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William Edmond Craigie Jr.

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Father	William Edmond Craigie b. 18 May 1882, d. 2 Jul 1958
Mother	Beulah Mabel Atkins b. 3 Mar 1884, d. 24 Aug 1934

Last Edited

2 Mar 2023

Birth*	William Edmond Craigie Jr. was born on 25 June 1911 at home, 36 Boardman Ave. in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married Audrey Phyllis Anderson, daughter of Bloss Aubrey Anderson and Meda Rubina Carter, on 8 May 1938 in Tyngsborough, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. They were separated in November 1950 and divorced in February 1961 (Middlesex Co., Mass. Divorce File 57619, and Probate File 299230).2
Death*	William died of cancer on 21 June 1978 in Decatur, Dekalb County, GeorgiaG.
Burial*	He was buried on 24 June 1978 in Rosehaven Cemetery in Douglasville, Douglas County, GeorgiaG.3,4
	Edmund grew up in North Reading and Melrose. The 1929 Melrose city directory lists him as a "manager', and in 1931-33 he worked with his father in real estate and insurance in Melrose. Before they met his future wife Audrey Anderson she was engaged to another man and pregnant with his child. Before this child was born, in 1934, the man died of tuberculosis. This child -- Norma -- was born an Anderson but took the name Craigie when her mother got married. At the time of their marriage in May 1938 Edmund and Audrey were both working for the National Radio Co. in Malden, Mass. and living with their parents. They eloped to get married and stated on the marriage certificate that they were both living in Franklin, N.H. Their daughter Norma remembers that the family had friends who owned a camp in Franklin, which is possibly where this erroneous information came from. Seven months after the wedding, on 12 Dec 1938, Edmund filed for divorce against Audrey, but it never went through. Evidently they resolved their problems. The divorce papers stated that they had lived at 1117 Main Street in Melrose and lastly at 85 Myrtle Street in Melrose. When the 1940 census was taken on 15 Apr William and Audrey were renting at 426 Salem Street in Malden. For some reason their daughter Norma wasn't recorded with them. William worked as a "Route salesman" in a dairy business. It stated that he had graduated from high school, but Audrey had only completed 8th grade. She worked as a "salesgirl" in a department store. Their marital difficulties continued to plague them, as on 28 Dec 1940 Edmund filed for divorce once more, and again it was never finalized. The papers state that they had lived at 7 Sapphire Road in Saugus, 426 Salem Street in Malden, and at 23 Meridian Street in Melrose. At the time of the filing Audrey's address was unknown to Edmund. There is some confusion here over where they lived during this period. The divorce papers give addresses that don't entirely agree with other sources. An Essex County deed5 has them purchasing property at Sapphire Road in Saugus in May 1943, and in another deed6 they sold it in Nov 1945. Edmund himself said in an interview in 1977 that from about 1938 until the Spring of 1943 they lived at 45 Wilbur Street in Malden. He claimed to have moved to the Sapphire Road address after that, and when their daughter Audrey was born in Aug 1944 they were indeed living there, according to her birth certificate. They were still residing in Saugus on 28 Apr 1945 when they purchased their home at 23 Meridian Street in Melrose. They sold it 4 Nov 1950, just after they were separated. During this time period Edmund worked for the Boston Combining Company making shoe linings. He was at various times a leather worker or a machine operator. On 11 Jul 1948 Audrey gave birth to a daughter prematurely. The baby, which they named Barbara Ann Craigie, didn't survive the day and was buried in Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose the next day.7,8 Marital problems plagued them until the end, which came about on 13 Nov 1948 or 1950, depending on which source you believe. One record dated 21 Nov 19509 stated that Audrey left him on the 13th just past, yet their final divorce decree dated 27 Feb 1961 gave the year as 1948. The earlier record of 1950 is probably the correct one. They were together in the 1950 census taken on April 10, living at 23 Meridian Street in Melrose. Edmund worked as a machine operator in a shoe factory and Audrey worked in a radio factory. In Oct 1951 Audrey gave birth to her son Donald Craigie, although the father was not Edmund. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., so Audrey was apparently living in that area at that time. The only other address we have for her at present is at 38 Blanche Street in Cambridge, Mass. in Feb 1961 when the divorce was finalized. At the time of her death she had been working for the Electronics Corporation of America.10 In an interview on 25 Aug 1977 Edmund attempted to reconstruct the history of his many jobs and residences. He said the family called him the "East Coast Runner" because of the frequency of his moves. After Melrose, he said, he moved to Kennebunk, Maine for one or 1 1/2 years where he began a long series of jobs in the restaurant and motel industry, taking his first job at Howard Johnson's. He left in the late summer for Pinehurst, North Carolina where he stayed for only one season, working at the Carolina Hotel. Next stop was Sea Island, Georgia where he worked at the Cloister Hotel and remained for 2 years. Edmund recalls that he lived in Sea Island when Truman was President, which was 1945-1953, so presumably this was during the later years of the Presidency. His next three years were spent in Plainville, Connecticut where he worked as a cook again at a Howard Johnson's. From there it was back down south to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for 8 months to a year where he cooked at the Governor's Club Hotel. After nine or ten months on 47th Street in New York City and a year in Waterbury, Conn. he moved to New Haven, Conn. for 3 years. The 1959 New Haven directory lists him at 108 Bradley Street. He is not listed in the 1960 directory, and the 1961-62 directories haven't been checked. During all this time he worked as a cook at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City. He bounced around a bit after that. When his final divorce papers came through in February 1961 his address was 19 Nye Road in Falmouth, Mass. At some point it was back to 47th Street in NYC for a year or less where he worked at St. Clair's Restaurant, then New Haven again where he lived with friends after the last of his children left the nest. The 1963 New Haven directory lists him as living at 28 Bradley Avenue in West Haven. He was in New Haven this time for two or three years, working at the College Spa Restaurant, before going back to Ft. Lauderdale for another two or three years, again living with friends. In Ft. Lauderdale he worked at the Sheraton. He moved back to New Haven once again to live with his daughter Audrey for six or seven months, then to Atlanta, Georgia where he lived with his son William. In Atlanta he worked for a time at the Pewter Mug Restaurant. He spent his last years alternating his residence between his children in Connecticut and Georgia. At the time of the interview in 1977, at the age of 66, he was a part-time clerk in a dry cleaning business in Georgia.
	His obituary appeared in the 23 June 1978 Atlanta Constitution and read as follows: CRAIGIE. Friends and relatives of Mr. William E. Craigie, of Timberidge Dr., Douglasville, formerly of Doraville, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Craigie III, Douglasville, Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas, Durham, Conn., Mrs. Norma Goggin, Wakefield, Mass., Mrs. Marion Craigie, Mr. Roland Craigie, both of Melrose, Mass., Mr. Harold Craigie, Laconia, N.H., Mrs. Mary Teschek, Laconia, N.H., Mrs. Eleanor Paolin, Mrs. Beulah Craigie, both of Malden, Mass., Mr. David, Bobby and Kenny Craigie, Melrose, Mass., grandchildren, great grandchild, nieces and nephews are invited to attend the funeral of Mr. William E. Craigie Saturday June 24, 1978, at 11 a.m., from the J. Cowan Whitley Chapel, with Dr. Milton Dwelle officiating. Interment, Rose Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday from 6 p.m. til 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers make contributions to the Douglas County Cancer Fund.4

Children of William Edmond Craigie Jr. and Audrey Phyllis Anderson

Norma Phyllis Craigie+ b. 21 May 1934, d. 12 Nov 2010 William Edmond Craigie III b. 21 Jul 1942, d. 5 Oct 2010 Audrey Mae Craigie+ b. 16 Aug 1944, d. 3 Jun 2008 Donald Harrison Craigie b. 12 Oct 1951, d. 24 Jul 1976

Audrey Phyllis Anderson

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Father	Bloss Aubrey Anderson
Mother	Meda Rubina Carter

Last Edited

2 Mar 2023

Birth*	Audrey Phyllis Anderson was born on 19 October 1917 at home, 14 Kimball Court in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married William Edmond Craigie Jr., son of William Edmond Craigie and Beulah Mabel Atkins, on 8 May 1938 in Tyngsborough, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. They were separated in November 1950 and divorced in February 1961 (Middlesex Co., Mass. Divorce File 57619, and Probate File 299230).2
Death*	Audrey died of cervical cancer on 28 April 1965 at Pondville Hospital in Norfolk, Norfolk County, MassachusettsG. At the time of her death she had been single and living at 127 Cherry St. in Cambridge, Mass. for 8 years. She was an electronics technician with Electronics Corp. of America. She was buried in Riverside Cemetery in Saugus, Mass., on 1 May 1965.3
	Her obituary, taken from an unsourced clipping, reads as follows: Mrs. Audrey Phyllis (Anderson) Craigie, 47, 127 Cherry St., Cambridge, formerly of Saugus, died yesterday in Pondville State Hospital, after a lengthy illness. A native of Melrose, she lived many years in Saugus before moving to Cambridge nine years ago. She was employed as a repair technician for the Electronics Corp. of America, Cambridge, and was active in union affairs. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Norman Sherman, Malden, and Audrey Messercola, Conn; two sons, Donald , Cambridge, and William E., in the Armed Forces; three grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. Meda R. (Carter) Anderson of Saugus; her father, Bloss A. Anderson, of Newburyport, and a sister, Mrs. Rose Brown of Saugus. Services will be held Saturday at 1:30 PM at the Bisbee Funeral Home, 549 Lincoln Ave., Saugus, with burial in Riverside Cemetery in that town.

Children of Audrey Phyllis Anderson and William Edmond Craigie Jr.

Norma Phyllis Craigie+ b. 21 May 1934, d. 12 Nov 2010 William Edmond Craigie III b. 21 Jul 1942, d. 5 Oct 2010 Audrey Mae Craigie+ b. 16 Aug 1944, d. 3 Jun 2008 Donald Harrison Craigie b. 12 Oct 1951, d. 24 Jul 1976

Norma Phyllis Craigie

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Father	William Edmond Craigie Jr. b. 25 Jun 1911, d. 21 Jun 1978
Mother	Audrey Phyllis Anderson b. 19 Oct 1917, d. 28 Apr 1965

Last Edited

22 Feb 2021

Birth*	Norma Phyllis Craigie was born on 21 May 1934 at 71 School St. in Saugus, Essex County, MassachusettsG. Norma is an adopted member of the family. Her birth father's first name was Robert and he supposedly died of tuberculosis while her mother was still pregnant. He reportedly died "in Washington", but it is not known whether this means the nation's capitol or the state. She was born an Anderson but took the surname Craigie after her mother married.1
Marriage*	She married first Edward Allen Sherman Jr., son of Edward Allen Sherman and Gladys Putnam Heintz, on 29 May 1950 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham County, New HampshireG.2
Marriage*	She married second John Joseph Goggin, son of James Francis Goggin and Annie Agnes Harrington, on 31 December 1966 in Salem, Rockingham County, New HampshireG.3
Death*	Norma Phyllis Craigie died of cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) on 12 November 2010 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers, Essex County, MassachusettsG.4
Burial*	She was buried on 16 November 2010 in Old Atkinson Cemetery in Atkinson, Rockingham County, New HampshireG.4
	At the time of her birth her mother was living at 911 Main Street in Melrose, Mass. She grew up there and in Malden, Mass. and Saugus, Mass. She attended schools through the 7th grade in Malden, Saugus and Melrose. Norma was living with her parents at 23 Meridian Street in Melrose when she gave birth to her son Edward. When she married her son's father nearly two years later she was still living with her parents and her husband was living with his parents at 121 Beech Avenue in Melrose. After the wedding they lived with his parents for seven years until they separated in November of 1957. Edward worked as an auto mechanic in Somerville, Everett, Wakefield, Melrose, and perhaps other places. He and Norma were officially divorced in 1965. (Mass. VR Divorce Index). The last 20 years or so of his life he worked as a mechanic for the city of Melrose. He continued to live at the Beech Avenue address. After the separation Norma lived at 951 Western Avenue in Lynn, Mass. for about nine months. In the summer of 1958 she moved to Ferry Street in Everett, Mass. for a year before going to 769 Main Street in Malden. She was still living there in Dec. 1966 when she married John Goggin. He was a maintenance man living nearby at 794 Main Street at the time. A month or so before their wedding they bought a home at 1 Azarian Court in Wakefield, Mass., and after completing some renovations moved in sometime after the wedding. They lived there for several years, until September of 1991. They also bought the property next door at 3 Azarian Court at some point. John worked as a carpenter for several different companies in the greater Boston area. Apart from a brief period working as a nursing assistant in Winchester Hospital and a couple of nursing homes, Norma has not worked outside the home at all. On 28 June 1991 Norma and John bought a home with her daughter Lynda and husband Ricky at 48 Quail Run in Hampstead, NH where she was still living in November 1994 with her daughter and family. (Rockingham Co., NH, Deeds, 2881:2887) At the time of her death she was living at 34 Center Village in Lynnfield, Mass.
	Her obituary appeared on the McDonald Funeral Homes website and read as follows: Norma P. Goggin, 76 of Lynnfield formerly of Wakefield, and Hampstead, NH died Friday November 12 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. Born in Saugus, May 21, 1934 she was the daughter of the late Audrey (Anderson) Craigie. Norma was raised and educated in Saugus. She lived in Wakefield for many years before moving to Florida, Hampstead, NH and most recently Lynnfield. Norma enjoyed traveling and Square Dancing. Norma was the wife of the late John Goggin and Edward A. Sherman Jr. She is survived by her 3 children; Edward A. Sherman III and his wife Emily of Lynnfield, Roger D. Sherman and Lynda R. Turpin and her husband Richard all of Hampstead, NH, her grandchildren; Edward IV, Tara, Jonathan, Jeremy, Joshua, and Katy. A graveside service will be held at the Old Atkinson Cemetery, Main St., in Atkinson, NH on Tuesday at 11am. A period of visitation will be held in the McDonald Funeral Home, 19 Yale Ave., Wakefield on Monday 4-8pm. Contributions may be made to Shriner's Hospitals, 51 Blossom St., Boston, MA 02114.5

Children of Norma Phyllis Craigie and Edward Allen Sherman Jr.

Edward Allen Sherman III+ Roger Douglas Sherman+ Lynda Rose Sherman+

William Edmond Craigie III

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Father	William Edmond Craigie Jr. b. 25 Jun 1911, d. 21 Jun 1978
Mother	Audrey Phyllis Anderson b. 19 Oct 1917, d. 28 Apr 1965

Last Edited

23 Dec 2020

Birth*	William Edmond Craigie III was born on 21 July 1942 at home, 45 Wilbur Street in Malden, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	He died on 5 October 2010 in Decatur, Dekalb County, GeorgiaG.2
Burial*	He was buried on 11 October 2010 at Rosehaven Cemetery in Douglasville, Douglas County, GeorgiaG.3
	After their marriage Bill and Regina were living at 4885 Timber Ridge Road in Douglasville, Georgia. Between around 1994 and 2002 he was living in Alpharetta, Georgia, and after that in Decatur, Georgia. He had no children.
	His obituary appeared in the 9 October 2010 Atlanta Journal-Constitution and read as follows: CRAIGIE, William E., III William E. Craigie, III passed peacefully from this life on Tuesday, October 5, 2010. His friendship and guidance will be greatly missed. A graveside service will be held Monday, October 11, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at Rosehaven Cemetery, 8640 Rose Avenue, Douglasville, GA 30134. The family will receive friends on Sunday, October 10 between 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. at A. S. Turner & Sons located at 2773 N. Decatur Road, Decatur, GA 30033.3

Donald Harrison Craigie

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Father	William Edmond Craigie Jr. b. 25 Jun 1911, d. 21 Jun 1978
Mother	Audrey Phyllis Anderson b. 19 Oct 1917, d. 28 Apr 1965

Last Edited

16 Jan 2006

Birth*	Donald Harrison Craigie was born on 12 October 1951 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New YorkG.1,2
Death*	Donald died of a drug overdose on 24 July 1976 at Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG. He was buried July 27th in Riverside Cemetery in Saugus, Mass.3
	Donald was born about a year after his mother's divorce, and, according to his sister Norma, his natural father was another man whose name was Edward (or possibly Edmund) Steph. He took the name of Craigie anyway. His natural father Edward supposedly died in Leavittown, N.Y. when Donald was two years old.      Donald lived with his mother until she died in April 1965. They were at 127 Cherry St. in Cambridge, Mass. at the time. Afterwards, at age 13, he moved in with his sister Norma Sherman who was appointed his guardian on 25 June 1965.4 He continued to live with her in Malden and Wakefield until he was about 18 years old. When he married Dianna Wendell on Christmas Day in 1969 he was still living with Norma. He was working in supply and distribution at the time. Dianna was a unit aide and her residence was 1785 Manila in Memphis, Tennessee.      Donald continued to live and work, as a forklift mechanic or cabinet maker, in the Boston area until his untimely death from an overdose of chloral hydrate at the age of 24. He was living at 187 Center St. in Jamaica Plain at the time of his death. After his death his wife Dianna couldn't be located by his family and it was presumed that she returned to her home state of Tennessee. They had no children.

Bloss Aubrey Anderson

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Last Edited

14 Nov 1999

Birth*	Bloss Aubrey Anderson was born.
Marriage*	He married Meda Rubina Carter.

Child of Bloss Aubrey Anderson and Meda Rubina Carter

Audrey Phyllis Anderson+ b. 19 Oct 1917, d. 28 Apr 1965

Meda Rubina Carter

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Last Edited

14 Nov 1999

Marriage*	She married Bloss Aubrey Anderson.
Birth*	Meda Rubina Carter was born.

Child of Meda Rubina Carter and Bloss Aubrey Anderson

Audrey Phyllis Anderson+ b. 19 Oct 1917, d. 28 Apr 1965

Roland Atkins Craigie

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Father	William Edmond Craigie b. 18 May 1882, d. 2 Jul 1958
Mother	Beulah Mabel Atkins b. 3 Mar 1884, d. 24 Aug 1934

Last Edited

6 Apr 2024

Birth*	Roland Atkins Craigie was born on 25 June 1911 at home, 36 Boardman Avenue in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married first Leona Isabelle Roulston, daughter of John Ross Roulston and Isadore Piety Fawcett, on 5 October 1931 in Albany, Albany County, New YorkG. At the time of their marriage both were living with their parents - Roland at 123 First Street in Melrose and Leona on Shady Avenue in the Greenwood section of Wakefield.2,3
Marriage*	He married second Lois Pearl Cutting, daughter of Frederick Gilmore Cutting and Mary H. Browne, on 3 July 1946 by a Justice of the Peace in Old Orchard Beach, York County, MaineG.4
Death*	Roland died of lung disease on 12 January 1992 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital in Melrose.5
Burial*	He was buried on 15 January 1992 in Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose.5
	Roland grew up in Melrose and North Reading, Mass. After his marriage he and Leona were living at 18 Holbrook Court in Melrose when their first child Barbara was born. He was a leather worker at the time. In Aug 1934 when his mother died her obituary stated that he was "of Greenwood", which is a section of Melrose. According to Blanche Russell he may have lived in Somerville for a while around 1935. In August of that year, when their daughter Beulah was born, they were living at 82 Granville Avenue in Malden, Mass. Roland gave his occupation as "leather iron" on the birth certificate. Roland and Leona were divorced in 1937. On their divorce papers it states that they had lived in Melrose, Wakefield, Malden and Somerville. At the time of the divorce Leona was living in Wakefield and Roland in Somerville. Their two daughters were boarded out in Georgetown, Mass. until after Leona married again, about 1939, John E. Gaines. He was born in Schenectady, NY on 25 Jun 1893, according to the age at death given on his death certificate. He was the son of John Gaines and Edna Ellis. Jack and Leona got custody of her two daughters and when the 1940 census was taken they were living with the girls at 80 Appleton Street in Boston. He was a chef and she was a waitress in a restaurant. Later they moved to North Main Street in Assonet, Mass. She worked briefly in a sewing shop as a seamstress before they opened up their own restaurant in town. That proved to be unsuccessful however and after a couple years in Assonet they moved to Tremont (?) Street in Roxbury or West Roxbury, Mass. Around 1956 they moved to her family's old home at 26 Shady Avenue in Wakefield, Mass. While in the Boston area Jack worked as a doorman at a fancy hotel in Boston and Leona worked as a hostess at a restaurant in Boston. They had no children together. Jack died of heart disease on 27 Jul 1957 at home in Wakefield and was buried July 29th in Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett.6 When the 1940 census was taken Roland was an inmate in the Massachusetts State Prison in Boston. It said he had a 7th grade education. On 20 Oct 1941 when Roland filled out his World War II draft form he was living with his father at 123 First Street in Melrose and working for the Boston Combining Co. in Roxbury. He was described as being 5' 9 1/2" tall weighing 135 and having blue eyes, brown hair and a light complexion. He enlisted in the military on 1 Apr 1943, and his enlistment records state that he had a grammar school education and was a semiskilled laborer in the production of rubber goods. Roland served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific theatre of World War II before coming home and getting married again. When he married Lois in 1946 he was a machinist and she was a clerk and they were both from Melrose. On 29 Aug 1947 they bought a home at 18 Rockland Street in Melrose, and they lived there for the remainder of their lives. He gave his occupation as "machine operator" in 1947 and on his death certificate it said he was a "machine operator, textile manufacturing". Lois worked as a typist for the Standard Accident Insurance Co. in Boston in 1961-62, according to the Boston city directory. In 1965 it says that she was a typist for the Reliance Insurance Co in Boston. Her death certificate said she was a "Clerk, Insurance Co."

Children of Roland Atkins Craigie and Leona Isabelle Roulston

Barbara Mae Craigie+ b. 23 Jul 1932, d. 19 Jul 2018 Beulah Yvonne Craigie+ b. 24 Aug 1935, d. 10 Apr 1996

Child of Roland Atkins Craigie and Lois Pearl Cutting

Patricia Lois Craigie+

Leona Isabelle Roulston

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Father	John Ross Roulston
Mother	Isadore Piety Fawcett

Last Edited

12 Jan 2024

Birth*	Leona Isabelle Roulston was born on 21 March 1912 in Everett, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married first Roland Atkins Craigie, son of William Edmond Craigie and Beulah Mabel Atkins, on 5 October 1931 in Albany, Albany County, New YorkG. At the time of their marriage both were living with their parents - Roland at 123 First Street in Melrose and Leona on Shady Avenue in the Greenwood section of Wakefield.2,3
Death*	Leona died of rheumatic heart disease on 7 August 1958 at Malden Hospital in Malden, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. She had a stroke and died two weeks later during an operation on her heart.4
Burial*	She was buried on 9 August 1958 in Forest Glade Cemetery in Wakefield, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.4

Children of Leona Isabelle Roulston and Roland Atkins Craigie

Barbara Mae Craigie+ b. 23 Jul 1932, d. 19 Jul 2018 Beulah Yvonne Craigie+ b. 24 Aug 1935, d. 10 Apr 1996

Barbara Mae Craigie

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Father	Roland Atkins Craigie b. 25 Jun 1911, d. 12 Jan 1992
Mother	Leona Isabelle Roulston b. 21 Mar 1912, d. 7 Aug 1958

Last Edited

23 Dec 2020

Birth*	Barbara Mae Craigie was born on 23 July 1932 at Melrose Hospital in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married Robert Liston Kirkwood, son of Liston Kinlock Kirkwood and Irene LaPointe, on 26 July 1952 in Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Barbara Mae Craigie died of respiratory failure following months of congestive heart failure on 19 July 2018 at St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River, Bristol County, MassachusettsG.3
Burial*	She was buried on 21 July 2018 in Notre Dame Cemetery in Fall River.3
	At the time of their wedding Robert was in the U.S. Navy and living at 8 Mt. Hope Ave. in Fall River, Mass. and Barbara was living at 271 1/2 Lamartine St. in Jamaica Plain, Mass. Robert stayed in the navy as the family traveled all over the country, but they lived most of the time in Rhode Island. In November 1994 they were living at 25 Vale St. in Tiverton, RI, and they were still there when she died in 2018. Robert and Barbara were married on St. Anne's Day, which is named for the Patron Saint of Happy Marriages. They decided to give all four of their daughters the middle name of Ann or Anne as a result.
	Her parents were living at 18 Holbrook Court in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG, when she was born.1
	Her obituary appeared on the website of the Boule Funeral Home in Fall River, Bristol County, MassachusettsG, and read as follows: Barbara M. (Craigie) Kirkwood, age 85, of Tiverton, passed away Thursday, July 19, 2018 at St. Anne’s Hospital with her loving family by her side. She was the wife of the late Robert L. Kirkwood. Barbara was born in Melrose, MA, she was a daughter of the late Roland A. and Leona (Roulston) Craigie. She was employed as a teacher for St. Philomena School, Portsmouth, RI. Loving mother of Eric Kirkwood, Robert Kirkwood, Christine Rathier & husband Ronald, Nancy Baum & husband Kraig, Lisa Mladinich & husband Charles and Elizabeth Selden & husband Steven; sister of the late Yvonne Crompton; eleven grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. Barbara’s funeral will be held on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 9:00 AM from the BOULE FUNERAL HOME, 615 Broadway, Fall River, MA, followed by a Funeral Mass at 10:00AM in St. Christopher’s Church, Main Rd., Tiverton. Interment will be in Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River.4

Children of Barbara Mae Craigie and Robert Liston Kirkwood

Eric Paul Kirkwood Christine Ann Kirkwood+ Nancy Ann Kirkwood+ Lisa Anne Kirkwood+ Robert Paul Kirkwood+ Elizabeth Anne Kirkwood+

Beulah Yvonne Craigie

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Father	Roland Atkins Craigie b. 25 Jun 1911, d. 12 Jan 1992
Mother	Leona Isabelle Roulston b. 21 Mar 1912, d. 7 Aug 1958

Last Edited

14 Feb 2021

Birth*	Beulah Yvonne Craigie was born on 24 August 1935 at home, 82 Granville Avenue in Malden, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1,2
Marriage*	She married Lloyd Walter Crompton Jr., son of Lloyd Walter Crompton and Beatrice Myrtle Crompton, on 25 November 1960 at Our Lady of Mercy Church in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode IslandG.
Death*	Beulah died of a heart attack on 10 April 1996 at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, Bristol County, MassachusettsG.3
Burial*	She was buried on 13 April 1996 in Notre Dame Cemetery in Fall River, Bristol County, MassachusettsG.3
	Yvonne grew up in Malden, Georgetown, Assonet, Roxbury (or W. Roxbury) and Wakefield, Mass. She did not attend public school after attending junior high school in Jamaica Plain, Mass. After her mother's death in August 1958 she moved to North Kingstown, RI to live with her sister Barbara Mae Kirkwood until she was married a couple years later. Yvonne and Lloyd moved to his home town of East Greenwich, RI and lived on Palmer(tine?) St. for about a year, then on King St. where they lived when their eldest son was born in Sept. 1961. After a year and a half on King St. they moved to South Main St., still in East Greenwich. While she was pregnant with their daughter, Yvonne separated from Lloyd for a few months and moved to Providence St. in West Warwick, RI. Before Debbie was born Lloyd moved back in. Lloyd worked as an electrician with his father but never was licensed so eventually supported himself through bartending, and some electrical work on the side. From West Warwick they moved to Fall River, Mass. where they lived until separated in 1970. They never divorced. Lloyd moved back to East Greenwich and in December 1994 was living on Duke St., still working as a bartender. Yvonne received her G.E.D. from Bristol Community College (BCC) in Fall River in 1970 and went to work as a bookkeeper. She continued in that occupation for nearly twenty years. Between 1983 and 1986 she attended BCC again and received an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts. Her daughter Debbie attended BCC at the same time. In July 1989 she took a three month job working at a home for pregnant women in Slatersville, RI. She was unable to find a job in the bookkeeping field at the time so continued in the home nursing area. In October 1989 she went to work as a live-in aide for an elderly woman in Westport, Mass., staying there for 2 years and 7 months. While there, in 1992, she took a one month course in nursing assistance. For three months in early 1993 she worked in Middleton, RI at the Grand Islander Nursing Home. In mid-1993 she took a job as a certified nursing assistant in the Catholic Memorial Nursing Home in Fall River, and she was at work there the night she died. In August of 1994 she moved to 184 McCloskey St. in Fall River, Mass., where she resided with her sons Lloyd and Kevin until her death. Lloyd retired around the age of 65 and as of Jan 2011 was living in East Greenwich, RI.

Children of Beulah Yvonne Craigie and Lloyd Walter Crompton Jr.

Lloyd Walter Crompton III+ b. 13 Sep 1961, d. 6 Jul 2024 Debra Ann Crompton+ Kevin Richard Crompton

Lois Pearl Cutting

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Father	Frederick Gilmore Cutting
Mother	Mary H. Browne

Last Edited

12 Jan 2024

Birth*	Lois Pearl Cutting was born on 10 July 1912 at home, 265 Upham Street in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married second Roland Atkins Craigie, son of William Edmond Craigie and Beulah Mabel Atkins, on 3 July 1946 by a Justice of the Peace in Old Orchard Beach, York County, MaineG.2
Death*	Lois died of cirrhosis of the liver on 30 December 1986 at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital in Melrose.3
Burial*	She was buried on 3 January 1987 in Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose.3

Child of Lois Pearl Cutting and Roland Atkins Craigie

Patricia Lois Craigie+

Patricia Lois Craigie

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Father	Roland Atkins Craigie b. 25 Jun 1911, d. 12 Jan 1992
Mother	Lois Pearl Cutting b. 10 Jul 1912, d. 30 Dec 1986

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24 Jan 2024

Children of Patricia Lois Craigie and Glenn Joseph Liljander

Patti-Ann Liljander+ Glenn Roland Liljander+

Frederick Gilmore Cutting

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14 Nov 1999

Birth*	Frederick Gilmore Cutting was born.
Marriage*	He married Mary H. Browne.

Child of Frederick Gilmore Cutting and Mary H. Browne

Lois Pearl Cutting+ b. 10 Jul 1912, d. 30 Dec 1986

Mary H. Browne

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14 Nov 1999

Marriage*	She married Frederick Gilmore Cutting.
Birth*	Mary H. Browne was born.

Child of Mary H. Browne and Frederick Gilmore Cutting

Lois Pearl Cutting+ b. 10 Jul 1912, d. 30 Dec 1986

Clarence Haskell Sawyer

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Father	Clarence Ralph Sawyer b. 18 Mar 1891, d. 5 Jun 1918
Mother	Marjorie Frances Fifield

Last Edited

21 Nov 1999

Birth*	Clarence Haskell Sawyer was born on 29 March 1916 in Medford, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married first Beulah Louise Craigie, daughter of William Edmond Craigie and Beulah Mabel Atkins, on 4 December 1936 in Nashua, Hillsborough County, New HampshireG. They were divorced in 1952.2
Death*	Clarence died of a heart attack on 22 July 1970 while visiting a friend in Portland, Cumberland County, MaineG.
	After their divorce Clarence was a salesman and lived in a variety of places including Boston, Northampton, Springfield (Indian Orchard), and Worcester Mass., as well as in Maine. At some point he changed his name to Peter Henry Sawyer, which is the name he gave when he got married again, on 15 October 1955, in Boston, to a woman named Aldythe Jeanne Doucette. Aldythe was born about 1926 in Alfred, Maine.3 They had a daughter named Beth Anne Sawyer born in Northampton, Mass. on 6 August 1957.4 Beth Anne was married 9 July 1977, in Springfield, Mass., to Vincent Ernest Perrotta, Jr. He was born in Springfield about 1956, the son of Vincent Sr. and Doris May Ramsay.5 They had a son Daniel Perrotta born in 1984, and possibly other children.

Children of Clarence Haskell Sawyer and Beulah Louise Craigie

Clarence Haskell Sawyer Jr. b. 14 Jun 1937, d. 31 Oct 2015 William Stanley Sawyer+ Norman Thompson Sawyer+ Mary Ann Sawyer+ Barbara Irene Sawyer+

Child of Clarence Haskell Sawyer and Aldythe Jeanne Doucette

Beth Anne Sawyer+

Beulah Louise Craigie

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Beulah Craigie with three oldest sons

Father	William Edmond Craigie b. 18 May 1882, d. 2 Jul 1958
Mother	Beulah Mabel Atkins b. 3 Mar 1884, d. 24 Aug 1934

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26 Aug 2024

Birth*	Beulah Louise Craigie was born on 8 November 1919 at Melrose Hospital in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. At the time of her birth her parents were living on Park St. in North Reading, Mass.1
Marriage*	She married first Clarence Haskell Sawyer, son of Clarence Ralph Sawyer and Marjorie Frances Fifield, on 4 December 1936 in Nashua, Hillsborough County, New HampshireG. They were divorced in 1952.2
Marriage*	She married second Theodore Domingo Teixeira, son of Theodore Teixeira and Grace C. Silva, on 17 March 1955 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode IslandG.3
Death*	Beulah died of pneumonia on 5 April 2002 at home, 59 Green St. in Malden, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. She was cremated at Harmony Grove Crematory in Salem, Mass. on April 8th.4
	Beulah grew up in North Reading, Billerica and Melrose, Mass. She was living with her parents in Melrose when she married in 1936, and by June of the following year when they had their first child they lived at 24 Vine St. in Melrose.      By May 1939 when their son William was born they had moved to 69 Myrtle St. in Melrose.      When the 1940 census was taken in April they Beulah and her two oldest children were living with her father at 123 First Street in Melrose, but Clarence Sr. wasn't enumerated with the family. He appears to be living in the household of Harold and Marjory Smith, as Harold's step-son. His mother's name was Marjory so this is probably a second husband for her. They lived at 16 Lynde Street in Melrose and Clarence worked as a gate tender for the steam railroad. When their third son Norman was born in December 1940 they living with Beulah's parents.      When daughter Mary Ann was born in March 1944 they were at 84 Henry St. in Malden, Mass. Clarence's residence was given as "unknown" on the birth certificate but he probably still resided there.      In November 1945 when Barbara was born they were at 82 Everett St. in Everett, Mass.      In the 1941, 1942, and 1947-48 Melrose city directories she was living with her father at 123 First St. In the latter her occupation was given as "Tlress", probably meaning "tailoress".      Clarence left home in June of 1948 and they were divorced in 1952. On their divorce papers it stated that they had lived together in Malden, Melrose, Everett, and lastly, Melrose.      The 1950 Boston city directory lists Beulah at 89 Albion St. in Boston. The 1952 directory lists her at 604 Massachusetts Ave. in Boston.      In August of 1953 when her daughter Camilla (Leah) was born she was living at 3 Wentworth Place in Boston.      When son Theodore was born in November 1954 she was at 216 Northampton St. in Boston.      She married Theodore in March 1955 and their first residence after the marriage was 81 Albion St. in Boston. (Suffolk Co., Mass. Divorce File 61700)      By October 1956 when their daughter Sandra was born they were at 162 Harold St. in Roxbury, Mass.      Between at least August 1958 when their twins were born and died and March 1963 when their last child was born Beulah lived at 208 Highland St. in Roxbury, Mass.,      The 1964 Boston city directory lists them at 164 Harold St. in Roxbury.      The 1965 through 1968 Boston directories list them at 23 Lambert Ave. in Roxbury.      The 1969 through 1971 directories list them at 49 Westmore Rd. in Mattapan, Mass. Beulah's son Norman Sawyer also lived here with his family at this time.      The 1973 through 1975 directories list them at 13 Lambert Street in Roxbury, which is a different place than Lambert Ave. above.      Theodore was living at 83 Clarkson St. in Dorchester when he died. The informant on his death certificate was Theodore's mother Grace Camillo of 23 Lambert Ave. in Roxbury.      The 1976 through 1981 Boston directories list Beulah at 23 Lambert Ave. in Roxbury, again.      When her daugher Patricia was murdered in September 1983, Beulah was living at 27 Rogers St. in Lynn, Mass. In 1988 she was at 21 Rogers Ave. in Lynn, the same address where her son Joseph Teixeira was living in 1985.      From about 1993 to about April 1994 she was living at 112 Prescott Ave., Apt. 15 in Chelsea, Mass with her daughter Mary Ann.      In August 1996 she was living at 66 Devir St. #403, Malden, Mass., 02148.      At some point they may have lived at 907 Main St. in Pawtucket, R.I.      Clarence's occupations:      Dec 1936: R.R. Emp.      June 1937: B&M station tender      May 1939: Crossing Tender      Dec 1940: W.P.A.      Nov 1945: Field representative      1947-48 Melrose directory has Clarence living apart from Beulah at 16 Lynde St. in Melrose as a hotel manager.      Until a heart attack forced his retirement in April 1970 he was working at MacLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass.      Theodore's occupations:      1956-1964: auto mechanic, when not in prison.      1965-66: Boston city directories read: "mach Arsenal (W'town)", meaning, presumably, that he was a machinist at the Watertown Arsenal, which manufactured war materials.      1973-75: Boston city dir. says "laborer".      Feb 1975: his death certificate says he was an auto mechanic.      In August 1996 Beulah was living at 66 Devir St. Apt. 403 in Malden. When she died she was living with her daughter Mary Sawyer at 59 Green St. Apt. 213 in Malden.      Beulah and Theodore had twins born prematurely on 16 August 1958. One was born dead and the other, a boy they named Michael, died 45 minutes after birth. They were buried in Fairview Cemetery in Boston.5,6
	Her obituary appeared in the 7 April 2002 Boston Globe and read as follows: TEIXEIRA, Beulah L. (Craigie) of Malden, April 5. Mother of Clarence H. Sawyer of Stoneham, William S. Sawyer of NH, Norman T. Sawyer of VA, Mary A. Sawyer of Malden, Barbara I. Frazier of NE, Leah House and Theodore J. Teixeira, both of FL, Sandra M. Cole of GA, Joseph M. Teixeira and John D. Teixeira, both of SC, Grace Teixeira of Boston and the late Patricia A. Teixeira. Sister of Harold Craigie of NH and Eleanor Paolin of FL. Also survived by 27 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. Funeral service at the Robinson Funeral Home, 809 Main St, MELROSE, Monday, April 8 at 9:30AM.7

Children of Beulah Louise Craigie and Clarence Haskell Sawyer

Clarence Haskell Sawyer Jr. b. 14 Jun 1937, d. 31 Oct 2015 William Stanley Sawyer+ Norman Thompson Sawyer+ Mary Ann Sawyer+ Barbara Irene Sawyer+

Children of Beulah Louise Craigie and Theodore Domingo Teixeira

Leah Teixeira+ Theodore Joseph Teixeira+ Sandra Marie Teixeira+ Joseph Manuel Teixeira+ Patricia Antoinette Teixeira+ b. 15 Sep 1961, d. 10 Sep 1983 John Domingo Teixeira

Clarence Haskell Sawyer Jr.

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Father	Clarence Haskell Sawyer b. 29 Mar 1916, d. 22 Jul 1970
Mother	Beulah Louise Craigie b. 8 Nov 1919, d. 5 Apr 2002

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28 Dec 2019

Birth*	Clarence Haskell Sawyer Jr. was born on 14 June 1937 at Melrose Hospital in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married Phyllis Louise Beck, daughter of Peter Vere Beck and Louise Ann Tucker, on 6 November 1981 at the First Baptist Church in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. It was Phyllis' second marriage. Her first was on March 28, 1964, in Everett, Mass., to a man named Max E. Smith. Max was born in Tampa, Florida about 1936 to Herman M. Smith and Mavis L. Kickliter. Max and Phyllis had a daughter Cheryl. Their marriage ended in divorce.2
Death*	Clarence Haskell Sawyer Jr. died of heart disease on 31 October 2015 at home, 200 Leisure Lane no. 94 in Stoneham, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.3,4
Burial*	He was buried on 5 November 2015 in Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem, Essex County, MassachusettsG.3
	In January 1995 Clarence was living with his wife Phyllis and stepdaughter Cheryl Smith at 63 Pine St. in Stoneham, Mass., 02180 (617-279-9177). He was still living in Stoneham when his mother died in 2002. He has no children of his own.      Clarence grew up in the Melrose and Malden, Mass. area. After his parents divorced following World War II he and his younger brother Bill went to live with his father's mother Marjorie Sawyer in Melrose.      He spent time in the Army, stationed for a year and two months in South Korea in 1961-62. He sailed home from Korea during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis of November 1962, traveling the Sea of Japan at a time when war with the Soviet Union could have broken out all around him.      Clarence has lived in a number of places in Massachusetts, including Medford, Worcester, Northampton, Springfield and Chicopee, and worked a wide variety of jobs before settling into employment with the State of Massachusetts around 1974. That is when he took a job working for the Division of Employment Security, working out of Malden.      At the time of their marriage in 1981 Clarence was a "Sr. Interviewer" living at 68 Summer St. in Malden, Mass. and Phyllis was a "Sr. Clerk Typist" living at 33 Morgan Ave. in Medford, Mass. Not long afterwards Massachusetts' Proposition 2 1/2 tax-cut him out of a job. With the help of his new wife, who also worked for the State, at the Board of Cosmetology, he got a new job for the State working in the Revenue Department, where he is currently (Jan. 1995) still employed. Phyllis worked for the Board of Cosmetology for 13 1/2 years until her recent retirement.
	His obituary read as follows: Clarence H. "Clancy" Sawyer, a resident of Stoneham, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, October 31, 2015, at age 78. Clarence Sawyer was born in Melrose, one of five children of the late Clarence H. Sawyer and Beulah (Craigie) Sawyer. He was raised in Melrose, graduated from Melrose High School and served in the US Army honorably while stationed in Korea. Clarence, known to many as "Clancy" worked for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a Senior Clerk in the Department of Revenue Abatement Bureau. With a wide skill set and years of experience, he was considered the "jack of all trades" in the office by his colleagues. Clancy was a simple, kind, and humble man. In 1999, he retired to enjoy day trips with the Wakefield and Stoneham Senior Centers. In his free time, he enjoyed reading, history, and playing cards. Clancy was the beloved husband of the late Phyllis L. (Beck) Sawyer. Step-father of Cheryl L. Smith of Medford. Dear friend and devoted companion of Doris P. Clow of Stoneham and her daughter, Barbara Allaire and her husband Ronald of RI. Cherished brother of William S. Sawyer and his wife Margaret of Exeter, NH, Norman T. Sawyer of VA, Mary A. Sawyer and her late husband Leo of Malden, and Barbara I. Sawyer of AZ. Also survived by many nieces and nephews, and William and John Allaire. Relatives and friends will gather in honor and remembrance of Clancy's life during visiting hours at the Robinson Funeral Home, 809 Main St., Melrose on Wednesday, November 4 from 4-7pm, and again on Thursday morning for his Funeral Service celebrated at 10:00am.4

William Stanley Sawyer

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Father	Clarence Haskell Sawyer b. 29 Mar 1916, d. 22 Jul 1970
Mother	Beulah Louise Craigie b. 8 Nov 1919, d. 5 Apr 2002

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10 Jul 2024

Children of William Stanley Sawyer and Margaret Jones

Keith William Sawyer+ Christopher Neil Sawyer+ Meredith Ann Sawyer+

Norman Thompson Sawyer

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Father	Clarence Haskell Sawyer b. 29 Mar 1916, d. 22 Jul 1970
Mother	Beulah Louise Craigie b. 8 Nov 1919, d. 5 Apr 2002

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26 Jan 2022

Children of Norman Thompson Sawyer and Paula Louise Washington

Debra Anita Sawyer+ Valerie Marie Sawyer+ Laura Denise Sawyer+

Mary Ann Sawyer

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Father	Clarence Haskell Sawyer b. 29 Mar 1916, d. 22 Jul 1970
Mother	Beulah Louise Craigie b. 8 Nov 1919, d. 5 Apr 2002

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22 Jan 2011

Child of Mary Ann Sawyer and Leo Kelley

Michael Richard Sawyer+

Barbara Irene Sawyer

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Father	Clarence Haskell Sawyer b. 29 Mar 1916, d. 22 Jul 1970
Mother	Beulah Louise Craigie b. 8 Nov 1919, d. 5 Apr 2002

Last Edited

8 Jan 2019

Children of Barbara Irene Sawyer and Paul Michael Ramos

Gary Allen Sawyer+ b. 15 Dec 1963, d. probably on 1 October 1995 Tyrone Michael Sawyer+ Pamilla Michele Sawyer+

Child of Barbara Irene Sawyer and Carl Robert Edmunds

Julie Louise Edmunds+

Clarence Ralph Sawyer

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Father	Norman Alberto Sawyer b. 17 Jul 1854
Mother	Margaret J. Macauley b. c 1860

Last Edited

15 Mar 2012

Marriage*	He married Marjorie Frances Fifield, daughter of Frederick A. Fifield and Julia Drew.
Birth*	Clarence Ralph Sawyer was born on 18 March 1891 in Lynn, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	Clarence died on 5 June 1918 in Winthrop, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.

Child of Clarence Ralph Sawyer and Marjorie Frances Fifield

Clarence Haskell Sawyer+ b. 29 Mar 1916, d. 22 Jul 1970

Marjorie Frances Fifield

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Father	Frederick A. Fifield
Mother	Julia Drew

Last Edited

23 Dec 2020

Marriage*	She married Clarence Ralph Sawyer, son of Norman Alberto Sawyer and Margaret J. Macauley.
Birth*	Marjorie Frances Fifield was born.

Child of Marjorie Frances Fifield and Clarence Ralph Sawyer

Clarence Haskell Sawyer+ b. 29 Mar 1916, d. 22 Jul 1970

Harold Ricker Craigie

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Harold and Edie Craigie with their three sons at their 40th wedding anniversary on 6 Nov 1983

Father	William Edmond Craigie b. 18 May 1882, d. 2 Jul 1958
Mother	Beulah Mabel Atkins b. 3 Mar 1884, d. 24 Aug 1934

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16 Feb 2023

Birth*	Harold Ricker Craigie was born on 17 August 1921 in Winchester, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. At the time of his birth his parents were living on Park St. West in North Reading, Mass.1
Marriage*	He married Edith Foote Langley, daughter of Arthur Franklin Langley and Edith Amelia Foote, on 5 November 1943 at the First Baptist Church in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Harold died of myelodysplasia on 31 March 2003 at home, 44 Dartmouth St. in Laconia, Belknap County, New HampshireG. Harold was cremated and his ashes were scattered atop Mount Battie in Camden, Maine, one of his favorite places to vacation.3
	Harold's full name comes from the maiden names of his two grandmothers. He grew up in North Reading, Billerica and Melrose, Mass., graduating from Melrose High School in 1939. Edie graduated from the same place two years later. Between his graduation from High School and World War II he worked as a molder in the Amazeen Foundry in Wakefield, Mass. The 1940 census called him a laborer in a "combining factory." Harold served in the Navy during the war. He attended boot camp in Rhode Island, then was trained in radar and sonar at training schools in Norfolk, Virginia, Detroit, and the Fisher's Island Naval Training Station in New York. The only time he spent out of the country during the war was six months he spent on a ship in the North Atlantic. During that time his ship visited Edinburgh, Scotland and he was able to visit with relatives there. After that one six month period he went back to naval schools for more training in sonar at Fisher's Island again, and at the Treasure Island Naval Station in San Francisco. He was on a brief leave when he married Edie in November 1943. During the war Edie painted radium on dials for a defense contractor for a couple of years. This was before the dangers of working with radioactive materials was well known, but fortunately she suffered no obvious after effects. At the time of her marriage she was a commercial artist living at 20 Sargent Street in Melrose. After the war Harold and Edie purchased a home, on 5 Oct 1946, at 135 Summer Street in Stoneham, Mass. [Middlesex Co. South, Mass. Deeds, 7004:475] Harold went to work for the Lantz and Tilton cabinet shop in Stoneham as an apprentice under the GI Bill. They were living there when the 1950 census was taken, and Edie's mother was living with them. Edie worked for a time as an enameler on jewelry at the Herman Co. in Melrose until their first child was born, at which point she stayed home for several years to raise her children. In the summer of 1953 they bought a house in Lochmere (Belmont), NH. Harold took a job at the Laconia State School, an institution for the mentally ill, as a manual training teacher in the industrial arts. He worked there for 32 years, until his retirement in 1984, ending up as the supervisor of vocational training for the School. Edie also worked there for a number of years after her children were grown. While she was home with the kids she earned money on the side taking in children for home day care, and also baked and decorated elaborate cakes for weddings and other events. Her family birthday celebrations always had wonderful cakes. They lived at their home in Lochmere for 2-3 years, then rented for a few years a house on the grounds of the Laconia State School reserved for staff. Around 1961 they bought their home at 44 Dartmouth Street in Laconia. After Harold's death Edie remained there for a few more years until March of 2008 when she moved to the Saint Francis Home, 406 Court Street #207 in Laconia, an assisted lliving facility.
	His obituary appeared in the 3 April 2003 Concord Monitor and read as follows: LACONIA - Harold R. Craigie, 81, of Dartmouth Street died Monday at home. He was born in Winchester, Mass., the son of William and Beulah Mabel (Atkins) Craigie. He was formerly of North Reading, Mass., Billerica, Mass., Melrose, Mass., Stoneham, Mass., and Lochmere before moving to Laconia. He graduated from Melrose (Mass.) High School in 1939. He served in the Navy during World War II. He worked in the Amazeen Foundry in Wakefield, Mass., and as an apprentice at the Lantz and Tilton Cabinet Shop. He worked for the Laconia State School and Training Center for 32 years, working as a manual training teacher in the industrial arts before working as supervisor of vocational training for the school, retiring in 1984. He served as Ward 3 selectman in Laconia for 15 years; was a member of the Street Car Company for 30 years; and served as 4-H leader at the Laconia State School and Training Center. Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Edith (Langley) Craigie of Laconia; three sons, Raymond Craigie of Belmont, Jeffrey Craigie of Laconia and Ross Craigie of Alton; a sister, Eleanor Paolin of Florida; a grandson; and many nieces and nephews. Calling hours will not be held. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Carriage House of Wilkinson-Beane Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia. The Rev. Harry Woodley of Laconia will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Laconia Salvation Army, 177 Union Ave., Laconia 03246; or the Community Health and Hospice Inc., 7780 N. Main St., Laconia 03246. Wilkinson-Beane Funeral Home in Laconia is in charge of the arrangements.4

Children of Harold Ricker Craigie and Edith Foote Langley

Harold Ricker Craigie Jr. b. 17 Mar 1949, d. 20 Mar 1949 Raymond Scott Craigie Jeffrey Lane Craigie Ross Alan Craigie+ b. 5 Sep 1965, d. 20 Aug 2008

Edith Foote Langley

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Father	Arthur Franklin Langley b. 4 Aug 1861, d. 31 Oct 1945
Mother	Edith Amelia Foote b. 14 Oct 1888, d. Mar 1968

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16 Feb 2023

Birth*	Edith Foote Langley was born on 18 January 1922 at 2 Franklin Terrace in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married Harold Ricker Craigie, son of William Edmond Craigie and Beulah Mabel Atkins, on 5 November 1943 at the First Baptist Church in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Edith Foote Langley died of cancer on 26 April 2010 in Laconia, Belknap County, New HampshireG.3
	Her obituary appeared in the 28 April 2010 Laconia Evening Citizen and read as follows: Edith Craigie - Received award for heroism - LACONIA - Edith Foote (Langley) Craigie, 88, a longtime resident of Laconia, died peacefully on Monday, April 26, 2010, at the St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Laconia after a brief illness. Edie was born on Jan. 18, 1922, in Melrose, Mass., the daughter of Arthur F. and Edith A. (Foote) Langley. She grew up in Melrose and graduated from Melrose High School in 1941. She worked for a defense contractor during World War II and later as a jewelry enameler. She married Harold R. Craigie in 1943 and they lived in Stoneham, Mass. They moved to Lochmere in 1953 when Harold became a teacher at the Laconia State School. The Craigies lived on Dartmouth Street in Laconia from 1961 until 2008. Edie also worked for a number of years at the Laconia State School assisting the residents in the sheltered workshop. In 1969, Edie was named New Hampshire Mother of the Year for the heroic rescue of a young girl from a house fire. Edie was extremely sociable, cheerful and outgoing. She loved her friends and neighbors and was always ready for a party. In fact, she was named the "Party Animal of Dartmouth Street" in 2008. Her biggest joy over the past few years has been spending time with her two grandchildren, Connor and Alyssa, and watching them laugh and play together. She was predeceased in 2003 by her husband of 59 years, Harold, and in 2008 by her son Ross. She is survived by her son, Raymond, and his wife, Pam, of Canterbury, her son, Jeffrey, of Brockton, MA, her daughter-in-law, Diana, and her 2 grandchildren, Connor and Alyssa, of Alton Bay, her sister, Etta Swanson, of Laconia, and several nieces and nephews. There will be no calling hours. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 1, 2010, at 12 p.m. (noon) in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia.

Children of Edith Foote Langley and Harold Ricker Craigie

Harold Ricker Craigie Jr. b. 17 Mar 1949, d. 20 Mar 1949 Raymond Scott Craigie Jeffrey Lane Craigie Ross Alan Craigie+ b. 5 Sep 1965, d. 20 Aug 2008

Harold Ricker Craigie Jr.

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Father	Harold Ricker Craigie b. 17 Aug 1921, d. 31 Mar 2003
Mother	Edith Foote Langley b. 18 Jan 1922, d. 26 Apr 2010

Last Edited

15 Feb 2020

Birth*	Harold Ricker Craigie Jr. was born on 17 March 1949 at the New England Sanitarium and Hospital in Stoneham, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	Harold died in the hospital of premature birth when he was only three days old on 20 March 1949 in Stoneham. This infant was not named on his birth or death certificates, but was named by his parents at a later date. He was buried in Wyoming Cemetery in Stoneham on March 21st.2

Raymond Scott Craigie

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Father	Harold Ricker Craigie b. 17 Aug 1921, d. 31 Mar 2003
Mother	Edith Foote Langley b. 18 Jan 1922, d. 26 Apr 2010

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9 Mar 2021

Jeffrey Lane Craigie

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Father	Harold Ricker Craigie b. 17 Aug 1921, d. 31 Mar 2003
Mother	Edith Foote Langley b. 18 Jan 1922, d. 26 Apr 2010

Last Edited

5 Sep 2024

Ross Alan Craigie

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Father	Harold Ricker Craigie b. 17 Aug 1921, d. 31 Mar 2003
Mother	Edith Foote Langley b. 18 Jan 1922, d. 26 Apr 2010

Last Edited

22 Aug 2024

Birth*	Ross Alan Craigie was born on 5 September 1965 at Laconia Hospital in Laconia, Belknap County, New HampshireG.1
Death*	He died on 20 August 2008 at Lakes Regional General Hospital in Laconia.1
	Ross and Wendy both attended public schools in Laconia, NH, graduating in 1984(?). They began living together soon afterwards at an apartment on North Main Street in Laconia. After a year or so there they bought a mobile home in Belmont where they stayed another year or so. In about 1986 they bought a home at 26 Belknap Street in Laconia. Ross worked in the building trades for a general contractor for a few years until going out on his own in 1993 or 1994. They were separated in August of 1995 after which Ross moved in with a friend in Gilford, NH and went back to work for a general contractor and doing other work on the side. Before his marriage to Dee they lived at 90 Blueberry Lane in Laconia. Ross once again began working for himself, calling his business "Craigie Contracting". By 1998 Ross and Dee were living at 336 Intervale Road in Gilford. In 2003 they moved into a new home that Ross built at 71 Reed Road in West Alton, NH adjacent to Dee's parents' home. They lived together there until their separation in early 2007, after which Ross moved back into his mother's house in the upstairs apartment at 46 Dartmouth Street until his death. After his death Dee and his children continued to live in West Alton, and as of 2010 were still there.1
	His obituary appeared in the Laconia Evening Citizen and read as follows: Ross A. Craigie. Known for his finish carpentry. ALTON BAY ; Ross A. Craigie, 42, of Alton Bay, formerly a longtime Laconia resident, died at the Lakes Region General Hospital, Laconia, on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Ross was born Sept. 5, 1965, in Laconia, son of Harold R. and Edith F. (Langley) Craigie. Ross was a graduate of Laconia High School. He was a lifetime resident of the Lakes Region where he meticulously created masterpieces in finish carpentry. His free time was filled with family, friends and laughter. Above all others, he loved his wife, Diana, and his children, Connor and Alyssa. Ross shared his joy of life, sense of humor and generous spirit with both of his children. He loved sharing new experiences with them and watching them grow and learn, whether it was an examination of the bugs in the backyard, a first run down the slopes at Gunstock or family trips to the ocean. They provided him a constant source of love and delight. He will be missed by all who knew him. Ross is survived by his wife, Diana (Publicover) Craigie; a son, Connor Craigie of Alton Bay; a daughter, Alyssa Craigie of Alton Bay; his mother, Edith F. (Langley) Craigie of Laconia; and two brothers, Raymond S. Craigie of Belmont and Jeffrey L. Craigie of Brockton, Mass. He was predeceased by his father, Harold R. Craigie, in 2003. There will be no calling hours. A Funeral Service will be on Monday, Aug. 25, at 11 a.m. in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Connor & Alyssa Craigie Trust Fund c/o Laconia Savings Bank, 62 Pleasant St., Laconia NH 03246. Wilkinson-Beane Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is in charge of the arrangements.2

Children of Ross Alan Craigie and Diana Lee Publicover

Connor Alan Craigie Alyssa Lynn Craigie