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Solomon S. Carbee

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Father	William P. Carbee
Mother	Euseba Smith

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8 Nov 1999

Birth*	Solomon S. Carbee was born.
Marriage*	He married Maria Holt, daughter of Daniel Holt and Ruth Homan, on 14 January 1858 in Bath, Grafton County, New HampshireG.1

Child of Solomon S. Carbee and Maria Holt

Florence Marion Carbee+ b. 24 Mar 1875, d. 4 Feb 1966

Maria Holt

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Father	Daniel Holt
Mother	Ruth Homan

Last Edited

5 Nov 2012

Birth*	Maria Holt was born.
Marriage*	She married Solomon S. Carbee, son of William P. Carbee and Euseba Smith, on 14 January 1858 in Bath, Grafton County, New HampshireG.1

Child of Maria Holt and Solomon S. Carbee

Florence Marion Carbee+ b. 24 Mar 1875, d. 4 Feb 1966

Karl Harrold Craigie

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Father	John Harrold Craigie b. probably 17 May 1870, d. 15 Sep 1950
Mother	Florence Marion Carbee b. 24 Mar 1875, d. 4 Feb 1966

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21 Feb 2021

Birth*	Karl Harrold Craigie was born on 22 August 1898 in Concord, Merrimack County, New HampshireG. His parents were living at 20 Union Street in Concord at the time of his birth.1
Marriage*	He married Esther Elizabeth Purslow, daughter of Thomas J. Purslow and Margaret J. Brown, on 20 January 1925 at 16 Delford St. in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Karl died of congestive heart failure on 17 May 1973 at New England Memorial Hospital in Stoneham, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. He had a mild case of Parkinson's Disease at the time of his death. His remains were cremated at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts on May 21st.3
	Karl grew up in Concord and Keene N.H., and Stoneham, Mass. After graduating from High School in Stoneham he attended Harvard University for about a year before entering the military during World War I. He had trained for with months with the R.O.T.C. before enlisting on 20 Sep 1917. He trained at the Ground School, M.I.T., at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, Camp Dick in Dallas, Texas, Call Field in Wichita Falls, Texas, and at Wilbur Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. On 3 Apr 1918 he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and sailed overseas to France where he continued his training at St. Maixent, then at Issoudun, where he completed Pursuit Pilot Training on 10 Nov 1918, one day before the end of the war. At that time he was transferred to the Concentration Camp at Angers before sailing home from Brest on 15 Jan 1919. He was honorably discharged at Garden City, N.Y. on 28 Jan 1919. After the war he returned to Harvard where he graduated in 1920. At school he won the MacDonald scholarship medal and stood first in his class. He and his wife lived in Milton, Mass. until about 1935, all or most of that time at 955 Randolph Avenue where they owned a home. They were living there when the 1930 census was taken. Esther's brother Henry G. Purslow and their mother Margaret J. Purslow were living with them at the time. Karl worked as a salesman for an electric supply company. They moved to 124 Collincote Street in Stoneham, Mass. about 1935 where they rented from a bank for a while before buying the property on 21 Jun 1941. They were living at that address in Feb 1942 when Karl filled out his World War II draft registration card. He was working for the Boston Edison Co. at the time and was described as being six feet tall weighing 185 pounds with blue eyes, brown hair and a ruddy complexion. Esther continued to live at the Collincote address after Karl's death until January of 1991 or 92 when she moved into the Bear Hill Nursing Center, room 119, 11 North Street in Stoneham, Mass. Karl worked in Boston at the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, later known as Boston Edison, from at least 1925 until his retirement in the early 1960s. The 1940 census described him as the division head in the range department for a public utility. The Stoneham Street directories for 1919, 22, 23, 24, and 25 list his occupation as salesman. When his daughter Joan was born in 1925 Karl gave his occupation as "assistant manager". When Nancy and Karl Henry were born in 1926 and 1929 he gave his occupation as "salesman". The 1935-41 Boston city directories state that he worked in the merchandise sales division of EEI/Boston Edison. The 1947 directory stated that he worked in the promotion department, and the 1960 directory says he was an assistant department manager. In 1961 it says he was an assistant to the sales manager. He wasn't listed in the 1962 directory, and the 1963 directory is the last one in which he is listed.4,5

Children of Karl Harrold Craigie and Esther Elizabeth Purslow

Joan Constance Craigie+ b. 26 Aug 1925, d. c Jan 1983 Nancy Elizabeth Craigie+ b. 12 Oct 1926, d. 25 Sep 2004 Karl Henry Craigie+ b. 6 May 1929, d. 6 Jan 2013

Esther Elizabeth Purslow

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Father	Thomas J. Purslow
Mother	Margaret J. Brown b. c 1859

Last Edited

29 Jan 2021

Birth*	Esther Elizabeth Purslow was born on 26 April 1902 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married Karl Harrold Craigie, son of John Harrold Craigie and Florence Marion Carbee, on 20 January 1925 at 16 Delford St. in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Esther died of a heart attack on 8 September 1996 at Bear Hill Nursing Center in Wakefield, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. She was cremated at the Harmony Grove Crematory in Salem, Mass. on September 9th.3
	Esther grew up in Cambridge.

Children of Esther Elizabeth Purslow and Karl Harrold Craigie

Joan Constance Craigie+ b. 26 Aug 1925, d. c Jan 1983 Nancy Elizabeth Craigie+ b. 12 Oct 1926, d. 25 Sep 2004 Karl Henry Craigie+ b. 6 May 1929, d. 6 Jan 2013

Joan Constance Craigie

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Father	Karl Harrold Craigie b. 22 Aug 1898, d. 17 May 1973
Mother	Esther Elizabeth Purslow b. 26 Apr 1902, d. 8 Sep 1996

Last Edited

30 Jan 2020

Birth*	Joan Constance Craigie was born on 26 August 1925 Milton Hospital in Milton, Norfolk County, MassachusettsG. Her parents were living on 955 Randolph Avenue in Milton at the time of her birth.1
Marriage*	She married William Raymond Boucher, son of Samuel Arthur Boucher and Elsie Lillian Bottomly, on 1 October 1957 in Arlington County, VirginiaG.2
Death*	Joan died of uterine cancer circa January 1983 at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.G. The place of her death is uncertain.
	The 1944 and 1945 Boston city directories state that she was a machine operator in the purchasing department of B&M. The 1946 directory says she was an office secretary with Central Iron & Steel Co., and the 1947 directory lists her as a stenographer with the Ediphone Bureau of B&M. Her home residence was given as Stoneham, Mass. in each case. Sometime after that she moved to Virginia where she married and settled down. In 2007 Bill Boucherwas living with his son William at 5956 Kedron Dr., Springfield, Virginia.
	When William and Joan were married in October 1957 he was a management analyst for the government living at 3888 Porter Street, NW in Washington, D.C.G.
	Joan was a government secretary living at 4354 North Henderson Road in Arlington, VirginiaG.

Children of Joan Constance Craigie and William Raymond Boucher

Suzanne Joan Boucher+ William Samuel Boucher+

Nancy Elizabeth Craigie

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Father	Karl Harrold Craigie b. 22 Aug 1898, d. 17 May 1973
Mother	Esther Elizabeth Purslow b. 26 Apr 1902, d. 8 Sep 1996

Last Edited

10 Feb 2013

Birth*	Nancy Elizabeth Craigie was born on 12 October 1926 Mass. Homeopathic Hospital in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG. At the time of her birth her parents were living at 955 Randolph Ave. in Milton, Mass. Her birth certificate reads "Florence Elizabeth" rather than Nancy, which may be a mistake because she never went by that name.1
Death*	She died of a brain tumor on 25 September 2004 at home, 36 Woodcrest Drive in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
Burial*	Her remains were cremated on 29 September 2004 at Harmony Grove Crematory in Salem, Essex County, MassachusettsG.2
	Nancy grew up in Milton and Stoneham, Mass., graduating from Stoneham High School in 1944. Her husband George grew up in Everett and Stoneham and graduated High School with Nancy, which is how they met. They didn't marry until 1951, however. Nancy went to school for nursing at Melrose Hospital for a year and a half around 1947-48, and was living at 565 Lebanon Street in Melrose at the time. She didn't graduate but went to work at Winchester (Mass.) Hospital as a nurse until her marriage. She didn't work outside the home after that. After High School George entered the military, shortly before World War II ended, and never saw any action. He was stationed in Germany after the war. When he got home he attended Tufts University, graduating with a degree in chemical engineering in 1951. At the time of their marriage in 1951 Nancy was a nurse living with her parents at 124 Collincote Street in Stoneham, Mass. and George was a draftsman living with his mother at 207 Main Street in Stoneham. After the wedding they lived with George's mother for a few months. When Nancy's grandmother Florence Craigie went to Florida for the winter they moved into her house on Duncklee Avenue in Stoneham until her return in April. They spent the next few years living with his or her parents until shortly before their second daughter Lynn was born in September 1957. They bought a home at 63 Spring Street in Wakefield, Mass. They lived there for 15 years until January 1973 when they bought a home at 36 Woodcrest Drive in Melrose, Mass. where they lived for the rest of their lives. George has worked as a chemical engineer and project manager until his retirement about 1992. He started with Cyanamid in Winchester, Mass., then went to Stoneham Webster, and finally to the Badger Co. They designed chemical plants and oil refineries.
	Her obituary appeared on the an unknown date Gately Funeral Home website and read as follows: Nancy E. (Craigie) Trueman passed away at home on Sept. 25th after a courageous battle with cancer, she was 77. Nancy was born in Boston, raised in Milton & Stoneham and graduated from Stoneham High School. She lived in Wakefield for 15 years before moving to Melrose in 1972. Nancy was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who loved spending time with her family. As a member of Bellevue Golf Club in Melrose, she was very active in the golf and tennis programs, as well as a member of the Bellevue Bowling League. Nancy also enjoyed her indoor plants, roller-skating, her trips to Florida and swimming in the Gulf. She was the beloved wife of George Trueman. Loving mother of Janice E. Trueman of Byfield, Lynn A. Haddad & her husband Joseph of Wakefield, Karen E. Whitney & her husband Toby of Reading, Craig W. Trueman & his wife Cheryl of Winchester and Gail J. Taylor & her husband Clarke of NH. Loving sister of Karl Craigie of TX. Devoted grandmother of Kelly Parker, Jenna & Jessica Whitney, Christopher Haddad and Colin Trueman. Cousin of Gale Chidlaw of CO. A funeral service will be held at the 1st Congregational Church of Stoneham, corner of Main & Common St. Stoneham, on Wed. Sept. 29th at 2PM. Relatives and friends invited. Visiting hours will be held at the Gately Funeral Home, 79 W. Foster St. Melrose, on Tues. from 4-8PM. Interment will be private. Memorial contributions may be made in Nancy’s memory to the Home for Little Wanderers, 271 Huntington Ave Boston 02115 or a charity of your choice.3

Children of Nancy Elizabeth Craigie and George Robert Trueman

Janice Elizabeth Trueman+ Lynn Anne Trueman+ Karen Elaine Trueman+ Craig William Trueman+ Gail Joanne Trueman

Karl Henry Craigie

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Father	Karl Harrold Craigie b. 22 Aug 1898, d. 17 May 1973
Mother	Esther Elizabeth Purslow b. 26 Apr 1902, d. 8 Sep 1996

Last Edited

2 Sep 2024

Birth*	Karl Henry Craigie was born on 6 May 1929 Mass. Homeopathic Hospital in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married first Frances Louise Abbott, daughter of Anthony Abbott and Marie ??, on 29 May 1952 in Chester, Chester County, South CarolinaG. They were both residents of Omaha, Nebraska at the time they applied for their marriage license.2
Marriage*	He married second Thelma Wensley on 28 December 1956 at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, ColoradoG.
Death*	Karl Henry Craigie died on 6 January 2013 in Vanderbilt, Jackson County, TexasG.3
	The 1946 and 1947 Boston city directories say he was employed at Boston Edison, as was his father. After he graduated from High School he joined the Air Force and stayed in for about 30 years. He was stationed all over the world, working mostly in records departments. His first wife Fran died in England while he was stationed there. He met his second wife while stationed in Denver, Colorado. He divorced his third wife Arlene in Jan 1993. She currently (Mar 1995) lives in Austin, Texas. In March 1995 Karl was living at 1000 Acorn Oaks Drive in Austin, Texas. In Sep 1999 he was living at 2425 Ashdale Drive #84, The Summit Condos, Austin, Texas. In the spring of 2000 Karl and Phyllis purchased a home at 103 5th Street Northeast, Barnesville, Minnesota not far from the home of one of Phyllis's daughters. Their plan was to live there between April and November and back in Texas during the winter months. Karl writes this about himself on a family website: "Happily married to Phyllis (Shaw) Craigie. We were married on December 28, 1995. I've been widowed twice. Phyllis and I enjoy visiting our 8 children and 16 grandchildren. We walk daily along the 3- mile hike and bike trail along Town Lake (Colorado River) on the shores of downtown Austin, TX. I play bridge several times weekly with our Condo residents. We have a beautiful pool at our condo, "The Summit". I enjoy swimming laps every day, weather permitting. Phyllis stays very busy as the President of our Home Owners Association. She served previously as the Board Secretary prior to her current appointment. We love driving down to Corpus Christi (only 3-hours from Austin) whenever possible. We stay at the Naval Air Station for 2-3 day trips and enjoy the beach life at nearby Padre Island. You are allowed to drive on the Gulf beaches and many "Snow Birds" from the midwest and northland take advantage of our mild climate in the winter months. I added digital photography to my other photo intrests recently and hope to perfect digital scanning over our Craigie Family Website. Back in 1947 I entered the USAF out of high school, thoroughly enjoying my 30- year career. I retired as a Chief Master Sergeant (E-9) in 1977. Some memorable assignments were as: Personnel Sgt Major, Headquarters, 8th Air Force (SAC), Andersen AFB, Guam (1975-1976) and Headquarters, 7th Air Division, after the 8th Air Force was deactivated upon the drawdown of the SAC mission in the Southwestern Pacific. I also enjoyed 2-tours at Headquarters, Strategic Air Command, Offutt AFB, Omaha, Nebraska, under the Deputy Chief of Staff/Personnel. During my Air force career I spent 13-years overseas. I thoroughly enjoyed them all (England 3 years - Spain 4 years - Puerto Rico 4 years - Guam 2.5 years). Upon return from Guam in July 1976, my family and I settled in Austin, TX. I spent 13 years in the casual furniture business until 1991 and have been permanently retired since then."
	His parents were living at 955 Randolph Avenue in Milton, Norfolk County, MassachusettsG, when he was born.
	His obituary appeared in the 9 January 2013 Victoria Advocate and read as follows: Karl Henry Craigie, 83, of Vanderbilt, passed away on January 6, 2013. He was born to the late Karl Harrold and Esther Purslow Craigie in Boston, Massachusetts. Karl retired from the United States Air Force as a Chief Master Sergeant. He was a Protestant. Karl is survived by his wife, Phyllis Muncie Craigie; daughters, Sandra Dringman of Arizona, Candiss Farrington of Austin, Tammie Guthrie of Austin, Beth Williams of Vanderbilt, Ellen Smith of Georgia; sons, Karl Scott Craigie of Austin, Lee Shaw of California , David Shaw of Austin; twenty grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Karl was preceded in death by his second wife, Thelma Craigie. A memorial service will be held 2 PM Thursday, January 10, 2013, at Rosewood Funeral Chapels with Rev. Larry Green officiating. Flag folding and taps will be provided under the auspices of the Victoria Veterans Council.4

Children of Karl Henry Craigie and Thelma Wensley

Sandra Cheryll Craigie+ b. 8 Feb 1946, d. 17 Aug 2014 Karl Scott Craigie+ Candiss Michelle Craigie+ Tammie Jill Craigie+

Thomas J. Purslow

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Last Edited

29 Jan 2021

Birth*	Thomas J. Purslow was born in EnglandG.
Marriage*	He married Margaret J. Brown.

Children of Thomas J. Purslow and Margaret J. Brown

Esther Elizabeth Purslow+ b. 26 Apr 1902, d. 8 Sep 1996 Henry G. Purslow b. c 1903

Margaret J. Brown

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Last Edited

29 Jan 2021

Marriage*	She married Thomas J. Purslow.
Birth*	Margaret J. Brown was born circa 1859 in CanadaG.

Children of Margaret J. Brown and Thomas J. Purslow

Esther Elizabeth Purslow+ b. 26 Apr 1902, d. 8 Sep 1996 Henry G. Purslow b. c 1903

George Robert Trueman

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Father	Robert Alfred Trueman
Mother	Yolanda Lena Ferrari

Last Edited

26 Oct 2012

Children of George Robert Trueman and Nancy Elizabeth Craigie

Janice Elizabeth Trueman+ Lynn Anne Trueman+ Karen Elaine Trueman+ Craig William Trueman+ Gail Joanne Trueman

Robert Alfred Trueman

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Last Edited

8 Nov 1999

Birth*	Robert Alfred Trueman was born.
Marriage*	He married Yolanda Lena Ferrari.

Child of Robert Alfred Trueman and Yolanda Lena Ferrari

George Robert Trueman+

Yolanda Lena Ferrari

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Last Edited

8 Nov 1999

Marriage*	She married Robert Alfred Trueman.
Birth*	Yolanda Lena Ferrari was born.

Child of Yolanda Lena Ferrari and Robert Alfred Trueman

George Robert Trueman+

Hugh Medex Craigie

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	Hugh Craigie at Los Pilares mine in Mexico in 1926
	Hugh and Marvel Craigie gravestone in Kerrville, Texas
	Hugh and Marvel Craigie at home in Kerrville, Texas in 1980

Father	John Harrold Craigie b. probably 17 May 1870, d. 15 Sep 1950
Mother	Florence Marion Carbee b. 24 Mar 1875, d. 4 Feb 1966

Last Edited

4 Mar 2021

Birth*	Hugh Medex Craigie was born on 19 May 1900 in Concord, Merrimack County, New HampshireG. His unusual middle name may have come from a friend of his parents.1
Marriage*	He married Marvel Lorene McGinnis, daughter of Sam Houston McGinnis and Annie Laura Campbell, on 5 March 1927 in El Paso, TexasG.
Death*	Hugh died of a stroke on 21 April 1989 at the Sid Peterson Hospital in Kerrville, Kerr County, TexasG. He had tuberculosis as a child, then worked for many years underground where he acquired a disease called silicosis, which is a lung disease caused by the fine dust from the mines. His daughter Mary says he died of respiratory illness, while Martha says it was a stroke.
Burial*	He was buried on 24 April 1989 in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Kerrville, Kerr County, TexasG.2
	Hugh went into the army during the first World War where he attained the rank of Corporal in Company L of the 33rd Infantry. He served at the Panama Canal during this time and caught malaria there. Upon his return he studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston where he got his degree in mining engineering. Beginning in 1924 he took a job with the American Smelting and Refining Company in Santa Barbara, or perhaps Parral, State of Chihuahua, Mexico. Later he went to Bisbee, Arizona, then back again to Mexico where he took a job with an English owned company in San Francisco del Oro, Chihuahua. This was probably the San Francisco Mines of Mexico, Ltd., with whom he worked when he filled out his World War II draft registration card in May 1942. They were his employer at the time and were based in San Francisco del Oro. Hugh gave his residence as La Posta Courts in El Paso, Texas at the time, though his mailing address was in San Francisco del Oro, Mexico, so probably spent most of his time there. He was described as 5'11 1/2" tall, weighing 165 pounds with blue eyes, blonde hair and a light complexion. In 1953 Hugh took a job with United Nuclear, one of the first uranium mining operations with grants primarily in New Mexico. Hugh and Marvel lived in Grand Junction, Colorado, where the business headquarters was based and later went to live in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which was closer to the uranium they mined. They lived there for about 10 years before moving to Kerrville, Texas, which was their last residence together. On 23 Dec 1930 an incident occurred that would lead to three short articles in the New York Times (Dec 25, p.31 ; Dec 26, p.7 ; Dec 27, p.30). In what was the first depredation of its nature in Chihuahua since the revolutionary days of 1916 Mexican bandits kidnapped Hugh from the Santa Barbara mine and retreated into the wild mountains of the region where they held him for ransom. Fortunately, however, Hugh escaped the following afternoon, Dec 24th, and made his way safely back to his family, which certainly averted a ruined Christmas for the Craigies. Troops sent out after the kidnappers evidently captured at least one suspect, because on December 26th Francis H. Styles, American Counsul at Chihuahua City reported that a suspect had been arrested. The New York Times reports no further news on this story. The following is an Associated Press story on the event: EL PASO, Tex., Dec, 24 ( AP ) -- Hugh M. Craigie, 30, American mining engineer, kidnapped by bandits yesterday at Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, Mexico and held for ransom, escaped this afternoon, American Smelting and Refining Company officials here were advised tonight. Details regarding the kidnapping and escape still were lacking. The bandits are supposed to have retreated with their captive into the wild mountains of the region. Details of the kidnapping and the amount of ransom sought were lacking. Efforts were made by Juarez military officials to communicate with Gen. Matias Ramos, commander of federal troops in the states, for details of the situation. The kidnapping was the first in Chihuahua since revolutionary days of 1916, and created considerable indignation among Mexican residents there. Officers of the company believed mounted soldiers were dispatched from Santa Barbara immediately after word of the kidnapping was received, since federal troops of Chihuahua have been active in such matters. Craigie is well known among mining men in northern Mexico and in El Paso. He has been connected with the mining industry at Santa Barbara since 1924. He is graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston. Later Hugh wrote the following letter to his parents: "Santa Barbarba, Chic. Mexico Jan. 2nd 1931 Dear Folks:- We had a very nice Christmas, though at noon the day before I thought it would be a cold one. To begin at the beginning; on Tuesday as I was going about my business, a couple of men who had been working for me a while before popped out on me. The place is off from the rest of the workings and the entrance is a tunnel from the surface, an ideal place to be held up. They caught me unawares and before I knew they were not friends I was tied up They took me over the hills north east of the camp about eight miles from the workings, arriving there about five in the evening. They had requested me to write a note to the superintendant, Mr. Lord demanding a ransom of ten thousand pesos. This they sent back to camp by a friend of one of their men, and was the first real information that anyone had of what had happened. We spent the night under a bunch of corn shocks - a very cool evening I can assure you. It was cold Tuesday morning and I took my heavy sheepskin and gloves to the Cabrestante mine with me - lucky, as it was pretty chilly out in the hills. We had a little something to eat Tuesday night - tortillas and a couple of hard boiled eggs. Wednesday morning we got out from under the shocks about five and went up on a hill about a mile away from the corn field which was close to a little ranch. In the forenoon some horsemen came out to investigate, but the boys made me lie down under some bushes so I didn't see much. There had been quite a gang out looking for me all night as the authorities held the messenger who brought the note and forced the information out of him as to who the men were and where I was being held. About one-thirty in the afternoon some more horsemen came out to the ranch and one of the men went over to another hill closer to the ranch houses to see what was going on. The fellow left with me was pretty tired and, unfortunately for him fell asleep. I heard him snore and decided to leave. They had untied me the night before so I could travel easier, so I got up and moved a little, to see what the news was, and as he still snored I got a little further away, and then cut loose and ran like -- and never saw them again. We were only about three miles from a branch railroad line that runs from a place called Adrain to Rosario. I got to the railroad along which the main highway also runs and a car came along going to Parral. I bummed a ride to Parral where I called up Santa Barbara and gave them the glad news. I got back just in time to attend the banquet we always have the night before Christmas. I had had trouble with one of the men a couple of months before and he had threatened to get me. I hear such things so often that I don't pay any attention to them - but this guy made good. They didn't have guns but did have knives - one, a machete about fifteen inches long, and I have a great respect for these knives. Aside from being a little hungry and cold I was none the worse for the experience as they didn't treat me badly. I found out tonight that the men have been captured and are in the hands of the military authorities - the usual procedure in cases like this is a firing squad and by tomorrow we will know. Happy New Year. Let's hope 1931 will be different. Love to all, HUGH" The three kidnappers were executed for their crime. When he escaped Hugh took with him the machete that he wrote about in his letter. In 2021 it was in the possesion of his grandson Bruce Rife in Alaska. Residences: 1921-22, 56 Westland Ave., suite 24, Boston, Mass. (Boston city directory) 1923-24, 100 Queensbury, Boston (Boston city directory) 1923-24, with his parents at 21 Duncklee Ave. in Stoneham, Mass., according to the Stoneham Street Directory (hereafter SSD) and the Wakefield, Stoneham, North Reading and Lynnfield Directory (hereafter WSNRL) 1924-1930 (and probably longer), Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, Mexico. (NY Times articles, 1930 census) 21 May 1942, La Posta Courts, El Paso, Tex. (WWII draft card) 1950: Still a supervisor of a mine in Chihuahua, Mexico in Sept. 1950 when his father died. Middlesex Co., Mass. Probate File 295738 (6 March 1950) gives his address as San Francisco de Oro, Chihuahua, Mexico. 1966: Santa Fe, New Mexico in February 1966 when his mother died. 1974-ca.1991, 713 Bow Lane, Kerrville, Texas. After Hugh's death Marvel went to live with her daughter Martha in Grand Junction, Colorado, and eventually into the Villa Grande Nursing Home in Grand Junction where she died. Occupations: 1923-25, student (SSD) 1925-, mining engineer (WSNRL & NY Times articles.)3,4
	His obituary appeared in the 23 April 1989 Kerrville Times and read as follows: HUGH M. CRAIGIE. Retired mining engineer. Graveside Services for Hugh M. Craigie, 88, of Kerrville, who died Friday in a local hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Garden of Memories Cemetery with Chaplin Will Biggott officiating. Born May 19, 1900, in Concord, New Hampshire, he was a Kerrville resident for 13 years. Mr. Craigie married Marvel L. McGinnis on March 5, 1927, in El Paso. He was a retired mining engineer. Survivors include his wife, of Kerrville; two daughters, Mary C. Craigie, of Kerrville, and Martha C. Rife, of Boulder, Colo; two brothers, Laurence C. Craigie, of Burbank, Cal., and Robert S. Craigie, of Stoneham, Mass; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heart of the Hills Hospice, P.O. Box 942, Kerrville, Tx. 78029. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Grimes Funeral Chapels of Kerrville.2

Children of Hugh Medex Craigie and Marvel Lorene McGinnis

Martha Ann Craigie+ b. 21 Apr 1929, d. 21 Apr 2014 Mary Craigie+ b. 10 Feb 1933, d. 9 Jan 1997

Marvel Lorene McGinnis

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Father	Sam Houston McGinnis b. 29 Apr 1877, d. 5 Jan 1963
Mother	Annie Laura Campbell b. 27 Aug 1879

Last Edited

10 May 2024

Birth*	Marvel Lorene McGinnis was born on 11 May 1902 in Temple, Bell County, TexasG.1,2
Marriage*	She married Hugh Medex Craigie, son of John Harrold Craigie and Florence Marion Carbee, on 5 March 1927 in El Paso, TexasG.
Death*	Marvel died of a stroke on 25 October 1993 in the Villa Grande Nursing Home in Grand Junction, Mesa County, ColoradoG. She was buried in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Kerrville, Texas.
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Children of Marvel Lorene McGinnis and Hugh Medex Craigie

Martha Ann Craigie+ b. 21 Apr 1929, d. 21 Apr 2014 Mary Craigie+ b. 10 Feb 1933, d. 9 Jan 1997

Martha Ann Craigie

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Father	Hugh Medex Craigie b. 19 May 1900, d. 21 Apr 1989
Mother	Marvel Lorene McGinnis b. 11 May 1902, d. 25 Oct 1993

Last Edited

10 May 2024

Birth*	Martha Ann Craigie was born on 21 April 1929 in San Antonio, Bexar County, TexasG.
Marriage*	She married Don Duane Rife, son of Roy M. Rife and Mattie Emel, on 5 May 1956 at the Chapel of the Angels in Denver, ColoradoG.
Death*	Martha Ann Craigie died of lung cancer on 21 April 2014 at home in Grand Junction, Mesa County, ColoradoG.1,2
	Martha grew up in a mining camp in San Francisco del Oro, Chihuahua, Mexico, where she and her sister Mary attended school to the 8th grade in a little one room schoolhouse with a bilingual teacher. Her mother Marvel - who was educated to be a registered nurse - also assisted in the girls education. Martha became bilingual and later finished her education at Radford School for Girls in El Paso, Texas. She went to Junior College in Missouri, and later to college in New York majoring in Business and Spanish. After her marriage she did secretarial work at the Fort Logan Mental Health Institute from 1968 to 1974 and the University of Colorado in Boulder from 1974 to 1989. After their retirements they moved to Grand Junction, Colorado where they took care of Martha's mother and helped raise their daughter Cathy's two sons. Don, whose name was never "Donald," grew up on the farm his grandfather Simon homesteaded in 1888, where his father was born and died. Don didn't enjoy the life as a farmer and rancher so enlisted in the army in 1951 and served in the Korean conflict. After his discharge in 1954 he attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins. From 1961 to 1974 he was a buyer for Martin Marietta Aerospace in Denver and Ball Aerospace in Boulder from 1974 to 1989. After Martha's death in 2014 Don lived in an assisted living facility near his daughter Catherine in Denver until his death in 2017. Both Martha and Don loved to travel, camp and go hiking.2
	Her obituary appeared in the 26 April 2014 Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, CO) and read as follows: Martha Ann Rife, 85, Grand Junction, died April 21, 2014, at her home. No services are planned at this time. Mrs. Rice [sic] was a secretary for the state of Colorado. She is survived by her husband, Don D; one son, Bruce of Homer, Alaska; one daughter, Catherine Mangan of Highlands Ranch; and four grandchildren.1

Children of Martha Ann Craigie and Don Duane Rife

Bruce Leroy Rife+ Catherine Rife+

Orlando J. Cataldo

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12 Feb 2007

Birth*	Orlando J. Cataldo was born on 28 July 1909.
Death*	He died on 2 October 1987.

Child of Orlando J. Cataldo and Theresa L. DeCarlo

Edward Jerry Cataldo+ b. 22 Jan 1933, d. 30 Apr 2006

Sam Houston McGinnis

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10 Nov 1999

Birth*	Sam Houston McGinnis was born on 29 April 1877.
Marriage*	He married Annie Laura Campbell in September 1898.
Death*	Sam died on 5 January 1963.

Child of Sam Houston McGinnis and Annie Laura Campbell

Marvel Lorene McGinnis+ b. 11 May 1902, d. 25 Oct 1993

Annie Laura Campbell

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4 Mar 2021

Birth*	Annie Laura Campbell was born on 27 August 1879.
Marriage*	She married Sam Houston McGinnis in September 1898.

Child of Annie Laura Campbell and Sam Houston McGinnis

Marvel Lorene McGinnis+ b. 11 May 1902, d. 25 Oct 1993

Laurence Carbee Craigie

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Father	John Harrold Craigie b. probably 17 May 1870, d. 15 Sep 1950
Mother	Florence Marion Carbee b. 24 Mar 1875, d. 4 Feb 1966

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11 Mar 2024

Birth*	Laurence Carbee Craigie was born on 26 January 1902 in Concord, Merrimack County, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	He married Henrietta Victoria Morrison, daughter of Robert Morrison and Gale Chipman, on 16 December 1925 at Park Hill in Yonkers, Westchester County, New YorkG.1,2
Death*	Laurence died of natural causes on 27 February 1994 at March Air Force Base hospital in Riverside, Riverside County, CaliforniaG.3,4,5
	Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Carbee_Craigie.
	Laurence lived with his parents in Concord, NH, Somerville, Mass., Keene, NH, and finally in Stoneham, Mass. during his childhood. He spent every summer from the ages of four through seventeen on the farm of his mother's sister Kate Chamberlain and her husband Waterman in Bath, NH. It was here that he was given the nickname "Bill" at his request. He later writes of how he enjoyed the experience and that "They ruined a good farmer when they made a soldier out of me!" He learned several practical skills such as handiwork, farming and woodwork during his summers on the farm. Bill writes in a letter from 1977: "As a result [of my grandfather's alcoholism] I was raised in a very, very dry environment. The first drop of alcohol to pass my lips (to use an old fashioned expression) was in Baltimore, Md when I was a second class man (junior) at West Point and a group of the West Point baseball team went out to dinner at a local hotel following our baseball game with the Navy - which we lost!" Bill was an officer in the U.S. military and was included in "Who's Who in America" from the 1944-45 edition through the 1978-79 edition. He graduated from Stoneham, Mass. High School in 1919 and started attending West Point at the age of seventeen on Friday the Thirteenth of June, 1919. He was educated there and at the then-new Air Force Academy in Colorado. He graduated with a B.S. from West Point on 12 June 1923 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, serving as a pilot and flight instructor. He advanced through the grades to Lieutenant General in 1952. In 1924 he was awarded his wings and from 1924-28 he was a flight instructor at the Brooks and Kelly Fields in San Antonio, Texas. He married Victoria in December of 1925. Their wedding day was only the fourth time they had seen each other since they had met. Some said the marriage would never last, yet it lasted 68 years. On the way to his wedding he spent two days weathered in with then Lt. Jim Doolittle (famous for the 1942 air raid on Tokyo) and his wife Joe. Thus the Doolittles always claimed they had a hand in the Craigie wedding. In 1927 he became the 46th member of the "Caterpillar Club", a group of individuals who had saved their lives by parachuting from a disabled aircraft. Charles Lindberg was the 48th member of the club. While still in San Antonio their daughter Gale was born, but they soon moved to France Field in the Panama Canal Zone where from 1929-31 he was Engineering Officer, 7th Observation Squadron. Their son John was born while he was stationed here. He was flight commander at Brooks and Randolph Fields in Texas from 1931-34, and in 1935 graduated from the Air Corps Engineering School. He was project officer for training and transport aircraft at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio from 1935-38, and was intimately involved with the development and procurement of the Boeing PT-13 & 17 Stearman, the North American BT-9, the Douglas C-33 and Lock-heed C-36 Transports. He was among the engineers who greatly advanced flight during the 1930's and 40's when aircraft changed from biplanes to monoplanes, wood and fabric to metal, including retractable landing gears, controllable pitch propellers, turbo superchargers and finally the jet propelled engine. In 1939 he graduated from the Army Industrial College and he attended the Air Corps Tactical School in 1940. At the end of 17 years of military service he was still a First Lieutenant. These were the days when promotions were slow in coming. From 1939-43 he was chief of the experimental aircraft projects section at Wright Field, and by the end of that period of rapid build-up for the war effort he became a full Colonel. It was during this period that he became one of the first two pilots to fly the Bell XP-59A Airacomet, America's first functional jet airplane. On page 241 of Enzo Angelucci's "The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft", (New York: Military Press, 1988), the development of this plane is described as follows: "The project was started in 1941 at the request of the technical service of the USAAF, who had been told of the programmes of development and construction being carried out in Britain on turbojets. On 5th September the Bell Aircraft Corporation was requested to design a fighter aircraft to be powered by the revolutionary new engine. The programme was carried out in secret and in order to disguise this enterprise the aircraft was given the designation XP-59A, which had previously been assigned to a piston-engine fighter design on which Bell was already working. The construction of the first of the three prototypes started in the spring of 1942. 13 pre-series aircraft followed which were designated YP-59A. The test flights started on 1st October, carried out by Bell's chief test pilot, Robert M. Stanley. No particular problems hindered the development of the airframe and soon the pre-series models were in use testing the engines in flight. Engines of ever-increasing power were installed in the production models...The technical expertise which the USAAF and the aircraft industry gained through the Airacomets served mainly to prepare the ground for the achievement of the first true jet fighter of the United States air force, the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. Indeed, the development of this aircraft, which was much more impressive than the P-59, led to the cancellation of the planned construction of a further 300 Airacomets. The operational career of the Airacomet was then limited to training, and it was assigned to a special unit set up for training crews in combat tactics and flying techniques." On 2 October 1942, shortly after civilian test pilot Bob Stanley had made only two flights in the Airacomet, then Colonel Craigie became the first member of the military to fly a jet aircraft. The 20-minute flight was from a dry lake bed at the Muroc Army Air Field (now Edwards Air Force Base) in southern California. During a ceremony at Edwards AFB commemorating the 50th anniversary of the flight he remarked, "It was a great thrill to be part of it. But it really wasn't as emotional a flight as you might think. We were just feeling out the aircraft." The United States was the fourth nation, following Germany in 1939, Italy in 1940, and Britain in 1941, to fly a jet plane. It's development was one of World War II's best kept secrets. News of the flights wasn't released to the general public for 15 months. To conceal its existence Laurence and Bob Stanley attached a wooden propeller to the aircraft's nose when it was parked outside its hangar and covered the air intakes for its twin jet engines with cloth. The original craft is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. On Christmas Eve 1943, as a brand new Brigadier General, he sailed from Newport News, Virginia for the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations as Commander of the 87th Fighter Wing, 12th Air Force. On 8 March 1944, under the Mediterranean Coastal Command, he was named Allied Air Commander on Corsica. From headquarters at Bastia, Corsica, he directed operations of the 63rd Fighter Wing and attached units of the Royal Air Force, South African Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, and the Free French Air Force. While he was on Corsica, his wife Victoria was faithfully sending him V-mail letters from home. At one point she wrote to tell him that she had heard that a brand new type of airplane had been invented called a "jet". As more information was released to the public she wrote a second letter about it. Upon reading the newspaper that a Colonel Bill Craigie had flown the secret jet, her third letter on the subject was a very short one referring to him as "a closed mouth New England conservative". On 1 August 1944 the invasion of Southern France was launched from Corsica at which time there were 20 airfields on the small island. Bill said "there were so many aircraft on Corsica they were surprised the whole island didn't sink!" The 63rd Fighter Wing played an important part in providing escort for convoys northbound off Sardinia and Corsica and in protecting from submarines the sea lanes over which the invasion moved. General Craigie returned to Wright Field later in 1944 as deputy chief of the engineering division, Air Technical Service Command, and also became chief of the engineering division of the Air Materiel Command at Wright Field in the same year. On 28 April 1945, at Niagara Falls Airport, he became the first air force officer to be taken off, flown around, and landed in a radio controlled P-59. Later that year, on October 12th at the Wright Field Air Fair, he was with his friend Orville Wright the first time Orville saw a jet propelled aircraft fly. Bill said of Wright that "you could see the look of wonder on his face." That aircraft was a YP-80 and was being flown by the famous WWII ace and test pilot Chuck Yeager. Yeager autographed a picture of himself with Laurence "To: Gen. Bill Craigie, our role model!" In 1946 he was promoted to Major General. In 1947 he was director of the research and development headquarters of the United States Air Force. It was during this year, on October 14th, that Captain Chuck Yeager piloted the X-1 breaking the sound barrier for the first time. In 1948 Bill became commandant of the USAF Institute for Technology at the now Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. As director of the Air Force's research and development programs he became one of the service's most visible proponents of greater financing and experimentation. In 1948 he said, "We have a yacht, and like the man who asked J.P. Morgan how much it cost to run a yacht, we cannot keep a yacht if we have to worry about the cost." During the first year of the Korean War he was Vice Commander and Chief of Staff of the Far East Air Forces in Tokyo under General Douglas MacArthur and later under General Matthew Ridgway. Then in 1951 he became the Air Force delegate on the United Nations Armistice Negotiations Team at the truce talks. T.R. Fehrenbach in his history of the Korean War titled "This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness" (New York: Macmillan, 1963) wrote about these peace talks on pages 496-499:      "Discussions prior to the official peace talks set the time as July 10, 1951 and the place as Kaesong, a spot three miles below the famous 38th parallel and a few miles inside North Korean lines. It lay athwart the main north-south corridor through western Korea, along the main invasion route, and had been hit hard during the war. "From the American and U.N. point of view, the sole purpose of the meetings at Kaesong was to end the bloodshed, and to create some sort of machinery to supervise such an armistice. This done, an entirely separate body would sift the political and territorial questions posed by the Korean situation, in an atmosphere of peace. "Assembled with Admiral Joy [Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, designated by General Ridgway as the Senior U.N. delegate] were Major General Laurence C. Craigie, USAF; Major General Henry I. Hodes, USA; Rear Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN; and Major General Paik Sun Yup, ROK Army. Not one of these men was other than a military commander; not one was in any respect a diplomat or politician. They were soldiers, come to forge a military agreement to end the killing. "On the other side of the famous green table at Kaesong was a formidable array of Communist talent: General Nam Il, North Korean Senior Delegate; Major General Chang Pyong San, North Korea; Major General Lee Sang Cho, North Korea; Lieutenant General Tung Hua, Chinese Volunteers; and Major General Hsieh Fang, also Chinese. Several of these men were graduates of Soviet universities, and not one was a fighting man. "All had held political posts, and with typical Communist deviousness, seemingly the junior man at the table in rank, Hsieh Fang, was the man who actually held the Communist cards. "Immediately, it became apparent that the Communist delegation intended not only to discuss the proposed cease-fire but everything up to and including the kitchen drain... As best it could, without sabotaging the truce talks, the U.N. Command began to fight for its own ends. Its delegates had come in good faith, to make an honest end to the killing, with the settlements to come later. "The tragedy of the talks was that the Communists intended merely to transfer the war from the battlefield, where they were losing, to the conference table, where they might yet win something. "The United Nations' desire for peace was genuine--almost frantic. Nothing else could have kept their negotiators, subjected to harassment, stinging insult, and interminable delay, at the green table after the first few sessions." It took more than two years of haggling before the fighting ended on 27 July 1953. Bill only served as a delegate for three months at these on-again, off-again talks in Kaesong and Panmunjom. He later referred to them as "a very frustrating experience." For more about these negotiations and Bill's part in them read "Negotiating While Fighting: the Diary of Admiral C. Turner Joy at the Korean Armistice Conference," edited by Allen E. Goodman, (Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, 1978). Fortunately for the delegates the months of frustration were interrupted by the occasional hike, golf game, dinner, or cocktail party. Joy even once mentions going for a swim in "Craigie's pool". After three months as delegate he was recalled by Air Force Chief of Staff Hoyt Vandenberg to return to Washington to become the Air Force's Deputy Chief of Staff for Research and Development. General Ridgway didn't agree to release Bill from the negotiations until Major General Craigie was given a third star. In 1954, Lieutenant General Craigie became Commander of NATO's Allied Air Forces for southern Europe (Italy, Greece, and Turkey) and was based in Naples, Italy. Following a heart attack in the Bavarian Alps he retired from the U.S. Air Force on 30 June 1955. In December of 1955 Lawrence and his wife moved to 4244 Clybourn Ave. in Burbank, Calif. and began a new 25-year career in private industry. In 1956 he was a vice president of Hydro-Aire, Inc, and the following year a v.p. of American Machine & Foundry Co. From 1957-64 he was director of the Air Force requirements section for Lockheed Aircraft Corp. He was self-employed as a consultant after 1971. Since 1963 he was a director of the Flying Tiger Line (a freight airline), and was on the board of Hungry Tiger, Inc. He was also on the Board of Directors of the Falcon Foundation since 1965. In 1971 he was with the International Science Foundation. In May 1990 he and his wife moved into a retirement community for retired service people at 17053 Andrews Circle, Air Force Village West, Riverside, Calif. He has been decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Silver Star, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal (U.S.), Legion of Honor (France), American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Europe-African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Korean Service Campaign Medal, Ulchi and Gugseon medals (Korea), United Nations Medal, the Grand Ufficiale Al Merito Della Republica Italiana (Italy), and Command Pilot Wings, USAF. On 4 November 1977 he was honored by the Falcon Foundation at the U.S. Air Force Academy. They presented a scholarship in his name and gave a portrait of him to the Academy. He was a Fellow of the Institute for Aeronautical Sciences (v.p. in 1957), honorary member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, member of the American Defense Preparedness Association (v.p. 1970-71, president of the Los Angeles chapter, 1967). He was also a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Jonathan Club, the Lakeside Golf Club in Los Angeles, and Burning Tree in Washington. Despite two heart attacks he remained vigorous until near the end of his life. He celebrated his 90th birthday in 1992 as co-pilot in a B-25 bomber in a formation flyby with four vintage P-51 Mustang fighter planes over March Air Force Base and his nearby home in Riverside, California. He had to settle for co-pilot status because he no longer had a pilot's license for health reasons. As he stepped onto the tarmac after his flight he told a small group of friends and family, "Every 90 years we're going to do this. You're all invited in 2082. I'll make all the arrangements with St. Peter." Later, at a luncheon at the officer's club, he reminded his guests again to mark their calendars. St. Peter, he said, "is supposed to have a very good airstrip." Two days before his death he drove himself to the hospital at March Air Force Base because he was not feeling well. He died of natural causes. Services were held in the Base chapel on March 5th. Lawrence's ashes were combined with those of his wife after her death, then they were split up. Half were buried at the Air Force Academy and half at West Point. A service was held at the Air Force Academy on 14 July 1997 and at West Point on October 16th.6

Children of Laurence Carbee Craigie and Henrietta Victoria Morrison

Gale Morrison Craigie+ John Harrold Craigie+ b. 16 Sep 1929, d. 29 Mar 2021

Henrietta Victoria Morrison

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Father	Robert Morrison b. 11 Sep 1857, d. Apr 1945
Mother	Gale Chipman b. 28 Sep 1874, d. 21 Sep 1966

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8 Feb 2024

Birth*	Henrietta Victoria Morrison was born on 12 August 1901 in Jackson, Jackson County, MichiganG.
Marriage*	She married Laurence Carbee Craigie, son of John Harrold Craigie and Florence Marion Carbee, on 16 December 1925 at Park Hill in Yonkers, Westchester County, New YorkG.1,2
Death*	Henrietta died of congestive heart failure on 17 June 1997 at her home in Riverside, Riverside County, CaliforniaG.3
	Victoria was descended from Mayflower passenger John Howland through the following line: John Howland, Hope Howland, Samuel Chipman, Thomas Chipman, Amos Chipman, Jesse Chipman, William Chipman, Isaac Miner Chipman, Hiram Leslie Chipman, Gale Chipman. During her early years she lived in Michigan, California, and New York. She was always behind in school because they were always moving. One year she missed because she had rheumatic fever. She went to Barnard School for Girls in 7th and 8th grades and Seton Academy in 11th and Yonkers High School in 12th. She then attended Russell Sage College in Troy, New York, for two years. She worked at the World Book Company for two years. While her husband was in the military she moved around with him wherever he was stationed. During World War II she worked with the Red Cross.4
	Her obituary appeared in the 18 June 1997 Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise and read as follows: Memorial services for Victoria Morrison Craigie, 95, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the convocation room at Air Force Village West in Riverside. She died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at her home in Riverside. She will be interred with her late husband, Lt. Gen. Laurence C. "Bill" Craigie, America's first military jet pilot at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, and the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Preston and Simons Mortuary in Riverside is handling the arrangements. Mrs. Craigie, who was born in Capac, Mich., lived in Riverside seven years. She was a homemaker. Previously, she worked for World Book Co.for three years. She attended Russell Sage College in Troy, N.Y., for two years. Mrs. Craigie enjoyed reading, knitting and listening to classical music. She is survived by a her daughter, Gale Chidlaw of Boulder, Colo; a son, John of Los Angeles; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Gen. and Mrs. Curtis E. LeMay Foundation, 17050 Arnold Drive, Riverside, 92518.3

Children of Henrietta Victoria Morrison and Laurence Carbee Craigie

Gale Morrison Craigie+ John Harrold Craigie+ b. 16 Sep 1929, d. 29 Mar 2021

Gale Morrison Craigie

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Father	Laurence Carbee Craigie b. 26 Jan 1902, d. 27 Feb 1994
Mother	Henrietta Victoria Morrison b. 12 Aug 1901, d. 17 Jun 1997

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8 Dec 2023

Children of Gale Morrison Craigie and Ben Evan Chidlaw

Benjamin Matson Chidlaw+ Peter Craigie Chidlaw b. 12 Mar 1955, d. 28 Oct 1988 Margaret Victoria Chidlaw

John Harrold Craigie

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Father	Laurence Carbee Craigie b. 26 Jan 1902, d. 27 Feb 1994
Mother	Henrietta Victoria Morrison b. 12 Aug 1901, d. 17 Jun 1997

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12 Mar 2024

Birth*	John Harrold Craigie was born on 16 September 1929 in Colon Hospital in Colon, PanamaG.1,2
Marriage*	He married first Mary Craigie, daughter of Hugh Medex Craigie and Marvel Lorene McGinnis, on 30 June 1951 in St. Bartholomew's Chapel in New York, New YorkG. Jack and Mary were first cousins. She is the daughter of John's father Laurence's brother Hugh Medex Craigie. They married in New York because his parents were stationed in Tokyo, Japan and Mary's lived in Mexico. They had friends in the eastern states. They were divorced in the Spring of 1961.3
Death*	John Harrold Craigie died on 29 March 2021 in Los Angeles, CaliforniaG.4
	In May of 1979 Jack wrote a ten page autobiography for his niece Margaret Chidlaw's book titled "My Family History". The following is copied from pages 22-31 of that book. Explanatory notes in brackets are not his.      "In this brief autobiography I will outline my childhood, education, career, adult family life in terms of milestones (e.g., marriages, births), and finally some aspects of my personal life."      "I enjoyed an unusally happy childhood. A large part of my early years was spent at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base which was an almost idyllic place to bring up a youngster. A young boy's life could be very unconstrained in that it was such a safe place to live. As I recall we never, ever locked the door to our house. About the only problem I experienced as a young boy was that I continually got into enough mischief which, as I grew older, became more imaginative and broader in scope. This resulted in an almost continuous chain of disciplinary actions which probably built up within me a lowered self-image. I was always convinced that my parents loved my sister but not me. Now that I am a parent myself, I recognize that my impressions simply reflected the fact that I was always getting into trouble and requiring disciplinary action, whereas she, on the other hand, never got into trouble and was, in fact, a great help - especially to my mother. Now I know better, but let's face it, kids don't know better."      "Although we were by no means wealthy (I learned in my late teens that we had fairly significant financial problems) we never had to worry about good food, satisfactory clothing, a nice home, and the like. Access to an Officers' Club in fact gave us a standard of living similar to that enjoyed by the children of the wealthier families in the civilian world. Because of our upper-middle-class upbringing I simply grew up accustomed to having enough but by no means developed a need for the kinds of things and activities that the very wealthy would enjoy. As a result, money and material things have never been as important to me in my adult life as they seem to be to those who were either very poor or very wealthy in childhood."      "I was born in Panama in 1929, but left there before I was two so I remember nothing about it. My first recollections were at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. The first few events I remember include:      o A general panorama of our house, our yard, my room and the like.      o My kindergarten classroom.      o The Officers' Club swimming pool (my only recollection here was stepping out into water over my head on a very sloping surface, going under, and being rescued).      o My first haircut -- a traumatic experience (I can still hear myself screaming).      o Our departure from Randolph for Wright Field in Ohio (My father and I were looking forward to the change; but my mother and sister were crying at the thought of leaving their friends in Texas.)"      "I went to some twelve or thirteen schools through high school. We moved around a lot (from Texas, to Ohio, to Virginia, to Ohio, to Alabama, to Ohio, to Massachusetts, to New York, to Virginia, to Ohio). I enjoyed moving around and for the most part have favorable recollections of all the various places we went and experiences that I had."      In high school I went to Staunton Military Academy, Staunton, Virginia, in the ninth and tenth grades. I was a pretty mediocre student, my grades were good to fair, but my conduct was something of a problem. In fact, at the end of my tenth grade at SMA, out of some 525 cadets my roommate was second in total number of demerits and his roommate (namely, me) was first in the corps of cadets in demerits! It is my recollection that SMA was somewhat cool to the idea of my coming back and encouraged me to consider public high school. In the tenth grade I was on the swimming team but was not very good, just barely qualifying for a letter."      "I went to Oakwood High School, Dayton, Ohio, in the eleventh grade and for the first few months of the twelfth grade. While at Oakwood a significant change occurred in my outlook on life. I started swimming at the YMCA under Lou Cox and became more serious about it, competing in a few local meets and working out harder than I had at Staunton. I still got into trouble with my teachers at school, primarily because of mischievous classroom activities on my part. One evening the high school principal, Mr. John Lewis, who belonged to the YMCA, came into the swimming pool and saw me swimming laps. He asked Lou Cox about me. Apparently Lou convinced Mr. Lewis that I had a few redeeming features. Mr. Lewis waited for me to finish my workout and then took me to dinner where we just got to know each other on some basis other than my being sent to his office for disciplinary action. Once again (I think it was the following evening) Mr. Lewis watched me work out and then took me to dinner and we became friends. Shortly after this, I was in one of my classes at Oakwood and someone made a noise or did something mischievous while the teacher was writing something on the blackboard. She assumed that the culprint was Jack Craigie although in this particular instance it was not. She sent me to Mr. Lewis's office to get me out of her classroom. When I reported down to the principal's office, Mr. Lewis looked surprised and asked me why I was there. I explained that I was there on a "bum rap." He said, "Come on. Let's go back upstairs." Whereupon he took he back to the classroom. He asked the teacher to step out in the hall. He explained to her that this was apparently a mistake, that in this particular instance I was not guilty of the misdemeanor in question. The teacher was adamant and said, "Well, I know it was Jack and he is not coming back in my class." Mr. Lewis said, "Look, there has been a misunderstanding. I am convinced that Jack is innocent here. I would appreciate it if you would take him back into your class. I am sure he won't give you any more trouble." The teacher said something like, "Nothing doing! He is a bad actor, and I don't want him around." Mr. Lewis turned to me and in a very low voice said, "Jack, go into the classroom and sit down in your chair and be quiet." Then as I disappeared into the classroom, he started reading her the riot act. When she came back into the classroom about five minutes later, very red in the face and upset, it was apparent that Mr. Lewis had rammed me down her throat very much against her wishes. Needless to say, there was no way in the world that I was ever going to let my friend, Mr. Lewis, down by getting into trouble in her class or anybody else's class for the remainder of the time that I was at Oakwood High School. Mr. Lewis was enough of a leader that he undoubtedly knew that that would be the effect that this action would have on me. In short (and I know it sounds a bit melodramatic) I more or less gave up my "life of crime" because of my admiration and affection for Mr. John Lewis. I am sure that he was smart enough to realize all that in advance."      "I am not sure why I became a good swimmer. It was probably because I channeled all the aggressiveness that I had been expending getting into trouble into something positive, constructive, and rewarding to me in terms of my feelings about myself. It certainly had a very beneficial effect on what happened next."      "My Thanksgiving vacation during my senior year at Oakwood High School was spent in what was to have been a weekend visit back to Staunton Military Academy to see some of my old buddies. While I was there, however, I worked out with the swimming team. The swimming coach saw that I had become a much more serious and much more competent swimmer and convinced me that I ought to come back to Staunton and swim on his team which, that year, was a very good one. To make a long story short, we were able to convince my parents and a skeptical SMA staff that Jack Craigie would, indeed, be a good cadet this time around. As a result I returned to Staunton during the first week in December and finished out high school there. I was undefeated all year in swimming, and our team won every meet we were in (from Rhode Island down through North Carolina) except the Eastern Seaboard Championships where we were second. In that meet I won the 100- and 200-yard Free Style Individual Championship. Since I had more or less straightened out my affairs in the classroom, I did well enough to win the competitive tests for the Staunton's Honor Military School appointment to West Point. Thus, in the last six months of my high school years things really turned around for me, and I have - to a large extent - the sport of swimming to thank for it."      "At West Point [where he graduated in 1951] I was a fairly good cadet in terms of academics. I graduated 161st out of about 480 but could have easily been in the top hundred and with little effort probably in the top 50 or 75. My main interests, however, were still in the swimming pool. From the moment I entered West Point, although I did not particularly enjoy the life there, I knew that was where I wanted to be. I very much wanted to have my name up on the Academy Record Board in the swimming pool and, indeed, was able to walk away with the 220 and 440 Free Style records under my name." [He was still swimming in 1977 when he set a national record for seniors in the 45-49 year old bracket for the 200 yard butterfly].      "I rounded out my college education with two years at Princeton where [in 1958] I attained a Master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering and a couple years part time (mostly at night) at UCLA taking courses in astrodynamics and control theory."      "The highlights of my military career are as follows:      1. 1951-1952 Pilot training at Spence Air Base, George, and Reese Air Force Base, Texas.      2. 1952-1953 B-29 Combat Crew Training at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, and Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas.      3. 1953 A combat tour with the 19th Bomb Wing, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa [Japan]. Seventeen combat missions over North Korea.      4. 1953-1954 Jet upgrading at Craig Air Force Base, Alabama; Gunnery School at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas.      5. 1954-1956 Fighter pilot in Republic F-84F's, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.      6. 1956-1958 Graduate School, Princeton University.      7. 1958-1961 Student, then Instructor at the USAF Experimental Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California.      8. 1961-1965 Research and Development Officer at the Air Force Space Systems Division (now the Space and Missiles Systems Organization).      9. 1965 Retirement on a physical disability."      "During my flying career I flew about 3400 hours total flying time in about 32 types of aircraft. Over 2000 of these hours were in jets. I was not a particularly natural pilot. I did not stand away up in my class at Spence. I did better at Reese, but it seems to me that my relatively high standing was because of the regard my instructor held for me as a person as opposed to being a "red hot" airplane jockey."      "I started out more or less at the bottom run as a fighter pilot but before I was through, I had bombing scores among the best in my squadron. We were among the first of the fighter-bomber outfits to have the special weapon delivery mission. I very much enjoyed that tour as a fighter pilot and volunteered for a lot of extra flying time."      "When I retired from the Air Force on a physical disability in 1965, I joined the Space Technology Laboratories, now TRW. During the fourteen years I have been at TRW I have always been in the studies and analysis business. For the most part I have managed teams of from one to ten or fiteen people doing advanced design studies of various weapons systems, air traffic control, satellites, or communications networks."      "With regard to my adult family life, the following milestones are worthy of note:" [Here he lists his marriages, divorces and the births of his children with dates and places.]      "Some observations about the personal life and personality of Jack Craigie as he's evolved over the years (don't mistake evolution for progress):      o School days -- Pretty capable but in trouble a lot of the time. Senior year in high school straightened out thanks to the swimming program. Never the most popular guy around.      o Early Air Force -- Hadn't shaken the school mentality yet. Still one of the boys.      o Later Air Force -- Definitely started getting competitive in terms of my career. For example, I spent two years at Princeton with a West Point classmate who outranked me by a hundred files, i.e., he was about 60th and I was 161st in a class of 480. We took 16 courses together at Princeton, and we each wrote a thesis. Out of the 17 grades we tied in five and I beat him in the other twelve. Clearly, by this time I was trying harder and getting better results. Without being overly vain I have every reason to believe that had I stayed in the Air Force, I probably would have been a "success" getting at least one star on my shoulder and probably more. On the other hand, things can go wrong and they could have for me. One possible scenario would have been -- since I didn't take very good care of myself physically during my last few years in the Air Force -- a serious heart attack.      o Since I have come to TRW I have studied myself and my relationship to my childhood, my parents, and my current life. This came about primarily as a result of Mark's problems (autism) which required Shirley and me to undergo psychiatric evaluations. I wound up spending a lot of time with a psychologist, time which I considered on a personal basis well spent. For a long time every waking hour of mine was dedicated to my several jobs (e.g., daytime work plus graduate school, plus flying and several families -- immediate wife and kids, Santa Monica kids, my parents, and my wife's family). After many years of this, I found that my own personal sports life (running and/or swimming) did a lot for my psyche as well as my body."      "With regard to politics, I started out as a Goldwater conservative, but during the late 1969's became a fairly active liberal, recognizing that there were some significant problems in our country which could not be ignored. I now consider myself a "pragmatic liberal", recognizing too that a lot of the things we liberals tried to do with programs in the late '60s simply cannot be done by spending my time and the government's money."      "With regards to religion, I was brought up with sort of a hodge-podge. What can you expect when your mother is a Christian Scientist and your dad is a golfer? I guess for some time I was agnostic. Now, I am not sure that my cynicism has been all that justified. My experience with the Catholic Church, especially with respect to the Marriage Encounter Weekend, convinced me that there is more to love (in the "God is love" not the romantic sense) than I earlier believed. I am starting to get back into organized religion and will probably become a Catholic one of these days; although I admit that much of my motivation has to do with my relationship with Marilyn, Cristina and Monica, and eventually getting the girls into what I consider to be superior Catholic schools. I also believe that it is beneficial for a child to grow up with some religious training wherein he obtains a set of moral and spiritual values. When one becomes an adult, he or she can then make a judgment as to how much of this spiritual and cultural influence he wishes to incorporate into his life."      In 1958 Jack and his first wife were living at 8 Sharon Ave. in Burbank, Calif. In 1969 he was at 15544 Leadwell in Van Nuys, Calif. In 1974 he and Marilyn were living at 638 Euclid St. in Santa Monica. Jack worked for the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, not far from the home he has lived in since at least 1977 at 8316 Stewart St. in Los Angeles, California. He retired from Rand in October 1996..

Children of John Harrold Craigie and Mary Craigie

Laurence John Craigie b. 27 Sep 1952, d. 28 May 1994 Michael Gordon Craigie Anne Craigie+ Allan Thomas Craigie

Children of John Harrold Craigie and Shirley Ann Trabalka

Mark David Craigie Kirk Morrison Craigie

Children of John Harrold Craigie and Marilyn Ann Bernadette Blasco

Cristina Maria Craigie+ Monica Bernadette Craigie John Harrold Craigie III

Robert Morrison

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Father	Robert Morrison b. c 1824, d. 26 Sep 1902
Mother	Jean ?? b. Oct 1832

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10 Nov 1999

Birth*	Robert Morrison was born on 11 September 1857 in CanadaG.
Marriage*	He married Gale Chipman, daughter of Hiram Leslie Chipman and Henrietta Elizabeth Gale, on 3 February 1892 in Bad Axe, Huron Couinty, MichiganG.
Death*	Robert died in April 1945 in Arlington, VirginiaG.

Child of Robert Morrison and Gale Chipman

Henrietta Victoria Morrison+ b. 12 Aug 1901, d. 17 Jun 1997

Gale Chipman

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Father	Hiram Leslie Chipman b. 5 Mar 1842, d. 13 Aug 1918
Mother	Henrietta Elizabeth Gale b. 15 May 1847, d. 2 Jul 1925

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17 Nov 1999

Birth*	Gale Chipman was born on 28 September 1874 in Byron, Shiawassee County, MichiganG.
Marriage*	She married Robert Morrison, son of Robert Morrison and Jean ??, on 3 February 1892 in Bad Axe, Huron Couinty, MichiganG.
Death*	Gale died on 21 September 1966 in Los Angeles, CaliforniaG.

Child of Gale Chipman and Robert Morrison

Henrietta Victoria Morrison+ b. 12 Aug 1901, d. 17 Jun 1997

Ben Evan Chidlaw

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Father	Benjamin Wiley Chidlaw b. 18 Dec 1900, d. 21 Feb 1977
Mother	Lillian Marie Braun b. 4 Jul 1900, d. 18 Mar 1997

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8 Dec 2023

Birth*	Ben Evan Chidlaw was born on 10 May 1927 in San Antonio, Bexar County, TexasG.1
Death*	He died on 6 June 2022.2
	Ben's father was an Air Force four-star general, and as a result he grew up in various locations such as Kansas, Virginia, Ohio and Washington, D.C. He graduated from Western High School in Washington, D.C. in June 1944, and after attending one semester of college at Georgetown University entered the service for a couple of years. He was stationed in Germany during part of his time in the military.3

Children of Ben Evan Chidlaw and Gale Morrison Craigie

Benjamin Matson Chidlaw+ Peter Craigie Chidlaw b. 12 Mar 1955, d. 28 Oct 1988 Margaret Victoria Chidlaw

Benjamin Matson Chidlaw

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Father	Ben Evan Chidlaw b. 10 May 1927, d. 6 Jun 2022
Mother	Gale Morrison Craigie

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24 Dec 2016

Children of Benjamin Matson Chidlaw and Michelle Murray

Tatum Gabrielle Chidlaw Ryan Benett Chidlaw

Peter Craigie Chidlaw

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Father	Ben Evan Chidlaw b. 10 May 1927, d. 6 Jun 2022
Mother	Gale Morrison Craigie

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18 Dec 2020

Birth*	Peter Craigie Chidlaw was born on 12 March 1955 at Memorial Hospital in Boulder, ColoradoG.
Death*	Peter died of kidney cancer on 28 October 1988 at home, 230 Pawnee Drive in Boulder. His remains were cremated.1
	Peter attended Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado, and was sophomore class president. After graduating in 1973 he worked in the camera department at Jones Drug and then for several months in the Cheese Shop at Vail, Colorado. He attended Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon for a year and a half before quitting to work for a few years. He reentered school at the University of Colorado where he graduated in 1982. He began living and working in Washington, D.C. in 1982 but in October of 1987 was diagnosed with kidney cancer. He never married. His mother writes of him that he "was a thoughtful and considerate son and a loyal friend to his many friends. He had a great sense of humor and he loved music, from the Beatles and Joni Mitchell to Puccini. He was a beautiful skier and he enjoyed playing tennis."2,3

Margaret Victoria Chidlaw

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Father	Ben Evan Chidlaw b. 10 May 1927, d. 6 Jun 2022
Mother	Gale Morrison Craigie

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22 Aug 2012

Laurence John Craigie

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Father	John Harrold Craigie b. 16 Sep 1929, d. 29 Mar 2021
Mother	Mary Craigie b. 10 Feb 1933, d. 9 Jan 1997

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10 May 2024

Birth*	Laurence John Craigie was born on 27 September 1952 in San Antonio, Bexar County, TexasG.1
Death*	Laurence died of AIDS on 28 May 1994 at Davies Medical Center in San Francisco, CaliforniaG.2
	Laurence, like his namesake grandfather, took the nickname of "Bill." He attended Princeton University from 1969 to 1974 and was working in New York City in 1977. He was later employed at the Young and Rubicam advertising agency in San Francisco until about October 1991. He did not work since that time because he was ill with AIDS. Bill's address as of January 1994 was 2225 23rd St. #313, San Francisco, CA.
	His death notice appeared in the 5 June 1994 San Francisco Examiner and read as follows: CRAIGIE, Laurence John (Bill). Passed away at 1:35 p.m. Saturday May 28, 1994 at Davies Medical Center at age 41; born September 27, 1952; was V P. and Advertising Executive of Young & Rubicam and a 6 year San Francisco resident; survived by Parents, John H. Craigie (Los Angeles) & Mary C. Craigie (Penn Valley, CA); and by siblings, Michael G. Craigie, Anne C. Bates and Allan T. Craigie. Bill's extraordinary generosity, love, intelligence and talents will live in our hearts forever. Services were held at Grace Cathedral. Donations to the AIDS Foundation.2

Michael Gordon Craigie

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Father	John Harrold Craigie b. 16 Sep 1929, d. 29 Mar 2021
Mother	Mary Craigie b. 10 Feb 1933, d. 9 Jan 1997

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17 Jan 2011