Martin Luther Creger

Brief Life History of Martin Luther

When Martin Luther Creger was born on 11 May 1874, in Blacklick, Wythe, Virginia, United States, his father, Amandus Ambrose Criger, was 48 and his mother, Elizabeth Staley, was 38. He married Bessie Winters Welsh in November 1916. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Pulaski, Pulaski, Virginia, United States in 1910 and Representative District 6, New Castle, Delaware, United States in 1920. He died on 15 June 1939, in Goodson, Washington, Virginia, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Shelby Hills Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Martin Luther Creger
1874–1939
Bessie Winters Welsh
1891–1951
Marriage: November 1916
Joseph Martin Creger
1917–1990

Sources (16)

  • Luther Creger, "United States, Census, 1910"
  • Martin L Creger, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Martin L. Creger, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"

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World Events (8)

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1886 · Name change

Name changed from Pulaski Station to Pulaski City in 1886.

1893 · First U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain

The first time that the rank of Ambassador was used was in 1893. When on March 30, 1893, Thomas F. Bayard was appointed Ambassador to Great Britain.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Krieger or of its Dutch cognate Krijger.

Perhaps also an Americanized form of German Krüger (see Krueger ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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