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Creller
to
Canada






Kreller family from the Rhineland
Valentin Wollenben - Susanna Unknown


John Peter Creller
abt 1700
Married
1734
West Camp
Colony of New York
Anna Maria Doretea Wolleben
Nov 19 1714 -


Maria Magdalean Creller
1734-xxxx
Anna Margaret Creller
1736-xxxx
Susanna Creller
1840-xxxx
Pieter Creller
1842-1818
Anna Creller
1744-xxxx
Elisabetha Creller
1747-xxxx
Johannes Creller
1749-1776
Phillippus Creller
1752-1831
Regina Creller
1756-xxxx

For more details on the above individual families you can go to the KRELLER page




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Early Canadian records provide the following names in the account books of John and Philip Rutier at Missisquoi Baie (Philipsburg) John Bockus-1792, Peter Rosenberger-1793, Frederick Primerman, Mathias Cammel- 1795, Christopher and John Katebock (Catchpaugh/Catchpaw/Catchpazin) -1797. As these family names are found aligned with the Creller family either through marriage, or association ( business, neighbour, military) it has been assumed that the Creller family had settled in the area at about the same time period. While recorded evidence of the exact date of arrival of the Creller has not been discovered ( as of the year 2005) , much evidence of their births, marriages, deaths and burials permits one to accept the above mentioned assumption that the Creller were in the area as early as 1795.

Records exist showing that, in Stanbridge county, part of the old Seigniory of St Armand, one Peter and one Philip Creller , had each taken possession of some 1,000 acres of land on Sept 1, 1800. Documents at the Bureau de Registré du Quebec in Bedford, dated 1831, indicate that one David Creller, son of Peter, sold the lots that he had received from his father to one James McGill and Associates. The Canadian census records of 1825, 1831, 1842, and 1851 indicate that one Rufus Creller, and one Peter Creller were listed as residents of Stanbridge East ( County Missisquoi) The listing on the census record places their residence on what is known as Dutch Road ,located just south of Bedford Quebec, in the vicinity of what is now the Ploss Cemetery.

There are many Creller family stones still standing in this Ploss Cemetery .The sons of those interred there can be found buried in the cemetery at Mystic, Quebec, just north of Bedford, in the Stanbridge Ridge Cemetery, just west of St Armand and in the main cemetery in the town of Bedford itself. Later generations of this main Creller line can be found buried in the Clarenceville ,Quebec area and still others are located in the cemeteries of Alburgh Vermont.




Creller
of
Canada




Pieter Kreller
(1738)1742-1818

Married
West Camp NY

Unknown


David Creller


There may have been more children of this union but no records have been located as of 2005

 
Note found amongst our research
 
 
Resolved : Peter Craller , be liberated from confinement upon his entering into bond with security for his appearance and further good behaviour
1778 Feb  Albany Committee



Phillipus Kreller
(1752)1760-1831

Married
Red Hook NY

Nabb Unknown
-1816


Peter Creller
1785-1870
Rufus Creller
1787-1865
Polley Kimmel Creller
1792-xxxx
  David Creller
1805-
xxxx
Philip Creller
1809-1875
Hannah Creller
1816-1871

From the information available (as of 2004) ,we know that Peter Creller was born in Red Hook NY and that his brother Rufus was born in Hoosic NY and that Polly was baptized in Schaghticoke NY . The names of the above children were culled from the records in the register's office in Bedford Quebec, the known dates confirmed with the inscriptions on the tomb stones found in the area. No record or any stone has been located for Phillip's wife, who we assume may have passed away before the family settled in the Stanbridge area. The fact that Polley Creller has been given the middle name of Kimmel or Cammel and given the assumption that the Kimmel or Cammel family was among the families that have been found to be associated with the Creller, one might assume that Phillip's wife was a Kimmel or Cammel. ( research still remains to be undertaken)





Creller
of
Clarenceville, Quebecc

William Denton-Abigail Stoddard
Peter Creller
1785-1870
Married
Possibly
St Armand Quebec
Orpha Denton
1787 -1844


William Stoddard Creller
1811-1859
Ann Sylvia Creller
1813-xxxx
Rufus Horatio Creller
1816-1888
Lucinda Maria Creller
1821-1841
Orpha Demerza Creller
1825-xxxx



Peter Creller moved to the Seigniory of Noyan, located further west of Phillipsburg ( Missisquoi), on the upper western part of the Baie. The land in that area was then owned by Colonel Christie, his land agent was William McGinnis.(as of 2004 we are still searching for the sale or rental transaction). Peter procured title to the lot of land described as lot 9, concession 7 of the then Seigneur de Noyan, property of Col Christie , and built himself a modest family home. At this location, Peter, we assumed met with the Denton family and married Orpha. Peter exercised the trade of farmer, through the births and deaths of his family members, his wife and finally himself.






Creller Homestead
Lot 9 , Concession 7
Christie's Manor, Quebec
Lower Canada





Some interesting legal documents concerning this property












A photo of the back of the house in better times


Peter and Orpha's first child, a son was named William Stoddard certainly after his mother's parents, the second child a girl Ann Sylvia appears to have been named for sisters of Orpha, the third child Rufus Horatio carries the name Rufus we assume for Peter's brother in Stanbridge. The forth child Lucinda Maria we were assuming may have been named after Peter's mother (a record we have not yet found) and the last child a third girl was named it appears after her mother, herself. Unfortunately Lucinda Maria died very early on in life . The family passed their life experiences together in this small home and from there, each and every one of them set out on their separate paths. The house itself was handed down from one generation to another , being put to use by several families, some related others simply tenants until about 1960, when the house was left in disuse. Finally some time in the 1990's the lot of land containing was sold off and the house was torn down. Today in it's place is a modern home, there is however one of the original outbuilding that was retained and is still in use today.



25th April 1844
Last Will and Testament
of Peter Creller
28th June 1844
his Codicil

Province of Canada East
District of Montreal
In the name of God
Amen

Before me Pierre Gamelin , a public Notary of this Her Majesty’s Province of Canada East, by lawful authority duly commissioned and sworn, residing in the town of Dorchester commonly called Saint Johns in the said province and Messrs. John Hawley of the seigniory of Foucault and Griffin Scriver residing in the seigniory of Noyan, in their Districts and Province aforesaid, and both farmers Witness hereunto required according to Law.

Personally came and appeared Peter Creller, of the Seigniory of Noyan, in the District and province aforesaid, farmer, who being of sound and disposing mind, memory, and understanding, yet considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of its hour, has made dictated and named , fait dicté et nommé to me the said Notary in the presence of the said Witnesses, who have put and subscribed their names and signatures here to this present last Will and Testament , in the manner form following that is to say:

First and principally I most willingly resign my soul into the hands of God Almighty in the humble Hope that he will receive it to His favour through the merits of His dearly beloved Son, our blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ -

Secondly, That all my just debts and funeral expenses and the cost of a tombstone be paid by my executors hereinafter named as soon as possible after my death and I wish and I desire to be interred in the burial ground on Beechridge in the Parish of St. Georges in the Seigniory of Foucault .

Thirdly, I give, divise & bequeath unto my beloved wife Orpha Denton , the enjoyment and usufruct, usufruit during her natural life of the whole of the real and personal property, Meubles et immeubles, I shall be possessed of, or entitled unto & to me belonging on the day of my death by the said Orpha Denton, which I make and institute my usufructuary legatary, enjoying the same as a good father of family would do , without being obliged to proceed to any inventory of the same, of which I the said Testator dispense here with by these presents and form the extinction of the enjoyment and usufructs, usufruits aforesaid, that is to say only after the decease of my beloved wife Orpha Denton.

Fourthly, I give devise and bequeath to Rufus Horatio Creller , one of my sons the south half of the lot of land number nine in the seventh concession in the seigniory of Noyan, containing said half, Fifty six arpents in superficie more or less (save & except Two arpents of said half retroceded to the Seignior of the said Seigniory of Noyan) I also give devise and bequeath to my said son Rufus Horatio Creller the just south half of the dwelling House, the just south half of the Barn, the just south half of the stable, the just south half of the shed, and the just south half of the wood shed and the just south half of the Corn House and Carriage House, said buildings being erected on the said south side of the said lot number nine And I also give devise and bequeath to him my said son all the farming utensils to me belonging on the day of my decease and to take possession of the same after the death of his mother, my said wife Orpha Denton. And by these presents I approve, confirm and ratify the deed of gift, Donation I made yesterday before the undersigned Notary and his colleague Notary to my said above named son of the lot of land number Ten, in the said seventh range of concession and joining the said south half of said lot number nine, it being my will that he , my said son do with the said lot number Ten as he may see fit from the day of the deed of Gift aforesaid.

Fiftly, I give devise & bequeath to Ann Sylvia Creller , spinster, one of my daughters, who is now living with me and her mother, the just North half of the said lot number nine first above mentioned, as also the just North half of the House, Barn, Shed, Woodshed and of the Corn House and Carriage House, which are built on the said south side of the said lot number nine as aforesaid.

It is my will and I devise that the said Rufus Horatio Creller and the said Ann Sylvia Creller, my said son and daughter do occupy the said House together as long as it will be agreeable for them to do so and I also wish and I desire that my said son Rufus Horatio do give and provide for his said sister Ann Sylvia Creller her board and to take care of her in case of sickness and to give her all the succours she may require during the time she will stay and live with him and thus only after my decease and that of her mother.

Sixly I give devise and bequeath to William Stodder Creller , another of my sons the sum of twenty shillings current money of this province, the reason, I give him but that sum is that he has already received from time to time to a large amount in property and money.

Sevently, I give devise and bequeath to Dinerzede Creller another of my daughters wife of John Smith of the said seigniory of Noyan, farmer, the sum of Five pounds in money and for Ten pounds in grain and cattle , making together Fifteen pounds, the same to be paid to her or to her heirs and assigned by my said son Rufus Horatio Creller, whom I request to pay the same two years after my decease And I also request of him to pay the said sum of twenty shilling said currency to his said brother William Creller, six months after my death.

Eightly, I give devise and bequeath all the horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and the household furniture to me belonging on the day of my decease and this after the enjoyment aforesaid be extinct that is after my said beloved wife's decease to all my above named Children, to be divided amongst them share and share alike the said division to be made in the presence of my executors hereinafter to be named , providing my said four children, should not agree about the said division, but I hope that they will agree between themselves without being obliged to call upon the said Executors.

Ninthly, I give devise and bequeath All my clothes and wearing apparel to my two sons namely Rufus Horatio Creller and William Stoddard Creller to be divided between them, by equal share of to the survivor of them and the same to be given, to them by my Executors hereinafter named five days after my decease.

And I the said Testator do name and appoint the said Orpha Denton my beloved wife, Executor and my brother in law John Denton of Noyan, farmer and my friend John Hawley, of Foucault, farmer, Executors of this my last Will and Testament, requesting of them to accept the said charge. And I revoke all former Wills & Codicils I may have made before this date, to which alone I adhere as being my last Will and Testament.

It was thus made dictated and named fait dicté et nommé by the said Testator Peter Creller to me the said Notary in the presence of the aforesaid Witnesses and read and read over lû et relû to the said Testator in the presence of the said Witnesses by the said Notary, who has persisted therein as being his last Will and Testament.

Done and passed at the seigniory of Noyan in the said Testators dwelling house on the twenty fifth day of the month of April in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and forty four at half past eight o'clock in the forenoon, by me the said Notary written and the said Testator hath signed it with and in the presence of us the said Notary and witnesses after having been duly read twice as aforesaid,


Signed Peter Creller
Signed John Hawley
Griffen Scriver Witnesses
and signed Pre Gamelin N.J. as appears on the original minute remaining of record in the Subscribing Notary’s Office

One word Obliterated is null & void
Pre Gamelin N J

Before me Pierre Gamelin a public Notary and Messrs. John Hawly and Griffin Scriver, the Notary and witnesses before named in the above and foregoing written Will and Testament of Peter Creller, Testator there in named.

Personally came and appeared the said Peter Creller who being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding haths requested the said Notary to read his said Last Will and Testament which was by the said Notary read according to his request in the presence of the said John Hawley and the said Griffin Scriver witnesses hereunto required according to Law.

And he the said Peter Creller, after having heard the reading of his said last Will and Testament he declared to the said Notary in the presence of the said witnesses that he is desirous to make some alteration in his said last Will and Testament in the form of a Codicil to the same, which he hath made dictated and named fait dicté et nommé to the said Notary who wrote it in the presence of the said witnesses in the following form and manners

That instead of the Gift and Bequeath made by me to my four children as mentioned in the Eight section of my said last will and Testament It is now my will to alter the same, therefore I give devise and bequeath to Rufus Horatio Creller, on of my sons and to Ann Sylvia Creller one of my daughters, the Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, summer and winter carriage and Harnesses to me belonging on the day of my decease (and thus after the enjoyment which I give to my beloved wife Orpha Denton as mentioned in the third section of my said Last Will and Testament be extinct That is to say, after her decease) to be equally divided by half between them the said Rufus Horatio Creller and the said Ann Sylvia Creller . I also give devise and bequeath to Rufus Horatio Creller, the just half of the Household furniture and I give and devise and bequeath the other half of said Household furniture to my two daughters the said Ann Sylvia Creller and Dinerzede Creller, wife of John Smith to be divided between them And I give devise and bequeath to William Creller another of my sons, Five sheep, one feather bed and a loom complete with all the apparatus there to belonging. I make the above written bequeath in the room of the one mentioned in the eight section of my said Last Will and Testament as aforesaid and the said above Gift and bequeath to take place in the manner and time aforesaid.

And It is also me will and I desire that all the other bequest and legacies by me made as mentioned in my said Last Will and Testament be complied with as they are there in written approving, confirming and ratifying them and by these presents do approve confirm and ratify the same. Thus the said Testator hath made dictated and names this hi Codicil to his last Will and Testament to be added and make pray there to and to be recorded in the office of Pierre Gamelin the undersigned Notary whom he requested so to do.

Done and passed in the dwelling house of the said Peter Creller, Testator in the Seigniory of Noyan on the the twenty eight day of the month of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four at five o, clock in the afternoon, who after this his present and last Codicil to his said Will and Testament as aforesaid being unto him read twice over by the said Notary in the presence of the said witnesses, he the said Testator and witnesses declared to have well understood its contents and to be there with content and satisfied he the said Testator signed with and in the presence of us the said Notary and witnesses after having been duly read twice as aforesaid

signed Peter Creller
 

signed John Hawley
Griffin Scriver witnesses

and signed Pre Gamelin N J as it appears on the original minute remaining of record in the subscribing Notary’s office

Pre Gamelin N J






Sylvia Creller moved to live with her sister Dineraz Smith, in Sycamore ,Illinois. She departed this life (date to follow) , an old spinster having spent her life looking after he father. Sylvia Creller died at the age of ( ) and is buried in the Smith family plot in (location to follow)




Early on in life William Stoddard Creller took possession of some land in lot 30 , in concession 9 of the Seigniory of Noyan , and then acquired the land on lot number 225 in the 9th concession of Foucault , down from Nutt's Corner. He married Sophia Nutt and they produced a small family of 5 girls and one male offspring.

After the early death of Sophia Nutt, William Stoddard Creller remarried Elizabeth Newman, producing two other male offspring.

George Creller, son of Sophia Nutt and William Stoddard, became a carpenter, was at one time post master of the Aird. P Q mail office and then he moved over the border into Alburg Springs, Vermont taking possession in 1894 of the Mansion House, a hotel type lodging serving the mineral spring travelers of the period. Most of Geroge's offspring, he had five sons , established themselves in the Alburgh , Vermont area, and can be found there today. Robert Creller his great-great-great-grandson is a respected breeder of Highland Cattle in this area.

The male line of William's second marriage, moved to western Canada, where his descendants are to be found today.








1st marriage
William Stoddard Creller
1811-1859
Married
31 December 1834
Noyan Que Canada
Sophia Nutt
1814-1850


Charles W Creller
1834-18??
Emaline Augusta Creller
1835-1920
Orpha Victoria Creller
1837-1889
Almria Creller
1839-1865
George Albert Creller
1842-1919
Fanny Elizabeth Creller
1843-1915
Lucinda Creller
1848-1849
 



2nd marriage
William Stoddard Creller
1811-1859

Married
14 July 1855
Alburgh Vermont
Elizabeth Newman
1837-1914



Wilford Creller
1855-1914
James A Creller
1857-xxxx
 

Elizabeth Newman, is the sister of William and James Newman, the boys who married the daughters of William Stoddard. After the death of William Stoddard Creller , Elizabeth Newman remarried Reid Henry Miller and had more children. ( Sophia, Wiliam, Elizabeth, and Reid Henry are all buried in the Hawley Cemetery on South Beech Road)









James A Creller
1857-xxxx

Married
December 27 1883
Alburg VT

Helen Miller
1864-xxxx



Mabel C Creller
1886-1922
Ethel L Creller
1889-xxxx


James and his family were living on what would appear to be South Beech Road according to the 1901 Canadian census. No burial records for this family have been located in Canada, so it should be assumed that the family moved as did some of their cousins, to the USA to live out the remainder of their life .There may have also been other issue of this particular marriage.
.

Mabel Caroline Creller
1886-1922

Married
C Norman Somerville
1897-1978

Of Waterloo Qc









Creller
of
Canada West

Wilford Stoddard Creller
1855-1914
Married
abt 1881
Winnipeg, Man

Agnes Elizabeth Cox
1860-1942



Eliza Belle Creller
1884-xxxx

Margaret Clark Creller
1886-xxxx
Josephine Creller
1888-xxxx

Reid Henry Creller
1890-xxxx

Bertha Grace Creller
1893-xxxx

Wilford George Creller
1895-xxxx




Notes provided by Keith Wolford Creller

This is the history of the Creller family as kept by my father Wolfrod George Creller. He wrote down what he could remember and placed it in the Family Bible. Wolford Stoddard Creller was born in Clarenceville , Quebec in 1855. He came to Winnipeg in 1878 and worked on a survey outfit north of Winnipeg near Lake Winnipeg . Agnes Elizabeth Cox, was born on December 4 1860 in Chatham, Quebec, which is on the border of Quebec and Ontario. It is also reported that she was born in Pointe Fortune, Quebec so we will also keep this on record. She came to Winnipeg in 1878 or 79 and worked as a maid. She quit her job and went north where she met Wolford S Creller. That fall she wanted to leave before winter closed in. Ches and Martin Holly ( could this be Hawley) and Wolford built a hand sleigh and pulled her across to Clandebury where she could catch a train back to Winnipeg. This was the end of the railway line at the time.

The engineer on the survey gang built a log house at Clandebury and W S Creller stayed there for the winter. He used to throw scraps of food out the door and timber wolves would come up and eat them. The next spring he returned to Winnipeg. He was offered two lots where the CPR station eventually was built on the corner of Higgins and Main , for $25.00 a lot. He did not buy them because the mud was up to the top of his rubber boots and he thought the land would never be any good. Wolford Stoddard Creller and Agnes Cox were married in 1881 and he went to work on construction, building the CPR line to DeWinton. She was one of the first white women to settle in the area. When they reached there, he was made a Section Foreman and had 18 men working for him. He was making $1.25 per day and the men working for him made seventy five cents per day.

They lived in a granary at Lee's until a section house was built for them to live in. When the town was located at Carberry, Manitoba, the section house was moved to Carberry from DeWinton on a Sunday morning while they were still sleeping in bed. They lived in the Section house, 1 and ½ miles west of Carberry until 1890. They had a daughter Eliza Belle Creller born February 8 1884, a daughter Margaret Clark Creller born January 26 1886, another daughter Josephine Creller born February 29 1888 and a son Reid Henry Creller born February 5 1890. All were born in Carberry, Manitoba while they lived in the section house. They moved to Melbourne Manitoba in 1890 and took up farming. Bertha Grace Creller was born Jan 21 1893 and Wolford George Creller was born April 27 1895. The house burned down in 1902 and they had to build another one.

Wolford Stoddard Creller died Oct 2 1914, and Mrs Creller stayed on the farm until 1922 when she moved to Winnipeg to stay with her son Wolford George. She stayed there until he got married on April 9 1928, returning to Carberry to keep house for her grandchildren who were attending school in town. In about 1930 Mrs W S Creller, returned to Winnipeg where she lived until the spring of 1942 with her son Wolford and his wife Vina. They took her to Carberry to live with her daughter Belle and son in law Harry Reynolds until she passed away August 9 1942. She was buried beside her husband in the Carberry Cemetery Aug 11 1942.

When Wolford Stoddard Creller was working, Ernest Seaton Thompson used to ride with them on the railway hand car. Ernest would jump off the car if he saw a coon or a badger or ground hog and he would chase them as they were very uncommon to him. He would dig into a mole hole until he caught the mole. People used to think he was crazy but he became a famous author and is honoured today by the people of the Carberry district. He would carry mice and snakes around in his pockets. When he wrote the book ' The Trail of the Sandhill Stag ' he followed the deer for a week. He would sleep when the deer slept and get up and follow it when it moved, yet it never knew he was there. This took place across from the farm which Wolford George Creller bought near Melbourne Manitoba in 1936 and farmed for a few years while living in Winnipeg.






Eliza Belle Creller
1884-xxxx

Married
Melburne Man

Harry Nelson Reynolds
xxxx-xxxx

Florence Belle Reynolds
1911-xxxx
Josephine Adele Reynolds
1913-xxxx
Wolford Nelson Reynolds
1915-xxxx
Delbert Arthur Reynolds
1917-xxxx
Doris Ann Reynolds
1919-xxxx






Margaret Clark Creller
1886-xxxx
Married
Melbourne Man

Jack M Ross
xxxx-xxxx


Agnes Gwendoline Ross
1911-xxx
Marjorie Ross
xxxx-xxxx
Arthur John Ross
1915-xxxx





Bertha Grace Creller
1893-xxxx

Married
Melbourne Man

Harold Waterhouse
xxxx-xxxx

Glen Rhoades Waterhouse
1916-xxxx
Catherine Lillian Waterhouse
1918-xxxx
Agnes Waterhouse
1920-xxxx
Lyle Waterhouse
1925-xxxx
Margaret Waterhouse
1928-xxxx






Wilford George Creller
1895-xxxx

Married
Melbourne Man

Mari Lavina Gough
xxxx-xxxx

Beryl Caroline Creller
1929-xxxx
Reid Henry Creller
1936-xxxx
Doris Agnes Creller
1937-xxxx
Keith Wolford Creller
1943-xxxx



Callum Connor Creller has finally joined his family (17 days "late").
Born February 16, 2003, the night of the full moon
8 lbs 14 oz 10 1/2" 38 cm head
To Char-Min Gaye Wade-Creller and Calvin Jay Creller
fulfilling his mom's goal to "Birth Triumphantly" -- drug free and at home. Successful birth due to Mom's trust in Nature and Dad's trust in Mom. Attended by midwife Noreen Walker, Doulas Annemarie van Oploo and Robynne Walters and Jr. Doula Arnika Oddy-van Oploo, 7. ("Attended by" being completely inadequate as these women are as inspirational as priestesses and as powerful in their magic as goddesses.)
Baby's first month has been great (on human milk he's gained 1 1/2 lbs!) due to the generosity of friends and relations. The new family is very grateful for the blessing received, the gifts of skill and time no less appreciated than the excellent loot and booty.)
Thank you to everyone.
C & C & C Creller






Emaline Augusta Creller
1835-1920
Married
Clarenceville, Quebec, Canada
Philander G. Chilton
1830-1907


Sylvia Stoddard Chilton
1853-1935
Henry M Chilton
1855-1914



Henry M Chilton
1855-1914
Married
Clarenceville, Quebec, Canada
Letta Jameson Carter
1857-1906


Allen Brigham Chilton
1881-1913







Orpha Victoria Creller
1837-1889
Married
22 January 1860
Alburgh, Vermont USA
James Newman
xxxx-xxxx
 

Mary Newman
1860-xxxx
Ermina Newman
1863-xxxx
Ellen Newman
1865-xxxx
George Albert Newman
1867-xxxx
Alice Newman
1870-xxxx
James Newman
1873-1896
Wilford D. Newman
1874-1876
Ina Newman
1878-xxxx


A James A Creller, 23 years old is listed living with the Newman family at census time 1881, he is the son of William Stoddard and Elizabeth Newman The family is living in Clarenceville , Que








Almira Creller
1839-1858
Married
30 December 1858
Clarenceville ,Quebec, Canada
Lewis John Reed
xxxx-xxxx

Lewis John Reed remarried Eliza Placer of Highgate VT , in Granby 10 September 1863






USA

Abram W Honsinger & Phebe Caroline Brown
George Albert Creller
1842-1919
Married
June 6 1848
Alburg , Vermont, USA
Alice E Honsinger
1848-1924


William Abram Creller
1869-1942
Thomas Ransom Creller
1872-1946
George Eugene Creller
1874-1950
Emery Benjamin Creller
1877-1966
Seth Honsinger Creller
1884-


On May 5, 1894 the ' Mansion House ' was sold to George Creller for $1,600.00






William Abram Creller
1869-1942
Married
August 06 1896
Albrug, Vermont, USA
Jane O'Neil
1862-1956


Karl W Creller
1897-1918
Alyce Elizabeth Creller
1900-1989



Alburg Springs M.E. Church , Ladies Aid Society 1906 Mrs G A Creller Mrs Thomas Creller Mrs W A Creller Alyce Creller


July 11 1939 Mr William A Creller - Selectman

Alburgh Center Cemetery


This cemetery is located on the town road leading east to the lake from Alburgh Center. It is off and on the north side of this town road burials as early as 1787

William A Creller his wife Jane O'Neil

Hardy L Creller

William H Creller

Karl W Creller Died in Action at Chateau Thierry France 23 July 1918

Floyd A Creller his wife Donna M Duba






Alyce Elizabeth Creller
1900-1989
Married
September 22 1928
Alburgh Vermont USA
Clarence Darby Ashline
1898-1981


Claire Jane Ashline
1930-2006
Karl Creller Ashline
1934-xxxx

CLAIRE A. DOWLING

ST. ALBANS - Claire A. Dowling, 76, a life long area resident, passed away
unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at the Northwestern Medical Center. She was born in Alburgh, Vt. on Feb. 2, 1930, the daughter of the late Clarence and Alyce (Creller) Ashline. On June 23, 1956, in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Claire married Hubert A. Dowling, who survives her. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this past weekend.

Claire graduated from the University of Vermont and was a secondary education teacher in Poultney and Richford. She was a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Circle 5 of the United Methodist Women, the Phi Alpha Class, St. Albans Historical Society and Museum, the St. Albans Free Library and was a member of the Northwestern Medical Center Auxiliary.

Survivors include her husband of 50 years, Hubert A. of St. Albans; their two sons, Mark A. Dowling and his partner, Chris Perrera of Colchester and Michael D. Dowling and his special friend, Karen Jette of Essex Junction; her brother, Karl Ashline and his wife, Heather of Williston; her cousin, Judy Sherrer and her husband, Walter of St. Albans, and their children, Anthony Urban and Amy and Tim Sherrer; her sister-in-law, Dorothy Dowling of St. Albans; her nieces and nephews, Dan and Sheila Ashline, Deborah and Bradley Hammond, Natalie Dowling, Terry and David Knight, Donna Dowling, Lori and Bill Hoffner, Frank and Debby Dowling Jr., Sarah and Mark Vogler, Jennifer and David Partelow, Mary Lou and Larry Bevins, David Charbonneau, Mary and Dr. Cliff Nemeth,
Patricia Barry, and John and Jackie Dowling Jr.; and her special friends, Madeline Howard and Lucy Parah.

A funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 1, 2006, at 11 a.m. in St. Paul’s United Methodist Church on Church Street with the Reverend Herman Benjamin officiating. Interment will follow in the Dowling family lot in Holy Cross Cemetery. Claire’s family will receive friends on Friday (today) from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Heald Funeral Home, 87 South Main St., St. Albans.






Thomas Ransom Creller
1872-1946
Married
Alburg, Vermont, USA
Helen Gonyea (Gagné)
1876-1925


Glendon Russell Creller
1901-1962
Dorthory Creller
1907-
Stanley Creller
1915-





Emery Benjamin Creller
1877-1966
Married
Alburg, Vermont, USA
Una H Dennison
1883-1975


Doris Helen Creller
1904-xxxx
Vincent Olin Creller
1915-2004



Grammer School , Alburg Spring Academy 1915
Middle Row , left to right

#2 Glendon Creller
#6 Doris Creller (died before 2004)
#3 Dorthy Creller



Ben Creller is standing along with his daughter Doris. The girl to the left is Hazel Braley ( now Mrs Lee Patno of Alburgh) the boy with the wagon is her brother George Braley. The truck 9 called by Hazel ' tobacco & cigarette truck' was driven by Frank Settle, brother in law to Clement Hillliker circa 1915








Vincent Olin Creller
1915-2004
Married
November 15 ,1937
Alburg, Vermont, USA
Hazel Anita LaBombard
1918-1996

Venita Ann Creller
1938-xxxx
Bruce Olin Celler
1940-xxxx
Dean Paul Creller
1944-xxxx
Kevin Emery Creller
1953-xxxx
Vanessa Creller
1956- 1998



VINCENT O. CRELLER

ALBURG -- Vincent O. Creller, 88, a lifelong Alburg resident, died early Sunday morning, Aug. 22, 2004, in Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington.

Born in Alburg Springs, Oct. 10, 1915, he was the son of the late Emery Benjamin and Una (Denison) Creller. He graduated from Swanton High School in the Class of 1932 and on Nov. 15, 1937, married the former Hazel LaBombard who predeceased him on Jan. 21, 1996.

Vincent was associated with the Rutland Railroad until 1961 and then with the Napierville Junction Railroad until his retirement in 1978 for a total of 39 railroad years. He was 50 year member of Columbus Lodge 11 F&A.M. in Alburg, a 40 year member of the United Transportation Union as well as a 29 year member of the American Association of Retired Persons. He will be remembered for his excellence in baseball especially during his years at Swanton High School.

Vincent leaves his three sons and their wives, Retired Colonel Bruce and Judy Creller of San Antonio, Texas, Dean and Michelle Creller of Cocoa, Fla. and Kevin and Bonnie Creller of Alburg; his daughter Venita McChesney and her special friend Harley Moulton of Champlain, N.Y.; 16 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and one niece.

Besides his wife Hazel, Vincent was predeceased by a daughter, Vanessa Creller on Nov. 23, 1998, and a sister Doris Walsh.

A Funeral Service will be held Thursday, Aug. 26, 2004, at 11 a.m. from the Kidder Memorial Home, 89 Grand Avenue, Swanton. The Reverend Marcheta Townsend will officiate. Interment will follow in the Creller family lot in Riverside Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday evening, Aug. 25, 2004, from 6 to 9 p.m. Members of Columbus Lodge 11 will conduct A Ritualistic Service at 7 p.m.

Gifts in Vincent's Memory may be made to the Alburg Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, P. O. Box 223, Alburg, Vt. 05440, or to the American Diabetes Association, Vermont Affiliate, 77 Hegeman Avenue, Colchester, Vt. 05446.

On line condolences may be directed to the Creller family via email address: kiddermh@adelphia.net.






Venita Ann Creller
1938-xxxx
 
Married

George R McChesny
1935-1993






Bruce Olin Creller
1940-xxx
Married
April 15. 1997
Texas, USA
Judith C Jordan
1944-xxxx


Lori Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Cheyl Lynn Creller
1986-xxxx
Bruce Olin Creller jr
xxxx-xxxx






Bruce Olin Creller jr
xxxx-xxxx

Married

Texas, USA
Wendy Unknown
xxxx-xxxx






Madison Creller
xxxx-xxxx








Dean Paul Creller
1944-xxxx
Married

Michelle Unknown
xxxx-xxxx







Kevin Emery Creller
1953-xxxx
Married

Bonnie L Francis
xxxx-xxxx




James F Creller
19xx-xxxx
Micheal Kevin Creller
19xx-xxxx



1st marriage
Seth Honsinger Creller
1884-1965
Married
September 11, 1911
Mass, USA
Albina Hanfield
1884-xxxx














George Eugene Creller
1874-xxxx
Married
Alburg, Vermont USA
Mary Ann Honsinger
1876-1957

Floyd Arley Creller
1895-1965
Hardly L. Creller
1897-1938
George Albert Creller
1900-1951
Ethel Creller
1901-1976
William Henry Creller 
1902-1969
Mildred Creller 
1912-xxxx
Alva Mae Alta Creller
1917-1955


On 9 July 1938 Alburgh voters met to vote on a proposal for the town to build a new HighSchool., on May 26 1939 a dance was held in the new auditorium Among the listed Patrons and Patronesses was -Miss Mildred Creller






Floyd Arley Creller
1895-1965
Married
Alburg, Vermont, USA
Donna Malcolm Duba (Dubé)
1891-1865

Seth Floyd Creller
1913-1966
Kenneth Lloyd Creller
1916-1986
Viva Madelyn Creller
1917-2001
Edna Marion Creller
1924-1998
Lloyd Arley Creller
1925-1925
Rachel Floyd Creller
1926-1926
Juanita Katherine Creller
1928-
Geneviere Mildred Creller
1929-
Floyd Arley Creller (jr)
1930-1930
Robert Arley Creller
1931-1994








Viva Madelyn Creller
1917-2001
Married
Alburgh, Vermont, USA
Harry A Martin
-1969

Ronald Martin
Norma Martin
Vance Martin
Carole Martin
Dale Martin
Harry Martin
Kevin D Martin
-1995







Edna Marion Creller
1924-1998
Married
1944
Alburgh, Vermont, USA
Ralph A Machia
1923-2007

Lloyd Machia
Robert Machia

Dennis Machia

Richard Machia
Deborah Machia
Donna Machia

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RALPH A. MACHIA

ST. ALBANS / MILTON - Ralph A. Machia, 83, formerly of Milton, passed away Monday morning, Feb. 19, 2007, at the Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans.
Ralph was born May 4, 1923, in Franklin, the son of the late Wilford and Anna Ladd Machia. On June 10, 1944, he married Edna Creller in Alburgh, Vt.; they were married for over 54 years when she passed on July 24, 1998.
Moving to Connecticut in 1953, he had worked for Hollaway Brothers Farm until 1975, from then he worked at the Avon Old Farms School in Avon, Conn. for 15 years. He moved back to Vermont in 1987, residing in Swanton where he enjoyed growing his vegetable garden, which was the talk of the town. He lived in Swanton until 1998 when Edna died, then moving to Milton to be closer to his daughter Deborah.
He is survived by his children, Lloyd Machia of St. Albans, Robert Machia of Riverton, Conn., Richard Machia and his wife, Pia of Bristol, Conn., Deborah Corey and her companion, Kenny Mayo of Milton and Donna Trainor and her husband, David of Tarriffville, Conn.; his precious grandchildren, Jeff and Mel Stanhope, Todd Machia, Eric Corey, Dennis and Jen Corey, Troy Machia, Megan and Joshua Platnik, Nicole Machia, Danielle Machia, Jason Trainor and Brittany Machia, and five great-grandchildren; his brother, Elwin Machia and his wife Florence, and his sister, Eleanor Machia; his brother-in-law, Warren Baker; sisters-in-law, Beverly Creller, Juanita Stone and Genny Secor. He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Edna; and his infant son, Dennis.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007, at 7 p.m. in the Minor Funeral Home with Pastor Kim Ransom officiating. Burial will be held in the Alburgh Cemetery later in the spring.
Memorial Contributions may be made to the Lycam Fund in care of the Franklin County Rehab Center, 110 Fairfax Road, St. Albans, Vt. 05478; or the Support Our Troops Fund in care of Key Bank, Milton, Vt. 05468.
Visiting Hours will be held on Thursday prior to the service from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Minor Funeral Home, Route 7 in Milton.







Juanita Katherine Creller
1928-
Married
Gordon Ray Stone
1925-1973

Cheryl Jean Stone
1953-
Gordon Robert Stone
1959-




Cheryl Jean Stone
1953-
Married
Chester Raymond Patch
1941-1985






Gordon Robert Stone
1959-
Married
Judith Hutchins

Derek Gordon Stone
1994





Geneviere Mildred Creller
1929-
Married
Mr Secore





Robert Arley Creller
1931-1994
 
Married
June 12 1949
Alburg, Vermont, USA
Beverly Prime
1934-2008

Robert Arley Creller jr
xxxx-xxxx
James Floyd Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Shawn Page Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Gene Evan Creller
xxxx-xxxx
John Scott Creller
1964-2008
Beau Travis Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Dana Lance Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Donna Mae Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Beverly Ann Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Kathleen Ann Creller
1955-xxxx
Elizabeth Ann Creller
xxxx-xxxx





Robert Arley Creller jr
xxxx-xxxx
Married
Diane Unknown


James Floyd Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Married
Debbie Unknown

Shawn Page Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Married
Jill Unknown


Gene Evan Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Married
   Unknown




John Scott Creller
1964-2008
Married
1996
Bernadette Fitzgerald



Katie Creller




Beau Travis Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Married
Roxanne Unknown


Dana Lance Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Married
Teri Unknown

Donna Mae Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Married
Jean Paul Larocque

residing in Standbridge Station Quebec

Beverly Ann Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Married
Joseph Paquette

Kathleen Ann Creller
1955-xxxx
Married
Marcus Cheney
1954-1991

1st marriage
Elizabeth Ann Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Married
Mr Dutton


Elizabeth Ann Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Married
Mr Alan Brown

















Mildred Creller
1912-
Married
June 20 1943
Rutland Vermont, USA
Louise Joseph Therrien
1903-1986
.
No issue














Alva Mae Alta Creller
1917-1955
Married
June 1944
USA
George William Totten
 

George Edward Totten
Leon Albert Totten
Delbert Edward Totten
1949-1977
..
For more on the Totten family you might wish to contact George , as he is preparing to research his family's genealogy ( circa 2007)
..
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FRIDAY ,JUNE 2, 1944
Alva Creller, Vermont, is Bride of Pfd George Totten :
Announcement is made of the marriage of Miss Alva Creller, formerly of Rutland, VT. to Pfc George Totten, USA, son of Mrs Maude Knapp, Vestal Ceneter. RevMilton F McKenney, pastor of Centreal Methodist church, officiated at the ceremony which was held Saturday afternoon in the parsonage. Mr and Mrs Henry Grant attended the couple. For her wedding, the bride chose a powder blue frock with navy accessories and a corsage of white roses. Mrs Grant chose a green frock and brown accessories with a corsage of red roses. The couple were honored at a dinner party Tuesday in the home of the bridegroom's bother-in-law and sister Mr and Mrs Kenneth L Williams, 2 Clark St Vestal. Other present were Mr and Mrs Leon totten, Vestal: Miss Susie Totten, Sidney: Miss Harriet Totten , Binghamton: Mrs Maude Knap, Vestal Center and Richard and Shirley Williams. Private Totten will return to his base at Toledo, ohio, Monday and his bride will resume her work in Collingwood's.
.
Alva Totten - Honored at Shower Here
Mrs George Totten, the former Alva Creller, was honored at a farewell party and kitchen shower last night in the home of Mrs Gertrude Creller ( William H ) 60 Washington Ave. The honoree will leave next week to join her husband Pfc George Totten, USA at Toledo Ohio and set up housekeeping there. Mrs Viola Haskell and Mrs Kenneth Williams were co-hostesses with Mrs Creller. Pale pink gladioli featured the decorations of green and pink, which were carried out in the pink and white decorated cake. Guests included Mrs Hiram Gage, Mrs taylor Walker, Mrs Frank Kiser, Mrs Charles Taylor, Mrs Carrier Archambault, Mrs Leon Totten, Mrs William Hubbard, Miss Vivian Creller, and Miss Mary Jane Creller.
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Two Killed, one badly injured when truck rams motorcycles :
Two persons were killed and one was seriously injured Monday night whn a pickup truck rammed two motorcycles from behind as they were waiting at a red light at Palo Verde Blvd and Benson Hwy.
Dead are John J Tarascio 25, of Danvers Mass, the driver of one cycle and Delbert E Totten , 28, of 4208 E 27th St a passenger on the second cycle. Sheriff's deputies said Tarascio and the other cyclist Joseph S Murken, 22 of 3729 E HArdy Dr, were southbound on Palo Verde when they stopped for a red light at Benson Hwy, at about 7:20 pm. They were struck from behind by a pickup driven by Johnny M Diaz, of 2010 S Norton Ave. Traracio, Murken and Totten were thrown from the bikes. Diaz , who had been driveng Totten's pickup told deputies that he thought the motorcycles had gone through the intersection. He said he was unable to stop in time. Totten and Tarascio were pronounced daed at Kino Cummunity Hospital. urken was admitted to St Mary' Hospital with a broken arm and internal injuries. Thoam Buckmaster 21 a passenger in the pickup alos was treated for minor injuries at St Mary's.





William Henry Creller
1902-1969
Married
Alburgh, Vermont, USA
Gertrude Irene Wright
1902-1975


Vivian Creller
1925-
Mary JaneCreller
1927-xxxx
Lloyd Russell Creller
1931-1950
Duane Arile Creller
1932-1990
Benard Robert Creller
xxxx-xxxx

Mildred Creller



Lloyd Russell was killed in action in Korean War

The Binghamton Sun - Wednesday , Sept 27, 1950

Five More Names Hike Casualty Total to 50

...............Pvt Lloyd R Creller, 19 son of Mrs Gertrude Creller, Farmingdale, Li, formerly of 60 Washington Ave. A rifleman with the Second Infantry Division, he was reprted missing Sept 1. ........ Pvt Creller has a brother Duane 18, also in the Army, a brother Robert, living in Endicott; a sister Mrs George Camp, also of Endicott.

Pfc Lloyd Creller , Missing in action, is declared dead:
Pfc Lloyd R Creller of Endicott, missing in action in korea since Sept 1 1950, had been declared dead by the U S Department of Defense in communications received by a sister Mrs George Camp, of 111 Madison Ave Endicott and a brother Duane of 425 June St also Endicott. Other next of kin were also notified including his mother Mrs Gertrude I Creller, formerly of Endicott but now of Farmingdale Li who was visiting her children in Endicott over the holidays. Other survivors incluse two sister Mrs Stephen Hicks of Farmingdale and Mrs Mildred Messing of Bay Shore Li; two brother Petty Officier Third Class Bernard R Creller serving in the navy and Earl Creller of Farmingdale, discharged from the army several weeks ago: maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles J Taylor of endicott and paternal grandmother Mrs Mary A Creller of Pittford VT. Pfc Creller enlisted in the army in the fall of 1948 and was sent overseas in July 1950 just two days before his enlistment would have ended, according to his mother. he was in korea only one month before he was reported missing near Seoul. He attended schools in Endicott, Endwell and Port Dickson and was employed by the Fair Store in Binghamton before enlisting. He would have been 23 years old on Saturday. ....



Vivian Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Married
Endicott, NY, USA
Mr Camp




Mary Jane Creller
Married
Endicott, NY, USA
Stephen Hicks




Mildred Creller
Married
Endicott, NY, USA
Mr Messing






Duane Arlie Creller
1932-1990
Married
Endicott, New York, USA
Sarah Jane Fedora
1902-

Shelly Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Duane Arlie Creller (jr)
xxxx-xxxx
Charmaine I Creller
xxxx-xxxx
4th Creller
xxxx-xxxx




1 st marriage
Shelly Creller
xxxx-xxxx
Married
Endicott, NY, USA
Mr Lane
xxxx-xxxx

Child Lane
xxxx-xxxx





2nd marriage
Shelly Creller
Married
Endicott, NY, USA
Mr Moore


Child Moore
-





Duane Arlie Creller (jr)
Married
Endicott ,NY, USA
Eva Lehner






Charmaine I Creller
Married
Endicott ,NY, USA
John A Chrysler






4th Child Creller
Married
Endicott ,NY, USA
Miss Isch


1st Child Creller
2nd Child Creller
3rd Child Creller
4th Child Creller
5th Child Creller



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Crellers living in Alburgh VT, who are still not place in thier respective families - Beau T ( born abt 1972) , Bernard R ( born abt 1934) Shawn P (born abt 1959), Roxanne L ( born abut1966) , John (born about 1964) , Trevor Lee, Renne M, Bernadette F, Sharon L, Gene E, Beverly P, Mary Ann, Jefferey A, William A, Carol A, Lindsey E, and Tracey L , Martha J Creller






Fanny Elizabeth Creller
1843-1915
Married
January 21 1860
Alburgh Vermont USA
Willaim Newman
1835 - 1900

Thomas Newman
1861-1883
John Newman
1866-
William Newman
1869-
Hattie Newman
1876-

The Newman family was residing in Clarenceville Quebec












Rufus Horatio Creller , the second son of Peter and Orpha , married Emily Bush in the parish of St. Georges de Clarenceville in Mar 23rd 1846, died in 1858 and is interred in the Union cemetery Clarenceville along with his wife, a son Marshall Gilbert, his daughter Josephine and son in-law George Hawley Macfie.


Rufus was a farmer, owner of large tract of land (100 acres) on Beech Road North. This land bordered his father's possession in the same concession of the Seiginory of Noyan and upon the death of his father Rufus came to own that lot which was his father's providing him with some 200 acres of land on Beech Road North. This farm land became known as it is today, as the Macfie homestead. Rufus also had acquired in the Seiginory of Foucault, lot 226 in concession 8 and probably concession 9 ( originally owned by Johnathan Irish) , this land bordered with his brother's lot 225 concession 9. This land being located on Beech Road South . The land also bordered with that of Robert Macfie who owned a large tract of land in concession 10 , running on down to Baie Missisquoi.


While the original house that Peter Creller had built for his family was torn down in about 1999 and the lands that had made up the Macfie homestead split up and sold off , the original home that Rufus constructed in about 1850 is now being renovated, and brought back as close to it's original state by a historical renovator, one Robert Pelletier and his wife Caroline Kehne.





Rufus and Emily, produced a family of five, three boys and two girls. Alice Lovica their first daughter died when she was five and is buried in the South Beech Cemetery , an iron plaque marker can be found there .The boys all went off to seek their fortunes in the United States of America.


Marshall Gilbert the youngest son, however had his life cut short by an avalanche and died in Colorado in 1891, he was a just, and an educated gentleman, well liked and respected. He had even been elected to the office of Constable in the county of Gunnison, in the State of Colorado in 1888.


Franklin Truman Creller moved to Joplin, Mich. where he became a wealthy industrialist, dealing in land development, and mining, one of his sons Charles S. Creller became an attorney at law in Kansas City.


Eugene Cullen Creller , for whom Robin Macfie was named, went off to Grass Valley California, during the early days of the gold rush. In 1869 He joined with two brothers Edward and John C Coleman ( who had spent some time in the Missisquoi area (1847-1851 ) ), as general manager in the Idaho Mining Company and rose to become treasurer. The Idaho Mining Company operation took $10 million US in gold bunion out of the ground from 1868 to 1889 .


The youngest daughter Orpha Josephine Creller went on to marry George Hawley Macfie , they inherited the Creller farm lands and lived there well into the 1930's. After the death of George Hawley Macfie, Josephine remained in the home accompanied by with Alice Chew a homeland girl from England who had been taken in by the Creller family. Josephine then retrograded the homestead to a place of summer residence while she passed her time traveling and visiting relatives, having taken up temporary residence in a flat ( an apartment) on Hope Ave in Montreal, across the street from her son Robin and his family.






Rufus Horatio Creller
1816-1888
Married
Mar 23 1846
Clarenceville Qc
Emily Louisa Bush
1828 -1893

Franklin Truman
Creller
1847-1929
Eugene Coleman Creller
1848-
Alice Lovica
Creller
1851-1856
Marshall Gilbert Creller
1853-1891
Josephine Orpha Creller
1855-1941




Notes on Marshall Gilbert Creller

Letter found glued in to old scrap book kept by Wessy Macfie of Montana USA






Office of the
Board of County Commissioners
Gunnison County Colorado
Gunnison, Colorado May 5th 1891
Mrs Creller:

Dear Madam
As an acquaintance and personal friend of your late son M.G.Creller, who lost his life last winter in one of our fatal snow slides , I take the liberty of addressing his mother ;
I first became acquainted with "Mart" in connection with some business relating to his prospecting affairs and ever since that time i have known him as a friend and companion. Knowing that I had the pleasure of seeing him many years after you were denied that pleasure I thought it might make you great grief a little lighter to hear from some one who had thus known him. He was a young man of most upright character, one whom to know was but to respect and admire, frank and open in his nature, generous and obliging in disposition, always ready to do a kind act, courteous in bearing and in fact a thorough gentleman.
He was a friend to every man and every man who knew him well was his friend. I knew of no young man in this country whose sad death would give me the pain that his death did.
I have a mother whom I have left at a long distance and I know if her son should meet the sad fate that overtook your son she would be glad to have some word from a friend who had known him in his latest life.

Yours Very Truly
S D Crump
 


Extract from newspaper clipping glued into album by Wessy Macfie Scriver ( no dates accompany the clippings)





The remains of Marshall Creller arrived here from Colorado, US, on Sunday night, the deceased was working a mine on one of the mountains of that state and in February last indications of an avalanche of snow induced him and two others working with him to descend en route for the valley. They were however overtaken and all three perished, Creller’s remains and one of his companions were recovered the last of April. The deceased was a young man of much promise and highly esteemed.


The funeral services for the late Marshall G Creller were held on Tuesday in the Methodist Church. The Rev J W Clipsham officiating. This much lamented young man was buried under a snow slide in Colorado last February and his remains were brought home for internment as soon as they were recovered. The reception and sacramental services conducted by Mr. Clipsham last Sunday will be long remembered by the excellent sermon he preached.


Denver March 14 ( presumably 1891 ) : A special dispatch from Crested Butte Colo., to the Republican says Three more snow slide victims are reported. M G Creller, Pat Murphy and Jack Griffen, who have been at work on the Jacob Strader mine, are buried beneath the snow. The slide in over half a mile wide and it would seem that the whole mountain has come down, filling the basin with snow probably 100 feet deep. The place has been considered very dangerous, so much so that since the storm, no one had dared to venture up there until Thursday when three men went to see if their fellow miners were safe. They found no signs of a cabin, and the tunnel entrance was entirely covered. By tunneling through the snow for thirty feet they came to the cabin, which was demolished by snow. It is the general belief that the poor fellows had become alarmed and started to leave and were caught in their attempt to escape











Franklin Truman
Creller
1847-1929
Married
1869
Mary Emma Herron
1847-1932

Alice E. Creller
1872-1955
Charles Stoddard Creller
1875-1937
Margaret Gertrude Creller
1878-1965
Buried Beneath the snow
From another correspondent
Clarenceville
Frank Truman worked for Godfrey, Crowley & Co. , in Joplin Mi


Margaret Gertrude Creller
1878-1965
Married
1905
Harrison Earnest Williams
1876-1914

Addison Franklyn Williams
1906-1978

After the death of Harrison Williams, Margaret Gertrude married Mr Harbour . There was no issue from this second marriage






Addison Franklyn Williams
1906-1978
Married Bertha Cooper Freeman
1906-1981

Deborah McKee Williams
1936-
Patricia Orr Williams
1938-1999
Margaret Victoria Williams
1949-




Deborah McKee Williams
1936-
Married
Mr Pinkerton



Patricia Orr Williams
1938-1999

Married
Mr Spear





Margaret Victoria Williams 1949- Married Mr Ancona





Notes on Franklin Trueman Creller

(Extracts of newspaper articles found glued in to old scrap book kept by Wessy Macfie of Montana USA)


One of the large land owners of the Joplin district in Frank T Creller, with offices in the Fourth Street Block. He is the owner in fee of five different tracts of land ranging in size from 40 acres to 320 acres and located close to Joplin.

These lands are all situated convenient to electric and steam railways, thus affording every advantage for economical operation. Each on of these tracts has been prospected sufficiently to prove that they are richly mineralized with both zinc and lead ores and are now being surveyed into ten acres blocks to be leased to operators at a reduced rate of royalty



Property on Creller Land Producing Ore That Gives a Premium of $8..45 on Second Car Made


An exceptionally promising silicate mine is being opened by George Gist, on a forty acre lease of the Creller land, southwest of Joplin. Ore that runs approximately $8.50 premium is being produced.

Operations at the mine are being carried on at a depth of only about forty five feet, but at this level a deposit has been encountered that is almost all silicate. It is reported that in getting out two car loads of ore, only a few wheelbarrows of waste have accumulated. Equipment of the property is not pretentious, including only a horse holster and two hand jigs, but it is believed Gist can make near a carload a week.


The quality of the ore is the principal attraction of the property. The first car load sold showed an assay of 47 percent zinc, and the second 48,45 per cent. As the ore sells on a basis of 40 percent metallic zinc, the sales brought $7. and $8.45 premium respectively.


The mine is located near the center of the forty acres, which is a part of the 320 acres of the Creller land that adjoins the city limits of Joplin on the southwest.


That a property of such worth can be developed right at the doors of Joplin and with such comparative small expenditure is considered as proving once more the oft repeated assertion that " the surface has only to be scratched" here.







CRELLER & YOUNG LAND

( again no date accompany the clipping)




The Harry P Pears & Co. mine eight miles northwest of Joplin, formerly the Rice Mining company, has a production to its credit of 2,178,690 pounds of zinc ore and 22,300 pounds of lead ore made since the first of last February. This ore sold at the bin for $42,052.79 and was produced by cutting the ore body under the mill and south to the Excelsior block of lots. This has weakened the foundation to the mill , which will have to be moved. Drifts now being driven east from the pump shaft have developed rich ore bodies, and as soon as the mill is moved onto firm ground, which will begin this week, the same output from this mine will be resumed. this mine in on the Creller and Young Land.

The Excelsior Zinc and Lead company has the 10½ lots adjoining the Pears & Co mine on the south, where the latter company has driven a face of ore onto then which is 60 feet wide, from which they were making from one to two tons an hour. The Excelsior company has to shafts underway which are nearly down to the ore zone, both of which show some ore. As soon as the ore body is reached and drifts cut into it this company will erect a first class mill.


Dr A P Campbell has purchased a block of 12 lots formerly owned by the Webb City Iron works, just east of the Excelsior. This property has several shafts and drifts into the ore zone, and Dr Campbell is now erecting a first class up to date mill on this block, which he expects to have completed and in operation by the first of December.


Dr Campbell also purchased 12 lots adjoining the Rice mine on the east. Ore has been traced onto these lots from the south and the Rice Mining company has driven a rich ore body nearly to this block from the west. Arrangements have been made to erect another first class mill on this block since its mineral richness has been proven.



Congratulates News Herald on Stand Taken Regarding Spelter Quotations

Joplin, Mo Jan 20, 1915


To the Minify Editor of the News Herald


It is gratifying to know that you have taken the trouble to ascertain and shown the courage to publish the facts in regard to the zinc and lead metal quotations of this country. I have observed for twenty years and have frequently stated that the market quotations on spelter di not represent the actual selling price quoted.

However, this unsatisfactory manipulation of prices of zinc are events of the past, as they cannot be successfully practiced under a foreign demand. With the declaring of war in europe it was plain to be seen by those informed as to where the zinc ores are produced and that the metal consumed, what the effects on the markets would be. Germany, Belgium and Austria produce about one half of the zinc metal of the world. Their mines and smelters are located in the zone where the battles have been fought, and will continue to be for some time, which must damage all of them and some of them will be necessarily entirely destroyed.


England has 87 per cent of the trade of the world in galvanized sheet iron, wire and sheet zinc. She produced about 65,000 long tons of metal from Australian ores and bought about 200,000 long tons of metal a year from Germany and Belgium. Her trade on these goods is all over South and Central America, asia and Africa, Australia, Canada and in fact, most everywhere except in the United States, and it is expected that she will strive to hold this trade. To do so she must obtain the quantities of metal that she formerly bought in Germany and Belgium, in this country. To realize what effect this extraordinary demand will have on our market, it must be remembered that when business is normal in this country we have never produced sufficient zinc to supply the home consumption, having imported both ore and metal in 1912, when we made our largest production and received the highest price ever paid in this country up to that time. The reported exportations of metal from this country prior to last September were from ore smelted in bond, except a little produced from willemite ore of New Jersey. It should not be forgotten that the increased consumption of zinc metal doubles every twelve years.


With these conditions before us, it is not difficult to understand why spelter in London has steadily advanced and in all probability will continue to do so for some time. The spelter production of this country has increased from 203,849 short tons in 1905 to 360,000 in 1914. The steady advance in the price of zinc metal and ore is the result of legitimate foreign demand, caused by the sudden curtailment of about 50 per cent of the world's production.


Under these conditions it is quite probable that spelter will reach the price of ten cents a pound and our high grade ore $80 a ton before the close of this year, and the encouraging feature of it is that the price is up to stay for many years. The higher prices will not lessen the consumption, as there is nothing that can be substituted for it that would be satisfactory ; in fact, zinc metal has never brought the prices that its importance entitled it to, as it is as useful a metal as copper and should command nearer the same price than it has.


Frank T Creller





Obituary

F T CRELLER, PIONEER JOPLIN RESIDENT , DIES


July 8, 1929


Frank Trueman Creller, 82 years old, pioneer, Joplin man, real estate agent and mine operator, died at 5:45 o'clock this morning at Freeman Hospital, where he had been critically ill more than a week. Death was due to heart disease and senility. The pioneer had been in ill health for more than a year and about three weeks ago was confined to his home at 511 West Third St. . His condition gradually grew worse, until he was transferred to the hospital more than a week ago.


Mr. Creller who was active in the promotion of several mining sections in this district during the early days when lead mining was first becoming an industry here, had lived in Joplin since 1872.

During that time, he purchased a number of large tracts of land, mostly for development into mining properties and with the late G B Young, another real estate agent, he started in the old Excelsior field, near Four Corners. For a umber of years he was associated in the land firm of Creller & Young and Creller. He maintained a real estate agency in the Miners Bank Building.


Mr. Creller was born February 9 1847 in Clarenceville Quebec Canada. where he spent his early manhood. He taught school in Canada for a number of years and at one time was a salesman for several large manufacturing concerns in the northern states. He had been married sixty years. Before coming to Joplin he operated a lime quarry at Lowell, Kan for two years.


Surviving are his widow Mrs. Emma Creller : two daughters, Mr. J F Harbour of Oklahoma City Okla., and Miss Alice Creller at home; a son Charles S Creller, a Kansas City attorney, a sister Mrs. George Macfie of Clarenceville and a grandson Addison Williams of Oklahoma City.


Funeral plans have not been completed but rites probably will be held Wednesday.







USA


Eugene & Edith


Eugene Coleman Creller
1848-
Married
Edith R Neil
-1926

No Offspring





Extract from book " History of Northern California , page 467


The Idaho Mine, owned and operated by the Idaho mining Company, has been in continuous operation with fifteen stamps, to which were added twenty more in 1872 and in 1889 the number was increased to forty, the daily capacity being about eighty tons of rock a day, running day and night. The mine is situated one mile south from Grass Valley and has had a continuously successful history. Up to the end of 1889 the amount of gold taken out of the mine was $10,700,000. of which in dividends, the total number of which till then were 243 varying from $1 to $ 25 per share or in other words dividends to the amount of $1,540 have been paid upon each of the 31,000 shares of stock in the mine. Previous to the commencement of dividends, the sum of $38,400 was levied in assessments, the mine having been located in 1863 and the first dividend being paid in January 1869. Last year the amount of rock crushed was 31,531 tons. The present total depth of the incline is two thousand six hundred and ninety six feet, vertical depth one thousand seven hundred and ninety feet. The average width of the vein in the lower workings length of ore shoot one thousand two hundred feet is given at thirty inches . The water raised daily by the Cornish plunger pumps amounts to 21,600 cubic feet. The mine employees 225 men. the main shaft is of four compartments, and at the vertical depth of 1,000 feet , engines, run by compressed air, carry on the operation of the lower workings.

The directors of the company are as follows : Edward Coleman, President and Superintendent, John C Coleman Treasurer, E C Creller, Vice President, George W Hill, Secretary and M P O'Connor. J C and Edward Coleman were born in Suffolk County England, the one in 1823 and the other in 1830. In 1847 they went to Canada, where hey remained until 1851, when they went to New York City. In 1853 they came to California and mined in various parts until 1860 when they came to Grass Valley, becoming interested in the Idaho a few years later. E C Creller was born in 1848 at Clarenceville, Missisquoi County Quebec. He came out to Grass Valley in 1869 and has been connected with the Idaho mine ever since.













Josephine Orpha Creller
1855-1941
Married
Oct 22 1884
Clarenceville Qc
George Hawley Macfie
1855-1923

Robert Eugene Macfie
1885-1977
Ellison Westgarth Macfie
1887-1977


The Macfie Family










Orpha Denorza Creller
1825-
Married
20 March 1844
St Armand Quebec
John G Smith
1823-

Orpha Mariah Smith
1846-
1882
William Henry Smith
-1922
L B Smith
-1948
Edson Peter Smith
1856-1911

Ada Smith
1860-

Everett L . Smith
1864-
1943
Melaine Smith
1868-



Orpha Mariah Smith
1846-1882

Married
Mar 5 1867
Sycamore Ill

Nathan Rowlee Hathaway
1844-1932


John Edwin Hathaway
1870-1948
Minni Adelle Hathaway
1877-1951






John Edwin Hathaway
1870-1948

Married
October 4 1894
Sioux City Iowa

Lulu Stella Woodworth

Harold Leroy Hathaway
1895-1966
Ruth Hathaway



1st marriage

Harold Leroy Hathaway
1895-1966

Married
June 1 1917

Sioux City, Iowa
Lois Stoddard


Harold Pierre Hathaway
1918-1988
William Stoddard Hathaway
1925-1998


2nd marriage

Harold Leroy Hathaway
1895-1966

Married
October 8 1948
Sioux City Iowa

Mildred Evelyn Wanders




Edson Peter Smith
1856-1911
Married
1 Februrary 1894
Chicago Ill
Emma Louisa Peters
1870-1941

John Gordon Smith

Nathan Hathaway remarried after the death of Orpha Mariah to Emily J. Smith 26 Mar 1884, and produced one daughter Milicet W Hathaway 16 Feb 1889.

Notes on Eugene Coleman Creller

Active in Mining

HIGH GRADE SILICATES AT THIS JOPLIN MINE
( again no dates accompany the article)

" RICH LEASES AT REDUCED ROYALTY
( no dates have been kept glued with the article)


Notes on the Smith family were found in extracts of newspaper articles found glued in to an old scrap book kept by Wessy Macfie of Montana USA (not many if at all any were dated)


Obituary

Died of His Injuries - Edson P Smith Passed away at Sioux Sxity June 22 - Funeral in Genoa Sunday

Survived just a week after accident in Iowa City - Blood clot on brain - Conscious to the last

EDSON P SMITH, who was injured at Sioux City, Iowa, Thursday June 15, died in the hospital in that City on the 22nd. The body was brought to Geona Saturday morning. Funeral services were held at the home of the brother of the deceased Henry Smith, and at the M E Church Sunday morning Rev F F Farmiole of Rocford officiating, Miss Alice Davis rendered the vocal selections at the church. Internment took place at the Genoa cemetery.

The following obituary and account of the accident was read by Rev Farmiole at the church.

Edson P Smith , third son of the late John G and Orpha D Smith was born in Sycamore township March 12 1856 and lived with his parents on the farm until he was 19 years old. The family then moved to the city of Sycamore and he attended the public schools there. Later he became a student in Janesville Wis, where he graduated. Soon after his graduation he engaged in mercantile pursuits in Stockton Kas. He moved to Chicago in 1892 where he remained for 13 years. On February 1 1894 he was married to Miss Emma Louis Peter, of Chicago. Of this union there is one child John Gordon Smith. Mr Smith and family came to Genoa on February 15 1905, and remained here nearly six years. He moved from Geona to Sioux City, Iowa , on the 19th of May 1910, remaining there until March 1911, then the family moved to Kansas City Mo, where they lived at the time of his death. He was president of the Cyclone Churn Co. of Kansas City , Mo. Called to Sioux City on business on the 14th of June 1911, he met on the street his nephew Harold Hathaway, who was driving a horse and buggy, and he expressed a desire to visit Harold's mother before attending to the business that had brought him to the city. While driving up West Third street they were overtaken by the fire department. The sound of the gong frightened the horse and caused it to run away. Mr Smith rose in the buggy to assist Harold in the attempt to control the horse, and while crossing the track of the City Car Co. was thrown bodily from the conveyance and very seriously injured. He was taken to the St Vincent hospital where everything that could be done was done to minister to his comfort. At first there seemed to be good hope that he would recover but a clot of blood had formed, preventing the normal action of the heart and when hope was at its highest he suddenly collapsed. He was conscious up to the last and was kindly administered to by the sisters in the hospital, and when death was evidently approaching he called for a picture of the Savious of Men, owned by his beloved wife and pressing his lips to it again and again , declared his trust in the world's Redeemer. At this moment the sisters in attendance held the cross before his fading vision and he pressed his lips to it and died voicing the gratitude to those who had ministered so kindly to him and his undying love to his dear wife who had been in constant attendance upon him night and day during the week. The accident occurred on the morning of June 15th and he died on the 22nd of June at 3:00 p.m. He was a devoted husband, a kind, affection father, a loving brother, an honored citizen and a noble man. I never heard a more tender, kindly tribute from human lips than was paid to him by his devoted and bereaved companion. Peace to his memory.

The mourners who are with us today, beside his loving wife and son, are Mr and Mrs B F Green, Mr and Mrs H J Collins and daughter Gertrude, Mr and Mrs L Goodspeed, of Rockland, Wm H Smith and his wife of Genoa, Mr and Mrs A E Proctor of New Orleans LA, Mr and Mrs Charley Green of Chicago, E.L. Smith, wife and daughter Ester of Charter Grove, Mr and Mrs J E Hathaway their son Harold, and daughter Ruth of Sioux City Iowa, L B Smith, wife and son Harry of Elgin , Mrs Scudder of Chicago, and Mrs J A Patterson of Genoa, sisters of Mrs Smith ; Misses Laura and Lilyan Catellier and Mrs Garneau of Chicago.





Everett L Smith
1864-1943
Married
October 18 1890
Belle Townsley

Ester Smith




L B Smith
-1948
Married
 


Harry Smith
-1948






Also tracing these Creller family lines are :

Peter Gendron - Researching Hiram Creller , b 27 Jul 1836 ,machinist for the Polson and Co Iron Works Toronto Ont, who married Jane Ann Diamond b 24 May 1841 Cobourg Ont. As of Jan 2000, Peter does not seem to have internet capabilities but can be reached by snail mail at 536 4th Ave W, Owen Sound, Ont. N4K 4V4

Janet Caswell - Researching Lottie Creller born Feb 26 1900 Bedford Qc and believed to have been brought up by her maternal grandmother Rebina Rouse Caswell Satwell . Janet can be reached at jcaswell@netover.com



R. Soler -Researching Almira Creller who married Gilbert Sawyer. Mr Soler can be reached at exegis1@yahoo.com


Joyce Jorgenson - Researching Almira Creller who married Gilbert Sawyer , Joyce may be reached at JoyceJorgensen@msn.com





Karl Ashline Researching George E Creller Alburg Vt and his family descendants, Karl may be reached at Oldtools1@aol.com


Bonnie Wilson Researching Kenneth Creller originally of the Easterntownships , Bonnie can be reached at bryant.bonnie@sympatico.ca




Creller ----- Names associated with the area Missisquoi Bay , Alburg, Standstead, Bedford If you recognize any of them you may belong to one of the above mentioned families and we would certainly like to hear from you.



Adaline Alice Levise Alice Lovica Almira Anna Caroline E
Catherine Cathleen Charles George Charlotte David Edna Elizabeth
Edward Elizabeth Elvira Emery Benjamin Emily Ernest Eugene
Ethel Lilian Eugene Coleman Floyd Arley Franklin Truman George E Gerald Harbison
Hannah Hardly L Harte Maria Hellen J Hiram James Arthur
James Elwin Jane Elizabeth Jasper Jeremiah John Arthur John Calvin John Oscar
Joseph Jeremiah Josephine Orpha Karl W Leigh Forrester Lottie Loyd A
Lucinda Maria Lyman Leslie Mabel Catherine Maggie Margaret Louisa Margaret Maria
Marshall Gilbert Martha Mary Maria Nancy Neil Forester Orpha Deenorza
Orphia Victoria Peter Philip Rachel F Rose L Rufus
Rufus Horatio Seth Honsinger Thomas Ransom Walter James William William A
William H William S







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