Eleventh Generation (Continued)
Family of Harry Compton CRESWELL (310) & Margery Ann BELL
545. Laura Watson CRESWELL (Harry Compton10, Catherine COMPTON9, Edward8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1). Born on 27 May 1872 in St Eleanors, Prince, PEI, Canada. Christened on 19 Nov 1880 in St Marys Anglican Church, Summerside, PEI, Canada.
- 1872 PEI PAROBaptismal index:
Child's Full Name Laura Watson Creswell
Birth Date 27 May 1872
Place of Birth St. Eleanors
Baptismal Date 19 November 1880
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy Theoph. Richey
Father's Name Harry C. Creswell
Mother's Name Margery
Church Name St. Marys Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 56
Entry Number
Notes Craswell
- 1881 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI:
Harry Craswell 33 - M, 33, b PEI, C of E, Scotch, Farmer, married
Margery Craswell 28 - F, 28, b PEI, C of E, Scotch,married
Laurra Craswell 9 - F, 9, b PEI, C of E, English
Nelly Craswell 6 - F, 6, b PEI, C of E, English
Winnie Craswell 4 - F, 4, b PEI, C of E, English
[on page 28 (same image)]…
Katie Craswell 2 - F, 2, b PEI, C of E, English
Fanny Craswell 4/12 - F, 4/12, Dec, b PEI, C of E, English
- married Charles Seaman and [later?] went to Massachusetts.
- another researcher says she married 23 Jan 1895 in Christ Church, Quncy, MA
- 1895 marriage Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name: Laura W Creswell dressmaker, b PEI
Event Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1872
Marriage Date: 23 Jan 1895
Marriage Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Marriage Age: 23
Father Name: Harry
Mother Name: Margery
Spouse Name: Charles E Seaman - builder, b Nova Scotia
Spouse Marriage Age: 30
Spouse Father Name: Edward
Spouse Mother Name: Mary
Clergy: Walter Russell Breed at Quincy, first marriage for both
- 1900 "United States Census, 1900"
Name: Laura W Seaman
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 1067 Quincy city Ward 5, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Birth Date: May 1872
Birthplace: Canada Eng
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Canada Eng
Mother's Birthplace: Canada Eng
Race: White
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 5
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1895
Mother of how many children: 1
Number of Living Children: 1
Immigration Year: 1888
Page: 13
Sheet Letter: A
Family Number: 225
Reference ID: 22
GS Film number: 1240671
Digital Folder Number: 004114445
Image Number: 00389
Residence: Broomfield Street
- 1900 US census, living at Broomfield Street, ED 1067 Quincy city Ward 5, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Charles E Seaman M 38 Canada Eng - W M Mah 1862 38 M 5, Canada (Eng), parents Canada (Eng), immig 1885, 15yrs, Na, Carpenter, owns mortgaged house
Wife Laura W Seaman F 28 Canada Eng - W F May 1872 28 M 5, 1 child 1 living, Canada (Eng), parents Canada (Eng), immig 1888, 12 yrs.
Son Edward C Seaman M 4 Massachusetts - W M Mah 1896 4 - Massachusetts, parents Canada (Eng)
- 1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Laura W Seaman
Age in 1910: 37
Birth Year: abt 1873
Birthplace: Canada [Canada English]
Home in 1910: Quincy Ward 5, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1890 [1893]
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Charles C Seaman
Father's Birthplace: Canada
[Canada English]
Mother's Birthplace: Canada [Canada English]
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles C Seaman 47 - head, M, W, 47, M1, 15yr, Can. English x 3, immig 1880 Na, English, carpenter, house industry, worker, owns mortgage house
Laura W Seaman 37 - wife, F, W, 37, M 15yr, 4 children 4 living, Can English x 3, immig 1893 or 1890,
Edward C Seaman 14 - son, M, W, 14 S, Massachusetts, Can English x 2,
Harry C Seaman 8 [9] - son, M, W, 8 S, Massachusetts, Can English x 2,
Walter R Seaman 7 - son, M, W, 7 S, Massachusetts, Can English x 2,
Lloyd N Seaman 4 - son, M, W, 4, S, Massachusetts, Can English x 2,
- 1911 Census of Canada / Saskatchewan / Assiniboia / 20 Townships 7 / page 20
32 16 Seaman C.E. M Head M Mar 1862 48 NS immig. 1910, English, Canadian, farmer, presbyteria, 1000, 53
33 16 Seaman Lora F Wife M May 1873 38 PEI, English, Canadian,
34 16 Seaman Edward M Son S Mar 1896 15 US, English, Canadian,
35 16 Seaman Harry M Son S Jan 1901 10 US, English, Canadian,
36 16 Seaman Walter M Son S Dec 1892 10 1901 US, English, Canadian, [correction: age recorded as 8, making the math 10 years out - year should be 1902 or age 18????]
37 16 Seaman Loyd M Son S May 1905 6 US, English, Canadian,
- 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
Name: Laura W Seaman
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Age: 44
Est. Birth Year: 1872
Birthplace: P et
Home in 1916: 03J, Regina, Saskatchewan
Address: 1960 albert St, Regina
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Relation to Head of Household: Self
Sub District Desc.: (A-P) inclusive, city of Regina
Household Members:
Name Age
Laura W Seaman 44 - head, F, M, 44, PEI, Anglican, immig 1910
Edward Seaman 20 - son, M, S, 20, US, Anglican, immig 1910, retail salesman worker ____ Furnishing Co.
Harry Seaman 15 - son, M, S, 15, US, Anglican, immig 1910
Walter Seaman 13 - son, M, S, 13, US, Anglican, immig 1910
Lloyd Seaman 11 - son, M, S, 11, US, Anglican, immig 1910
- 1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Laura W Leaman [Seaman] [Laura W Scaman]
Age: 48
Birth Year: abt 1872
Birthplace: Canada
Home in 1920: Boston Ward 12, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1888
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Charles Seaman
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Seaman 58 - head, rents 4 Kearsaige Ave, M, W, 58, M, immig 1873, Na 1880?, b Canada English x 3, carpenter house worker
Laura W Leaman 48 - wife, F, W, 48, M, immig 1888 Na 1885, b Canada English x 3, none
Edward C Leaman 22 - son, M, W, 22, S, b Mass., Canada English x 2, machinist, motor boats, shop worker
Harry C Leaman 18 - son, M, W, 18, S, b Mass., Canada English x 2, none
Walter Leaman 17 - son, M, W, 17 S, b Mass., Canada English x 2, none
Lloyd Leaman 14 - son M, W, 14 S, b Mass., Canada English x 2, none
Alessis [Alesiss] Georges White 55 - Lodger, M, W, 55, Wd, immig 1871 Na Un, b France English, France French x 2, Janitor Gas Company worker
Hugh C Wilson 52 - Lodger, M, kW, 52, M, immig 1891, Na 1901, b Scotland English x 3, machinist Drug Factory worker
Katherine J Kahn 50 - Lodger, F, W, 50, S, b Mass. father Germany English, mother Ireland English, saleslady Department Store worker
- 1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Laura W Seaman
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1873
Birthplace: Canada
Race: White
Home in 1930: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Charles E Seaman
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Residence: 7 Rockland Ave.
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles E Seaman 65 - head, owns $4010 home, M, W, 65, M 30, b Canada English x 3, immig 1885 Na, carpenter, Screen Fitter worker, not employed, not a veteran
Laura W Seaman 57 - wife, F, 57, M 22, Canada English x 3, none
Harry C Seaman 29 - son, M, W, 29, S, b Mass., parents Canada English, salesman meat market worker, employed
Walter R Seaman 27 - son, M, W, 27, S, b Mass., parents Canada English, none
Lloyd N Seaman 24 - son, M, W, 24, S, b Mass., parents Canada English, installer telephone worker, employed
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
- 1935 U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Laura W Seaman
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1935
Street address: 7 Rockland av Rox
Residence Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Spouse: Charles E Seaman - carp h
Publication Title: Boston, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1935
Both also at the same address in 1940, 1933, 1937, 1936, 1943.
- 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Charles Seamon
Age: 78
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Canada English
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Rockland Avenue
House Number: 7
Inferred Residence in 1935: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same House
Citizenship: Naturalized
Sheet Number: 4A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 97
Occupation: Carpenter
Industry: Jobber
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 4000
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 40
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939: 16
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Seamon 78
Laura W Seamon 68
RESEARCH NOTES
Compiled by another researcher:
- 101. Laura Watson Creswell #70260 (33.Harry4, 7.Robert3, 2.William2, 1.James1) b. 27 May 1872, North St. Eleanors Prince PEI BNA, Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. Charles E Seaman #79935, Occ./Title: ?.
Children:
i Walter Seaman #79936 b. 28 Dec 1902, Occ./Title: ?, m. Katherine Grace Fletcher #121453, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
ii Edward Seaman #79937 b. 14 Mar 1906, Occ./Title: ?, d. 18 Feb 1978.
iii Harry Charles Seaman #79938 b. 1 Jan 1901, Occ./Title: ?.
iv Lloyd Nelson Seaman #121458 b. 18 May 1908, Occ./Title: ?.
- 1872 PEI PAROBaptismal index:
Child's Full Name Laura Watson Creswell
Birth Date 27 May 1872
Place of Birth St. Eleanors
Baptismal Date 19 November 1880
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy Theoph. Richey
Father's Name Harry C. Creswell
Mother's Name Margery
Church Name St. Marys Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 56
Entry Number
Notes Craswell
- 1881 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI:
Harry Craswell 33 - M, 33, b PEI, C of E, Scotch, Farmer, married
Margery Craswell 28 - F, 28, b PEI, C of E, Scotch,married
Laurra Craswell 9 - F, 9, b PEI, C of E, English
Nelly Craswell 6 - F, 6, b PEI, C of E, English
Winnie Craswell 4 - F, 4, b PEI, C of E, English
[on page 28 (same image)]…
Katie Craswell 2 - F, 2, b PEI, C of E, English
Fanny Craswell 4/12 - F, 4/12, Dec, b PEI, C of E, English
- married Charles Seaman and [later?] went to Massachusetts.
- another researcher says she married 23 Jan 1895 in Christ Church, Quncy, MA
- 1895 marriage Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name: Laura W Creswell dressmaker, b PEI
Event Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1872
Marriage Date: 23 Jan 1895
Marriage Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Marriage Age: 23
Father Name: Harry
Mother Name: Margery
Spouse Name: Charles E Seaman - builder, b Nova Scotia
Spouse Marriage Age: 30
Spouse Father Name: Edward
Spouse Mother Name: Mary
Clergy: Walter Russell Breed at Quincy, first marriage for both
- 1900 "United States Census, 1900"
Name: Laura W Seaman
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 1067 Quincy city Ward 5, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Birth Date: May 1872
Birthplace: Canada Eng
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Canada Eng
Mother's Birthplace: Canada Eng
Race: White
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 5
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1895
Mother of how many children: 1
Number of Living Children: 1
Immigration Year: 1888
Page: 13
Sheet Letter: A
Family Number: 225
Reference ID: 22
GS Film number: 1240671
Digital Folder Number: 004114445
Image Number: 00389
Residence: Broomfield Street
- 1900 US census, living at Broomfield Street, ED 1067 Quincy city Ward 5, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Charles E Seaman M 38 Canada Eng - W M Mah 1862 38 M 5, Canada (Eng), parents Canada (Eng), immig 1885, 15yrs, Na, Carpenter, owns mortgaged house
Wife Laura W Seaman F 28 Canada Eng - W F May 1872 28 M 5, 1 child 1 living, Canada (Eng), parents Canada (Eng), immig 1888, 12 yrs.
Son Edward C Seaman M 4 Massachusetts - W M Mah 1896 4 - Massachusetts, parents Canada (Eng)
- 1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Laura W Seaman
Age in 1910: 37
Birth Year: abt 1873
Birthplace: Canada [Canada English]
Home in 1910: Quincy Ward 5, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1890 [1893]
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Charles C Seaman
Father's Birthplace: Canada
[Canada English]
Mother's Birthplace: Canada [Canada English]
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles C Seaman 47 - head, M, W, 47, M1, 15yr, Can. English x 3, immig 1880 Na, English, carpenter, house industry, worker, owns mortgage house
Laura W Seaman 37 - wife, F, W, 37, M 15yr, 4 children 4 living, Can English x 3, immig 1893 or 1890,
Edward C Seaman 14 - son, M, W, 14 S, Massachusetts, Can English x 2,
Harry C Seaman 8 [9] - son, M, W, 8 S, Massachusetts, Can English x 2,
Walter R Seaman 7 - son, M, W, 7 S, Massachusetts, Can English x 2,
Lloyd N Seaman 4 - son, M, W, 4, S, Massachusetts, Can English x 2,
- 1911 Census of Canada / Saskatchewan / Assiniboia / 20 Townships 7 / page 20
32 16 Seaman C.E. M Head M Mar 1862 48 NS immig. 1910, English, Canadian, farmer, presbyteria, 1000, 53
33 16 Seaman Lora F Wife M May 1873 38 PEI, English, Canadian,
34 16 Seaman Edward M Son S Mar 1896 15 US, English, Canadian,
35 16 Seaman Harry M Son S Jan 1901 10 US, English, Canadian,
36 16 Seaman Walter M Son S Dec 1892 10 1901 US, English, Canadian, [correction: age recorded as 8, making the math 10 years out - year should be 1902 or age 18????]
37 16 Seaman Loyd M Son S May 1905 6 US, English, Canadian,
- 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
Name: Laura W Seaman
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Age: 44
Est. Birth Year: 1872
Birthplace: P et
Home in 1916: 03J, Regina, Saskatchewan
Address: 1960 albert St, Regina
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Relation to Head of Household: Self
Sub District Desc.: (A-P) inclusive, city of Regina
Household Members:
Name Age
Laura W Seaman 44 - head, F, M, 44, PEI, Anglican, immig 1910
Edward Seaman 20 - son, M, S, 20, US, Anglican, immig 1910, retail salesman worker ____ Furnishing Co.
Harry Seaman 15 - son, M, S, 15, US, Anglican, immig 1910
Walter Seaman 13 - son, M, S, 13, US, Anglican, immig 1910
Lloyd Seaman 11 - son, M, S, 11, US, Anglican, immig 1910
- 1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Laura W Leaman [Seaman] [Laura W Scaman]
Age: 48
Birth Year: abt 1872
Birthplace: Canada
Home in 1920: Boston Ward 12, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1888
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Charles Seaman
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Seaman 58 - head, rents 4 Kearsaige Ave, M, W, 58, M, immig 1873, Na 1880?, b Canada English x 3, carpenter house worker
Laura W Leaman 48 - wife, F, W, 48, M, immig 1888 Na 1885, b Canada English x 3, none
Edward C Leaman 22 - son, M, W, 22, S, b Mass., Canada English x 2, machinist, motor boats, shop worker
Harry C Leaman 18 - son, M, W, 18, S, b Mass., Canada English x 2, none
Walter Leaman 17 - son, M, W, 17 S, b Mass., Canada English x 2, none
Lloyd Leaman 14 - son M, W, 14 S, b Mass., Canada English x 2, none
Alessis [Alesiss] Georges White 55 - Lodger, M, W, 55, Wd, immig 1871 Na Un, b France English, France French x 2, Janitor Gas Company worker
Hugh C Wilson 52 - Lodger, M, kW, 52, M, immig 1891, Na 1901, b Scotland English x 3, machinist Drug Factory worker
Katherine J Kahn 50 - Lodger, F, W, 50, S, b Mass. father Germany English, mother Ireland English, saleslady Department Store worker
- 1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Laura W Seaman
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1873
Birthplace: Canada
Race: White
Home in 1930: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Charles E Seaman
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Residence: 7 Rockland Ave.
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles E Seaman 65 - head, owns $4010 home, M, W, 65, M 30, b Canada English x 3, immig 1885 Na, carpenter, Screen Fitter worker, not employed, not a veteran
Laura W Seaman 57 - wife, F, 57, M 22, Canada English x 3, none
Harry C Seaman 29 - son, M, W, 29, S, b Mass., parents Canada English, salesman meat market worker, employed
Walter R Seaman 27 - son, M, W, 27, S, b Mass., parents Canada English, none
Lloyd N Seaman 24 - son, M, W, 24, S, b Mass., parents Canada English, installer telephone worker, employed
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
- 1935 U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Laura W Seaman
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1935
Street address: 7 Rockland av Rox
Residence Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Spouse: Charles E Seaman - carp h
Publication Title: Boston, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1935
Both also at the same address in 1940, 1933, 1937, 1936, 1943.
- 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Charles Seamon
Age: 78
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Canada English
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Rockland Avenue
House Number: 7
Inferred Residence in 1935: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same House
Citizenship: Naturalized
Sheet Number: 4A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 97
Occupation: Carpenter
Industry: Jobber
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 4000
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 40
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939: 16
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Seamon 78
Laura W Seamon 68
RESEARCH NOTES
Compiled by another researcher:
- 101. Laura Watson Creswell #70260 (33.Harry4, 7.Robert3, 2.William2, 1.James1) b. 27 May 1872, North St. Eleanors Prince PEI BNA, Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. Charles E Seaman #79935, Occ./Title: ?.
Children:
i Walter Seaman #79936 b. 28 Dec 1902, Occ./Title: ?, m. Katherine Grace Fletcher #121453, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
ii Edward Seaman #79937 b. 14 Mar 1906, Occ./Title: ?, d. 18 Feb 1978.
iii Harry Charles Seaman #79938 b. 1 Jan 1901, Occ./Title: ?.
iv Lloyd Nelson Seaman #121458 b. 18 May 1908, Occ./Title: ?.
On 23 Jan 1895 when Laura Watson was 22, she married Charles E SEAMAN in Christ Church, Quincy, MA, USA. Born in Mar 1862 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Charles E died in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA, on 25 Oct 1947; he was 85.
- 1871 "Canada Census, 1871"
Name: Charles E Seaman
Gender: Male
Age: 9
Birth Year (Estimated): 1862
Birthplace: N S
Marital Status:
Nationality: English
Religion: Baptist
Event Place: 02, River Hébert i, Cumberland 198, Nova Scotia
Page Number: 52
Line Number: 5
House Number: 162
Family Number: 171
GS Film number: 2229144
Affiliate Film Number: C-10556
Digital Folder Number: 4396669
Image Number: 00627
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Hannary Seaman F 52y New Brunswick
Direga R Seaman F 18y Nova Scotia
Charles E Seaman M 9y N S
- 1947 obituary published in the Daily Boston Globe Oct 26, 1947, pg C44
(ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Boston Glove (1872-1981)
“SEAMAN - In Quincy. Oct 25, Charles E., husband of the late Laura W. (Creswell) Seaman at the home of his son Edward C Seaman of 80 Furnace Brook Parkway. Merrymount. Funeral services Tuesday, Oct. 28 at the Wickens and Troupe Funeral Home, 26 Adams st., Quincy, at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends invited. Visiting hours at the funerala home afternoons and evenings.”
- 1871 "Canada Census, 1871"
Name: Charles E Seaman
Gender: Male
Age: 9
Birth Year (Estimated): 1862
Birthplace: N S
Marital Status:
Nationality: English
Religion: Baptist
Event Place: 02, River Hébert i, Cumberland 198, Nova Scotia
Page Number: 52
Line Number: 5
House Number: 162
Family Number: 171
GS Film number: 2229144
Affiliate Film Number: C-10556
Digital Folder Number: 4396669
Image Number: 00627
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Hannary Seaman F 52y New Brunswick
Direga R Seaman F 18y Nova Scotia
Charles E Seaman M 9y N S
- 1947 obituary published in the Daily Boston Globe Oct 26, 1947, pg C44
(ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Boston Glove (1872-1981)
“SEAMAN - In Quincy. Oct 25, Charles E., husband of the late Laura W. (Creswell) Seaman at the home of his son Edward C Seaman of 80 Furnace Brook Parkway. Merrymount. Funeral services Tuesday, Oct. 28 at the Wickens and Troupe Funeral Home, 26 Adams st., Quincy, at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends invited. Visiting hours at the funerala home afternoons and evenings.”
They had the following children:
945i.
Edward Creswell SEAMAN (1896-1978)
946ii.
Harry Charles SEAMAN (1901-)
947iii.
Walter R SEAMAN (1902-)
948iv.
Lloyd Nelson SEAMAN (1905-1992)
546. Helen Bell “Nelly” CRESWELL (Harry Compton10, Catherine COMPTON9, Edward8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1). Born on 29 Sep 1874 in St Eleanors, Lot 17, PEI, Canada. Christened on 19 Nov 1880 in St Marys Anglican Church, Summerside, PEI, Canada.
- 1874/80 PEI PARO Baptism index:
Child's Full Name Helen Bell Creswell
Birth Date 29 September 1874
Place of Birth St. Eleanors
Baptismal Date 19 November 1880
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy Theoph. Richey
Father's Name Harry C. Creswell
Mother's Name Margery
Church Name St. Mary's Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 56
- 1881 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI:
Harry Craswell 33 - M, 33, b PEI, C of E, Scotch, Farmer, married
Margery Craswell 28 - F, 28, b PEI, C of E, Scotch,married
Laurra Craswell 9 - F, 9, b PEI, C of E, English
Nelly Craswell 6 - F, 6, b PEI, C of E, English
Winnie Craswell 4 - F, 4, b PEI, C of E, English
[on page 28 (same image)]…
Katie Craswell 2 - F, 2, b PEI, C of E, English
Fanny Craswell 4/12 - F, 4/12, Dec, b PEI, C of E, English
- 1891 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI
Name Age
Harrey C Craswell 42 - M, 42, M, b PEI, father England, mother NS, CofE, farmer, employer of 1
Mary [Marery] A Craswell 38 - F, 38, M, wife, b PEI, father Scotland, mother NB, CofE
Helen B Craswell 16 - F, 16, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Minnie [Winnie] M Craswell 14 - F, 14, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Katy G Craswell 12 - F, 12, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Eva J Craswell 10 - F, 10, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
horatie [Horatio] N Craswell 8 - M, 8, son, b PEI x 3, CofE
Annie M Craswell 6 - F, 6, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Janet M Craswell 4 - F, 4, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
From another researchers:
- married William Atkinson and went to Massachusetts
- 102. Helen Bell "Nell" Creswell #70261 (33.Harry4, 7.Robert3, 2.William2, 1.James1) b. 29 Sep 1874, North St. Eleanors Prince PEI CAN, Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. 19 Oct 1898, William M Atkinson #79939, Occ./Title: ?.
Children:
i Marjorie Atkinson #79940 Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. Rex Ruggles #121459, Occ./Title: ?.
ii William "Billy" Atkinson #79941 Occ./Title: ?.
- 1874/80 PEI PARO Baptism index:
Child's Full Name Helen Bell Creswell
Birth Date 29 September 1874
Place of Birth St. Eleanors
Baptismal Date 19 November 1880
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy Theoph. Richey
Father's Name Harry C. Creswell
Mother's Name Margery
Church Name St. Mary's Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 56
- 1881 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI:
Harry Craswell 33 - M, 33, b PEI, C of E, Scotch, Farmer, married
Margery Craswell 28 - F, 28, b PEI, C of E, Scotch,married
Laurra Craswell 9 - F, 9, b PEI, C of E, English
Nelly Craswell 6 - F, 6, b PEI, C of E, English
Winnie Craswell 4 - F, 4, b PEI, C of E, English
[on page 28 (same image)]…
Katie Craswell 2 - F, 2, b PEI, C of E, English
Fanny Craswell 4/12 - F, 4/12, Dec, b PEI, C of E, English
- 1891 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI
Name Age
Harrey C Craswell 42 - M, 42, M, b PEI, father England, mother NS, CofE, farmer, employer of 1
Mary [Marery] A Craswell 38 - F, 38, M, wife, b PEI, father Scotland, mother NB, CofE
Helen B Craswell 16 - F, 16, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Minnie [Winnie] M Craswell 14 - F, 14, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Katy G Craswell 12 - F, 12, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Eva J Craswell 10 - F, 10, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
horatie [Horatio] N Craswell 8 - M, 8, son, b PEI x 3, CofE
Annie M Craswell 6 - F, 6, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Janet M Craswell 4 - F, 4, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
From another researchers:
- married William Atkinson and went to Massachusetts
- 102. Helen Bell "Nell" Creswell #70261 (33.Harry4, 7.Robert3, 2.William2, 1.James1) b. 29 Sep 1874, North St. Eleanors Prince PEI CAN, Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. 19 Oct 1898, William M Atkinson #79939, Occ./Title: ?.
Children:
i Marjorie Atkinson #79940 Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. Rex Ruggles #121459, Occ./Title: ?.
ii William "Billy" Atkinson #79941 Occ./Title: ?.
On 10 Oct 1898 when Helen Bell “Nelly” was 24, she married William M ATKINSON. Born ca 1870.
547. Winnifred Mahala CRESWELL (Harry Compton10, Catherine COMPTON9, Edward8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1). Born on 1 Dec 1876 in St Eleanors, Prince, PEI, Canada. Christened on 19 Nov 1880 in St Marys Anglican Church, Summerside, PEI, Canada.
- 1876/1880 PEI PARO Baptismal Index:
Child's Full Name Winifred Mahala Creswell
Birth Date 1 December 1876
Place of Birth St. Eleanors
Baptismal Date 19 November 1880
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy Theoph. Richey
Father's Name Harry C. Creswell
Mother's Name Margary
Church Name St. Marys Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 56
Notes Craswell
- 1881 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI:
Harry Craswell 33 - M, 33, b PEI, C of E, Scotch, Farmer, married
Margery Craswell 28 - F, 28, b PEI, C of E, Scotch,married
Laurra Craswell 9 - F, 9, b PEI, C of E, English
Nelly Craswell 6 - F, 6, b PEI, C of E, English
Winnie Craswell 4 - F, 4, b PEI, C of E, English
[on page 28 (same image)]…
Katie Craswell 2 - F, 2, b PEI, C of E, English
Fanny Craswell 4/12 - F, 4/12, Dec, b PEI, C of E, English
- 1891 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI
Name Age
Harrey C Craswell 42 - M, 42, M, b PEI, father England, mother NS, CofE, farmer, employer of 1
Mary [Marery] A Craswell 38 - F, 38, M, wife, b PEI, father Scotland, mother NB, CofE
Helen B Craswell 16 - F, 16, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Minnie [Winnie] M Craswell 14 - F, 14, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Katy G Craswell 12 - F, 12, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Eva J Craswell 10 - F, 10, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
horatie [Horatio] N Craswell 8 - M, 8, son, b PEI x 3, CofE
Annie M Craswell 6 - F, 6, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Janet M Craswell 4 - F, 4, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
- 1900 USA census, one of 4 boarders in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, 803 E 4th Street in the house of Helen Abbott enumberated 7 Jun 1900) - one of the other boarders was her sister Catherine:
> Creswell Winnifred, Boarder, W, F, Jan 1877, age 23, S, born Canada Eng (as were both parents), immig 1885, 15yrs, Sales lady
> Creswell Catherine, Boarder, W, F, Mar 1880, age 20, S, born Canada Eng (as were both parents), immig 1885, 15yrs, Sales lady
- 1905 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Winnifred Creswell
Residence Date: 1905
Residence Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: settled
- 1906 Prairie Census, District: SK Assiniboia West District (#12)
Subdistrict: 37 C (City of Regina) Page 32:
34 224 Creswell H. C. Head M M 58 PEI PO Regina Lowest Block 368
35 224 Creswell Marjorie Wife F M 54 PEI
36 224 Creswell H. N. Son M S 23 PEI
37 224 Creswell Winnifred Daughter F S 26 PEI
38 224 Creswell Jannet Daughter F S 19 PEI
39 224 Creswell Austin Son M S 15 PEI
40 224 Creswell Fred Sister [“] M S 13 PEI
On next page, same household:
Eyre Kerry? Ann Lodger F M 69 England Immig 1904 PO Regina Lowest Block 368?
Sinefeson? Rebeca Lodger F S 30 PEI
Jones Wess? Lodger M S 27 Ont
Jones Arthur Lodger M S 24 Ont
West Albert Lodger M S 26 NS
Stephens Vaughn Lodger M S 23 NB
Creswell J? W Lodger M S 28 PEI
-1911 census - a lodger in Regina in the family of James C Osborne:
/ Saskatchewan / Regina / 75 Regina / page 18
6 104 Creswell Jennie F Lodger S Dec 1887 23
7 104 Creswell Dixie F Lodger S Jan ? 24
10 104 Cresswell Winifred M F Lodger S Dec 1881 29
12 104 Creswell Katherine F Lodger S Jan 1884 27
- 1913 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Winnifred Creswell
Residence Date: 1913
Residence Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: resided
- 1916 Census, Saskatchewan, Dist 27 Regina, S. Dist 3, Enum Dist 6, City of Regina, June 5-6 :
15 18 Head Charles, 2017 Angus, Head, M, M , 43, Ont, Presbyterian, -, Vetinary???? Own Office
> Head Winifred Mahala, 2017 Angus, Wife, F, M, 38, PEI, Presbyterian
> Head Harry Austin, 2017 Angus, Son, M, S, 1, Sask, Presbyterian
> Head Catherine, 2017 Angus, Daughter, F, S, 1/12, Sask, Presbyterian
> Cresswell Arthur Austin, 2017 Angus, Brother in law, M, S, 23, PEI, Presbyterian, Bookkeeper, Worker, Government Office
All in household are Canadian, English
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
RESEARCH NOTES
Compiled by another researcher:
- 103. Winnifred "Winnie" Mahala Creswell #37090 (33.Harry4, 7.Robert3, 2.William2, 1.James1) b. 1 Dec 1876, North St. Eleanors Prince PEI CAN, Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. Charles Head #37091, Occ./Title: ?.
Children:
i Harry Head #121465 Occ./Title: ?, m. Annabelle Connelly #121468, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
ii Catherine Head #70279 Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. Hastie MacDonald #121472, Occ./Title: ?.
iii Charles Head #121466 Occ./Title: ?, m. Eileen (Head) #121475, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
iv Evelyn Head #121467 Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. Frederick "Fred" Gosnell #121479, Occ./Title: ?.
- 1876/1880 PEI PARO Baptismal Index:
Child's Full Name Winifred Mahala Creswell
Birth Date 1 December 1876
Place of Birth St. Eleanors
Baptismal Date 19 November 1880
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy Theoph. Richey
Father's Name Harry C. Creswell
Mother's Name Margary
Church Name St. Marys Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 56
Notes Craswell
- 1881 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI:
Harry Craswell 33 - M, 33, b PEI, C of E, Scotch, Farmer, married
Margery Craswell 28 - F, 28, b PEI, C of E, Scotch,married
Laurra Craswell 9 - F, 9, b PEI, C of E, English
Nelly Craswell 6 - F, 6, b PEI, C of E, English
Winnie Craswell 4 - F, 4, b PEI, C of E, English
[on page 28 (same image)]…
Katie Craswell 2 - F, 2, b PEI, C of E, English
Fanny Craswell 4/12 - F, 4/12, Dec, b PEI, C of E, English
- 1891 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI
Name Age
Harrey C Craswell 42 - M, 42, M, b PEI, father England, mother NS, CofE, farmer, employer of 1
Mary [Marery] A Craswell 38 - F, 38, M, wife, b PEI, father Scotland, mother NB, CofE
Helen B Craswell 16 - F, 16, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Minnie [Winnie] M Craswell 14 - F, 14, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Katy G Craswell 12 - F, 12, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Eva J Craswell 10 - F, 10, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
horatie [Horatio] N Craswell 8 - M, 8, son, b PEI x 3, CofE
Annie M Craswell 6 - F, 6, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Janet M Craswell 4 - F, 4, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
- 1900 USA census, one of 4 boarders in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, 803 E 4th Street in the house of Helen Abbott enumberated 7 Jun 1900) - one of the other boarders was her sister Catherine:
> Creswell Winnifred, Boarder, W, F, Jan 1877, age 23, S, born Canada Eng (as were both parents), immig 1885, 15yrs, Sales lady
> Creswell Catherine, Boarder, W, F, Mar 1880, age 20, S, born Canada Eng (as were both parents), immig 1885, 15yrs, Sales lady
- 1905 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Winnifred Creswell
Residence Date: 1905
Residence Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: settled
- 1906 Prairie Census, District: SK Assiniboia West District (#12)
Subdistrict: 37 C (City of Regina) Page 32:
34 224 Creswell H. C. Head M M 58 PEI PO Regina Lowest Block 368
35 224 Creswell Marjorie Wife F M 54 PEI
36 224 Creswell H. N. Son M S 23 PEI
37 224 Creswell Winnifred Daughter F S 26 PEI
38 224 Creswell Jannet Daughter F S 19 PEI
39 224 Creswell Austin Son M S 15 PEI
40 224 Creswell Fred Sister [“] M S 13 PEI
On next page, same household:
Eyre Kerry? Ann Lodger F M 69 England Immig 1904 PO Regina Lowest Block 368?
Sinefeson? Rebeca Lodger F S 30 PEI
Jones Wess? Lodger M S 27 Ont
Jones Arthur Lodger M S 24 Ont
West Albert Lodger M S 26 NS
Stephens Vaughn Lodger M S 23 NB
Creswell J? W Lodger M S 28 PEI
-1911 census - a lodger in Regina in the family of James C Osborne:
/ Saskatchewan / Regina / 75 Regina / page 18
6 104 Creswell Jennie F Lodger S Dec 1887 23
7 104 Creswell Dixie F Lodger S Jan ? 24
10 104 Cresswell Winifred M F Lodger S Dec 1881 29
12 104 Creswell Katherine F Lodger S Jan 1884 27
- 1913 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Winnifred Creswell
Residence Date: 1913
Residence Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: resided
- 1916 Census, Saskatchewan, Dist 27 Regina, S. Dist 3, Enum Dist 6, City of Regina, June 5-6 :
15 18 Head Charles, 2017 Angus, Head, M, M , 43, Ont, Presbyterian, -, Vetinary???? Own Office
> Head Winifred Mahala, 2017 Angus, Wife, F, M, 38, PEI, Presbyterian
> Head Harry Austin, 2017 Angus, Son, M, S, 1, Sask, Presbyterian
> Head Catherine, 2017 Angus, Daughter, F, S, 1/12, Sask, Presbyterian
> Cresswell Arthur Austin, 2017 Angus, Brother in law, M, S, 23, PEI, Presbyterian, Bookkeeper, Worker, Government Office
All in household are Canadian, English
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
RESEARCH NOTES
Compiled by another researcher:
- 103. Winnifred "Winnie" Mahala Creswell #37090 (33.Harry4, 7.Robert3, 2.William2, 1.James1) b. 1 Dec 1876, North St. Eleanors Prince PEI CAN, Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. Charles Head #37091, Occ./Title: ?.
Children:
i Harry Head #121465 Occ./Title: ?, m. Annabelle Connelly #121468, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
ii Catherine Head #70279 Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. Hastie MacDonald #121472, Occ./Title: ?.
iii Charles Head #121466 Occ./Title: ?, m. Eileen (Head) #121475, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
iv Evelyn Head #121467 Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. Frederick "Fred" Gosnell #121479, Occ./Title: ?.
Bef 1915 when Winnifred Mahala was 38, she married Charles HEAD. Born abt 1873 in Ontario, Canada.
They had the following children:
951i.
Harry Austin HEAD (1915-1999)
952ii.
Catherine HEAD (1916-)
953iii.
Charles HEAD (ca1918-)
954iv.
Evelyn HEAD (ca1920-)
548. Gertrude Catherine* CRESWELL (Harry Compton10, Catherine COMPTON9, Edward8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1) 
. Born on 10 Jan 1879 in St Eleanors, Lot 17, PEI, Canada. Christened on 19 Nov 1880 in St Marys Anglican Church, Summerside, PEI, Canada. Gertrude Catherine* died in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on 20 Oct 1972; she was 93. Buried on 12 May 1973 in Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, BC Canada.
- 1880 PEI PARO Baptismal index:
Child's Full Name Gertrude Catherine Creswell
Birth Date 10 January 1879
Place of Birth St. Eleanors, PEI, Canada
Baptismal Date 19 November 1880
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy Theoph. Richey
Father's Name Harry C. Creswell
Mother's Name Margery
Church Name St. Mary's Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 56
- 1881 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI:
Harry Craswell 33 - M, 33, b PEI, C of E, Scotch, Farmer, married
Margery Craswell 28 - F, 28, b PEI, C of E, Scotch,married
Laurra Craswell 9 - F, 9, b PEI, C of E, English
Nelly Craswell 6 - F, 6, b PEI, C of E, English
Winnie Craswell 4 - F, 4, b PEI, C of E, English
[on page 28 (same image)]…
Katie Craswell 2 - F, 2, b PEI, C of E, English
Fanny Craswell 4/12 - F, 4/12, Dec, b PEI, C of E, English
- 1891 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI
Name Age
Harrey C Craswell 42 - M, 42, M, b PEI, father England, mother NS, CofE, farmer, employer of 1
Mary [Marery] A Craswell 38 - F, 38, M, wife, b PEI, father Scotland, mother NB, CofE
Helen B Craswell 16 - F, 16, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Minnie [Winnie] M Craswell 14 - F, 14, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Katy G Craswell 12 - F, 12, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Eva J Craswell 10 - F, 10, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
horatie [Horatio] N Craswell 8 - M, 8, son, b PEI x 3, CofE
Annie M Craswell 6 - F, 6, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Janet M Craswell 4 - F, 4, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
- 1900 USA census, one of 4 boarders in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, 803 E 4th Street in the house of Helen Abbott enumberated 7 Jun 1900) - one of the other boarders was her sister Winnifred:
Creswell Winnifred, Boarder, W, F, Jan 1877, age 23, S, born Canada Eng (as were both parents), immig 1885, 15yrs, Sales lady
Creswell Catherine, Boarder, W, F, Mar 1880, age 20, S, born Canada Eng (as were both parents), immig 1885, 15yrs, Sales lady
-1911 census - was probably a lodger in Regina in the family of James C Osborne:
/ Saskatchewan / Regina / 75 Regina / page 18
6 104 Creswell Jennie F Lodger S Dec 1887 23
7 104 Creswell Dixie F Lodger S Jan ? 24
10 104 Cresswell Winifred M F Lodger S Dec 1881 29
12 104 Creswell Katherine F Lodger S Jan 1884 27
-1916 Canada Census, living in 27 Regina, Saskachewan:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self George W Smith M 30y Ont
Wife Jean M Smith F 26y Ont - abt 1890, married
Daughter Marzon Smith F 4y Sask - abt 1912
Son Russel Smith M 1y Sask - abt 1915
Lodger Catherine Creswell F 28y P E I - abt 1888, single
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
From other researchers:
- she never married
- trained as a nurse and served overseas in WWI
- She trained at Boston General Hospital.* After training as a nurse in Boston, she joined her family in Regina She was listed as living with Janet and George Smith when she enlisted to go overseas in World War I, on Apr 16, 1917. According to a conversation with my aunt Marion, her boat was torpedoed off the coast of Ireland. She nursed in a military hospital in England until Dec 1917 and then transferred to St. Omer, France, then to Etaples, France, where the field hospital was bombed for 3 nights, and 2 nursing sisters and many patients were killed. Again, according to Marion, she was awarded the Royal Red Cross by King George V.
She never married and moved to Vancouver along with her parents about 1926/27. She continued nursing in Vancouver until well into her seventies. In her later years she shared an apartment with her sister Janet. They lived at #103 - 1430 West 13th Ave, Vancouver.
* correction: no such hospital existed, but almost certainly it was the Massachusetts General Hospital … probably after it changed from the Boston Training School for Nurses (from 1873-1895) to the Massachusetts General Hospital Training School for Nurses (1896-). .. it was associated with Mass General either way. My source is the book History of the Massachusetts General Hospital Training School for Nurses (pub 1922) which is available online - http://collections.nlm.nih.gov No list of graduates unfortunately.
From http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=85807
- 1917 Canadian Great War Project, CEF Soldier Detail:
Nursing Sister Gertrude Catherine Creswell
Regimental Number: NA
Survived War Yes
Force: Army
Regiment: Canadian Army Medical Corps
Battalion:
Company:
Enlisted or Conscripted: Enlisted
Prior Military Experience: No
Enlistment Date:April 16, 1917
Age at Enlistment:32
Enlisted at: Regina, Saskatchewan
Address at Enlistment: 2261 Retallack St., Regina, Saskatchewan
Civilian Occupation: Nursing Sister
Saw Service in: Unknown
Cause of Death: Survived
Date of Birth: January 10, 1885
Next of Kin: Mrs. C. W. Smith, Sister, 2261 Retallack St., Regina, Saskatchewan
Place of Birth: Prince Edward Island
Country of Birth: Canada
Prisoner of War: Not Specified
Married: Not Specified
Religion: Church of England
Height: Feet Inches
Chest: Inches
Expansion: Inches
Ethnic Origin: Not Specified
NAC Reference: ^ra2135-34
Rank: Nursing Sister
Regiment: Canadian Army Medical Corps
Unit
Company
Awards and Decorations
From http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/0...d4sgbc9177kt729cc920
- Soldiers of the First World War - CEF
Name: CRESWELL, GERTRUDE CATHERINE
Rank: NS
Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2135 - 34
Date of Birth: 10/01/1885 [note: wrong year]
[copy of front cover only digitized online - “Officers’ Declaration Paper, Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force” - downloaded]
LAC records
Name: CRESWELL, GERTRUDE CATHERINE
Rank:NS
Date of Birth: 10/01/1885
Place of Birth: PE Canada
Enlistment Date: 1917-04-16
Place of Enlistment: Regina SK Canada
Unit: Canadian Army Medical Corp.
Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2135 - 34
Item Number:125274
Digitized service file (pdf format): B2135-S034 [50 pages including blanks]
Certificate of service says that “Nursing Sister Gertrude Catherine CRESWELL, R.R.C. served in Canada, England and France with the C.AM.C., C.A.M.C. Depot, Westenhanger, #9 Can. Stationary Hospital Bramshott, #12 Can. General Hosp., Bramshott, #1 Can. General Hosp., #2 Can. General Hosp., 3rd Can. Casualty Clearing Staion, #7 Can. General Hosp., C.A.M.C. Cas.Coy., #16 Can. General osp., Orpington, and was struck of the Strength on 11 Aug 1919 by reason of general demobilization. Awarded the Royal Cross 16-6-19.
From a different researcher:
- The war diaries for the Assistant Director of Medical Services Bramshott [list] Catherine’s arrival at Bramshott on 21 Jun 1917. [see digital image] To find these diaries, go here to http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/02015202_e.html and for the unit, type in Bramshott (NOTE the spelling; back then Bramshott had a double t at the end); scroll down to “War diaries - Assistant Director of Medical Services, Bramshott”. CAMC stands for Canadian Army Medical Corps.
- Catherine was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal 2nd Class, as mentioned in several pages from the Official Medical History of WW1. Her name appears on page 353, second line from the top. A description of the medal appears here:
Catherine was decorated by the King at Buckingham Palace on 26 Jun 1919.
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group01/arrc
“Associate (Second Class) ARRC The award is made to a fully trained nurse or assistant nurse, probationer, or V.A.D. nursing member, who, belonging to one of the officially recognized nursing services, has shown special devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties, over a continuous and long period, or who has performed some very exceptional act of bravery and devotion at her post of duty. Up to five percent of the total establishment of nurses could receive the ARRC. Associates may be elevated to Member as vacancies arise.”
- Catherine would have been given 3 medals – the RRC 2nd Class and because she left Canada and served in England – the British War Medal http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group03/bwm
and because she served in a theatre of war (France & Belgium) – the Victory Medal http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group03/vm18 .
The picture on the Veterans Affairs website shows an oak leaf on the Victory Medal which means that person would have been mentioned in despatches. As Catherine was not mentioned in dispatches, her Victory Medal would not have had an oak leaf on it. In addition, again because she served in France, she would have been entitled to a War Service Badge Class A http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group08/aca This was a “lapel badge”.
- 1919: Her name is listed in the “Fifth Supplement to the London Gazetter of Friday, the 30th of May 1919”, dated 3 Jun 1919, page 6842 [left column, second from the bottom:that lists Catherine’s RRC 2nd Class. The first page is the cover page, the rest of the pages deal with the RRC Medals. Catherine’s name appears on the 4th page (6842), left column, 2nd from the bottom, under the subheading “Awarded the Royal Red Cross 2nd Class”, “Canadian Army Medical Corps.”:
“Miss Gertrude Catherine Cresswell, N./Sister”.
- 1918: An article in Regina Morning Leader, Regina, Sask., Saturday, September 7, 1918, 6
“Miss Creswell For 24 Hours War Prisoner
A Regina Nursing Sister is Released by Hun After One Day as Captive
News of Nursing Sister Catherine Creswell, who left the city in May last year for overseas service, has been received by relatives here and a little story as yet unpublished comes to light. Nurse Creswell has had the experience of being a prisoner of war for twenty-four hours and then being released by a German officer who, it is alleged, had one little streak of humanity in him.
Nurse Creswell joined here and with Miss Bredin went to Kingston, where a number of Canadian nurses mobilized in May of last year. With the trip overseas commenced the thrills for Miss Creswell, for when their transport was rounding the coast of Ireland a German sub torpedoed it and Miss Creswell along with the rest of the passengers had to spend some hours in an open lifeboat on the waters. She among other nurses had to take oars and row for hours before reaching land. The transport was eventually brought to port.
On reaching England Miss Creswell was sent to Bramshott, where for a time she nursed among the Canadian soldiers. She was later attached to the No. 2 British Expeditionary Hospital in France and crossed the Channel to get to her work. Not long after reaching the hospital the Hun airmen came over and bombed the hospital.
During the recent drive by the Germans a horde of the Huns came over and reached the hospital where Miss Creswell was working, taking her, along with several others, as prisoners of war. According to reports, the German officer who was in charge of the captives, after holding them for 24 hours, released them, for which everyone was duly thankful.
Miss Creswell was then given a short furlough and while on her holidays met her brother, Capt. Austin Creswell, in London. The latter is on his second trip over there, has completed his course in aviation and soon expects to be up in the air after the Hun birdmen.”
- In the book “For All We Have and Are – Regina and the Experience of the Great War” page 87, it mentions the horrific experiences of N/S Creswell [WW1 military nurse] – surviving a torpedoing, rowing ashore, surviving a hospital bombing and being a 24 hour prisoner of war. … N/S Creswell left Canada sometime between 16 Apr 1917 when she attested in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and 21 Jun 1917 when she is documented in the War Diary as arriving at Bramshott Military Camp in England.... The details on the book, “For All We Are ... “ are located here: http://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/for-all-we-have-and-are In addition to mentioning Catherine on pages 87 and 280, her brother Austin is mentioned on pages 67, 87, and 137 – 138.
- From another researcher: The sailing list … proves that Catherine did travel across the Atlantic on the SS Ausonia. It was a strange way to find a sailing list. Normally one searches for the sailing list of a military unit and from there the ship is discovered. This time, one had to know the name of the ship first which makes the exercise extremely difficult. I was able to find the name of the ship by using sailing lists for ships departing on 31 May 1917 and a database of ships damaged by torpedoing but making it to port.
One of the items that helped nail down the name of the ship was a letter a researcher friend sent to me written by a military nurse, Mildred Drope, in July 1917. Her military file again was silent on the name of the ship she travelled on, but her dates of embarkation and disembarkation were the same as those of Catherine. In addition, in the letter Mildred briefly described being torpedoed, hitting the life boats and being rescued by a British destroyer. You had indicated, as did the newspaper article, that Catherine’s ship was also torpedoed. All this seemed to suggest the SS Ausonia.
- A sailing list of the SS Ausonia for 31 May 1917 includes Mildred Drope’s name as well as Catherine’s name and that of E Bredin – another nurse that is mentioned in the 7 Sep 1918 Regina Leader article. The SS Ausonia was torpedoed on 11 Jun 1917. Articles appeared in the Canadian press on 21 Jun 1917 briefly describing the torpedoing. Apparently the Ausonia put into Queenstown – now called Cobh, Ireland for repair. One wonders if there may have been any interviews published particularly in the Irish papers (given the great love the Irish had of the British particularly after the Easter Rising of 1916).
- In later years she lived with widowed sister Janet "Jen" (Creswell) Smith in Vancouver BC
- 1972 Vital Event Death Registration
Name: Gertrude C Creswell
Event Date: 1972 10 20 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Age: 92
Gender: female
Event Place: Vancouver
Reg. Number: 1972-09-014454
B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13320
GSU Microfilm Number: 2050016
- British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986
Death Date: 20 Oct 1972
Death Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Name: Gertrude Catherine Creswell
Gender: Female
Age: 93y
Birth Date: 10 Jan 1879
Birthplace: North Saint Eleznors, Prince Edward Island
Marital Status: Single
Spouse:
Father: Harry Compton Creswell
Mother: Margery Bell
Indian Agency:
Indian Band/Tribe:
Film Number: 2050016
Digital Folder Number: 4479328
Image Number: 1810
British Columbia Archives Film Number: B13320
Registration Number: 72 09 014454
- 1972 Obit published Vancouver Sun 23 Oct 1972, pg 39:
CRESWELL - G. Catherine (RN), on October 20, 1972, in her 94th year. Survived by 3 sisters and 1 brother, Miss Cresswell [sic] served overseas as a nursing sister in First World War and was subsequently decorated for bravery by Queen Mother Alexandra. Funeral service Tuesday, Oct 24, 2 p.m. Shaughnessy Heights United (Chapel), 1550 W. 33rd Avenue, Vancouver. Rev. Dr. A Rogers officiating. Cremation. Flowers gratefully declined. Donations to the BC Heart Fund would be appreciated. Arrangements through the Memorial Society of B.C. and First Memorial Services Ltd.
- 1973 Will fo Gertrude Catherine Creswell was received in Vancouver Registry 14 Feb 1973 - number 121767 by executirx Pauline Smith (signed Pauline I L Smith). Her Victory bonds were sold and divided between her sisters Eva Jones and Janet Marion Smith. Michael Sturdy received her shares in Mid West Copper and Uranium Mines Ltd. Balance of estate went to Marion Sturdy. Witnessed by Mrs. M. G. Varcoe, 3426 Archemedes St., Vanc 16, nurse, and B A? Russell, 600-535 W Georgia, Vancouver, Solicitor
- 1973 Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver BC online index:
CRESWELL, Gertrude Catherine Death: [blank] Burial: May-12-1973 Location: HORNE2/*/12/051/0010.
Presumably she was cremated as there is several months gap between death and burial.
- 1973 memorial for Gertrude Catherine Creswell
Birth: Jan. 10, 1879, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Death: Oct. 20, 1972, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Parents:
Harry Compton Creswell (1845 - 1932)
Margery Creswell (____ - 1942)
Siblings:
Gertrude Catherine Creswell (1879 - 1972)*
Horatio Nelson Creswell (1882 - 1941)*
Annie May Creswell Stordy (1884 - 1983)*
Arthur Austin Creswell (1892 - 1982)
Note: Buried on May-12-1973
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
Greater Vancouver Regional District
British Columbia, Canada
Plot: HORNE2/*/12/051/0010
Maintained by: Remember
Originally Created by: Headstone Genealogist
Record added: Apr 24, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 26357723
RESEARCH NOTES
Is this her?
- 1905 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Catherine Creswell
Residence Date: 1905
Residence Place: Kisbey, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: settled
- Can’t find her in the 1921 Canada census.
. Born on 10 Jan 1879 in St Eleanors, Lot 17, PEI, Canada. Christened on 19 Nov 1880 in St Marys Anglican Church, Summerside, PEI, Canada. Gertrude Catherine* died in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on 20 Oct 1972; she was 93. Buried on 12 May 1973 in Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, BC Canada.- 1880 PEI PARO Baptismal index:
Child's Full Name Gertrude Catherine Creswell
Birth Date 10 January 1879
Place of Birth St. Eleanors, PEI, Canada
Baptismal Date 19 November 1880
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy Theoph. Richey
Father's Name Harry C. Creswell
Mother's Name Margery
Church Name St. Mary's Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 56
- 1881 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI:
Harry Craswell 33 - M, 33, b PEI, C of E, Scotch, Farmer, married
Margery Craswell 28 - F, 28, b PEI, C of E, Scotch,married
Laurra Craswell 9 - F, 9, b PEI, C of E, English
Nelly Craswell 6 - F, 6, b PEI, C of E, English
Winnie Craswell 4 - F, 4, b PEI, C of E, English
[on page 28 (same image)]…
Katie Craswell 2 - F, 2, b PEI, C of E, English
Fanny Craswell 4/12 - F, 4/12, Dec, b PEI, C of E, English
- 1891 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI
Name Age
Harrey C Craswell 42 - M, 42, M, b PEI, father England, mother NS, CofE, farmer, employer of 1
Mary [Marery] A Craswell 38 - F, 38, M, wife, b PEI, father Scotland, mother NB, CofE
Helen B Craswell 16 - F, 16, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Minnie [Winnie] M Craswell 14 - F, 14, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Katy G Craswell 12 - F, 12, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Eva J Craswell 10 - F, 10, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
horatie [Horatio] N Craswell 8 - M, 8, son, b PEI x 3, CofE
Annie M Craswell 6 - F, 6, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Janet M Craswell 4 - F, 4, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
- 1900 USA census, one of 4 boarders in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, 803 E 4th Street in the house of Helen Abbott enumberated 7 Jun 1900) - one of the other boarders was her sister Winnifred:
Creswell Winnifred, Boarder, W, F, Jan 1877, age 23, S, born Canada Eng (as were both parents), immig 1885, 15yrs, Sales lady
Creswell Catherine, Boarder, W, F, Mar 1880, age 20, S, born Canada Eng (as were both parents), immig 1885, 15yrs, Sales lady
-1911 census - was probably a lodger in Regina in the family of James C Osborne:
/ Saskatchewan / Regina / 75 Regina / page 18
6 104 Creswell Jennie F Lodger S Dec 1887 23
7 104 Creswell Dixie F Lodger S Jan ? 24
10 104 Cresswell Winifred M F Lodger S Dec 1881 29
12 104 Creswell Katherine F Lodger S Jan 1884 27
-1916 Canada Census, living in 27 Regina, Saskachewan:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self George W Smith M 30y Ont
Wife Jean M Smith F 26y Ont - abt 1890, married
Daughter Marzon Smith F 4y Sask - abt 1912
Son Russel Smith M 1y Sask - abt 1915
Lodger Catherine Creswell F 28y P E I - abt 1888, single
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
From other researchers:
- she never married
- trained as a nurse and served overseas in WWI
- She trained at Boston General Hospital.* After training as a nurse in Boston, she joined her family in Regina She was listed as living with Janet and George Smith when she enlisted to go overseas in World War I, on Apr 16, 1917. According to a conversation with my aunt Marion, her boat was torpedoed off the coast of Ireland. She nursed in a military hospital in England until Dec 1917 and then transferred to St. Omer, France, then to Etaples, France, where the field hospital was bombed for 3 nights, and 2 nursing sisters and many patients were killed. Again, according to Marion, she was awarded the Royal Red Cross by King George V.
She never married and moved to Vancouver along with her parents about 1926/27. She continued nursing in Vancouver until well into her seventies. In her later years she shared an apartment with her sister Janet. They lived at #103 - 1430 West 13th Ave, Vancouver.
* correction: no such hospital existed, but almost certainly it was the Massachusetts General Hospital … probably after it changed from the Boston Training School for Nurses (from 1873-1895) to the Massachusetts General Hospital Training School for Nurses (1896-). .. it was associated with Mass General either way. My source is the book History of the Massachusetts General Hospital Training School for Nurses (pub 1922) which is available online - http://collections.nlm.nih.gov No list of graduates unfortunately.
From http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=85807
- 1917 Canadian Great War Project, CEF Soldier Detail:
Nursing Sister Gertrude Catherine Creswell
Regimental Number: NA
Survived War Yes
Force: Army
Regiment: Canadian Army Medical Corps
Battalion:
Company:
Enlisted or Conscripted: Enlisted
Prior Military Experience: No
Enlistment Date:April 16, 1917
Age at Enlistment:32
Enlisted at: Regina, Saskatchewan
Address at Enlistment: 2261 Retallack St., Regina, Saskatchewan
Civilian Occupation: Nursing Sister
Saw Service in: Unknown
Cause of Death: Survived
Date of Birth: January 10, 1885
Next of Kin: Mrs. C. W. Smith, Sister, 2261 Retallack St., Regina, Saskatchewan
Place of Birth: Prince Edward Island
Country of Birth: Canada
Prisoner of War: Not Specified
Married: Not Specified
Religion: Church of England
Height: Feet Inches
Chest: Inches
Expansion: Inches
Ethnic Origin: Not Specified
NAC Reference: ^ra2135-34
Rank: Nursing Sister
Regiment: Canadian Army Medical Corps
Unit
Company
Awards and Decorations
From http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/0...d4sgbc9177kt729cc920
- Soldiers of the First World War - CEF
Name: CRESWELL, GERTRUDE CATHERINE
Rank: NS
Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2135 - 34
Date of Birth: 10/01/1885 [note: wrong year]
[copy of front cover only digitized online - “Officers’ Declaration Paper, Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force” - downloaded]
LAC records
Name: CRESWELL, GERTRUDE CATHERINE
Rank:NS
Date of Birth: 10/01/1885
Place of Birth: PE Canada
Enlistment Date: 1917-04-16
Place of Enlistment: Regina SK Canada
Unit: Canadian Army Medical Corp.
Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2135 - 34
Item Number:125274
Digitized service file (pdf format): B2135-S034 [50 pages including blanks]
Certificate of service says that “Nursing Sister Gertrude Catherine CRESWELL, R.R.C. served in Canada, England and France with the C.AM.C., C.A.M.C. Depot, Westenhanger, #9 Can. Stationary Hospital Bramshott, #12 Can. General Hosp., Bramshott, #1 Can. General Hosp., #2 Can. General Hosp., 3rd Can. Casualty Clearing Staion, #7 Can. General Hosp., C.A.M.C. Cas.Coy., #16 Can. General osp., Orpington, and was struck of the Strength on 11 Aug 1919 by reason of general demobilization. Awarded the Royal Cross 16-6-19.
From a different researcher:
- The war diaries for the Assistant Director of Medical Services Bramshott [list] Catherine’s arrival at Bramshott on 21 Jun 1917. [see digital image] To find these diaries, go here to http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/02015202_e.html and for the unit, type in Bramshott (NOTE the spelling; back then Bramshott had a double t at the end); scroll down to “War diaries - Assistant Director of Medical Services, Bramshott”. CAMC stands for Canadian Army Medical Corps.
- Catherine was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal 2nd Class, as mentioned in several pages from the Official Medical History of WW1. Her name appears on page 353, second line from the top. A description of the medal appears here:
Catherine was decorated by the King at Buckingham Palace on 26 Jun 1919.
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group01/arrc
“Associate (Second Class) ARRC The award is made to a fully trained nurse or assistant nurse, probationer, or V.A.D. nursing member, who, belonging to one of the officially recognized nursing services, has shown special devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties, over a continuous and long period, or who has performed some very exceptional act of bravery and devotion at her post of duty. Up to five percent of the total establishment of nurses could receive the ARRC. Associates may be elevated to Member as vacancies arise.”
- Catherine would have been given 3 medals – the RRC 2nd Class and because she left Canada and served in England – the British War Medal http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group03/bwm
and because she served in a theatre of war (France & Belgium) – the Victory Medal http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group03/vm18 .
The picture on the Veterans Affairs website shows an oak leaf on the Victory Medal which means that person would have been mentioned in despatches. As Catherine was not mentioned in dispatches, her Victory Medal would not have had an oak leaf on it. In addition, again because she served in France, she would have been entitled to a War Service Badge Class A http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group08/aca This was a “lapel badge”.
- 1919: Her name is listed in the “Fifth Supplement to the London Gazetter of Friday, the 30th of May 1919”, dated 3 Jun 1919, page 6842 [left column, second from the bottom:that lists Catherine’s RRC 2nd Class. The first page is the cover page, the rest of the pages deal with the RRC Medals. Catherine’s name appears on the 4th page (6842), left column, 2nd from the bottom, under the subheading “Awarded the Royal Red Cross 2nd Class”, “Canadian Army Medical Corps.”:
“Miss Gertrude Catherine Cresswell, N./Sister”.
- 1918: An article in Regina Morning Leader, Regina, Sask., Saturday, September 7, 1918, 6
“Miss Creswell For 24 Hours War Prisoner
A Regina Nursing Sister is Released by Hun After One Day as Captive
News of Nursing Sister Catherine Creswell, who left the city in May last year for overseas service, has been received by relatives here and a little story as yet unpublished comes to light. Nurse Creswell has had the experience of being a prisoner of war for twenty-four hours and then being released by a German officer who, it is alleged, had one little streak of humanity in him.
Nurse Creswell joined here and with Miss Bredin went to Kingston, where a number of Canadian nurses mobilized in May of last year. With the trip overseas commenced the thrills for Miss Creswell, for when their transport was rounding the coast of Ireland a German sub torpedoed it and Miss Creswell along with the rest of the passengers had to spend some hours in an open lifeboat on the waters. She among other nurses had to take oars and row for hours before reaching land. The transport was eventually brought to port.
On reaching England Miss Creswell was sent to Bramshott, where for a time she nursed among the Canadian soldiers. She was later attached to the No. 2 British Expeditionary Hospital in France and crossed the Channel to get to her work. Not long after reaching the hospital the Hun airmen came over and bombed the hospital.
During the recent drive by the Germans a horde of the Huns came over and reached the hospital where Miss Creswell was working, taking her, along with several others, as prisoners of war. According to reports, the German officer who was in charge of the captives, after holding them for 24 hours, released them, for which everyone was duly thankful.
Miss Creswell was then given a short furlough and while on her holidays met her brother, Capt. Austin Creswell, in London. The latter is on his second trip over there, has completed his course in aviation and soon expects to be up in the air after the Hun birdmen.”
- In the book “For All We Have and Are – Regina and the Experience of the Great War” page 87, it mentions the horrific experiences of N/S Creswell [WW1 military nurse] – surviving a torpedoing, rowing ashore, surviving a hospital bombing and being a 24 hour prisoner of war. … N/S Creswell left Canada sometime between 16 Apr 1917 when she attested in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and 21 Jun 1917 when she is documented in the War Diary as arriving at Bramshott Military Camp in England.... The details on the book, “For All We Are ... “ are located here: http://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/for-all-we-have-and-are In addition to mentioning Catherine on pages 87 and 280, her brother Austin is mentioned on pages 67, 87, and 137 – 138.
- From another researcher: The sailing list … proves that Catherine did travel across the Atlantic on the SS Ausonia. It was a strange way to find a sailing list. Normally one searches for the sailing list of a military unit and from there the ship is discovered. This time, one had to know the name of the ship first which makes the exercise extremely difficult. I was able to find the name of the ship by using sailing lists for ships departing on 31 May 1917 and a database of ships damaged by torpedoing but making it to port.
One of the items that helped nail down the name of the ship was a letter a researcher friend sent to me written by a military nurse, Mildred Drope, in July 1917. Her military file again was silent on the name of the ship she travelled on, but her dates of embarkation and disembarkation were the same as those of Catherine. In addition, in the letter Mildred briefly described being torpedoed, hitting the life boats and being rescued by a British destroyer. You had indicated, as did the newspaper article, that Catherine’s ship was also torpedoed. All this seemed to suggest the SS Ausonia.
- A sailing list of the SS Ausonia for 31 May 1917 includes Mildred Drope’s name as well as Catherine’s name and that of E Bredin – another nurse that is mentioned in the 7 Sep 1918 Regina Leader article. The SS Ausonia was torpedoed on 11 Jun 1917. Articles appeared in the Canadian press on 21 Jun 1917 briefly describing the torpedoing. Apparently the Ausonia put into Queenstown – now called Cobh, Ireland for repair. One wonders if there may have been any interviews published particularly in the Irish papers (given the great love the Irish had of the British particularly after the Easter Rising of 1916).
- In later years she lived with widowed sister Janet "Jen" (Creswell) Smith in Vancouver BC
- 1972 Vital Event Death Registration
Name: Gertrude C Creswell
Event Date: 1972 10 20 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Age: 92
Gender: female
Event Place: Vancouver
Reg. Number: 1972-09-014454
B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13320
GSU Microfilm Number: 2050016
- British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986
Death Date: 20 Oct 1972
Death Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Name: Gertrude Catherine Creswell
Gender: Female
Age: 93y
Birth Date: 10 Jan 1879
Birthplace: North Saint Eleznors, Prince Edward Island
Marital Status: Single
Spouse:
Father: Harry Compton Creswell
Mother: Margery Bell
Indian Agency:
Indian Band/Tribe:
Film Number: 2050016
Digital Folder Number: 4479328
Image Number: 1810
British Columbia Archives Film Number: B13320
Registration Number: 72 09 014454
- 1972 Obit published Vancouver Sun 23 Oct 1972, pg 39:
CRESWELL - G. Catherine (RN), on October 20, 1972, in her 94th year. Survived by 3 sisters and 1 brother, Miss Cresswell [sic] served overseas as a nursing sister in First World War and was subsequently decorated for bravery by Queen Mother Alexandra. Funeral service Tuesday, Oct 24, 2 p.m. Shaughnessy Heights United (Chapel), 1550 W. 33rd Avenue, Vancouver. Rev. Dr. A Rogers officiating. Cremation. Flowers gratefully declined. Donations to the BC Heart Fund would be appreciated. Arrangements through the Memorial Society of B.C. and First Memorial Services Ltd.
- 1973 Will fo Gertrude Catherine Creswell was received in Vancouver Registry 14 Feb 1973 - number 121767 by executirx Pauline Smith (signed Pauline I L Smith). Her Victory bonds were sold and divided between her sisters Eva Jones and Janet Marion Smith. Michael Sturdy received her shares in Mid West Copper and Uranium Mines Ltd. Balance of estate went to Marion Sturdy. Witnessed by Mrs. M. G. Varcoe, 3426 Archemedes St., Vanc 16, nurse, and B A? Russell, 600-535 W Georgia, Vancouver, Solicitor
- 1973 Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver BC online index:
CRESWELL, Gertrude Catherine Death: [blank] Burial: May-12-1973 Location: HORNE2/*/12/051/0010.
Presumably she was cremated as there is several months gap between death and burial.
- 1973 memorial for Gertrude Catherine Creswell
Birth: Jan. 10, 1879, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Death: Oct. 20, 1972, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Parents:
Harry Compton Creswell (1845 - 1932)
Margery Creswell (____ - 1942)
Siblings:
Gertrude Catherine Creswell (1879 - 1972)*
Horatio Nelson Creswell (1882 - 1941)*
Annie May Creswell Stordy (1884 - 1983)*
Arthur Austin Creswell (1892 - 1982)
Note: Buried on May-12-1973
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
Greater Vancouver Regional District
British Columbia, Canada
Plot: HORNE2/*/12/051/0010
Maintained by: Remember
Originally Created by: Headstone Genealogist
Record added: Apr 24, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 26357723
RESEARCH NOTES
Is this her?
- 1905 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Catherine Creswell
Residence Date: 1905
Residence Place: Kisbey, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: settled
- Can’t find her in the 1921 Canada census.
No Children.
549. Eva Josephine CRESWELL (Harry Compton10, Catherine COMPTON9, Edward8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1). Born on 8 Dec 1880 in North St Eleanors, PEI, Canada. Christened on 21 May 1885 in St Marys Anglican Church, Summerside, PEI, Canada.
- 1880 PEI Baptismal Index:
Child's Full Name Eva Josephine Cresswell
Birth Date 8 December 1880
Place of Birth North St. Eleanors
Baptismal Date 21 May 1885
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy Klement Richardson
Father's Name Harry C. Cresswell
Mother's Name Margarie
Church Name St. Mary's Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 71
- 1881 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI:
Harry Craswell 33 - M, 33, b PEI, C of E, Scotch, Farmer, married
Margery Craswell 28 - F, 28, b PEI, C of E, Scotch,married
Laurra Craswell 9 - F, 9, b PEI, C of E, English
Nelly Craswell 6 - F, 6, b PEI, C of E, English
Winnie Craswell 4 - F, 4, b PEI, C of E, English
[on page 28 (same image)]…
Katie Craswell 2 - F, 2, b PEI, C of E, English
Fanny Craswell 4/12 - F, 4/12, Dec, b PEI, C of E, English
- 1891 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI
Name Age
Harrey C Craswell 42 - M, 42, M, b PEI, father England, mother NS, CofE, farmer, employer of 1
Mary [Marery] A Craswell 38 - F, 38, M, wife, b PEI, father Scotland, mother NB, CofE
Helen B Craswell 16 - F, 16, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Minnie [Winnie] M Craswell 14 - F, 14, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Katy G Craswell 12 - F, 12, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Eva J Craswell 10 - F, 10, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
horatie [Horatio] N Craswell 8 - M, 8, son, b PEI x 3, CofE
Annie M Craswell 6 - F, 6, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Janet M Craswell 4 - F, 4, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
- 1901 Canada census - living with parents and 5 siblings in Lot 17, Prince, PEI:
2 39 16 Creswell Eva J F Daughter S Dec 8 1880 20
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
From another researchers:
- 104. Eva Josephine Creswell #70263 (33.Harry4, 7.Robert3, 2.William2, 1.James1) b. 8 Dec 1880, North St. Eleanors Prince PEI CAN, Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. William C Jones #121484, Occ./Title: ?.
Children:
i Helen Jones #121485 Occ./Title: ?.
ii Dorothy Jones #121486 Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. Edward "Ed" Conway #121488, Occ./Title: ?.
iii Austin Jones #121487 Occ./Title: ?, m. Ida (Jones) #121489, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
- 1880 PEI Baptismal Index:
Child's Full Name Eva Josephine Cresswell
Birth Date 8 December 1880
Place of Birth North St. Eleanors
Baptismal Date 21 May 1885
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy Klement Richardson
Father's Name Harry C. Cresswell
Mother's Name Margarie
Church Name St. Mary's Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 71
- 1881 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI:
Harry Craswell 33 - M, 33, b PEI, C of E, Scotch, Farmer, married
Margery Craswell 28 - F, 28, b PEI, C of E, Scotch,married
Laurra Craswell 9 - F, 9, b PEI, C of E, English
Nelly Craswell 6 - F, 6, b PEI, C of E, English
Winnie Craswell 4 - F, 4, b PEI, C of E, English
[on page 28 (same image)]…
Katie Craswell 2 - F, 2, b PEI, C of E, English
Fanny Craswell 4/12 - F, 4/12, Dec, b PEI, C of E, English
- 1891 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI
Name Age
Harrey C Craswell 42 - M, 42, M, b PEI, father England, mother NS, CofE, farmer, employer of 1
Mary [Marery] A Craswell 38 - F, 38, M, wife, b PEI, father Scotland, mother NB, CofE
Helen B Craswell 16 - F, 16, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Minnie [Winnie] M Craswell 14 - F, 14, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Katy G Craswell 12 - F, 12, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Eva J Craswell 10 - F, 10, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
horatie [Horatio] N Craswell 8 - M, 8, son, b PEI x 3, CofE
Annie M Craswell 6 - F, 6, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Janet M Craswell 4 - F, 4, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
- 1901 Canada census - living with parents and 5 siblings in Lot 17, Prince, PEI:
2 39 16 Creswell Eva J F Daughter S Dec 8 1880 20
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
From another researchers:
- 104. Eva Josephine Creswell #70263 (33.Harry4, 7.Robert3, 2.William2, 1.James1) b. 8 Dec 1880, North St. Eleanors Prince PEI CAN, Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. William C Jones #121484, Occ./Title: ?.
Children:
i Helen Jones #121485 Occ./Title: ?.
ii Dorothy Jones #121486 Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. Edward "Ed" Conway #121488, Occ./Title: ?.
iii Austin Jones #121487 Occ./Title: ?, m. Ida (Jones) #121489, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
Eva Josephine married William C. JONES. Born ca 1880.
550. Horatio Nelson “Rache” CRESWELL (Harry Compton10, Catherine COMPTON9, Edward8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1). Born on 17 Dec 1882 in North St Eleanors, PEI, Canada. Christened on 21 May 1885 in St Marys Anglican Church, Summerside, PEI, Canada. Horatio Nelson “Rache” died in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on 19 Nov 1941; he was 58. Buried in 1941 in Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- 1885 PEI Baptismal Index:
Child's Full Name Horatio Nelson Cresswell
Birth Date 17 December 1882
Place of Birth North St. Eleanors
Baptismal Date 21 May 1885
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy Klement Richardson
Father's Name Harry C. Cresswell
Mother's Name Margerie
Church Name St. Mary's Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 71
Entry Number
Notes Craswell
- 1891 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI
Name Age
Harrey C Craswell 42 - M, 42, M, b PEI, father England, mother NS, CofE, farmer, employer of 1
Mary [Marery] A Craswell 38 - F, 38, M, wife, b PEI, father Scotland, mother NB, CofE
Helen B Craswell 16 - F, 16, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Minnie [Winnie] M Craswell 14 - F, 14, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Katy G Craswell 12 - F, 12, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Eva J Craswell 10 - F, 10, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
horatie [Horatio] N Craswell 8 - M, 8, son, b PEI x 3, CofE
Annie M Craswell 6 - F, 6, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Janet M Craswell 4 - F, 4, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
- 1901 Canada census - living with parents and siblings in Lot 17, Prince, PEI:
2 40 16 Creswell Horatio T M Son S Dec 17 1882 18
- 1906 Prairie Census, District: SK Assiniboia West District (#12)
Subdistrict: 37 C (City of Regina) Page 32:
34 224 Creswell H. C. Head M M 58 PEI PO Regina Lowest Block 368
35 224 Creswell Marjorie Wife F M 54 PEI
36 224 Creswell H. N. Son M S 23 PEI
37 224 Creswell Winnifred Daughter F S 26 PEI
38 224 Creswell Jannet Daughter F S 19 PEI
39 224 Creswell Austin Son M S 15 PEI
40 224 Creswell Fred Sister [“] M S 13 PEI
On next page, same household:
Eyre Kerry? Ann Lodger F M 69 England Immig 1904 PO Regina Lowest Block 368?
Sinefeson? Rebeca Lodger F S 30 PEI
Jones Wess? Lodger M S 27 Ont
Jones Arthur Lodger M S 24 Ont
West Albert Lodger M S 26 NS
Stephens Vaughn Lodger M S 23 NB
Creswell J? W Lodger M S 28 PEI
- 1910 Manitoba, Marriage Index, 1879-1931
Name: Horatio Nelson Creswell
Gender: Male
Spouse: Ruth Adams
Marriage Date: 21 Jul 1910
Marriage Place: Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada
- 1911 Canada census / Saskatchewan / Regina / 23 Strassburg / page 3
37 40 Craswell H N M Head M Dec 1882 28
38 40 Craswell R B F Wife M Jul 1882 28
- 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
Name: Horacio Nelson Creswell
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 33
Est. Birth Year: 1883
Birthplace: Prince Edward Island
Home in 1916: 06, Regina, Saskatchewan
Address: 21, 22, 2, Lunisden
Racial or Tribal Origin: Canadian
Relation to Head of Household: Self
Spouse's Name: Ruth Creswell
Sub District Desc.: Townships 20 and 21, whole or fractional, ranges 20, 21 and 22, W. 2. M., south of the Qu' Appelle River and Last Mountain Lake
Household Members:
- 1916 Canada census, living in Regina Saskatchewan
Name Age
Horacio Nelson Creswell 33 - head, M, M, 33, PEI, Presbyterian, Canadian, traveller worker Lea?ie & B?ay
Ruth Creswell 33 - wife, F, M, 33, Ont, presbyterian, Canadian
Doris Anita Creswell 3 - daughter, 7, S, 3, Sask.
Irene Bell Creswell 1 - daughter, F, S, 1, Sask
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
- 1935 Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980
Name: Horatio N Creswell
Occupation: Salesman
Year: 1935
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Electoral District: Winnipeg South Centre
No. 28446, page 2
Walnut, 108, Creswell, oratio N., salesman,203
Walnut, 108, Creswell, Mrs. Ruth (W), housewife, 204
Walnut, 108, Creswell, Miss Dora A. (W), spinster, 205
Walnut, 108, Adams, Mrs. Laura J. (W), widow, 206
Walnut, 108, Costello, James, civil servant, 207
Walnut, 108, Costello, Mrs. Margaret (W), housewife, 208
Walnut, 108, Costello, Miss Kathleen (W), spinster, 209
- 1941 Manitoba, Death Index, 1881-1941
Name: Horatio Nelson Creswell
Gender: Male
Age at Death: 58
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1882
Death Date: 19 Nov 1941
Death Place: Wpg, Manitoba, Canada
- 1941 memorial for Horatio Nelson Creswell
Birth: 1882 Prince Edward Island, Canada
Death: Nov. 11, 1941 Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Parents:
Harry Compton Creswell (1845 - 1932)
Margery Creswell (____ - 1942)
Siblings:
Gertrude Catherine Creswell (1879 - 1972)*
Horatio Nelson Creswell (1882 - 1941)*
Annie May Creswell Stordy (1884 - 1983)*
Arthur Austin Creswell (1892 - 1982)
Burial: Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Created by: Remember
Record added: Feb 05, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 124681907
RESEARCH NOTES
From another researcher:
- 105. Horatio "Rache" Nelson Creswell #70264 (33.Harry4, 7.Robert3, 2.William2, 1.James1) b. 14 Dec 1882, North St. Eleanors Prince PEI CAN, Occ./Title: ?, m. Ruth Adams #121041, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
Children:
i Doris Creswell #121042 Occ./Title: ?.
ii Irene Creswell #121043 Occ./Title: ?.
iii Ralph Creswell #121490 Occ./Title: ?.
iv Mildred Creswell #121491 Occ./Title: ?.
v Constance Creswell #121492 Occ./Title: ?.
- 1885 PEI Baptismal Index:
Child's Full Name Horatio Nelson Cresswell
Birth Date 17 December 1882
Place of Birth North St. Eleanors
Baptismal Date 21 May 1885
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy Klement Richardson
Father's Name Harry C. Cresswell
Mother's Name Margerie
Church Name St. Mary's Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 71
Entry Number
Notes Craswell
- 1891 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI
Name Age
Harrey C Craswell 42 - M, 42, M, b PEI, father England, mother NS, CofE, farmer, employer of 1
Mary [Marery] A Craswell 38 - F, 38, M, wife, b PEI, father Scotland, mother NB, CofE
Helen B Craswell 16 - F, 16, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Minnie [Winnie] M Craswell 14 - F, 14, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Katy G Craswell 12 - F, 12, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Eva J Craswell 10 - F, 10, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
horatie [Horatio] N Craswell 8 - M, 8, son, b PEI x 3, CofE
Annie M Craswell 6 - F, 6, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Janet M Craswell 4 - F, 4, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
- 1901 Canada census - living with parents and siblings in Lot 17, Prince, PEI:
2 40 16 Creswell Horatio T M Son S Dec 17 1882 18
- 1906 Prairie Census, District: SK Assiniboia West District (#12)
Subdistrict: 37 C (City of Regina) Page 32:
34 224 Creswell H. C. Head M M 58 PEI PO Regina Lowest Block 368
35 224 Creswell Marjorie Wife F M 54 PEI
36 224 Creswell H. N. Son M S 23 PEI
37 224 Creswell Winnifred Daughter F S 26 PEI
38 224 Creswell Jannet Daughter F S 19 PEI
39 224 Creswell Austin Son M S 15 PEI
40 224 Creswell Fred Sister [“] M S 13 PEI
On next page, same household:
Eyre Kerry? Ann Lodger F M 69 England Immig 1904 PO Regina Lowest Block 368?
Sinefeson? Rebeca Lodger F S 30 PEI
Jones Wess? Lodger M S 27 Ont
Jones Arthur Lodger M S 24 Ont
West Albert Lodger M S 26 NS
Stephens Vaughn Lodger M S 23 NB
Creswell J? W Lodger M S 28 PEI
- 1910 Manitoba, Marriage Index, 1879-1931
Name: Horatio Nelson Creswell
Gender: Male
Spouse: Ruth Adams
Marriage Date: 21 Jul 1910
Marriage Place: Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada
- 1911 Canada census / Saskatchewan / Regina / 23 Strassburg / page 3
37 40 Craswell H N M Head M Dec 1882 28
38 40 Craswell R B F Wife M Jul 1882 28
- 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
Name: Horacio Nelson Creswell
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 33
Est. Birth Year: 1883
Birthplace: Prince Edward Island
Home in 1916: 06, Regina, Saskatchewan
Address: 21, 22, 2, Lunisden
Racial or Tribal Origin: Canadian
Relation to Head of Household: Self
Spouse's Name: Ruth Creswell
Sub District Desc.: Townships 20 and 21, whole or fractional, ranges 20, 21 and 22, W. 2. M., south of the Qu' Appelle River and Last Mountain Lake
Household Members:
- 1916 Canada census, living in Regina Saskatchewan
Name Age
Horacio Nelson Creswell 33 - head, M, M, 33, PEI, Presbyterian, Canadian, traveller worker Lea?ie & B?ay
Ruth Creswell 33 - wife, F, M, 33, Ont, presbyterian, Canadian
Doris Anita Creswell 3 - daughter, 7, S, 3, Sask.
Irene Bell Creswell 1 - daughter, F, S, 1, Sask
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
- 1935 Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980
Name: Horatio N Creswell
Occupation: Salesman
Year: 1935
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Electoral District: Winnipeg South Centre
No. 28446, page 2
Walnut, 108, Creswell, oratio N., salesman,203
Walnut, 108, Creswell, Mrs. Ruth (W), housewife, 204
Walnut, 108, Creswell, Miss Dora A. (W), spinster, 205
Walnut, 108, Adams, Mrs. Laura J. (W), widow, 206
Walnut, 108, Costello, James, civil servant, 207
Walnut, 108, Costello, Mrs. Margaret (W), housewife, 208
Walnut, 108, Costello, Miss Kathleen (W), spinster, 209
- 1941 Manitoba, Death Index, 1881-1941
Name: Horatio Nelson Creswell
Gender: Male
Age at Death: 58
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1882
Death Date: 19 Nov 1941
Death Place: Wpg, Manitoba, Canada
- 1941 memorial for Horatio Nelson Creswell
Birth: 1882 Prince Edward Island, Canada
Death: Nov. 11, 1941 Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Parents:
Harry Compton Creswell (1845 - 1932)
Margery Creswell (____ - 1942)
Siblings:
Gertrude Catherine Creswell (1879 - 1972)*
Horatio Nelson Creswell (1882 - 1941)*
Annie May Creswell Stordy (1884 - 1983)*
Arthur Austin Creswell (1892 - 1982)
Burial: Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Created by: Remember
Record added: Feb 05, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 124681907
RESEARCH NOTES
From another researcher:
- 105. Horatio "Rache" Nelson Creswell #70264 (33.Harry4, 7.Robert3, 2.William2, 1.James1) b. 14 Dec 1882, North St. Eleanors Prince PEI CAN, Occ./Title: ?, m. Ruth Adams #121041, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
Children:
i Doris Creswell #121042 Occ./Title: ?.
ii Irene Creswell #121043 Occ./Title: ?.
iii Ralph Creswell #121490 Occ./Title: ?.
iv Mildred Creswell #121491 Occ./Title: ?.
v Constance Creswell #121492 Occ./Title: ?.
On 21 Jul 1910 when Horatio Nelson “Rache” was 27, he married Ruth ADAMS in Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada. Born in 1883 in Ontario, Canada.
- 1945 Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980
Name: Mrs Ruth Creswell
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widow
Year: 1945
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Electoral District: Winnipeg South Centre
No. 39203, page 1
Living at 54 Young Street, Apt. 4:
Creswell, Mrs. Ruth, widow, 136
Creswell, Miss R. C., cashier, 137
RESEARCH NOTES
This may be her burial in Winnipeg:
- 1962 memorial for Ruth Bertilla Creswell
Birth: unknown
Death: Nov. 7, 1962
Burial: Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Plot: D3-0847-0
Created by: Christina
Record added: May 30, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 111475613
- 1945 Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980
Name: Mrs Ruth Creswell
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widow
Year: 1945
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Electoral District: Winnipeg South Centre
No. 39203, page 1
Living at 54 Young Street, Apt. 4:
Creswell, Mrs. Ruth, widow, 136
Creswell, Miss R. C., cashier, 137
RESEARCH NOTES
This may be her burial in Winnipeg:
- 1962 memorial for Ruth Bertilla Creswell
Birth: unknown
Death: Nov. 7, 1962
Burial: Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Plot: D3-0847-0
Created by: Christina
Record added: May 30, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 111475613
They had the following children:
958i.
Doris Anita CRESWELL (~1913-)
959ii.
Irene Bell CRESWELL (1915-)
960iii.
961iv.
962v.
551. Annie May CRESWELL (Harry Compton10, Catherine COMPTON9, Edward8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1). Born on 4 Aug 1884 in North St Eleanors, PEI, Canada. Christened on 21 May 1885 in St Marys Anglican Church, Summerside, PEI, Canada. Annie May died in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on 30 Aug 1983; she was 99. Buried in 1983 in Masonic Cemetery, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
- 1885 PEI Baptismal Index:
Annie May Cresswell
Birth Date 4 August 1884
Place of Birth North St. Eleanors
Baptismal Date 21 May 1885
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy Klement Richardson
Father's Name Harry C. Cresswell
Mother's Name Margarie
Church Name St. Mary's Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 71
- 1891 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI
Name Age
Harrey C Craswell 42 - M, 42, M, b PEI, father England, mother NS, CofE, farmer, employer of 1
Mary [Marery] A Craswell 38 - F, 38, M, wife, b PEI, father Scotland, mother NB, CofE
Helen B Craswell 16 - F, 16, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Minnie [Winnie] M Craswell 14 - F, 14, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Katy G Craswell 12 - F, 12, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Eva J Craswell 10 - F, 10, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
horatie [Horatio] N Craswell 8 - M, 8, son, b PEI x 3, CofE
Annie M Craswell 6 - F, 6, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Janet M Craswell 4 - F, 4, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
- 1901 Canada census - living with parents and siblings in Lot 17, Prince, PEI:
2 41 16 Creswell Annie M. F Daughter S Aug 4 1884 16
- 1912 from family bible: Vernon C Stordy and Annie May Creswell were married on May 1st 1912 by Rev’d [nothing further written]
- 1921 1921 Census of Canada
Name: Annie Stordy
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Age: 35
Birth Year: abt 1886
Birth Place: Prince Edward Island
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Vernon C Stordy
Father Birth Place: Prince Edward Island
Mother Birth Place: Prince Edward Island
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Province or Territory: Alberta
District: Battle River
District Number: 1
Sub-District Number: 40
City, Town or Village: Village of Kitscoty
Section Number: Village Of Kitscoty
Household Members:
Name Age - owns single wood 5-room house, all Canadian, Anglican - as of June 7
Vernon C Stordy 38 - head, M, M, 38, PEI x3, Irish, merchant retail OA, groceries etc OA,
Annie Stordy 35 - wife, F, M, 35, PEI x3, English,
Margory Stordy 6 - F, S, 6, Alb, PEI x2, Irish,
Jean Stordy 3 - F, S, 3, Alb, PEI x2, Irish,
Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 1; Census Place: Battle River, Alberta; Page Number: 3
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
- 1983 "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986"
Name: Annie May Stordy
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Aug 1983
Event Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Gender: Female
Age: 99
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 04 Aug 1884
Birthplace: St Eleanors, Prince Edward Island
Father's Name: Harry Creswell
Mother's Name: Margery Bell
Spouse's Name: Vernon Cleveland Stordy
Tribe or Clan:
Affiliate Film Number: B13633
GS Film number: 2073150
Digital Folder Number: 004479502
Image Number: 00017
Registration Number: 83 09 013503
- 1983 memorial for Annie May Creswell Stordy
Birth: Aug. 4, 1884 Saint-Eleanors, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Death: Aug. 30, 1983 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Parents:
Harry Compton Creswell (1845 - 1932)
Margery Creswell (____ - 1942)
Siblings:
Gertrude Catherine Creswell (1879 - 1972)*
Horatio Nelson Creswell (1882 - 1941)*
Annie May Creswell Stordy (1884 - 1983)*
Arthur Austin Creswell (1892 - 1982)
Burial: Masonic Cemetery of British Columbia, Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Created by: Remember
Record added: Feb 05, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 124682643
RESEARCH NOTES
From another researcher:
- 106. Annie "Ann" May Creswell #70265 (33.Harry4, 7.Robert3, 2.William2, 1.James1) b. 4 Aug 1886, North St. Eleanors Prince PEI CAN, Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. Vernon Stordy #79942, Occ./Title: ?.
Children:
i Clive Stordy #79943 Occ./Title: ?.
ii Marjorie Stordy #79944 Occ./Title: ?.
iii Jean Stordy #79945 Occ./Title: ?.
iv Stanley "Stan" Stordy #79946 Occ./Title: ?.
- 1885 PEI Baptismal Index:
Annie May Cresswell
Birth Date 4 August 1884
Place of Birth North St. Eleanors
Baptismal Date 21 May 1885
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy Klement Richardson
Father's Name Harry C. Cresswell
Mother's Name Margarie
Church Name St. Mary's Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 71
- 1891 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI
Name Age
Harrey C Craswell 42 - M, 42, M, b PEI, father England, mother NS, CofE, farmer, employer of 1
Mary [Marery] A Craswell 38 - F, 38, M, wife, b PEI, father Scotland, mother NB, CofE
Helen B Craswell 16 - F, 16, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Minnie [Winnie] M Craswell 14 - F, 14, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Katy G Craswell 12 - F, 12, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Eva J Craswell 10 - F, 10, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
horatie [Horatio] N Craswell 8 - M, 8, son, b PEI x 3, CofE
Annie M Craswell 6 - F, 6, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Janet M Craswell 4 - F, 4, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
- 1901 Canada census - living with parents and siblings in Lot 17, Prince, PEI:
2 41 16 Creswell Annie M. F Daughter S Aug 4 1884 16
- 1912 from family bible: Vernon C Stordy and Annie May Creswell were married on May 1st 1912 by Rev’d [nothing further written]
- 1921 1921 Census of Canada
Name: Annie Stordy
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Age: 35
Birth Year: abt 1886
Birth Place: Prince Edward Island
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Vernon C Stordy
Father Birth Place: Prince Edward Island
Mother Birth Place: Prince Edward Island
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Province or Territory: Alberta
District: Battle River
District Number: 1
Sub-District Number: 40
City, Town or Village: Village of Kitscoty
Section Number: Village Of Kitscoty
Household Members:
Name Age - owns single wood 5-room house, all Canadian, Anglican - as of June 7
Vernon C Stordy 38 - head, M, M, 38, PEI x3, Irish, merchant retail OA, groceries etc OA,
Annie Stordy 35 - wife, F, M, 35, PEI x3, English,
Margory Stordy 6 - F, S, 6, Alb, PEI x2, Irish,
Jean Stordy 3 - F, S, 3, Alb, PEI x2, Irish,
Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 1; Census Place: Battle River, Alberta; Page Number: 3
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
- 1983 "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986"
Name: Annie May Stordy
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Aug 1983
Event Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Gender: Female
Age: 99
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 04 Aug 1884
Birthplace: St Eleanors, Prince Edward Island
Father's Name: Harry Creswell
Mother's Name: Margery Bell
Spouse's Name: Vernon Cleveland Stordy
Tribe or Clan:
Affiliate Film Number: B13633
GS Film number: 2073150
Digital Folder Number: 004479502
Image Number: 00017
Registration Number: 83 09 013503
- 1983 memorial for Annie May Creswell Stordy
Birth: Aug. 4, 1884 Saint-Eleanors, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Death: Aug. 30, 1983 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Parents:
Harry Compton Creswell (1845 - 1932)
Margery Creswell (____ - 1942)
Siblings:
Gertrude Catherine Creswell (1879 - 1972)*
Horatio Nelson Creswell (1882 - 1941)*
Annie May Creswell Stordy (1884 - 1983)*
Arthur Austin Creswell (1892 - 1982)
Burial: Masonic Cemetery of British Columbia, Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Created by: Remember
Record added: Feb 05, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 124682643
RESEARCH NOTES
From another researcher:
- 106. Annie "Ann" May Creswell #70265 (33.Harry4, 7.Robert3, 2.William2, 1.James1) b. 4 Aug 1886, North St. Eleanors Prince PEI CAN, Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. Vernon Stordy #79942, Occ./Title: ?.
Children:
i Clive Stordy #79943 Occ./Title: ?.
ii Marjorie Stordy #79944 Occ./Title: ?.
iii Jean Stordy #79945 Occ./Title: ?.
iv Stanley "Stan" Stordy #79946 Occ./Title: ?.
On 1 May 1912 when Annie May was 27, she married Vernon Cleveland STORDY. Born on 25 Jun 1884 in PEI, Canada. Christened on 24 Dec 1884 in Hampton United Church, Hampton, Queens, PEI, Canada. Vernon Cleveland died in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on 15 Jun 1968; he was 83.
- 1884 "Prince Edward Island Baptism Card Index, 1721-1885"
Name: Vernon Cleveland Sturdee
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 24 Dec 1884
Event Place [Location of Record]: Hampton , Prince Edward Island [Hampton United Church, Hampton Appin Rd.Book]
Birth: 28 June 1884, [no place]
Father's Name: Nelson Sturdee
Mother's Name: Pauline
Clergy: S.T.Teed
Book Number: 1
Page: 99
GS Film number: 1487767
Digital Folder Number: 004594559
Image Number: 00879
- 1901 "Canada Census, 1901"
Name: Vernon C Stordy
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 31 Mar 1901
Event Place: J, Prince (east/est), Prince Edward Island, Canada
Gender: Male
Age:
Marital Status: Single
Ethnicity: English
Nationality: Canadian
Religion: Methodist
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Pe
Birth Year (Estimated): 1885
Page: 10
Family Number: 97
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Pauline Stordy F 48 Pe
Daughter May E H Stordy F 18 Pe
Son Vernon C Stordy M 16 Pe
Boarder John Jardine M 30 Pe
- 1916 "Canada Census, 1916"
Name: V C Stordy
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1916
Event Place: Alberta, Canada
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Marital Status: Married
Ethnicity: English
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Prince Edward Island
Birth Year (Estimated): 1887
Township:
Province: Alberta
District Number: 42 Strathcona
Sub-District Number: 08
Enumeration District:
Family Number: 163
Page: 16
Line Number: 38
Affiliate Film Number: T-21954
GS Film number: 2434969
Digital Folder Number: 004363983
Image Number: 00788
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self V C Stordy M 29y Prince Edward Island
Wife Annie M Stordy F 29y Prince Edward Island
Daughter Marjorie Stordy F 1y Alberta
- 1924 "Idaho, Eastport, Arrival Manifests, 1924-1956"
Name: Vernon Stordy [merchant]
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1924
Event Place: Eastport, Idaho, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Birthplace: Canada
Birth Year (Estimated): 1880
Affiliate Publication Title: Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Eastport, Idaho, 1924-1956
Affiliate Publication Number: A3460
Affiliate Film Number: R-31
Digital Folder Number: 007018489
Image Number: 01179
- 1927 "Idaho, Eastport, Arrival Manifests, 1924-1956"
Name: Vernon C Stordy - merchant
Accompanied by: wife Annie, Marjorie, Jean & Cleveland
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1927 [Jul 20, 1927
Event Place: Eastport, Idaho, United States
Last Permanent Address: Kitscoty, Alta Auburn 26181 Alta
Destination: Vancouver, transit
Gender: Male
Age:
Birthplace: Canada
Birth Year (Estimated):
Affiliate Publication Title: Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Eastport, Idaho, 1924-1956
Affiliate Publication Number: A3460
Affiliate Film Number: R-31
Digital Folder Number: 007018489
Image Number: 01181
- 1968 "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986"
Name: Vernon Cleveland Stordy
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 15 Jun 1968
Event Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Gender: Male
Age: 83
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 25 Jun 1884
Birthplace: Prince Edward Island, Canada
Father's Name: Thomas Stordy
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Name: Annie May Cresswell
Affiliate Film Number: B13290
GS Film number: 2033943
Digital Folder Number: 004479280
Image Number: 01010
Registration Number: 68 09 008347
From other researchers:
- Son of Thomas N Stordy (1838-1895) and Pauline E P Clark (1852-1913); brother of May Inez H Stordy (1882-1923)
- 1884 "Prince Edward Island Baptism Card Index, 1721-1885"
Name: Vernon Cleveland Sturdee
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 24 Dec 1884
Event Place [Location of Record]: Hampton , Prince Edward Island [Hampton United Church, Hampton Appin Rd.Book]
Birth: 28 June 1884, [no place]
Father's Name: Nelson Sturdee
Mother's Name: Pauline
Clergy: S.T.Teed
Book Number: 1
Page: 99
GS Film number: 1487767
Digital Folder Number: 004594559
Image Number: 00879
- 1901 "Canada Census, 1901"
Name: Vernon C Stordy
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 31 Mar 1901
Event Place: J, Prince (east/est), Prince Edward Island, Canada
Gender: Male
Age:
Marital Status: Single
Ethnicity: English
Nationality: Canadian
Religion: Methodist
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Pe
Birth Year (Estimated): 1885
Page: 10
Family Number: 97
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Pauline Stordy F 48 Pe
Daughter May E H Stordy F 18 Pe
Son Vernon C Stordy M 16 Pe
Boarder John Jardine M 30 Pe
- 1916 "Canada Census, 1916"
Name: V C Stordy
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1916
Event Place: Alberta, Canada
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Marital Status: Married
Ethnicity: English
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Prince Edward Island
Birth Year (Estimated): 1887
Township:
Province: Alberta
District Number: 42 Strathcona
Sub-District Number: 08
Enumeration District:
Family Number: 163
Page: 16
Line Number: 38
Affiliate Film Number: T-21954
GS Film number: 2434969
Digital Folder Number: 004363983
Image Number: 00788
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self V C Stordy M 29y Prince Edward Island
Wife Annie M Stordy F 29y Prince Edward Island
Daughter Marjorie Stordy F 1y Alberta
- 1924 "Idaho, Eastport, Arrival Manifests, 1924-1956"
Name: Vernon Stordy [merchant]
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1924
Event Place: Eastport, Idaho, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Birthplace: Canada
Birth Year (Estimated): 1880
Affiliate Publication Title: Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Eastport, Idaho, 1924-1956
Affiliate Publication Number: A3460
Affiliate Film Number: R-31
Digital Folder Number: 007018489
Image Number: 01179
- 1927 "Idaho, Eastport, Arrival Manifests, 1924-1956"
Name: Vernon C Stordy - merchant
Accompanied by: wife Annie, Marjorie, Jean & Cleveland
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1927 [Jul 20, 1927
Event Place: Eastport, Idaho, United States
Last Permanent Address: Kitscoty, Alta Auburn 26181 Alta
Destination: Vancouver, transit
Gender: Male
Age:
Birthplace: Canada
Birth Year (Estimated):
Affiliate Publication Title: Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Eastport, Idaho, 1924-1956
Affiliate Publication Number: A3460
Affiliate Film Number: R-31
Digital Folder Number: 007018489
Image Number: 01181
- 1968 "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986"
Name: Vernon Cleveland Stordy
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 15 Jun 1968
Event Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Gender: Male
Age: 83
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 25 Jun 1884
Birthplace: Prince Edward Island, Canada
Father's Name: Thomas Stordy
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Name: Annie May Cresswell
Affiliate Film Number: B13290
GS Film number: 2033943
Digital Folder Number: 004479280
Image Number: 01010
Registration Number: 68 09 008347
From other researchers:
- Son of Thomas N Stordy (1838-1895) and Pauline E P Clark (1852-1913); brother of May Inez H Stordy (1882-1923)
They had the following children:
963i.
Marjorie Pauline “Marj” STORDY (1915-2012)
964ii.
Jean STORDY (1918-)
965iii.
Vernon Cleveland* STORDY Jr (1921-1944)
966iv.
552. Janet Marion “Jen” CRESWELL (Harry Compton10, Catherine COMPTON9, Edward8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1). Born on 14 Dec 1888 in PEI, Canada. Janet Marion “Jen” died in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on 14 Apr 1976; she was 87.
- 1891 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI
Name Age
Harrey C Craswell 42 - M, 42, M, b PEI, father England, mother NS, CofE, farmer, employer of 1
Mary [Marery] A Craswell 38 - F, 38, M, wife, b PEI, father Scotland, mother NB, CofE
Helen B Craswell 16 - F, 16, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Minnie [Winnie] M Craswell 14 - F, 14, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Katy G Craswell 12 - F, 12, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Eva J Craswell 10 - F, 10, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
horatie [Horatio] N Craswell 8 - M, 8, son, b PEI x 3, CofE
Annie M Craswell 6 - F, 6, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Janet M Craswell 4 - F, 4, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
- 1901 Canada census - living with parents and siblings in Lot 17, Prince, PEI:
2 42 16 Creswell Janet M. F Daughter S Dec 12 1886 14
- 1905 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Janet Creswell
Residence Date: 1905
Residence Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: settled
- 1906 Prairie Census, District: SK Assiniboia West District (#12)
Subdistrict: 37 C (City of Regina) Page 32:
34 224 Creswell H. C. Head M M 58 PEI PO Regina Lowest Block 368
35 224 Creswell Marjorie Wife F M 54 PEI
36 224 Creswell H. N. Son M S 23 PEI
37 224 Creswell Winnifred Daughter F S 26 PEI
38 224 Creswell Jannet Daughter F S 19 PEI
39 224 Creswell Austin Son M S 15 PEI
40 224 Creswell Fred Sister [“] M S 13 PEI
On next page, same household:
Eyre Kerry? Ann Lodger F M 69 England Immig 1904 PO Regina Lowest Block 368?
Sinefeson? Rebeca Lodger F S 30 PEI
Jones Wess? Lodger M S 27 Ont
Jones Arthur Lodger M S 24 Ont
West Albert Lodger M S 26 NS
Stephens Vaughn Lodger M S 23 NB
Creswell J? W Lodger M S 28 PEI
- 1911 census - likely a lodger “Jennie” in Regina in the family of James C Osborne:
/ Saskatchewan / Regina / 75 Regina / page 18
6 104 Creswell Jennie F Lodger S Dec 1887 23
7 104 Creswell Dixie F Lodger S Jan ? 24
10 104 Cresswell Winifred M F Lodger S Dec 1881 29
12 104 Creswell Katherine F Lodger S Jan 1884 27
- 1911/12: Janet Marion Creswell married George Wickens Smith in Regina in 1911 or 1912 .
- 1911 from family bible: George W Smith and Janet M Creswell were married on Nov 145h 1911 by the Veb’d Murdoc McKinnon.
- 1912: They had the misfortune of having their house flattened by the Regina Cyclone in June 1912. George had the house rebuilt, but Janet was frightened to live in it, so they moved a few blocks away.
- 1924: They had three children before George died of a brain tumour in 1924.
- After his death, Janet and her parents Harry and Margery moved to Vancouver.
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
- 1976: Janet died in Vancouver BC on April 14, 1976, age 87, from bronci-pn - bilateral, while dealing with partial bowel obstruction and ovarian cancer. Cremated by North Shore Crematorium, North Cancouver, BC on Apr 15, 1976.
- Usual residence at time of death: 1125 West 12th Ave., Vancouver, BC
- Janet Marion Creswell married George Smith (probably in 1911) they moved into a newly built house at 2338 Smith Street in Regina. June 30, 1912 was an extremely hot day and humid day in the city. The young couple had invited her sister Catherine and brother Fred for Sunday noon dinner. Suddenly a breeze blew through and dark clouds gathered in the southwest. George went upstairs to close the windows. Coming down the stairs he was picked up by what was then a tornado, and blown out the front door of the house. Picking himself up he found the house flattened by winds that peaked at up to 200 miles per hour. He feared that the rest of the family was dead. However they were saved by the buffet in the dining room which kept the wall from falling on them. For the remainder of her life Janet mourned the loss of her 12 piece set of china and her many other wedding presents destroyed by the cyclone. One lone vegetable dish was all that remained of the china. They were, however, lucky to escape with their lives. Twenty-eight people died in the disaster and their street took the brunt of the storm. In the words of a website about the cyclone:
Along Lorne and Smith Streets recently built frame houses crumpled under the strain of the storm. They had been constructed with unbraced joints, and the high tornadic winds collapsed the flimsy balloon-framed houses. One block of Lorne and Smith Street was directly in the path of the tornado. On this block, the houses were levelled completely, many battered down by the swirling winds. Others exploded as the pressure inside the house rose when the tornado passed over it.
- In a letter dated Jan 12, 1971 to her granddaughter, she once wrote “" We had a wonderful childhood. I was the youngest of seven girls. I had an older brother and two younger ones. Our farm, which was just one mile from Richmond Bay, was one of the best. We often went swimming (bathing, excuse me, for we wore stockings & quite long bathing suits. Not much like they wear today. Eh, what.) My Dad had a large sailing vessel & we often went across to Curtain Island on picnics & would come back with pails of raspberries and blueberries. We had wild strawberries on our farm, small & hard to pick but most delicious. My Dad also had trotting horses as well as farm horses. We had a team of chestnuts which were beautiful. Catherine used to drive them, being one of the older ones in the family. The soil is red. Our old house still stands, I believe, but many were taken over by the air force. I left P.E.I in the year 1905. My oldest brother was the first to leave PEI. Then Dad thought he would sell the farm & move to Sask (Regina)."
RESEARCH NOTES:
- Her parents listed as Samuell Creswell and Margery Bell, both of PEI, on death certificate, as per son Frederick Douglas Smith.
- Her granddaughter is interested in genealogy.
- 107. Janet Marion "Jen" Creswell #70266 (33.Harry4, 7.Robert3, 2.William2, 1.James1) b. 14 Dec 1888, North St. Eleanors Prince PEI CAN, Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. George Wickens Smith #79947, Occ./Title: ?, d. 2 Jan 1924, Regina Saskatchewan CAN. Janet died 14 Apr 1976, Vancouver British Columbia CAN.
Children:
i Russell Maynard Smith #37092 b. 14 Feb 1915, Regina Saskatchewan CAN, Occ./Title: ?, m. 2 Sep 1946, Catherine `Margaret' Chambers Hughes #37093, Occ./Title: Homemaker. Russell died 12 Oct 1996, Calgary Alberta CAN.
ii Edith `Marion' Smith #79948 b. 9 Oct 1912, Regina Saskatchewan CAN, Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. divorced, David Sturdy #121414, Occ./Title: ?.
iii Frederick Douglas Smith #79949 (details excluded), m. Pauline Scott #121435, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
- 1891 Canada census, living in Lot 17, PEI
Name Age
Harrey C Craswell 42 - M, 42, M, b PEI, father England, mother NS, CofE, farmer, employer of 1
Mary [Marery] A Craswell 38 - F, 38, M, wife, b PEI, father Scotland, mother NB, CofE
Helen B Craswell 16 - F, 16, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Minnie [Winnie] M Craswell 14 - F, 14, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Katy G Craswell 12 - F, 12, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Eva J Craswell 10 - F, 10, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
horatie [Horatio] N Craswell 8 - M, 8, son, b PEI x 3, CofE
Annie M Craswell 6 - F, 6, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
Janet M Craswell 4 - F, 4, daughter, b PEI x 3, CofE
- 1901 Canada census - living with parents and siblings in Lot 17, Prince, PEI:
2 42 16 Creswell Janet M. F Daughter S Dec 12 1886 14
- 1905 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Janet Creswell
Residence Date: 1905
Residence Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: settled
- 1906 Prairie Census, District: SK Assiniboia West District (#12)
Subdistrict: 37 C (City of Regina) Page 32:
34 224 Creswell H. C. Head M M 58 PEI PO Regina Lowest Block 368
35 224 Creswell Marjorie Wife F M 54 PEI
36 224 Creswell H. N. Son M S 23 PEI
37 224 Creswell Winnifred Daughter F S 26 PEI
38 224 Creswell Jannet Daughter F S 19 PEI
39 224 Creswell Austin Son M S 15 PEI
40 224 Creswell Fred Sister [“] M S 13 PEI
On next page, same household:
Eyre Kerry? Ann Lodger F M 69 England Immig 1904 PO Regina Lowest Block 368?
Sinefeson? Rebeca Lodger F S 30 PEI
Jones Wess? Lodger M S 27 Ont
Jones Arthur Lodger M S 24 Ont
West Albert Lodger M S 26 NS
Stephens Vaughn Lodger M S 23 NB
Creswell J? W Lodger M S 28 PEI
- 1911 census - likely a lodger “Jennie” in Regina in the family of James C Osborne:
/ Saskatchewan / Regina / 75 Regina / page 18
6 104 Creswell Jennie F Lodger S Dec 1887 23
7 104 Creswell Dixie F Lodger S Jan ? 24
10 104 Cresswell Winifred M F Lodger S Dec 1881 29
12 104 Creswell Katherine F Lodger S Jan 1884 27
- 1911/12: Janet Marion Creswell married George Wickens Smith in Regina in 1911 or 1912 .
- 1911 from family bible: George W Smith and Janet M Creswell were married on Nov 145h 1911 by the Veb’d Murdoc McKinnon.
- 1912: They had the misfortune of having their house flattened by the Regina Cyclone in June 1912. George had the house rebuilt, but Janet was frightened to live in it, so they moved a few blocks away.
- 1924: They had three children before George died of a brain tumour in 1924.
- After his death, Janet and her parents Harry and Margery moved to Vancouver.
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
- 1976: Janet died in Vancouver BC on April 14, 1976, age 87, from bronci-pn - bilateral, while dealing with partial bowel obstruction and ovarian cancer. Cremated by North Shore Crematorium, North Cancouver, BC on Apr 15, 1976.
- Usual residence at time of death: 1125 West 12th Ave., Vancouver, BC
- Janet Marion Creswell married George Smith (probably in 1911) they moved into a newly built house at 2338 Smith Street in Regina. June 30, 1912 was an extremely hot day and humid day in the city. The young couple had invited her sister Catherine and brother Fred for Sunday noon dinner. Suddenly a breeze blew through and dark clouds gathered in the southwest. George went upstairs to close the windows. Coming down the stairs he was picked up by what was then a tornado, and blown out the front door of the house. Picking himself up he found the house flattened by winds that peaked at up to 200 miles per hour. He feared that the rest of the family was dead. However they were saved by the buffet in the dining room which kept the wall from falling on them. For the remainder of her life Janet mourned the loss of her 12 piece set of china and her many other wedding presents destroyed by the cyclone. One lone vegetable dish was all that remained of the china. They were, however, lucky to escape with their lives. Twenty-eight people died in the disaster and their street took the brunt of the storm. In the words of a website about the cyclone:
Along Lorne and Smith Streets recently built frame houses crumpled under the strain of the storm. They had been constructed with unbraced joints, and the high tornadic winds collapsed the flimsy balloon-framed houses. One block of Lorne and Smith Street was directly in the path of the tornado. On this block, the houses were levelled completely, many battered down by the swirling winds. Others exploded as the pressure inside the house rose when the tornado passed over it.
- In a letter dated Jan 12, 1971 to her granddaughter, she once wrote “" We had a wonderful childhood. I was the youngest of seven girls. I had an older brother and two younger ones. Our farm, which was just one mile from Richmond Bay, was one of the best. We often went swimming (bathing, excuse me, for we wore stockings & quite long bathing suits. Not much like they wear today. Eh, what.) My Dad had a large sailing vessel & we often went across to Curtain Island on picnics & would come back with pails of raspberries and blueberries. We had wild strawberries on our farm, small & hard to pick but most delicious. My Dad also had trotting horses as well as farm horses. We had a team of chestnuts which were beautiful. Catherine used to drive them, being one of the older ones in the family. The soil is red. Our old house still stands, I believe, but many were taken over by the air force. I left P.E.I in the year 1905. My oldest brother was the first to leave PEI. Then Dad thought he would sell the farm & move to Sask (Regina)."
RESEARCH NOTES:
- Her parents listed as Samuell Creswell and Margery Bell, both of PEI, on death certificate, as per son Frederick Douglas Smith.
- Her granddaughter is interested in genealogy.
- 107. Janet Marion "Jen" Creswell #70266 (33.Harry4, 7.Robert3, 2.William2, 1.James1) b. 14 Dec 1888, North St. Eleanors Prince PEI CAN, Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. George Wickens Smith #79947, Occ./Title: ?, d. 2 Jan 1924, Regina Saskatchewan CAN. Janet died 14 Apr 1976, Vancouver British Columbia CAN.
Children:
i Russell Maynard Smith #37092 b. 14 Feb 1915, Regina Saskatchewan CAN, Occ./Title: ?, m. 2 Sep 1946, Catherine `Margaret' Chambers Hughes #37093, Occ./Title: Homemaker. Russell died 12 Oct 1996, Calgary Alberta CAN.
ii Edith `Marion' Smith #79948 b. 9 Oct 1912, Regina Saskatchewan CAN, Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. divorced, David Sturdy #121414, Occ./Title: ?.
iii Frederick Douglas Smith #79949 (details excluded), m. Pauline Scott #121435, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
On 15 Nov 1911 when Janet Marion “Jen” was 22, she married George Wickens SMITH, son of Newton SMITH (~1855-) & Caroline Augusta (~1858-), in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Born ca 1885. George Wickens died in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1924; he was 39.
- 1918, probate of his brother’s will:
“I George Wickens Smith, of the City of Regina in the Province of Saskatchewan, manager make oath and say:
1) That I am a brother of the deceased and have a personal knowledge of the matters herein deposed to except where stated to be on information and belief
2) That the said Newton Maynard Smith, deceased, enlisted in the Canadian Forces for service overseas in the present War in the month of May, AD 1917, and in the Month of May AD 1918 he proceeded with his Battalion overseas in actual Military Service.
3) That prior to his enlistment and going overseas the deceased had his fixed place of abode and was resident at the City of Weyburn, in the Judicial District of Weyburn, in the Province of Saskatchewan.
4) That I am informed and verily believe that the deceased died on active service in France on or about the 27th of September, AD 1918.
5) That now produced and shown to me and marked as Exhibit "A" to this my affidavit is a document purporting to be and contain the last Will and Testament of the said NEwton Maynard Smith, deceased, and that to the best of my knowledge, information and belief the said document is the true last Will and Testament of the said deceased.
6) That the said document mentioned in paragraph Five ….”
etc.
[Signed] Geo. W Smith
Sworn before me at Regina in the Province of Saskatchewan, this 25th day of June AD 1919. [Signed] Malcolm Dingwall, Commissioner for Oaths
On a later page: The two sureties on behalf of the intended Administratrix of the property of Newton Maynard Smith make oath as:
George W Smith of Regina Saskatchewan, Broker
Percy Maynard Smith of Weyburn Saskatchewan, Farmer
- 1916 "Canada Census, 1916"
Name: George W Smith
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1916
Event Place: Saskatchewan, Canada
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Marital Status: Married
Ethnicity: English
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Ont
Birth Year (Estimated): 1886
Immigration Year:
Military Service Place:
Township: 22
Province: Saskatchewan
District Number: 27 Regina
Sub-District Number: 03F
Enumeration District: 22
Family Number: 406
Page: 36
Line Number: 40
Affiliate Film Number: T-21943
GS Film number: 2434958
Digital Folder Number: 004363972
Image Number: 00358
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self George W Smith M 30y Ont
Wife Jean M Smith F 26y Ont - abt 1890, married
Daughter Marzon Smith F 4y Sask - abt 1912
Son Russel Smith M 1y Sask - abt 1915
Lodger Catherine Creswell F 28y P E I - abt 1888, single
- CAUSE OF DEATH: brain tumour
- had a brother who was killed in WW1.
Newton Maynard Smith
Birth: unknown
Death: Sep. 27, 1918
Note: Private, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment). Age: 29.
Burial: Vimy Memorial
Pas-de-Calais
Nord-Pas-de-Calais Region, France
Plot: Final resting place unknown. Name listed on the Vimy Memorial.
- 1918, probate of his brother’s will:
“I George Wickens Smith, of the City of Regina in the Province of Saskatchewan, manager make oath and say:
1) That I am a brother of the deceased and have a personal knowledge of the matters herein deposed to except where stated to be on information and belief
2) That the said Newton Maynard Smith, deceased, enlisted in the Canadian Forces for service overseas in the present War in the month of May, AD 1917, and in the Month of May AD 1918 he proceeded with his Battalion overseas in actual Military Service.
3) That prior to his enlistment and going overseas the deceased had his fixed place of abode and was resident at the City of Weyburn, in the Judicial District of Weyburn, in the Province of Saskatchewan.
4) That I am informed and verily believe that the deceased died on active service in France on or about the 27th of September, AD 1918.
5) That now produced and shown to me and marked as Exhibit "A" to this my affidavit is a document purporting to be and contain the last Will and Testament of the said NEwton Maynard Smith, deceased, and that to the best of my knowledge, information and belief the said document is the true last Will and Testament of the said deceased.
6) That the said document mentioned in paragraph Five ….”
etc.
[Signed] Geo. W Smith
Sworn before me at Regina in the Province of Saskatchewan, this 25th day of June AD 1919. [Signed] Malcolm Dingwall, Commissioner for Oaths
On a later page: The two sureties on behalf of the intended Administratrix of the property of Newton Maynard Smith make oath as:
George W Smith of Regina Saskatchewan, Broker
Percy Maynard Smith of Weyburn Saskatchewan, Farmer
- 1916 "Canada Census, 1916"
Name: George W Smith
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1916
Event Place: Saskatchewan, Canada
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Marital Status: Married
Ethnicity: English
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Ont
Birth Year (Estimated): 1886
Immigration Year:
Military Service Place:
Township: 22
Province: Saskatchewan
District Number: 27 Regina
Sub-District Number: 03F
Enumeration District: 22
Family Number: 406
Page: 36
Line Number: 40
Affiliate Film Number: T-21943
GS Film number: 2434958
Digital Folder Number: 004363972
Image Number: 00358
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self George W Smith M 30y Ont
Wife Jean M Smith F 26y Ont - abt 1890, married
Daughter Marzon Smith F 4y Sask - abt 1912
Son Russel Smith M 1y Sask - abt 1915
Lodger Catherine Creswell F 28y P E I - abt 1888, single
- CAUSE OF DEATH: brain tumour
- had a brother who was killed in WW1.
Newton Maynard Smith
Birth: unknown
Death: Sep. 27, 1918
Note: Private, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment). Age: 29.
Burial: Vimy Memorial
Pas-de-Calais
Nord-Pas-de-Calais Region, France
Plot: Final resting place unknown. Name listed on the Vimy Memorial.
They had the following children:
967i.
Edith Marion* SMITH (1912-2012)
968ii.
Russell Maynard SMITH (1916-1996)
969iii.
Frederick Douglas SMITH (1917-2005)
553. Arthur Austin* CRESWELL (Harry Compton10, Catherine COMPTON9, Edward8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1) . Born on 21 Jun 1892 in St Eleanors / Summerside, Prince, PEI, Canada. Christened on 29 Jan 1892 in St Marys Anglican Church, Summerside, Prince, PEI, Canada. Arthur Austin* died in Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC, Canada, on 18 Jul 1982; he was 90. Buried in 1982 in Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, BC, Canada. Occupation: Surveyor, Manager Of Bulk Oil Service Stations. Religion: Presbyterian.
- 1892 PEI baptism:
Child's Full Name Arthur Austin Craswell
Birth Date 21 June 1891
Place of Birth Residence, St. Eleanor
Baptismal Date 29 January 1892
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy C. F. Lowe
Father's Name Harry Craswell
Mother's Name Margery Craswell
Church Name St. Mary's Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 92
- 1901 Canada census - living with parents and siblings in Lot 17, Prince, PEI:
2 43 16 Creswell Austin A M Son S Jun 21 1891 9
- 1905 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Austin Creswell
Residence Date: 1905
Residence Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: settled
- 1906 Prairie Census, District: SK Assiniboia West District (#12)
Subdistrict: 37 C (City of Regina) Page 32:
34 224 Creswell H. C. Head M M 58 PEI PO Regina Lowest Block 368
35 224 Creswell Marjorie Wife F M 54 PEI
36 224 Creswell H. N. Son M S 23 PEI
37 224 Creswell Winnifred Daughter F S 26 PEI
38 224 Creswell Jannet Daughter F S 19 PEI
39 224 Creswell Austin Son M S 15 PEI
40 224 Creswell Fred Sister [“] M S 13 PEI
On next page, same household:
Eyre Kerry? Ann Lodger F M 69 England Immig 1904 PO Regina Lowest Block 368?
Sinefeson? Rebeca Lodger F S 30 PEI
Jones Wess? Lodger M S 27 Ont
Jones Arthur Lodger M S 24 Ont
West Albert Lodger M S 26 NS
Stephens Vaughn Lodger M S 23 NB
Creswell J? W Lodger M S 28 PEI
- 1911 Census of Canada / Saskatchewan / Assiniboia / 20 Townships 7 / page 20:
28 15 Creswell H.C. M Head M Jul 1848 63 1901
29 15 Creswell Marjorie F Wife M Jun 1851 59 1901
30 15 Creswell A??rt?? M Son S Jun 1890 20 1901 [name hard to read - almost like “Arthur” and “Austin” are written on top of each other]
31 15 Creswell Fredric M Son S Jan 1894 17
- 1911 census - his sisters may have been lodgers in Regina with the family of James C Osborne:
/ Saskatchewan / Regina / 75 Regina / page 18
6 104 Creswell Jennie F Lodger S Dec 1887 23
7 104 Creswell Dixie F Lodger S Jan ? 24
10 104 Cresswell Winifred M F Lodger S Dec 1881 29
12 104 Creswell Katherine F Lodger S Jan 1884 27
- 1913 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Austin Creswell
Residence Date: 1913
Residence Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: resided
- 1915 LAC Soldiers of the First World War
Name: CRESWELL, ARTHUR AUSTIN
Rank: LT
Date of Birth: 21/06/1893 23/06/1892
Place of Birth: Summerside PE Canada
Enlistment Date: 1915-09-11
Place of Enlistment: Regina SK Canada
Unit: 68th Battalion, C.E.F.
Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2135 - 24
Item Number: 125272
Digitized service file - PDF format: B2135-S024 <--- 94 pages
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-her...aspx?IdNumber=125272
Soldiers of the First World War – CEF 064197a - attestation1
Soldiers of the First World War – CEF 064197b - attestation2
Soldiers of the First World War – CEF 064198a - officers declaration:
Unit: Divisional Cycle, Rank Lieut.
Arthur Austin Creswell, born 21 Jun 1893, Summerside PEI, residing [Sep 1915] at 2261 Retallack St, Regina,surveyor, Presbyterian
68th Battalion, Regina detachment Unit
Sailed Apr 18, 1916; elsewhere says Austin left Halifax NS Canada 28-4-16, arrived Liverpool 7 May 1916
Active Militia: 95th Sask. Rifles, 2 years former military service
next of kin: H C Creswell, father of Kisbey Sask
Full file included Certificate of service: enlisted in the 68th battalion 21 Jun 1915. Served in Canada, England and France, with the 68th Battn., [5th Bn CEF, Jun 1916]. Canadian Reserve Cyclist Company [Div Cycle Platoon Jun 1917]. [ ---- 8 Dec 1917] 15th Reserve Battalion [2 Jan 1918], Saskatchewan Regimental Depot 15 Feb 1918], and 5th Battalion. Struck off the Strength on 25 Jul 1919, general demobilization.
1 Jul 1916 - taken on strength on arrival in France, perhaps Bouloque? [Bouloc? or Boulogne?]
OC 5th Bn Field Training included Grenade course, div training school, anti-gas school
12 Aug 1916 returned to field duty
Wounded 27 or 28 Sep 1916. by bullet, right forearm, fractured ulna. Evacuated to England 29 Sep 2016, in London General hospital til 29 Nov 1916 (61 days) then returned to Canada for rehabilitation. Leave granted for disability 29 Nov 1916. Arrived Canada 8 Dec 1916, Address 2019 Angus Street, Regina Sask. By 21 May 1919, wound practically healed with no loss of function of arm. (see below for surgeries)
5 May 1917, Unit 9th Sask Rifles, CDF;
Taken on strength at Regina, June 19? 1917
Medical Exam considered him fit Aug 13, 1917, Regina Sask
17 Nov 1917, sailed again from Canada with Regina Divnl Cyclist Platoon. Retained in OMFCA and posted to 15th Res Battn
17 Jun 1918 [sic] Trans to 3rd Cyclist Platoon
Seconded to the Royal Air Force from 15 Feb 1918 to 21 May 1919.
1919 Dangerously ill with influenza then pneumonia in Feb 1919, doing well by 25 Mar 1919.
May 5-21, 1919 14 days in hospital, operated on 3 times regarding gun shot wound on right forearm; wound not healed on discharge. Transferred to Canadian Red Cross Officers Hospital, North Audley Street London W 21 May - 7 Jun 1919 17 days while scar and fracture healed
11 Jul 1919 Sailed for Canada
- 1916 Census, Saskatchewan, Dist 27 Regina, S. Dist 3, Enum Dist 6, City of Regina, June 5-6 :
15 18 Head Charles, 2017 Angus, Head, M, M , 43, Ont, Presbyterian, -, Vetinary???? Own Office
> Head Winifred Mahala, 2017 Angus, Wife, F, M, 38, PEI, Presbyterian
> Head Harry Austin, 2017 Angus, Son, M, S, 1, Sask, Presbyterian
> Head Catherine, 2017 Angus, Daughter, F, S, 1/12, Sask, Presbyterian
> Cresswell Arthur Austin, 2017 Angus, Brother in law, M, S, 23, PEI, Presbyterian, Bookkeeper, Worker, Government Office <<<<
All in household are Canadian, English
- 1918 Canada, Ledgers of CEF Officers Transferring to Royal Flying Corps, 1915-1919
Name: Arthur Austin Creswell
Birth Date: 21 Jun 1892
Gender: Male
Residence Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada - 2261 Retallack Street
Next of Kin: H C Creswell - same address
Next of Kin Relationship: Father
Initial Transfer Date: 17 Feb 1918
Transferred From: Canada
Military ID Number: PI26182 - Lieut. 15th Cdn Res Bn.
- 1919 Sailed from Liverpool aboard the SS Cedric on 11 Jul 1919 (boarded? 9 Jul 1919):
I Lieut. Creswell, Arthur Austin SR 5thBn 68th A 19 Father Pres[Relig] Regina, Sask
- 1921 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Austin A. Creswell
Residence Date: 1921
Residence Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: resided
- 1921 Census of Canada
Name: Arthur Austin Creswell
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 28
Birth Year: abt 1893
Birth Place: Prince Edward Island
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Father Birth Place: Prince Edward Island
Mother Birth Place: Prince Edward Island
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Province or Territory: Saskatchewan
District: Weyburn
District Number: 229
Sub-District Number: 34
City, Town or Village: Milestone Sask <<<< about 50km south of Regina
Section Number: 4
Township Number: 415
Range Number: 19
Meridian Number: Cone Nr Ret 2
Municipality: Caledonia
Occupation: Laborer
Income: 800
Household Members:
Name Age
Frank E Reyes 50
Elizabeth Catherine Reyes 29
Laura Elizabeth Reyes 9
Mary Evaline Reyes 7
Maragret Reyes 5
Edith Clara Reyes 2
Dorothy Catheline Reyes 1
Jane McGuire 39
Robert Grant 27
Harry Bennett 20
Roy Stevenson 29
Charley Hulan 49
McCrea 22
James Ross Best 22
Edmund George Emerson 27
Earnest Roos Miller 21
Thomas Hislop McLellan 28
Morgan Driscoll 27
Arthur Austin Creswell 28 <<<<<<<< both parents PEI, English, Presb, laborer carpenter $800
Albert McManus
Lang Lee 47
Mike Mazskerin 46
Ethel Mary Farnham 17
Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 163; Census Place: Weyburn, Saskatchewan; Page Number: 13
- 1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Arthur A Creswell [Arthur A Cresswell]
Birth Year: abt 1895
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Canada
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Home in 1930: Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington - District 17
Street address: Pacific Avenue
Ward of City: I
Block: 3
House Number in Cities or Towns: 305
Dwelling Number: 16
Family Number: 33
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Language Spoken: English
Immigration Year: 1925
Naturalization: Alien
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Salesman
Industry: Service Station
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Ashley A Poust 25 - head, R, 42, radio, M, W, 25, single, Illinois x3, Salesman, Servic Station worker
Arthur A Creswell 35 - lodger, M, W, 35, single, Canada English x3, immig 1925, Alien, Salesman, service station worker
Year: 1930; Census Place: Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington; Roll: 2487; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0017; Image: 349.0; FHL microfilm: 2342221
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
- 1935 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Lorene Creswell
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1935
Street address: 237 St Helens av apt 400
Residence Place: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Spouse: Arthur A Creswell
Publication Title: Tacoma, Washington, City Directory, 1935 - pg 171
Creswell Arth A (Lorene) mgr Plant Super Service h237 StHelens av apt 400
- 1936 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Lorene Creswell
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1936
Residence Place: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Spouse: Arthur A Creswell
Publication Title: Tacoma, Washington, City Directory, 1936
Page 175, Creswell Arth A (Lorene) mgr Plant Super Service h701 S Yakima Av apt 110
Creswell Chas, r1519 Pacific Av
Creswell Saml M (Alice S) Physician, 1525 Medical Arts Bldg, City Health Officer, 302 City Hall, Tel BRoadway 3141, h2507 Starr
- 1937 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Lorene M Creswell
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1937
Residence Place: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Spouse: Arthur A Creswell
Publication Title: Tacoma, Washington, City Directory, 1937
Page 165, Creswell Arth A (Lorene M) mgr Plant Super Service h701 S Yakima Av apt 110
Creswell Saml M (Alice S) Physician, 1525 Medical Arts Bldg, City Health Officer, 302 City Hall, Tel BRoadway 3141, h2507 Starr
- 1940 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Lorene Creswell
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1940
Street address: 1263 Oak apt 205
Residence Place: Eugene, Oregon, USA
Spouse: Arthur A Creswell
Publication Title: Eugene, Oregon, City Directory, 1940 - pg 108
Creswell Arthur A (Lorene) slsmn h 1263 Oak apt 205
- 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Lorena Creswell
Respondent: Yes
Age: 44
Estimated birth year: abt 1896
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Canada English
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Street: Bernard Street
House Number: 729
Inferred Residence in 1935: Tacoma, Washington
Residence in 1935: Tacoma, Washington
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Citizenship: American Citizen Born Abroad
Sheet Number: 7A
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Name Age
Arthur Creswell 35 - head, M, W, 35, M H4, Canada English Al. Tacoma Wash, 48 hrs/wk, Promotional Man, Oil Co. PW, 52 wks, $2050 insurance
Lorena Creswell 44 - wife, F, W, 44, M, H4, Canada-English, Am Cit. Tacoma Wash, Home duties
Doris Creswell 27 [this line crossed out with a note: Filled BY ERROR]
Year: 1940; Census Place: Spokane, Spokane, Washington; Roll: T627_4387; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 41-98
- 1941 U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
Name: Arthur Austin Creswell
Birth Date: abt 1892
Birth Place: PEI Can
Birth Country: Can
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: English
Arrival Date: 1 Sep 1941
Port of Arrival: Blaine, Washington, USA
Residence Place: Seattle, Washington, USA - 316 E Harrison
Residence Country: USA
Record Type: Cards
10/2-4356, R.A. Card No. 3000 86, issued Seattle. Valid to 2/12/42
Description: 5ft 10in, med dk comoplexion white hair, brn eyes, scar rt forearm.
Occupation: Salesman, Richfield Oil. Arrived by auto
[image 2, back of card shows signature]
- 1941 "Border Crossings From Canada to United States, 1895-1956
Name: Arthur Austin Creswell
Arrival Date: 15 Sep 1941
Arrival Port: Port Angeles, Washington,
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: 1892
Birthplace: , P E Island
Gender: Male
Accompanied by: W,Rosena [wife, could be Rosena or Lorena, USC]
Departure Date:
Departure Port:
Departure Contact:
Arrival Contact:
Ship Name:
Airline:
Record has photo?: N
NARA Publication Number: Imusawa1917a
NARA Roll Number: 082620 [handwriting on card hard to read. In US Sep 1925 - 9/13/41 for work. Salesman. Returning to US “Resume Residence”. Description: 5ft 10in, Dark (Complexion?), brown eyes]
- 1942 USA Draft Registration Card (D.S.S. Form 1 (Revised 4-1-42)):
Serial Number U 0628
Name: Arthur Austin Creswell
Address: 316 East Harrison, Seattle, King, Washington (same mailing address)
Telephone: Pro 0381
Age: 49
Place of Birth: Prince Edward Island
Name and address of person who will always know your address: J.T. Foster, 1206 19th North, Seattle, Wn
Empoyer’s Name and Address: Richfield Oil Co., Los Angeles, Calif.
Place of Employment or Business: Torule? Bldg - 3rd & Pike, Seattle (King) Wasington
- 1944 Index to Declarations of Intention and Petitions for Naturalization [USA]:
Name Creswell Arthur Austin
Petition volume 87, page 9784
- 1945 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Lorene Creswell
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1945
Residence Place: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Spouse: Arthur A Creswell
Publication Title: Tacoma, Washington, City Directory, 1945 - pg 223
Creswell Alice (wid S Morton) dir USO Travelers Aid Service exec sec Travelers Aid Society of Tacoma h2507 Starr
Creswell Arth A (Lorene) br mgr Richfield Oil Corp h523 N Tacoma av
Creswell Lorene Mrs clk SLCB h523 N Tacoma av apt D
- 1967 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Lorena M Creswell
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1967
Residence Place: Redding, Shasta, California, USA
Spouse: Arthur A Creswell
Publication Title: Redding, California, City Directory, 1967 - pg 110
Creswell Arth A (Lorena M) (Wash Tyme) H571 Mary St.
- 1969 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Lorena M Creswell
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1969
Residence Place: Redding, Shasta, California, USA
Spouse: Arthur A Creswell
Publication Title: Redding, California, City Directory, 1969
Page 101, Creswell Arth A (Lorena M) (Wash Tyme) H571 Mary Street
- 1982 "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986"
Death Date: 18 Jul 1982
Death Place: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Name: Arthur Austin Creswell
Gender: Male
Age: 90y
Birth Date: 21 Jun 1892
Birthplace: North Saint Eleanor, Prince Edward Island
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Cora Creswell
Father: Harry Creswell
Mother: Marjorie Bell
Film Number: 2051743
Digital Folder Number: 4479491
Image Number: 182
British Columbia Archives Film Number: B13622
Registration Number: 82-09-011646
Additional information from film: Died Royal Jubilee Hospital Victoria V8R 1J8, residence #305 190 Gorge Road West, Victoria V9A1M4; Manager, Bulk Oil Serv. Stations; informant - Cora M Creswell, wife, 305-190 Gorge Rd. W. Victoria BC V9A1M4; Cremation July 20 1982 Royal Oack Crematorium Victoria BC, funeral director - First Mem. Serv. Ltd. Victoria BC; COD: acute mesenteric thrombosis (5 days), widespread atherosclerotic disease (years), certified by Dr J.P. White, 1139 Yates Street; 2 added notes: wife amended to read “Cora Marjorie Creswell” per info from Funeral Director. July 20, 1982. C.D 83-03921 April 27/83
- 1982 "United States Social Security Death Index"
First Name: Arthur
Middle Name:
Last Name: Creswell
Birth Date: 21 June 1892
Social Security Number: 564-07-0257
Place of Issuance: California
Last Residence:
Zip Code of Last Residence: XX953
Death Date: July 1982 [“Canada” listed in summary]
Estimated Age at Death: 90
[why is this registered in USA if he died in Canada?]
- 1982 memorial for Arthur Austin Creswell
Arthur Austin Creswell
Birth: Jun. 23, 1892 Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Death: Jul. 18, 1982 British Columbia, Canada
Parents:
Harry Compton Creswell (1845 - 1932)
Margery Creswell (____ - 1942)
Siblings:
Gertrude Catherine Creswell (1879 - 1972)*
Horatio Nelson Creswell (1882 - 1941)*
Annie May Creswell Stordy (1884 - 1983)*
Arthur Austin Creswell (1892 - 1982)
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery, Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Created by: Remember
Record added: Feb 05, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 124678713
From other researchers and family:
- ix Arthur `Austin' Creswell #70267 b. 21 Jun 1891, North St. Eleanors Prince PEI CAN, Occ./Title: ? dsp, m. Cora Elliot #121018, b. ___ 1897, Tweed Ontario CAN, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
- Austin was a really good hockey player, and the family said he could have made a fortune in the NHL if he'd lived later (which may or may not be true of course)... he was captain of the Regina Victorias hockey team which won the Allan Cup in 1914. The link to the first mention of him is here http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=753990 - search for Creswell for other references
“Hockey heritage: 88 Years of puck chasing in Saskatchewan” [Cresswell: pages 29, 33, 38, 39, 40, 110, 259]
> Regina Shamrock Hockey Team, Amateur Champions of Saskatchewan 1910-11
> In the 1912 season, Austin played as cover with the Regina Bees [page 33]
> In the 1913-14 season, A Crewell played goal for the Vics in southen division. They won 17 out of 21 games for the provincial title, and 21 out of 25 games in total, winning over the Edmonton Dominions, Winnipeg Monarchs to win the Allan Cup, also winning over Grand Mere of Quebec. Total goals scored: 166; goals allowed against: 70. [pg 38] also 39, 40
> 1921? season there was a “Creswell” who played for the Milestone team, defeated by the Saskatoon Nationals (CNR) [pg 110]
[pg 259 shows a woman named Crewswell McLean who played on the women’s team Moosomin in 1915]
- 1915 Austin fought in WW1 - signed up in1915 in Regina with another Officer's Declaration in 1917 - belonged to the 95th Sask. Rifles (active militia), 2 years CEF
- Although one article mentions that Austin was recommended for a DSO (Distinguished Service Order), my reference material indicates that he was not awarded this decoration.
- The 1941 border crossing record [film] seems to show that Austin had been living in the states, since September 1925 [to Sep 13, 1941], and that he'd only briefly been in Canada before crossing back on Sept 15, 1941. Unfortunately I can't make out the meaning of the second line at all, to figure out why it seems to have a reference to Sept 1942 [likely his Resident’s ID card expires 2/12/42]. It does give his street address in Seattle, more clearly shown in his 1942 U.S. Draft Registration card, which I'm also attaching. In the 1930 US Census he's listed as living as a boarder at 33 Pacific Avenue, Kelso City, Cowlitz County, Washington and his occupation is salesman at a service station. In 1944 he became a naturalized US citizen (the attached scan only lists his name and the volume number in which his application appears, but Ancestry.com says it's 1944). I'd been told that he'd gone to the States to play semi-pro hockey, but all these references refer to him working for oil companies. Of course, I'm sure that playing semi-pro didn't pay enough to support people in those days, nor do I know how long his hockey career lasted.
- According to his niece [2012]: “Uncle Austin was a lovely guy---he married my mother in 1968 and they had 12 years together. He was a WW1 flying ace, and a hockey player before the war [he is in the Sask. sports hall of fame in Regina] After the war he returned to his hockey career--was signed to play for Los Angeles on the first artificial ice there. Remained in the U.S. Had a laundry business in Redding and other places. Interesting love story I can tell you about regarding his first wife.”
NOTE: Austin was a WW1 pilot although officially not an “Ace” as he did not shoot down five or more opponents in aerial combat. He was not listed in the book “Above the Trenches – A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces of the British Empire and Units of the British Empire Forces 1915 – 1920” and its Supplement volume, nor in the book “A History of 24 Squadron” where Austin was assigned from 5 Oct 1918 until 26 Jan 1919. He is listed as a flying officer in their “B” Flight during that period: Lieut. A. A. Cresswell.
- 2012 memories from his niece / step-daughter:
“When Lorena died, Austin brought her ashes up to Victoria to bury them with her parents. My mother was living in White Rock then . Austin and Aunt Jean [Smith, your grandmother] and my mother drove to sask. to visit us. On this trip my mother and austin decided to marry which ended happily. We loved him--he was just a lovely guy. They lived in Redding Cal. for a year and then moved to Victoria, and were very happy here.”
RESEARCH NOTES
- birthdate varies between even official records. Military file says both 21/06/1893 and 23/06/1892
- photo of young Austin Creswell in hockey jersey found on ancestry, courtesy of CollectiveRoots, Stordy Family Tree
. Born on 21 Jun 1892 in St Eleanors / Summerside, Prince, PEI, Canada. Christened on 29 Jan 1892 in St Marys Anglican Church, Summerside, Prince, PEI, Canada. Arthur Austin* died in Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC, Canada, on 18 Jul 1982; he was 90. Buried in 1982 in Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, BC, Canada. Occupation: Surveyor, Manager Of Bulk Oil Service Stations. Religion: Presbyterian.- 1892 PEI baptism:
Child's Full Name Arthur Austin Craswell
Birth Date 21 June 1891
Place of Birth Residence, St. Eleanor
Baptismal Date 29 January 1892
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy C. F. Lowe
Father's Name Harry Craswell
Mother's Name Margery Craswell
Church Name St. Mary's Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 92
- 1901 Canada census - living with parents and siblings in Lot 17, Prince, PEI:
2 43 16 Creswell Austin A M Son S Jun 21 1891 9
- 1905 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Austin Creswell
Residence Date: 1905
Residence Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: settled
- 1906 Prairie Census, District: SK Assiniboia West District (#12)
Subdistrict: 37 C (City of Regina) Page 32:
34 224 Creswell H. C. Head M M 58 PEI PO Regina Lowest Block 368
35 224 Creswell Marjorie Wife F M 54 PEI
36 224 Creswell H. N. Son M S 23 PEI
37 224 Creswell Winnifred Daughter F S 26 PEI
38 224 Creswell Jannet Daughter F S 19 PEI
39 224 Creswell Austin Son M S 15 PEI
40 224 Creswell Fred Sister [“] M S 13 PEI
On next page, same household:
Eyre Kerry? Ann Lodger F M 69 England Immig 1904 PO Regina Lowest Block 368?
Sinefeson? Rebeca Lodger F S 30 PEI
Jones Wess? Lodger M S 27 Ont
Jones Arthur Lodger M S 24 Ont
West Albert Lodger M S 26 NS
Stephens Vaughn Lodger M S 23 NB
Creswell J? W Lodger M S 28 PEI
- 1911 Census of Canada / Saskatchewan / Assiniboia / 20 Townships 7 / page 20:
28 15 Creswell H.C. M Head M Jul 1848 63 1901
29 15 Creswell Marjorie F Wife M Jun 1851 59 1901
30 15 Creswell A??rt?? M Son S Jun 1890 20 1901 [name hard to read - almost like “Arthur” and “Austin” are written on top of each other]
31 15 Creswell Fredric M Son S Jan 1894 17
- 1911 census - his sisters may have been lodgers in Regina with the family of James C Osborne:
/ Saskatchewan / Regina / 75 Regina / page 18
6 104 Creswell Jennie F Lodger S Dec 1887 23
7 104 Creswell Dixie F Lodger S Jan ? 24
10 104 Cresswell Winifred M F Lodger S Dec 1881 29
12 104 Creswell Katherine F Lodger S Jan 1884 27
- 1913 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Austin Creswell
Residence Date: 1913
Residence Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: resided
- 1915 LAC Soldiers of the First World War
Name: CRESWELL, ARTHUR AUSTIN
Rank: LT
Date of Birth: 21/06/1893 23/06/1892
Place of Birth: Summerside PE Canada
Enlistment Date: 1915-09-11
Place of Enlistment: Regina SK Canada
Unit: 68th Battalion, C.E.F.
Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2135 - 24
Item Number: 125272
Digitized service file - PDF format: B2135-S024 <--- 94 pages
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-her...aspx?IdNumber=125272
Soldiers of the First World War – CEF 064197a - attestation1
Soldiers of the First World War – CEF 064197b - attestation2
Soldiers of the First World War – CEF 064198a - officers declaration:
Unit: Divisional Cycle, Rank Lieut.
Arthur Austin Creswell, born 21 Jun 1893, Summerside PEI, residing [Sep 1915] at 2261 Retallack St, Regina,surveyor, Presbyterian
68th Battalion, Regina detachment Unit
Sailed Apr 18, 1916; elsewhere says Austin left Halifax NS Canada 28-4-16, arrived Liverpool 7 May 1916
Active Militia: 95th Sask. Rifles, 2 years former military service
next of kin: H C Creswell, father of Kisbey Sask
Full file included Certificate of service: enlisted in the 68th battalion 21 Jun 1915. Served in Canada, England and France, with the 68th Battn., [5th Bn CEF, Jun 1916]. Canadian Reserve Cyclist Company [Div Cycle Platoon Jun 1917]. [ ---- 8 Dec 1917] 15th Reserve Battalion [2 Jan 1918], Saskatchewan Regimental Depot 15 Feb 1918], and 5th Battalion. Struck off the Strength on 25 Jul 1919, general demobilization.
1 Jul 1916 - taken on strength on arrival in France, perhaps Bouloque? [Bouloc? or Boulogne?]
OC 5th Bn Field Training included Grenade course, div training school, anti-gas school
12 Aug 1916 returned to field duty
Wounded 27 or 28 Sep 1916. by bullet, right forearm, fractured ulna. Evacuated to England 29 Sep 2016, in London General hospital til 29 Nov 1916 (61 days) then returned to Canada for rehabilitation. Leave granted for disability 29 Nov 1916. Arrived Canada 8 Dec 1916, Address 2019 Angus Street, Regina Sask. By 21 May 1919, wound practically healed with no loss of function of arm. (see below for surgeries)
5 May 1917, Unit 9th Sask Rifles, CDF;
Taken on strength at Regina, June 19? 1917
Medical Exam considered him fit Aug 13, 1917, Regina Sask
17 Nov 1917, sailed again from Canada with Regina Divnl Cyclist Platoon. Retained in OMFCA and posted to 15th Res Battn
17 Jun 1918 [sic] Trans to 3rd Cyclist Platoon
Seconded to the Royal Air Force from 15 Feb 1918 to 21 May 1919.
1919 Dangerously ill with influenza then pneumonia in Feb 1919, doing well by 25 Mar 1919.
May 5-21, 1919 14 days in hospital, operated on 3 times regarding gun shot wound on right forearm; wound not healed on discharge. Transferred to Canadian Red Cross Officers Hospital, North Audley Street London W 21 May - 7 Jun 1919 17 days while scar and fracture healed
11 Jul 1919 Sailed for Canada
- 1916 Census, Saskatchewan, Dist 27 Regina, S. Dist 3, Enum Dist 6, City of Regina, June 5-6 :
15 18 Head Charles, 2017 Angus, Head, M, M , 43, Ont, Presbyterian, -, Vetinary???? Own Office
> Head Winifred Mahala, 2017 Angus, Wife, F, M, 38, PEI, Presbyterian
> Head Harry Austin, 2017 Angus, Son, M, S, 1, Sask, Presbyterian
> Head Catherine, 2017 Angus, Daughter, F, S, 1/12, Sask, Presbyterian
> Cresswell Arthur Austin, 2017 Angus, Brother in law, M, S, 23, PEI, Presbyterian, Bookkeeper, Worker, Government Office <<<<
All in household are Canadian, English
- 1918 Canada, Ledgers of CEF Officers Transferring to Royal Flying Corps, 1915-1919
Name: Arthur Austin Creswell
Birth Date: 21 Jun 1892
Gender: Male
Residence Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada - 2261 Retallack Street
Next of Kin: H C Creswell - same address
Next of Kin Relationship: Father
Initial Transfer Date: 17 Feb 1918
Transferred From: Canada
Military ID Number: PI26182 - Lieut. 15th Cdn Res Bn.
- 1919 Sailed from Liverpool aboard the SS Cedric on 11 Jul 1919 (boarded? 9 Jul 1919):
I Lieut. Creswell, Arthur Austin SR 5thBn 68th A 19 Father Pres[Relig] Regina, Sask
- 1921 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Austin A. Creswell
Residence Date: 1921
Residence Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: resided
- 1921 Census of Canada
Name: Arthur Austin Creswell
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 28
Birth Year: abt 1893
Birth Place: Prince Edward Island
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Father Birth Place: Prince Edward Island
Mother Birth Place: Prince Edward Island
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Province or Territory: Saskatchewan
District: Weyburn
District Number: 229
Sub-District Number: 34
City, Town or Village: Milestone Sask <<<< about 50km south of Regina
Section Number: 4
Township Number: 415
Range Number: 19
Meridian Number: Cone Nr Ret 2
Municipality: Caledonia
Occupation: Laborer
Income: 800
Household Members:
Name Age
Frank E Reyes 50
Elizabeth Catherine Reyes 29
Laura Elizabeth Reyes 9
Mary Evaline Reyes 7
Maragret Reyes 5
Edith Clara Reyes 2
Dorothy Catheline Reyes 1
Jane McGuire 39
Robert Grant 27
Harry Bennett 20
Roy Stevenson 29
Charley Hulan 49
McCrea 22
James Ross Best 22
Edmund George Emerson 27
Earnest Roos Miller 21
Thomas Hislop McLellan 28
Morgan Driscoll 27
Arthur Austin Creswell 28 <<<<<<<< both parents PEI, English, Presb, laborer carpenter $800
Albert McManus
Lang Lee 47
Mike Mazskerin 46
Ethel Mary Farnham 17
Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 163; Census Place: Weyburn, Saskatchewan; Page Number: 13
- 1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Arthur A Creswell [Arthur A Cresswell]
Birth Year: abt 1895
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Canada
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Home in 1930: Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington - District 17
Street address: Pacific Avenue
Ward of City: I
Block: 3
House Number in Cities or Towns: 305
Dwelling Number: 16
Family Number: 33
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Language Spoken: English
Immigration Year: 1925
Naturalization: Alien
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Salesman
Industry: Service Station
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Ashley A Poust 25 - head, R, 42, radio, M, W, 25, single, Illinois x3, Salesman, Servic Station worker
Arthur A Creswell 35 - lodger, M, W, 35, single, Canada English x3, immig 1925, Alien, Salesman, service station worker
Year: 1930; Census Place: Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington; Roll: 2487; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0017; Image: 349.0; FHL microfilm: 2342221
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
- 1935 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Lorene Creswell
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1935
Street address: 237 St Helens av apt 400
Residence Place: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Spouse: Arthur A Creswell
Publication Title: Tacoma, Washington, City Directory, 1935 - pg 171
Creswell Arth A (Lorene) mgr Plant Super Service h237 StHelens av apt 400
- 1936 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Lorene Creswell
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1936
Residence Place: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Spouse: Arthur A Creswell
Publication Title: Tacoma, Washington, City Directory, 1936
Page 175, Creswell Arth A (Lorene) mgr Plant Super Service h701 S Yakima Av apt 110
Creswell Chas, r1519 Pacific Av
Creswell Saml M (Alice S) Physician, 1525 Medical Arts Bldg, City Health Officer, 302 City Hall, Tel BRoadway 3141, h2507 Starr
- 1937 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Lorene M Creswell
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1937
Residence Place: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Spouse: Arthur A Creswell
Publication Title: Tacoma, Washington, City Directory, 1937
Page 165, Creswell Arth A (Lorene M) mgr Plant Super Service h701 S Yakima Av apt 110
Creswell Saml M (Alice S) Physician, 1525 Medical Arts Bldg, City Health Officer, 302 City Hall, Tel BRoadway 3141, h2507 Starr
- 1940 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Lorene Creswell
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1940
Street address: 1263 Oak apt 205
Residence Place: Eugene, Oregon, USA
Spouse: Arthur A Creswell
Publication Title: Eugene, Oregon, City Directory, 1940 - pg 108
Creswell Arthur A (Lorene) slsmn h 1263 Oak apt 205
- 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Lorena Creswell
Respondent: Yes
Age: 44
Estimated birth year: abt 1896
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Canada English
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Street: Bernard Street
House Number: 729
Inferred Residence in 1935: Tacoma, Washington
Residence in 1935: Tacoma, Washington
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Citizenship: American Citizen Born Abroad
Sheet Number: 7A
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Name Age
Arthur Creswell 35 - head, M, W, 35, M H4, Canada English Al. Tacoma Wash, 48 hrs/wk, Promotional Man, Oil Co. PW, 52 wks, $2050 insurance
Lorena Creswell 44 - wife, F, W, 44, M, H4, Canada-English, Am Cit. Tacoma Wash, Home duties
Doris Creswell 27 [this line crossed out with a note: Filled BY ERROR]
Year: 1940; Census Place: Spokane, Spokane, Washington; Roll: T627_4387; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 41-98
- 1941 U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
Name: Arthur Austin Creswell
Birth Date: abt 1892
Birth Place: PEI Can
Birth Country: Can
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: English
Arrival Date: 1 Sep 1941
Port of Arrival: Blaine, Washington, USA
Residence Place: Seattle, Washington, USA - 316 E Harrison
Residence Country: USA
Record Type: Cards
10/2-4356, R.A. Card No. 3000 86, issued Seattle. Valid to 2/12/42
Description: 5ft 10in, med dk comoplexion white hair, brn eyes, scar rt forearm.
Occupation: Salesman, Richfield Oil. Arrived by auto
[image 2, back of card shows signature]
- 1941 "Border Crossings From Canada to United States, 1895-1956
Name: Arthur Austin Creswell
Arrival Date: 15 Sep 1941
Arrival Port: Port Angeles, Washington,
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: 1892
Birthplace: , P E Island
Gender: Male
Accompanied by: W,Rosena [wife, could be Rosena or Lorena, USC]
Departure Date:
Departure Port:
Departure Contact:
Arrival Contact:
Ship Name:
Airline:
Record has photo?: N
NARA Publication Number: Imusawa1917a
NARA Roll Number: 082620 [handwriting on card hard to read. In US Sep 1925 - 9/13/41 for work. Salesman. Returning to US “Resume Residence”. Description: 5ft 10in, Dark (Complexion?), brown eyes]
- 1942 USA Draft Registration Card (D.S.S. Form 1 (Revised 4-1-42)):
Serial Number U 0628
Name: Arthur Austin Creswell
Address: 316 East Harrison, Seattle, King, Washington (same mailing address)
Telephone: Pro 0381
Age: 49
Place of Birth: Prince Edward Island
Name and address of person who will always know your address: J.T. Foster, 1206 19th North, Seattle, Wn
Empoyer’s Name and Address: Richfield Oil Co., Los Angeles, Calif.
Place of Employment or Business: Torule? Bldg - 3rd & Pike, Seattle (King) Wasington
- 1944 Index to Declarations of Intention and Petitions for Naturalization [USA]:
Name Creswell Arthur Austin
Petition volume 87, page 9784
- 1945 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Lorene Creswell
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1945
Residence Place: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Spouse: Arthur A Creswell
Publication Title: Tacoma, Washington, City Directory, 1945 - pg 223
Creswell Alice (wid S Morton) dir USO Travelers Aid Service exec sec Travelers Aid Society of Tacoma h2507 Starr
Creswell Arth A (Lorene) br mgr Richfield Oil Corp h523 N Tacoma av
Creswell Lorene Mrs clk SLCB h523 N Tacoma av apt D
- 1967 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Lorena M Creswell
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1967
Residence Place: Redding, Shasta, California, USA
Spouse: Arthur A Creswell
Publication Title: Redding, California, City Directory, 1967 - pg 110
Creswell Arth A (Lorena M) (Wash Tyme) H571 Mary St.
- 1969 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Lorena M Creswell
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1969
Residence Place: Redding, Shasta, California, USA
Spouse: Arthur A Creswell
Publication Title: Redding, California, City Directory, 1969
Page 101, Creswell Arth A (Lorena M) (Wash Tyme) H571 Mary Street
- 1982 "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986"
Death Date: 18 Jul 1982
Death Place: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Name: Arthur Austin Creswell
Gender: Male
Age: 90y
Birth Date: 21 Jun 1892
Birthplace: North Saint Eleanor, Prince Edward Island
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Cora Creswell
Father: Harry Creswell
Mother: Marjorie Bell
Film Number: 2051743
Digital Folder Number: 4479491
Image Number: 182
British Columbia Archives Film Number: B13622
Registration Number: 82-09-011646
Additional information from film: Died Royal Jubilee Hospital Victoria V8R 1J8, residence #305 190 Gorge Road West, Victoria V9A1M4; Manager, Bulk Oil Serv. Stations; informant - Cora M Creswell, wife, 305-190 Gorge Rd. W. Victoria BC V9A1M4; Cremation July 20 1982 Royal Oack Crematorium Victoria BC, funeral director - First Mem. Serv. Ltd. Victoria BC; COD: acute mesenteric thrombosis (5 days), widespread atherosclerotic disease (years), certified by Dr J.P. White, 1139 Yates Street; 2 added notes: wife amended to read “Cora Marjorie Creswell” per info from Funeral Director. July 20, 1982. C.D 83-03921 April 27/83
- 1982 "United States Social Security Death Index"
First Name: Arthur
Middle Name:
Last Name: Creswell
Birth Date: 21 June 1892
Social Security Number: 564-07-0257
Place of Issuance: California
Last Residence:
Zip Code of Last Residence: XX953
Death Date: July 1982 [“Canada” listed in summary]
Estimated Age at Death: 90
[why is this registered in USA if he died in Canada?]
- 1982 memorial for Arthur Austin Creswell
Arthur Austin Creswell
Birth: Jun. 23, 1892 Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Death: Jul. 18, 1982 British Columbia, Canada
Parents:
Harry Compton Creswell (1845 - 1932)
Margery Creswell (____ - 1942)
Siblings:
Gertrude Catherine Creswell (1879 - 1972)*
Horatio Nelson Creswell (1882 - 1941)*
Annie May Creswell Stordy (1884 - 1983)*
Arthur Austin Creswell (1892 - 1982)
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery, Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Created by: Remember
Record added: Feb 05, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 124678713
From other researchers and family:
- ix Arthur `Austin' Creswell #70267 b. 21 Jun 1891, North St. Eleanors Prince PEI CAN, Occ./Title: ? dsp, m. Cora Elliot #121018, b. ___ 1897, Tweed Ontario CAN, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
- Austin was a really good hockey player, and the family said he could have made a fortune in the NHL if he'd lived later (which may or may not be true of course)... he was captain of the Regina Victorias hockey team which won the Allan Cup in 1914. The link to the first mention of him is here http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=753990 - search for Creswell for other references
“Hockey heritage: 88 Years of puck chasing in Saskatchewan” [Cresswell: pages 29, 33, 38, 39, 40, 110, 259]
> Regina Shamrock Hockey Team, Amateur Champions of Saskatchewan 1910-11
> In the 1912 season, Austin played as cover with the Regina Bees [page 33]
> In the 1913-14 season, A Crewell played goal for the Vics in southen division. They won 17 out of 21 games for the provincial title, and 21 out of 25 games in total, winning over the Edmonton Dominions, Winnipeg Monarchs to win the Allan Cup, also winning over Grand Mere of Quebec. Total goals scored: 166; goals allowed against: 70. [pg 38] also 39, 40
> 1921? season there was a “Creswell” who played for the Milestone team, defeated by the Saskatoon Nationals (CNR) [pg 110]
[pg 259 shows a woman named Crewswell McLean who played on the women’s team Moosomin in 1915]
- 1915 Austin fought in WW1 - signed up in1915 in Regina with another Officer's Declaration in 1917 - belonged to the 95th Sask. Rifles (active militia), 2 years CEF
- Although one article mentions that Austin was recommended for a DSO (Distinguished Service Order), my reference material indicates that he was not awarded this decoration.
- The 1941 border crossing record [film] seems to show that Austin had been living in the states, since September 1925 [to Sep 13, 1941], and that he'd only briefly been in Canada before crossing back on Sept 15, 1941. Unfortunately I can't make out the meaning of the second line at all, to figure out why it seems to have a reference to Sept 1942 [likely his Resident’s ID card expires 2/12/42]. It does give his street address in Seattle, more clearly shown in his 1942 U.S. Draft Registration card, which I'm also attaching. In the 1930 US Census he's listed as living as a boarder at 33 Pacific Avenue, Kelso City, Cowlitz County, Washington and his occupation is salesman at a service station. In 1944 he became a naturalized US citizen (the attached scan only lists his name and the volume number in which his application appears, but Ancestry.com says it's 1944). I'd been told that he'd gone to the States to play semi-pro hockey, but all these references refer to him working for oil companies. Of course, I'm sure that playing semi-pro didn't pay enough to support people in those days, nor do I know how long his hockey career lasted.
- According to his niece [2012]: “Uncle Austin was a lovely guy---he married my mother in 1968 and they had 12 years together. He was a WW1 flying ace, and a hockey player before the war [he is in the Sask. sports hall of fame in Regina] After the war he returned to his hockey career--was signed to play for Los Angeles on the first artificial ice there. Remained in the U.S. Had a laundry business in Redding and other places. Interesting love story I can tell you about regarding his first wife.”
NOTE: Austin was a WW1 pilot although officially not an “Ace” as he did not shoot down five or more opponents in aerial combat. He was not listed in the book “Above the Trenches – A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces of the British Empire and Units of the British Empire Forces 1915 – 1920” and its Supplement volume, nor in the book “A History of 24 Squadron” where Austin was assigned from 5 Oct 1918 until 26 Jan 1919. He is listed as a flying officer in their “B” Flight during that period: Lieut. A. A. Cresswell.
- 2012 memories from his niece / step-daughter:
“When Lorena died, Austin brought her ashes up to Victoria to bury them with her parents. My mother was living in White Rock then . Austin and Aunt Jean [Smith, your grandmother] and my mother drove to sask. to visit us. On this trip my mother and austin decided to marry which ended happily. We loved him--he was just a lovely guy. They lived in Redding Cal. for a year and then moved to Victoria, and were very happy here.”
RESEARCH NOTES
- birthdate varies between even official records. Military file says both 21/06/1893 and 23/06/1892
- photo of young Austin Creswell in hockey jersey found on ancestry, courtesy of CollectiveRoots, Stordy Family Tree
Bef 1935 when Arthur Austin* was 42, he first married Lorena Marguerite ROURKE . Born on 16 Sep 1894 in Canada. Lorena Marguerite died in Shasta, Californa, USA, on 24 Nov 1967; she was 73. Buried in Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, BC, Canada.
- 1967 "California, Death Index, 1940-1997,"
name: Lorena M Creswell
event: Death
event date: 24 Nov 1967
event place: Shasta, California, United States
birth date: 16 Sep 1894
birthplace: Canada
gender: Female
father:
mother: Graham [no image]
From other researchers:
- Austin lived in California looking after his wife who was an invalid then [ca 1963] (her name was Lorena). When Lorena died, Austin brought her ashes up to Victoria to bury them with her parents.
- Lorena’s last name was Rourke. I don’t know if that was her maiden name or her first husband’s name. She had two daughters and divorced her husband to marry Austin. I don’t know the whole story, but Austin and Lorena were sweethearts before he went to war, and somehow she received the news that he had been killed. She had already married when she found out the truth, but years later she and Austin were reunited and had many happy years.
- While reading your blog about Arther Creswell you mentioned you didn't have his wife Lerena's maiden name. After doing some digging, I believe I have come up with the answer. Lorena Marguerite Rourke, or alternate middle names Olive Evangeline.
She is the daughter of William Rourke and Amelia Graham. One brother, two sisters, one sister dying at age 3. She was previously married to Henry Jesse Quimby and had one daughter. Their marrige record is in the Archives B.C.
RESEARCH NOTES:
- Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria BC: Gravestone on her cremation plot says: Lorena M. Creswell 1894 1967 [see photo]
VGS Burial index say:
- Creswell, Lorena M [comment: Marguerite), born Canada, died 11/24/67 Redding CA, age 73, burried Section V, P037 [born 1894]
According to cemetery records (Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria BC) she was originally buried in plot A-87 [perhpas listed as Lorna M], near a Bertha Grimsey [there is no proof that this is a relative of Lorena’s]. When her husband Austin Creswell died she was moved to P-037 Garden of Remembrance beside him.
2 other Grimsey’s are buried elsewhere in the cemetery:
- Grimsey, Charlotte E, 82, born England, died 1/24/61 Victoria, buried 1/27/61 ISLAND-C-342 [born 1879]
- Grimsey, Maurice, 81, born England, died 12/17/66 Victoria, buried 12/20/66 ISLAND-E-368 [born 1885]
Others buried near original plot A-087 (in section V = Garden of Remembrance):
A-080: William Burges Buckmaster, 66, d 11/24/49 Duncan BC, bur 11/26/49
A-081: Edith A Brooks, 86, born Burton-onTrent, Staff, died 1/19/65 Victoria, bur 1/22/65
A-082: Charles William Brooks, 69, England, d 7/16/49 Victoria, b 7/20/49
A-083: Hugh Lawrence McKenzie, 61, d 4/25/49 Victoria
A-084: Bertha Grimsey, age 96, died 4/15/84 in Victoria [born 1888] ...
A-088: Louis Marius Gay, 70, b France, d 11/25/43 Saanich, bur 11/27/43
A-089: Louise Hasenfratz, 80, b Switzerland, d 4/30/43 Victoria, bur 5/4/43
No others indexed in that row.
If her maiden name was ROURKE:
Possibly her with her parents and siblings:
- 1891 Canada census, living in Winnipeg Ward 2, Manitoba
Name Age - all C of E
William H Rourk 42 - M, 42, M, [head], US, Irel Irel, House Contractor, employer of 20
Amelia Rourk 38 - M [sic] , 38, M, Wife, Que, Irel, Irel, C of
Florence [Florance] E Rourk 5 - F, T, -, Dau, Man, US, Que
Harold S Rourk 2 - M, 2, -, son, Man, US, Que
Rourk 7/12 - F, 7/12, -, dau, Man, US, Que
Ev Am [Eva M] Johnson 33 - F, 33, -, Dom, ?, ?, ? [prehaps Irel for all?], Luth, gen servant
Year: 1891; Census Place: Ward 2, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Roll: T-6296; Family No: 469
- 1901 Canada census, living in Winnipeg City, Ward 2, Manitoba
Name Age - Rourke family all Canadian Engl Ch., speaks English
Charles F. Bumel [Burmel?] 49 - head,hotel keeper
Jennie Bumel 45 - wife
Dolly J. Bumel 19 - daughter
John H Roach 19 - lodger
Norman H Little 22 - lodger
Mary Ann Suman 69 - lodger
Alexander J. C Frigon 32 - lodger
Rosie Frigon 21 - lodger
William M Mcleod 41 - lodger
William F. Rourke 51 - M, W, lodger M, 16 Feby 1850, 51, US New York, Irish, contractor, employer
Amelia Rourke 48 - F, W, lodger, M, 25 Oct 1852, 49?, Que R, Irish
Florence H. Rourke 15 - F, W, lodger, S, 10 Nov 1885, 15, Man U, Irish, 10mo school
Harold S. Rourke 12 - M, W, lodger, S, 5 Dec 1888, 12 Man U, Irish, 10mo school
Lorena M Rourke 10 - F, W, lodger, S, 167 Sep 1890, 10, Man U, Irish, 5 mo school
Flora I. Campbell 35 - lodger
Wm A Templeton 34 - lodger
Mary L. Templeton 38 - lodger
Joseph V. Dumoulin 35 - lodger
Samuel R Hunter 48 - lodger
Edward K Campbell 39 - lodger
Norman Musgrave 34 - lodger
Edith J Miller 26 - lodger
Edward S Chambers 46 - lodger
William Suttleworth 61 - lodger
Annie E Suttleworth 56 - lodger
Henry Warsley 36 - lodger
James A. Hesketh 37 - lodger
Lydia A Conner 29 - lodger
Emma A . Godkin 21 - lodger
Michael Markie 19 - lodger
Year: 1901; Census Place: Winnipeg (City/Cité) Ward/Quartier No 2, Winnipeg (city/cité), Manitoba; Page: 3; Family No: 24
Wrong middle names - is this the right couple?
- 1909 British Columbia, Canada, Marriage Index, 1872-1935 - No 24625
Name: Lorena Olive Evangeline Rourke - age 18, res Nanaimo, b Winnipeg Man, spinster, Church of England
Parents: W H Rourke
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: Henry Jesse Quimby - age 22, res Nanaimo BC, born Easton Minnesota, bachelor, showman, Methodist
Parents: W Quimby
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 19 Aug 1909
Marriage Location: Vancouver - St Johns Church, North Vancouver BC
Clergy: Rev H H Gillies, by license
Witnesses: Lin Killick of Nanaimo,, G Hewitt of Nanaimo
Registration Number: 1909-09-059679
BCA Number: B11374
GSU Number: 1983702
- 1910 living on 121 Sherman Street, Sherman, Kootenai, Idaho
Name Age [name Quimby as written]
Henry J Quinby 23 - head, M, W, 23, M1 0yrs, Minnesota, Wisc, Minnesota, manager theater worker, rents
Lorena Quinby 19 - wife, F, W, 19, M1 0 years, 0 children, Can. Eng x3, immig 1908, cashier Theater worker, not working Apr 13 1910, 0 wks out of work
Harry Quinby 23 - uncle, M, W, 23, S, Minn Wisc Ger German, manager Theater worker
Year: 1910; Census Place: Sherman, Kootenai, Idaho; Roll: T624_225; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0173; FHL microfilm: 1374238
- 1911 Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1914, [also] Stillbirth Index, 1905-1964
Name: Lorena Marguerite Rourke
Birth Place: North Carolina, USA
Child: Marguerite Doris Quimby
Certificate Year: 1911
Certificate Number: 361702 [no image]
ALSO
- 1911 Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1916, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1966
Name: Marguerite Doris Quimby
Birth Date: 17 Feb 1911
Birth Place: Coeur D'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, USA
Father: Henry Jesse Quimby
Mother: Lorena Marguerite Rourke
Certificate Year: 1911
Certificate Number: 361702
Idaho State Department of Health; Boise, Idaho; Idaho Birth and Stillbirth Index, 1913-1964
- 1920 US census, living at 217 Lincoln Street, Mankato Ward 5, Blue Earth, Minnesota - 5 January
Name Age - owns with mortgage
William Quimby 55 - head, M, W, 55, mar, RW, Wisconsin NY Germany, none
Jessie M Quimby 56 - wife, F, W, 56, mar, RW, Minnesota NY Wisconsin, none
Henry J Quimby 34 - son, M, W, 34, mar, RW, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Clerk US Expor??? [indexed as Express], salary
** Lorena M Quimby 9 - dau, F, W, 9, S, school, Minnesota Wisconsin Minnesota, none
Margaret D Quimby 8 - granddaughter, F, W, 8, S, school, Idaho, Minnesota, Canada
Year: 1920; Census Place: Mankato Ward 5, Blue Earth, Minnesota; Roll: T625_825; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 23
** Is this Lorena M really age 9, Henry’s daughter and William’s granddaughter and her mother’s name sake, or was she Henry’s wife and William’s daughter-in-law with the age mis-recorded (should be 25 in this census - where is she? Was she already remarried?) The birth location aren’t right for either one!
Marriage of a daughter ...
- 1933 Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937
Report issue
Name: Lorene Rourke
Gender: Female
Spouse: H J Quimby
Child: Doris Quimby
Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 1 [no image]
Marriage Date: 3 Oct 1933
Marriage Place: Superior, Iowa, USA
- 1960 Daughter Doris’s death in 1960 lists her mother’s maiden name as Orouke [as indexed]
. Born on 16 Sep 1894 in Canada. Lorena Marguerite died in Shasta, Californa, USA, on 24 Nov 1967; she was 73. Buried in Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, BC, Canada.- 1967 "California, Death Index, 1940-1997,"
name: Lorena M Creswell
event: Death
event date: 24 Nov 1967
event place: Shasta, California, United States
birth date: 16 Sep 1894
birthplace: Canada
gender: Female
father:
mother: Graham [no image]
From other researchers:
- Austin lived in California looking after his wife who was an invalid then [ca 1963] (her name was Lorena). When Lorena died, Austin brought her ashes up to Victoria to bury them with her parents.
- Lorena’s last name was Rourke. I don’t know if that was her maiden name or her first husband’s name. She had two daughters and divorced her husband to marry Austin. I don’t know the whole story, but Austin and Lorena were sweethearts before he went to war, and somehow she received the news that he had been killed. She had already married when she found out the truth, but years later she and Austin were reunited and had many happy years.
- While reading your blog about Arther Creswell you mentioned you didn't have his wife Lerena's maiden name. After doing some digging, I believe I have come up with the answer. Lorena Marguerite Rourke, or alternate middle names Olive Evangeline.
She is the daughter of William Rourke and Amelia Graham. One brother, two sisters, one sister dying at age 3. She was previously married to Henry Jesse Quimby and had one daughter. Their marrige record is in the Archives B.C.
RESEARCH NOTES:
- Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria BC: Gravestone on her cremation plot says: Lorena M. Creswell 1894 1967 [see photo]
VGS Burial index say:
- Creswell, Lorena M [comment: Marguerite), born Canada, died 11/24/67 Redding CA, age 73, burried Section V, P037 [born 1894]
According to cemetery records (Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria BC) she was originally buried in plot A-87 [perhpas listed as Lorna M], near a Bertha Grimsey [there is no proof that this is a relative of Lorena’s]. When her husband Austin Creswell died she was moved to P-037 Garden of Remembrance beside him.
2 other Grimsey’s are buried elsewhere in the cemetery:
- Grimsey, Charlotte E, 82, born England, died 1/24/61 Victoria, buried 1/27/61 ISLAND-C-342 [born 1879]
- Grimsey, Maurice, 81, born England, died 12/17/66 Victoria, buried 12/20/66 ISLAND-E-368 [born 1885]
Others buried near original plot A-087 (in section V = Garden of Remembrance):
A-080: William Burges Buckmaster, 66, d 11/24/49 Duncan BC, bur 11/26/49
A-081: Edith A Brooks, 86, born Burton-onTrent, Staff, died 1/19/65 Victoria, bur 1/22/65
A-082: Charles William Brooks, 69, England, d 7/16/49 Victoria, b 7/20/49
A-083: Hugh Lawrence McKenzie, 61, d 4/25/49 Victoria
A-084: Bertha Grimsey, age 96, died 4/15/84 in Victoria [born 1888] ...
A-088: Louis Marius Gay, 70, b France, d 11/25/43 Saanich, bur 11/27/43
A-089: Louise Hasenfratz, 80, b Switzerland, d 4/30/43 Victoria, bur 5/4/43
No others indexed in that row.
If her maiden name was ROURKE:
Possibly her with her parents and siblings:
- 1891 Canada census, living in Winnipeg Ward 2, Manitoba
Name Age - all C of E
William H Rourk 42 - M, 42, M, [head], US, Irel Irel, House Contractor, employer of 20
Amelia Rourk 38 - M [sic] , 38, M, Wife, Que, Irel, Irel, C of
Florence [Florance] E Rourk 5 - F, T, -, Dau, Man, US, Que
Harold S Rourk 2 - M, 2, -, son, Man, US, Que
Rourk 7/12 - F, 7/12, -, dau, Man, US, Que
Ev Am [Eva M] Johnson 33 - F, 33, -, Dom, ?, ?, ? [prehaps Irel for all?], Luth, gen servant
Year: 1891; Census Place: Ward 2, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Roll: T-6296; Family No: 469
- 1901 Canada census, living in Winnipeg City, Ward 2, Manitoba
Name Age - Rourke family all Canadian Engl Ch., speaks English
Charles F. Bumel [Burmel?] 49 - head,hotel keeper
Jennie Bumel 45 - wife
Dolly J. Bumel 19 - daughter
John H Roach 19 - lodger
Norman H Little 22 - lodger
Mary Ann Suman 69 - lodger
Alexander J. C Frigon 32 - lodger
Rosie Frigon 21 - lodger
William M Mcleod 41 - lodger
William F. Rourke 51 - M, W, lodger M, 16 Feby 1850, 51, US New York, Irish, contractor, employer
Amelia Rourke 48 - F, W, lodger, M, 25 Oct 1852, 49?, Que R, Irish
Florence H. Rourke 15 - F, W, lodger, S, 10 Nov 1885, 15, Man U, Irish, 10mo school
Harold S. Rourke 12 - M, W, lodger, S, 5 Dec 1888, 12 Man U, Irish, 10mo school
Lorena M Rourke 10 - F, W, lodger, S, 167 Sep 1890, 10, Man U, Irish, 5 mo school
Flora I. Campbell 35 - lodger
Wm A Templeton 34 - lodger
Mary L. Templeton 38 - lodger
Joseph V. Dumoulin 35 - lodger
Samuel R Hunter 48 - lodger
Edward K Campbell 39 - lodger
Norman Musgrave 34 - lodger
Edith J Miller 26 - lodger
Edward S Chambers 46 - lodger
William Suttleworth 61 - lodger
Annie E Suttleworth 56 - lodger
Henry Warsley 36 - lodger
James A. Hesketh 37 - lodger
Lydia A Conner 29 - lodger
Emma A . Godkin 21 - lodger
Michael Markie 19 - lodger
Year: 1901; Census Place: Winnipeg (City/Cité) Ward/Quartier No 2, Winnipeg (city/cité), Manitoba; Page: 3; Family No: 24
Wrong middle names - is this the right couple?
- 1909 British Columbia, Canada, Marriage Index, 1872-1935 - No 24625
Name: Lorena Olive Evangeline Rourke - age 18, res Nanaimo, b Winnipeg Man, spinster, Church of England
Parents: W H Rourke
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: Henry Jesse Quimby - age 22, res Nanaimo BC, born Easton Minnesota, bachelor, showman, Methodist
Parents: W Quimby
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 19 Aug 1909
Marriage Location: Vancouver - St Johns Church, North Vancouver BC
Clergy: Rev H H Gillies, by license
Witnesses: Lin Killick of Nanaimo,, G Hewitt of Nanaimo
Registration Number: 1909-09-059679
BCA Number: B11374
GSU Number: 1983702
- 1910 living on 121 Sherman Street, Sherman, Kootenai, Idaho
Name Age [name Quimby as written]
Henry J Quinby 23 - head, M, W, 23, M1 0yrs, Minnesota, Wisc, Minnesota, manager theater worker, rents
Lorena Quinby 19 - wife, F, W, 19, M1 0 years, 0 children, Can. Eng x3, immig 1908, cashier Theater worker, not working Apr 13 1910, 0 wks out of work
Harry Quinby 23 - uncle, M, W, 23, S, Minn Wisc Ger German, manager Theater worker
Year: 1910; Census Place: Sherman, Kootenai, Idaho; Roll: T624_225; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0173; FHL microfilm: 1374238
- 1911 Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1914, [also] Stillbirth Index, 1905-1964
Name: Lorena Marguerite Rourke
Birth Place: North Carolina, USA
Child: Marguerite Doris Quimby
Certificate Year: 1911
Certificate Number: 361702 [no image]
ALSO
- 1911 Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1916, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1966
Name: Marguerite Doris Quimby
Birth Date: 17 Feb 1911
Birth Place: Coeur D'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, USA
Father: Henry Jesse Quimby
Mother: Lorena Marguerite Rourke
Certificate Year: 1911
Certificate Number: 361702
Idaho State Department of Health; Boise, Idaho; Idaho Birth and Stillbirth Index, 1913-1964
- 1920 US census, living at 217 Lincoln Street, Mankato Ward 5, Blue Earth, Minnesota - 5 January
Name Age - owns with mortgage
William Quimby 55 - head, M, W, 55, mar, RW, Wisconsin NY Germany, none
Jessie M Quimby 56 - wife, F, W, 56, mar, RW, Minnesota NY Wisconsin, none
Henry J Quimby 34 - son, M, W, 34, mar, RW, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Clerk US Expor??? [indexed as Express], salary
** Lorena M Quimby 9 - dau, F, W, 9, S, school, Minnesota Wisconsin Minnesota, none
Margaret D Quimby 8 - granddaughter, F, W, 8, S, school, Idaho, Minnesota, Canada
Year: 1920; Census Place: Mankato Ward 5, Blue Earth, Minnesota; Roll: T625_825; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 23
** Is this Lorena M really age 9, Henry’s daughter and William’s granddaughter and her mother’s name sake, or was she Henry’s wife and William’s daughter-in-law with the age mis-recorded (should be 25 in this census - where is she? Was she already remarried?) The birth location aren’t right for either one!
Marriage of a daughter ...
- 1933 Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937
Report issue
Name: Lorene Rourke
Gender: Female
Spouse: H J Quimby
Child: Doris Quimby
Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 1 [no image]
Marriage Date: 3 Oct 1933
Marriage Place: Superior, Iowa, USA
- 1960 Daughter Doris’s death in 1960 lists her mother’s maiden name as Orouke [as indexed]
In 1968 when Arthur Austin* was 75, he second married Cora M ELLIOT . Born in 1897 in Tweed, Ontario, Canada. Cora M died aft 1982; she was 85.
- She wrote a book about her childhood memories
- 1982: Cora M Creswell, wife, 305-190 Gorge Rd W, Victoria BC V9A 1M4 was the informant on her husband Austin’s death registration. The funeral director later amended her middle name to read Marjorie [but wonder if this was confused with Austin’s mother’s name: Marjorie Bell]
RESEARCH NOTES
Is this the right Cora?
- 1962 Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980
Name: Mrs Cora Creswell
Gender: Female
Occupation: Teacher
Year: 1962
Location: Humboldt; Melfort; Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada - Village of Rose Valley
Electoral District: Humboldt-Melfort-Tisdale
Possible birth and baptism:
- "Ontario Births, 1869-1912,"
Name: Cora Mabel Elliott
Event: Birth
Event Date: 11 Jul 1897
Event Place: Tweed, Hastings, Ontario
Gender: Female
Father: John Hillyard Elliott
Mother: Mary Mabel Coulson
Registration Year:
Registration Number: 502646
Film Number: 1907074
- Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," Cora Mabel Elliott (1897)
Name: Cora Mabel Elliott
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date:
Baptism/Christening Place:
Birth Date: 11 Jul 1897
Birthplace: Tweed, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
Father's Name: John Hillyard Elliott
Mother's Name: Mary Mabel Coulson
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03048-6
System Origin: Canada-EASy
Source Film Number: 1907074
Reference Number: 502646
Digital Folder Number: 4656965
Image Number: 1738
- From family sources: Cora was, indeed, originally Cora [Elliot], but she'd been previously married to Austin's younger brother Fred, with whom she had four children. She married Austin after Fred's death - I haven't yet found a date for that, or Cora and Austin's marriage.
- According to a tree on ancestry, Cora Mabel Elliott (born 1897) was in Victoria BC abt 1989
. Born in 1897 in Tweed, Ontario, Canada. Cora M died aft 1982; she was 85.- She wrote a book about her childhood memories
- 1982: Cora M Creswell, wife, 305-190 Gorge Rd W, Victoria BC V9A 1M4 was the informant on her husband Austin’s death registration. The funeral director later amended her middle name to read Marjorie [but wonder if this was confused with Austin’s mother’s name: Marjorie Bell]
RESEARCH NOTES
Is this the right Cora?
- 1962 Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980
Name: Mrs Cora Creswell
Gender: Female
Occupation: Teacher
Year: 1962
Location: Humboldt; Melfort; Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada - Village of Rose Valley
Electoral District: Humboldt-Melfort-Tisdale
Possible birth and baptism:
- "Ontario Births, 1869-1912,"
Name: Cora Mabel Elliott
Event: Birth
Event Date: 11 Jul 1897
Event Place: Tweed, Hastings, Ontario
Gender: Female
Father: John Hillyard Elliott
Mother: Mary Mabel Coulson
Registration Year:
Registration Number: 502646
Film Number: 1907074
- Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," Cora Mabel Elliott (1897)
Name: Cora Mabel Elliott
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date:
Baptism/Christening Place:
Birth Date: 11 Jul 1897
Birthplace: Tweed, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
Father's Name: John Hillyard Elliott
Mother's Name: Mary Mabel Coulson
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03048-6
System Origin: Canada-EASy
Source Film Number: 1907074
Reference Number: 502646
Digital Folder Number: 4656965
Image Number: 1738
- From family sources: Cora was, indeed, originally Cora [Elliot], but she'd been previously married to Austin's younger brother Fred, with whom she had four children. She married Austin after Fred's death - I haven't yet found a date for that, or Cora and Austin's marriage.
- According to a tree on ancestry, Cora Mabel Elliott (born 1897) was in Victoria BC abt 1989
554. Frederick Harry CRESWELL (Harry Compton10, Catherine COMPTON9, Edward8, Thomas7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1). Born on 18 Dec 1896 in North St Eleanors, PEI, Canada. Christened on 5 Sep 1899 in St Marys Anglican Church, Summerside, PEI, Canada. Frederick Harry died in Wadena, Saskatchewan, Canada, on 19 Nov 1963; he was 66.
- 1899 PEI Baptismal Index:
Child's Full Name Frederick Harry Cresswell
Birth Date 18 December 1896
Place of Birth Residence, North St. Eleanors
Baptismal Date 5 September 1899
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy J. M. Withycombe
Father's Name Harry Cresswell
Mother's Name Marjorie Cresswell
Church Name St. Mary's Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 2
Record Book Page 14
- 1901 Canada census - living with parents and siblings in Lot 17, Prince, PEI:
2 44 16 Creswell Fredk. K. M Son S Dec 18 1893 7
- 1906 Prairie Census, District: SK Assiniboia West District (#12)
Subdistrict: 37 C (City of Regina) Page 32:
34 224 Creswell H. C. Head M M 58 PEI PO Regina Lowest Block 368
35 224 Creswell Marjorie Wife F M 54 PEI
36 224 Creswell H. N. Son M S 23 PEI
37 224 Creswell Winnifred Daughter F S 26 PEI
38 224 Creswell Jannet Daughter F S 19 PEI
39 224 Creswell Austin Son M S 15 PEI
40 224 Creswell Fred Sister [“] M S 13 PEI
On next page, same household:
Eyre Kerry? Ann Lodger F M 69 England Immig 1904 PO Regina Lowest Block 368?
Sinefeson? Rebeca Lodger F S 30 PEI
Jones Wess? Lodger M S 27 Ont
Jones Arthur Lodger M S 24 Ont
West Albert Lodger M S 26 NS
Stephens Vaughn Lodger M S 23 NB
Creswell J? W Lodger M S 28 PEI
- 1916 Canada census, living at Twp 8, range 5, meridian 2, Brock Municipality, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan:
Name Age
Hary Cresswell 67 - head, M, M, 67, PEI, Presby, Canadian, English, farmer, OA on farm
Margery Cresswell 63 - wife, M, M, 63, PEI, Presb, Canadian, Scotland, none
Fredrich Cresswell 21 - sun, M, S, 21, PEI, Presb, Canadian, English, none
Bill Cresswell [assumed] 35 - servant, M, M, 35, Austria, Cathlic, immig 1910, al, Austrian, Labourer, Worker on farm
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
- 1963 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Fred Creswell
Death Date: 1963
Death Place: Wadena, Saskatchewan, Canada
- 2012 - memories from daughter Maidra:
My father Fred was a teacher in his earlier life--went to university in saskatoon to study agriculture for a year--was interested in cattle breeding which he did later in his life. During the dirty 30's he and mother and 3 children [then] moved from the south of sask. to Kelvington--where there had been no crop failures, and a bit more prosperity. He was a hospital administrator for awhile and then started hatching chicks in the basement of the house he built. When I was 3 the family moved to Wadena where he bought a hatchery. He was well over 50 when he started this business--plus a bit of farming, and raising a registered flock of chickens, and pure bred herefords. He died 49 years ago this week [19 Nov 1963]--3 days before Kennedy was shot [22 Nov 1963]. He hadn't seen his brother Austin in many years--as Austin lived in California looking after his wife who was an invalid then [her name was Lorena]. Dad phoned Austin a few days before he died [unexpectedly] at 68. As you know his brothers and sisters lived lengthy lives. When Lorena died, Austin brought her ashes up to Victoria to bury them with her parents. My mother [Cora] was living in White Rock then . Austin and Aunt Jean [your grandmother] and my mother drove to sask. to visit us. On this trip my mother and austin decided to marry which ended happily. We loved him--he was just a lovely guy. They lived in Redding Cal. for a year and then moved to Victoria, and were very happy here.
RESEARCH NOTES
- Fred’s daughter says: “I have all the wonderful letters [Fred] wrote to my mother from 1919 on. She saved them. I just wish he had saved hers.”
- Is this him?
1917 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Fred Creswell
Residence Date: 1917
Residence Place: Kisbey, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: resided
From another researcher (Note that Cora M Elliot did marry 2 brothers - Fred, then Austin):
- 108. Frederick "Fred" Harry Creswell #70268 (33.Harry4, 7.Robert3, 2.William2, 1.James1) Occ./Title: ?, m. Cora Elliot #121018, b. ___ 1897, Tweed Ontario CAN, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
Children:
i George Elliott Creswell #121019 Cause of Death: Killed ' Action, Occ./Title: Soldier - WWII.
ii Marjorie `Marylin' Creswell #121020 Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. Edward "Ted" McGunnigal/Gonigle #121032, Occ./Title: ?.
iii Austin Frederick Creswell #121021 Occ./Title: ?, m. Florence Fudikoff #121023, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
iv Maidra Creswell #121022 Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. (1) Raymond "Ray" Miekeljohn #121037, Occ./Title: ?, m. (2) Michael Harkness #121493, Occ./Title: ?.
- 1899 PEI Baptismal Index:
Child's Full Name Frederick Harry Cresswell
Birth Date 18 December 1896
Place of Birth Residence, North St. Eleanors
Baptismal Date 5 September 1899
Place of Baptism
Officiating Clergy J. M. Withycombe
Father's Name Harry Cresswell
Mother's Name Marjorie Cresswell
Church Name St. Mary's Anglican
Church Location Summerside
Record Book Number 2
Record Book Page 14
- 1901 Canada census - living with parents and siblings in Lot 17, Prince, PEI:
2 44 16 Creswell Fredk. K. M Son S Dec 18 1893 7
- 1906 Prairie Census, District: SK Assiniboia West District (#12)
Subdistrict: 37 C (City of Regina) Page 32:
34 224 Creswell H. C. Head M M 58 PEI PO Regina Lowest Block 368
35 224 Creswell Marjorie Wife F M 54 PEI
36 224 Creswell H. N. Son M S 23 PEI
37 224 Creswell Winnifred Daughter F S 26 PEI
38 224 Creswell Jannet Daughter F S 19 PEI
39 224 Creswell Austin Son M S 15 PEI
40 224 Creswell Fred Sister [“] M S 13 PEI
On next page, same household:
Eyre Kerry? Ann Lodger F M 69 England Immig 1904 PO Regina Lowest Block 368?
Sinefeson? Rebeca Lodger F S 30 PEI
Jones Wess? Lodger M S 27 Ont
Jones Arthur Lodger M S 24 Ont
West Albert Lodger M S 26 NS
Stephens Vaughn Lodger M S 23 NB
Creswell J? W Lodger M S 28 PEI
- 1916 Canada census, living at Twp 8, range 5, meridian 2, Brock Municipality, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan:
Name Age
Hary Cresswell 67 - head, M, M, 67, PEI, Presby, Canadian, English, farmer, OA on farm
Margery Cresswell 63 - wife, M, M, 63, PEI, Presb, Canadian, Scotland, none
Fredrich Cresswell 21 - sun, M, S, 21, PEI, Presb, Canadian, English, none
Bill Cresswell [assumed] 35 - servant, M, M, 35, Austria, Cathlic, immig 1910, al, Austrian, Labourer, Worker on farm
- 1932 in father Harry’s obit: survived by seven daughters, Mrs. V C Stordy, Mrs. G W Smith and Miss Catherine Creswell, all of Vancouver; Mrs. Charles Head of Regina, Mrs. W C Jones of Winnipeg and Mrs C E Seaman and Mrs W M Atkinson of Boston, and three sons, Austin of Seattle, Fred of Regina, and H N Creswell of Winnipeg.
- 1963 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Fred Creswell
Death Date: 1963
Death Place: Wadena, Saskatchewan, Canada
- 2012 - memories from daughter Maidra:
My father Fred was a teacher in his earlier life--went to university in saskatoon to study agriculture for a year--was interested in cattle breeding which he did later in his life. During the dirty 30's he and mother and 3 children [then] moved from the south of sask. to Kelvington--where there had been no crop failures, and a bit more prosperity. He was a hospital administrator for awhile and then started hatching chicks in the basement of the house he built. When I was 3 the family moved to Wadena where he bought a hatchery. He was well over 50 when he started this business--plus a bit of farming, and raising a registered flock of chickens, and pure bred herefords. He died 49 years ago this week [19 Nov 1963]--3 days before Kennedy was shot [22 Nov 1963]. He hadn't seen his brother Austin in many years--as Austin lived in California looking after his wife who was an invalid then [her name was Lorena]. Dad phoned Austin a few days before he died [unexpectedly] at 68. As you know his brothers and sisters lived lengthy lives. When Lorena died, Austin brought her ashes up to Victoria to bury them with her parents. My mother [Cora] was living in White Rock then . Austin and Aunt Jean [your grandmother] and my mother drove to sask. to visit us. On this trip my mother and austin decided to marry which ended happily. We loved him--he was just a lovely guy. They lived in Redding Cal. for a year and then moved to Victoria, and were very happy here.
RESEARCH NOTES
- Fred’s daughter says: “I have all the wonderful letters [Fred] wrote to my mother from 1919 on. She saved them. I just wish he had saved hers.”
- Is this him?
1917 Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012
Name: Fred Creswell
Residence Date: 1917
Residence Place: Kisbey, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: resided
From another researcher (Note that Cora M Elliot did marry 2 brothers - Fred, then Austin):
- 108. Frederick "Fred" Harry Creswell #70268 (33.Harry4, 7.Robert3, 2.William2, 1.James1) Occ./Title: ?, m. Cora Elliot #121018, b. ___ 1897, Tweed Ontario CAN, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
Children:
i George Elliott Creswell #121019 Cause of Death: Killed ' Action, Occ./Title: Soldier - WWII.
ii Marjorie `Marylin' Creswell #121020 Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. Edward "Ted" McGunnigal/Gonigle #121032, Occ./Title: ?.
iii Austin Frederick Creswell #121021 Occ./Title: ?, m. Florence Fudikoff #121023, Occ./Title: Homemaker.
iv Maidra Creswell #121022 Occ./Title: Homemaker, m. (1) Raymond "Ray" Miekeljohn #121037, Occ./Title: ?, m. (2) Michael Harkness #121493, Occ./Title: ?.
Frederick Harry married Cora M ELLIOT . Born in 1897 in Tweed, Ontario, Canada. Cora M died aft 1982; she was 85.
- She wrote a book about her childhood memories
- 1982: Cora M Creswell, wife, 305-190 Gorge Rd W, Victoria BC V9A 1M4 was the informant on her husband Austin’s death registration. The funeral director later amended her middle name to read Marjorie [but wonder if this was confused with Austin’s mother’s name: Marjorie Bell]
RESEARCH NOTES
Is this the right Cora?
- 1962 Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980
Name: Mrs Cora Creswell
Gender: Female
Occupation: Teacher
Year: 1962
Location: Humboldt; Melfort; Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada - Village of Rose Valley
Electoral District: Humboldt-Melfort-Tisdale
Possible birth and baptism:
- "Ontario Births, 1869-1912,"
Name: Cora Mabel Elliott
Event: Birth
Event Date: 11 Jul 1897
Event Place: Tweed, Hastings, Ontario
Gender: Female
Father: John Hillyard Elliott
Mother: Mary Mabel Coulson
Registration Year:
Registration Number: 502646
Film Number: 1907074
- Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," Cora Mabel Elliott (1897)
Name: Cora Mabel Elliott
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date:
Baptism/Christening Place:
Birth Date: 11 Jul 1897
Birthplace: Tweed, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
Father's Name: John Hillyard Elliott
Mother's Name: Mary Mabel Coulson
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03048-6
System Origin: Canada-EASy
Source Film Number: 1907074
Reference Number: 502646
Digital Folder Number: 4656965
Image Number: 1738
- From family sources: Cora was, indeed, originally Cora [Elliot], but she'd been previously married to Austin's younger brother Fred, with whom she had four children. She married Austin after Fred's death - I haven't yet found a date for that, or Cora and Austin's marriage.
- According to a tree on ancestry, Cora Mabel Elliott (born 1897) was in Victoria BC abt 1989
. Born in 1897 in Tweed, Ontario, Canada. Cora M died aft 1982; she was 85.- She wrote a book about her childhood memories
- 1982: Cora M Creswell, wife, 305-190 Gorge Rd W, Victoria BC V9A 1M4 was the informant on her husband Austin’s death registration. The funeral director later amended her middle name to read Marjorie [but wonder if this was confused with Austin’s mother’s name: Marjorie Bell]
RESEARCH NOTES
Is this the right Cora?
- 1962 Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980
Name: Mrs Cora Creswell
Gender: Female
Occupation: Teacher
Year: 1962
Location: Humboldt; Melfort; Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada - Village of Rose Valley
Electoral District: Humboldt-Melfort-Tisdale
Possible birth and baptism:
- "Ontario Births, 1869-1912,"
Name: Cora Mabel Elliott
Event: Birth
Event Date: 11 Jul 1897
Event Place: Tweed, Hastings, Ontario
Gender: Female
Father: John Hillyard Elliott
Mother: Mary Mabel Coulson
Registration Year:
Registration Number: 502646
Film Number: 1907074
- Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," Cora Mabel Elliott (1897)
Name: Cora Mabel Elliott
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date:
Baptism/Christening Place:
Birth Date: 11 Jul 1897
Birthplace: Tweed, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
Father's Name: John Hillyard Elliott
Mother's Name: Mary Mabel Coulson
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03048-6
System Origin: Canada-EASy
Source Film Number: 1907074
Reference Number: 502646
Digital Folder Number: 4656965
Image Number: 1738
- From family sources: Cora was, indeed, originally Cora [Elliot], but she'd been previously married to Austin's younger brother Fred, with whom she had four children. She married Austin after Fred's death - I haven't yet found a date for that, or Cora and Austin's marriage.
- According to a tree on ancestry, Cora Mabel Elliott (born 1897) was in Victoria BC abt 1989
They had the following children:
970i.
George Elliot CRESWELL (1924-1945)
971ii.
Marjorie Marylin* CRESWELL (-<2012)
972iii.
Austin Frederick CRESWELL (1935-2012)
973iv.
Maidra CRESWELL (1941-)