Stanley Crighton
1917–1970 (Age 53)
Southland, New Zealand
The Life of Stanley
When Stanley Crighton was born in 1917, in Southland, New Zealand, his father, Reginald Alfred Doughie Crighton, was 32 and his mother, Jeanie Smith, was 32. He married Mary Eileen Underwood on 5 January 1951, in New Zealand. He died in 1970, in New Zealand, at the age of 53.
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Family Time Line
Stanley Crighton
1917–1970
Mary Eileen Underwood
1919–
Marriage: 5 January 1951
Spouse and Children
1917–1970Male
Mary Eileen Underwood
1919–Female
MARRIAGE
5 January 1951
New Zealand
5 January 1951
New Zealand
Parents and Siblings
1885–1957Male
1885–1946Female
siblings
(6)
1908–1998Female
1915–1957Male
1916–1993Male
1917–1970Male
Dorothy
–Female
+1 More Child
World Events (7)
1923 · New Zealand's Claim to Antartica
Age 6
The Ross Dependency is a New Zealand dependency located on the Antarctician Continent. It is the only settlement on the Antartica that is claimed by a sovereign nation. New Zealand still owns claim even after the Antarctic Treaty that was signed in 1959 by 11 other nations.
1939
Age 22
WWII. Troops from New Zealand see action in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific during World War II.
1943 · Eleanor Roosevelt Visits During War
Age 26
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt visited New Zealand during the calmer years of World War II in the Pacific. It was the first time that a first lady of the United States had visited the country alone without their husband.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: variant spelling of Creighton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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