Some of the information on the Irish Cruites was provided by Mary Alice Cruitt of Birmingham, MI. Her information came from Bridget Cruitt and from facts learned on a trip to Ireland. The parish priest in Callan Fr Kennely (I am trying to decipher smudged writing for that location) was the son of Anne McHugh's sister, who died in childbirth. The priest still lived there as of the time of this research, but I am not sure when that was.

The family gravestones in Ireland are all spelled Cruite, though various descendants from the Irish Cruites spell it Cruite, Cruit, or Cruitt.
 

Patrick Cruite

1. Patrick (b. about 1845. d. Jan 4, 1911, age 66) m Anne McCue (d Feb 8, 1937 age 97)

1. John (d Aug. 1915 at Gibralter in Australian army) m Marjory Connaghan (d 1917) in Broxburn Catholic Church, County of Linlithgow, Scotland Jun 5, 1905

1. Ellen
2. Anne

3. Jeremiah

2. Ellen Murray (d May 7, 1908, age 36 or 86, digit was smeared)

1. John m Betty (lived in Millburn, or Millborn, NJ)

3. Mary Phelan (probably b Sep 10, 1875, Laoighis, Ireland, d Mar 14, 1902)

1. Paddy (raised by grandmother, moved to U.S.)

4. Patrick (lived in Tom's River, NJ. I don't know when.)

1. Edward m Lucille (lived in Tom's River, NJ. I don't know when.)

1. Son
2. Daughter

5. Michael (d 1955 age 78) m Julie (d 1973)

1. Anne Malloy m Ned

2. Mary B? m Jim
3. Patrick m Theresa
4. Richard (single, living on farm)
5. Madge Byrne m Nick
6. John (Madge's twin brother) m Josephine
7. Patricia Osborne m Michael
8. Michael (single, lived on farm at Ballytarsns Abbeyleix

6. Jeremiah (d Apr 22, 1958) m Bridgette

1. John Joseph m Mary Alice

1. John Patrick
2. James Robert
3. Jeffrey Albert
4. John Charles
5. Jane Marie
6. Joeseph William m Jennifer

1. Patrick
2. William

7. Jerome Francis

2. William m Ruth
3. Joseph m Agnes
4. Robert m Pauline
5. Raymond m Eve

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John or Patrick Cruit (b about 1815, d 1870) m Ellen Wall (b about 1825, d 1872)

1. Michael* (b July 1855 Ireland) m Mary Walsh in New York

1. John (b 1876, d 1896)
2. Sarah Agnes (b. 1878, d 1943) m Henry Martin
3. Michael (b. 1881, d 1955) m Elva Martin
4. Patrick (Henry) (b. 1883)
5. Thomas (b. 1884)
6. Jeremiah (Jerry) (b 1887)

1. Isabelle
2. Kenneth
    1. Sheila
    2. Tommy
    3. Linda
    4. Charlie
    5. Mitch
    6. Dennis
    7. Darlene
    8. Kenneth Jr. (d of crib death)
3. Mary
4. James
5. Evelyn
6. Marguerite
7. Sheila
8. Patrick

1. Kassandra

1. Finn Patrick Cruit

2. Kyle

1. Connor Brennan
2. Jacob Ryan

7. Peter (b 1889)

*In a History of Nobles County, 1908, Michael Cruit gave the following account of his life:  Born in Queen's county Ireland in July of 1855 to John and Ellen (Wall) Cruit.  John died in 1870 at age 55, Ellen in 1872 at age 47.  Michael came to the United States in the spring of 1873, and spent his first summer working on a farm near New York City.  He then moved to Savannah, GA, where his mother's brother had settled, and spent 1 1/2 years working on the docks.  He returned to NYC, and took a job with the Dodge Express Company, hauling freight from the docks.  In Feb. 1876 he married Mary Walsh, a native of Kilkenny. In 1880 the couple moved to Minnesota as part of the Bishop Ireland Company, and homesteaded in Nobles County.

Other family info about Michael says that before coming to America he lived on the family farm in county Laois, formerly Queens, near Ballytarsna.

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Thomas Cruite wrote me in 1997 saying: "I grew up wondering where all the Cruite's were. My father Charlie had only one brother, Jim. I knew of no other living Cruite's. I am originally from Derby Connecticut. My father was from nearby Ansonia. His father was born in Derby and I think my great grandfather came over from Ireland."

Thomas's sister Catherine Cruite DiGiorgi wrote me in 2004 with more info. "My father, Charles E. Cruite, was born in Ansonia, Ct, in 1925, the son of James T. Cruite and Rosann Riley. My grandfather, James, was the 7th or 8th child of John C. Cruite and Ann Stebbins, born 1879,  in Derby, Ct. I found my Great-grandparents in the 1870 Federal Census in Adams, Mass with their first 3 children. And I found my G-grandfather again, in the 1860 Fed census in Great Barrington, Mass. I'm having a difficult time finding any info on Ann Stebbins,that I know is of Irish birth. My father would say she was imported to North Adams, Mass, as a domestic. I believe the Charles Cruite in Kilkenny, is my ancestor."

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1829/30, Church tithe Book, Abbeyleix Parish:
Jeremina [sic] Cruit of Tunduff
widow and Peter Cruit of Tunduff

Abbeyleix Catholic Parish began registering in 1824. Baptismal record index shows:

12 March 1825    Judith, daughter of Dinis Cruit, Judith Shinan
3 Jan 1830          Margaret, daughter of John Cruit, Anne Quigley of Tanduff
15 May 1842      Pat, son of Peter Cruit, Mary Clunny
30 Dec. 1830     Margaret, daughter of Pat Crute{sic}, Ellen Wall of Fanard
14 July 1850       Michael, son of Pat Cruite, Ellen Wall of Ballytarsna
15 Aug. 1850      Mary daughter of Peter Cruit, Mary Clooney, Ballytarsna
21 Jan. 1855      John, son of Pat Cruite [sic], Ellen Wall
27 June 1869  Peter, son of Peter Cruit, Brigid Moore, Ballytarsna
16 Oct 1870    Margaret of Mary Cruit (illegitimate)
7 May 1871  Thomas of Patrick Cruit, Brigid Moore, Ballytarsna
11 Nov 1873  Ellen of Pat Cruit, Brigid Moore, Ballytarsna
13 June 1875   Peter of Patt. [sic] Cruit, Brigid Moore, Ballytarsna
5 Sept 1875   Mary of Pate Crute, Ann McCue, Ballytarsna
9 June 1875  Mary of Pat Cruit, Brigid Cane,  Ballytarsna
1877              Michael of Patrick Cruit, Ann McHugh

(note variant spellings and seemingly alternate first names . . .  Michael
gave his father's name as "John")

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The following names are from the "Irish List of Births-Republic
of Ireland (Eire) and Northern Ireland". All these are Cruits or Cruitts.

1867  Nicholas at Urlingford
1869  Charles at Urlingford
1869  Eliza at Urlingford
1869  Peter at Abbeyleix
1870  Margaret at Abbeyleix
1871  Thomas at Abbeyleix
1873  Patrick at Urlingford
1873  Patt. at Abbeyleix
1873  Ellen at Abbeyleix
1877  Michael at Abbeyleix
Qtr ending Mar 31, 1878  Statia at Urlingford
Quarter ending Dec 31, 1879  Eliza at Urlingford
Quarter ending Mar 31, 1880  John at Abbeyleix
(This index goes from 1864-1921. I stopped at 1880)

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"Republic of Ireland (Eire) and Northern Ireland Index of deaths 1864-"

1867 Hanah, 8, Urlingford
1868 Thomas, 8, Urlingford
1869 Judith, 74, Urlingford
1869 Charles, 87, Urlingford
1871 Ellen, 59, Abbeyleix
1875 Patrick, 27, Abbeyleix
1875 Peter, 68, Abbeyleix

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Margaret Cruit and husband Patrick Comerford c a son, George, in
1866 in Ireland.

Mary Cruit and husband Richard Bergin c Daniel in Ireland in 1865,
and Mary in 1866.

The following are from the Vital Records Indexes-British Isles
To find the exact townland you would have to order the FHL Microfilm

BERGIN, Anastatia  18 Sep 1867 Birthplace: Urlingford, Kilk, Ire
Father  Richard BERGIN   Mother:  Mary CRUIT 
Source:  FHL Number 101157 Page:  679

BERGIN, Nicholas  6 Dec 1868 Birthplace: Urlingford, Kilk, Ire
Father  Richard BERGIN   Mother:  Mary CRUIT 
Source:  FHL Number 101177 Page:  715

BERGIN, Judith 16 Feb 1870 Birthplace: Urlingford, Kilk, Ire
 Father Richard BERGIN   Mother:  Mary CRUIT 
Source:  FHL Number 101202 Page:  818

BERGIN, Margaret 28 Mar 1871 Birthplace: Urlingford, Kilk, Ire
Father  Richard BERGIN   Mother:  Mary CRUIT 
Source:  FHL Number 255821 Page:  851

COOGAN, Johana 20 Aug 1871 Birthplace: Urlingford, Kilk, Ire
Father  Edmond COOGAN   Mother:  Margaret CRUIT 
Source:  FHL Number 255828 Page:  711

COMERFORD, Martin 4 Dec 1867 Birthplace: Tullaroan, Kilk, Ire
Father  Patrick COMERFORD   Mother:  Margaret CRUIT 
Source:  FHL Number 101157 Page:  511

CRUIT, Nicholas 12 Oct 1867 Birthplace: Urlingford, Kilk, Ire
Father  Charles CRUIT   Mother:  Julia TOBIN 
Source:  FHL Number 101157 Page:  679

CRUIT, Charles 1 Feb 1869 Birthplace: Urlingford, Kilk, Ire
Father  Charles CRUIT   Mother:  Julia TOBIN 
Source:  FHL Number 101182 Page:  795

CRUITT, Peter 23 Jun 1869 Birthplace: Abbeyleix, Queens, Ire
Father  Patt CRUITT   Mother:  Bridget MOORE 
Source:  FHL Number 101187 Page:  446

CRUIT, Eliza 7 Jun 1869 Birthplace: Urlingford, Kilk, Ire
Father  John CRUIT   Mother:  Judey MAHER 
Source:  FHL Number 101187  Note: 837

CRUITT, Thomas 3 May 1871 Birthplace: Abbeyleix, Queens, Ire
Father  Patrick CRUITT   Mother:  Bridget MOORE 
Source:  FHL Number 255821 Page:  440

CRUITT, Patt 9 Jul 1873 Birthplace: Abbeyleix
Father  Patt CRUITT   Mother:  Bridget MOORE 
Source:  FHL Number 255885  Page:  373

CRUIT, Margaret  15 Oct 1870 Birthplace: Abbeyleix, Queens, Ire
Mother: Margaret CRUIT 
Source:  FHL Number 101217 Page:  389

HASLAM, Richard 11 Feb 1868 Birthplace: 603,Maryborough,Queens,Ire
Father  Richard HASLAM   Mother:  Margaret CRUIT 
Source:  FHL Number 101162

HASLAM, Elizabeth 11 Feb 1868 Birthplace:
604,Maryborough,Queens,Ire
Father  Richard HASLAM   Mother:  Margaret CRUIT 
Source:  FHL Number 101162

Irish "Primary Valuation Property Survey" of 1848-64 (Griffith's Valuation) showed 2 Cruit households in the county of Antrim, 1 Cruit household in the county of Louth, and 1 Cruite household in the county of Kilkenny.

1850, Griffith's Valuation: Patrick Crute of Ballytarsna.
 

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