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are direct ancestors of Robert Lynn Craycroft
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Craycroft, Nina Ellen (b. 15 NOV 1869, d. BEF. 1874)

Reference: 501

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Craycroft, Mary Elizabeth (b. 6 FEB 1872, d. BEF. 1875)

Reference: 502

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Craycroft, Robert Newton (b. 3 NOV 1917, d. 9 OCT 1987)

Source: (Death field)
Title: San Jose Mercury News
Data:
Text: Los Gatos surgeon Robert N. Craycroft, 70, died of cancer Friday at O'Connor Hospital in San Jose.
A ninth-generation American, Dr. Craycroft opened his Los Gatos practice in the
middle 1960s. He retired earlier this year.

Cause: Cancer

Event: Type: Soc. Sec. Num.
Place: 547-24-2127

Occupation: Place: M.D., Los Gatos, California

Reference: 503

Note: SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

DR. R.N. CRAYCROFT, LOS GATOS SURGEON

DATE: Tuesday, October 13, 1987, Section: Local, Edition: Morning Final, Page: 5B

Memo: Obituaries

Los Gatos surgeon Robert N. Craycroft, 70, died of cancer Friday at O'Connor Hospital in San Jose.

A ninth-generation American, Dr. Craycroft opened his Los Gatos practice in the middle 1960s. He retired earlier this year.

The Craycroft family traces its American ancestry to the March 15, 1641, arrival of two Craycroft brothers from London in Jamestown Colony. Descendants settled in what would later become Indiana in 1750 and Craycroft's father, the late John Craycroft, came to California from Illinois in the late 1880s.

An amateur sportsman, Dr. Craycroft raced both cars and boats, the latter in San Francisco Bay, the former at Pebble Beach, Laguna Seca and Bakersfield. He also collected classic cars and at one time owned a 1931 V-16 Cadillac Phaeton. Bob Gillespie of Watsonville, a retired commercial and Navy pilot and friend of Dr. Craycroft, said the Los Gatos physician was a good pilot as well. Only recently, the two had shared ownership of a P-51 Mustang, one of the hottest fighter planes to come out of World War II.

''Among our flying friends were Hap Harper and the late Bob Love," recalled Gillespie.

Harper is reported to have introduced air traffic reporting on radio in the Bay Area in 1957. San Josean Love is credited with having shot down seven Russian-built MIG-15 fighter planes over Korea during that war.

Dr. Craycroft, who was born in Fresno, moved with his parents toRichmond to live as a young manand graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Berkeley, then went to the University of California School of Medicine in San Francisco.

He was exempted from military duty during World War II because of a shortage of civilian doctors and in 1943 was assigned to Tulare County Hospital as a resident.

Dr. Craycroft returned to Berkeley after the war and opened a private practice there, where he began his long surgical career.

Surviving are his wife, Martha Craycroft of Los Gatos; four daughters, Colette Craycroft of Santa Barbara, Anne Craycroft of San Jose and Yvonne and Janet Craycroft, both of Santa Clara; and a son, Warren Craycroft, a computer design engineer temporarily working in France.

The rosary service will begin at 7:30 p.m. today at St. Frances Cabrini Church, 15333 Woodard Road, San Jose. Funeral services will be held at the church at noon Wednesday followed by burial at Mission City Memorial Park, Santa Clara.

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Niday, Rosetta (b. 5 JAN 1880, d. 3 FEB 1967)

Source: (Birth field)
Title: Ray Jack Craycroft

Event: Type: Buried at
Place: Sunset View Cemetary, Berkley, California

Reference: 504

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Taylor, Hazel (b. )

Reference: 505

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Cleveland, Georgia (b. , d. AFT. 1973)

Reference: 506

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Craycroft, Harry T. (b. --Not Shown--)

Reference: 507

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Craycroft, Ray Jack (b. --Not Shown--)

Reference: 508

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Purcell, Orrin (b. 1898, d. ?)

Reference: 509

Note: Orrin lived in Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1925.

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Speciale, Michael William (b. 3 MAR 1943, d. 27 JUL 1992)

Source: (Birth Field)
Brřderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with S, Date of Import: Jul 23, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.112.3.73443.97

Cause: Heart attack

Event: Type: Soc. Sec. Num.
Place: 328-34-0394

Occupation: Place: Insurance agent

Reference: 510

Note: Mike was, like his surname suggests, a special man. He never knew a stranger and was always ready to help others. He was a very giving man and a loving husband and father. He liked to present a rough visage to the world but those who knew him knew that he had a generous and open heart.

Mike loved his family greatly and gave this gift to his children. His daughters have all grown to be caring people with a tremendous capacity for caring about those whose paths they cross.

[Brřderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with S, Date of Import: Jul 23, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.112.3.73443.97]

Individual: Speciale, M
Birth date: Mar 2, 1943
Death date: Jul 27, 1992
Social Security #: 328-34-0394
State of issue: IL

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