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by Stephen Creaghe
Percy Fitzroy Seton Creaghe
August 9th, 1875 - July 27th, 1947
Our
family owes a debt of gratitude to Percy Creaghe in that he collected,
collated, and commented on family papers and letters he compiled in the 1930’s. Michael Barnett obtained copies of the papers
during a visit with Lady...
Posted at 11:17h
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St George Creaghe , center bottom row.
I
had always heard stories of my great-grandfather, St. George Creaghee (1852-1924), being sheriff of Apache
County, Arizona Territory. However, it
was never clear just what that meant.
The only frames of reference were Western Movies, TV shows (there were
plenty in the...
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John William Wentworth Creaghe (1853-1931)
Julia Rae Creaghe (1861-1955)
Captain John W.W. Creaghe
We know relatively little from direct sources about John W. W. Creaghe and even less about Julia Rae, his wife of forty-two years. However, the data we do have, plus interferences and extrapolations from indirect...
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Richard Creaghe, DL (?-July 7th, 1837)
Matilda Parsons Creaghe (1769-August 10th, 1835)
Their Life and Times
Richard Creaghe, DL
Richard Creaghe, known variously as Richard Creaghe of Castle Park or Richard Creaghe, DL, is important in that he reestablished our family in Ireland, led an interesting life in dynamic...
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On various occasions references have appeared in the press regarding the exploration of country in the Northern Territory (then part of South Australia) in 1883 by Ernest Favenc and his partner Harry A. Creaghe, accompanied by Mrs. Creaghe and Lindsay Crawford....
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The transcription that follows is from a handwritten autobiography of James Garfield Corning (married to my grandmother Ethel Katherine (Creaghe) Corning. It is written in black ink on 5 pages of stationery paper, and kept together with a straight pin. I don’t know why, but...
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On February 22, 1856, Gerald was born the seventh child of nine and sixth of seven sons to Richard F.H. Creaghe and Anna Maria Archer-Butler in Ireland. Little is known of his childhood. The earliest written evidence was found by Michael Barnett when he noted...
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Bill joined the Marine Corps days after Pearl Harbor, December 8, 1941. He received his recruit training at U.S.M.C. Recruit Training Depot, San Diego. Upon completion, he spent a short time at Camp Elliott, San Diego; and we were married before his departure for the...