vancouver aged 63. He was born February 14, 1868 in Truro, NS, moved to Vancouver in 1888 and became a contractor establishing his own firm with a partner, Crowe and Wilson. He retired in 1909 to enter politics and was elected