When John Roy Creps was born on 11 January 1898, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Daniel Creps, was 32 and his mother, Emma B Friedly, was 29. He married Dorothy Andrea Allred on 17 July 1919, in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, El Paso, Texas, United States in 1920 and Houston, Harris, Texas, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 17 May 1965, in Superior, Pinal, Arizona, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Superior, Pinal, Arizona, United States.
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Americanized form of German Krebs or of its variant Kreps .
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