Newton Crandell

Brief Life History of Newton

When Newton Crandell was born on 12 July 1863, in Fort Erie, Bertie, Welland, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Richard Crandell, was 26 and his mother, Harriet Truax, was 22. He married Margaret Annetta Shellington on 9 October 1886, in Norwich, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Brantford, Ontario, Canada in 1881 and Brant Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He died on 12 December 1929, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Newton Crandell
1863–1929
Margaret Annetta Shellington
1865–1922
Marriage: 9 October 1886
Margaret May Crandell
1887–1977
Charles Frederick Crandell
1888–1967
Earl Wallace Crandell
1889–1969
Ethel Grace Crandell
1891–1924
Edgar Newton Crandell
1891–1944
Arthur Reginald Major Crandell
1892–1979
Clarence Rey Crandell
1894–1977
William James Crandell
1895–1970
Ida Rossetta Crandell
1897–1953
Annettie Irene Crandell
1898–1983
Ruby Pearl Naomi Crandell
1899–1985
Helen Marie Crandell
1901–1980
Belle Loraine Crandell
1902–1989
Albert Edward Crandell
1905–1949
Marjorie Viola Crandell
1910–2000

Sources (39)

  • Newton Crandle in household of William Crandle, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Newton Crandell - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Newton Crandell
  • Newton Crandall, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1868 · The Railroad Refrigerator Car

During the mid-19th century, attempts were made to ship perishable products by rail. The Western Railroad of Massachusetts was the first to experiment with the concept, but it was only functional in cold weather. In 1868, William Davis, of Detroit, patented a refrigerator car that used a frozen mixture of ice and salt to keep everything cold for shipment. It could be used in all weather and in all seasons. He sold the design to George H. Hammond, a Detroit meat packer, who built a set of cars to transport his products to Boston using ice from the Great Lakes for cooling.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Irish: variant of Crandall , now found chiefly in Kent.

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

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