Anna Craig 1902

William Craig Father	Anna Craig	Lucinda DeRossett Mother
	Arvid Ferrell Spouse

Anna Craig
Name	Anna  Drucilla  Craig
Gender	Female
Family Search:	9NC3-SRT
Find-a-Grave:	182276754
Validated ?	Yes - Well Sourced
Birth and Death Information
Born	16 Aug 1902
	Hosepin, WV
	United States of America
Deceased	16 Aug 1964
	Middletown, OH
Family Relationships
Father	William Craig
Mother	Lucinda DeRossett
Spouse	Arvid Ferrell
Marriage Date	25 May 1924
Children	Elliott Ferrell Naomi Ferrell Craig Ferrell Marilyn Faye Ferrell William Ferrell Lawrence Ferrell Garry Ferrell Jerry Ferrell Eva Gay Ferrell
Siblings	Bethel Craig Charles Craig Raymond Craig
Service and Honorary (DAR/SAR)
Revolutionary
War of 1812
Civil War
Spanish American
Korea
Vietnam
Gulf War
Sources and References
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Birth Certificate
Death Certificate	Anna Ferrell 1964 Death Certificate
Marriage Certificate	Ferrell Craig Marriage Cert
Obituary	Anna Ferrell 1964 Obituary
Will/Estate
1950 Census	1950 Census
1940 Census	1940 Census
1930 Census	1930 Census
1920 Census	1920 Census
1910 Census	1910 Census
1900 Census
1890 Census
1880 Census
1870 Census
1860 Census
1850 Census
1840 Census
Children below:	\/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/

Velva Ferrell
Allen Ferrell
Guy Ferrell
Lloyd Ferrell
Mason Ferrell
Moses Ferrell
Charles Ferrell
William Ferrell

Grandma is very well documented, but I did reach out to my aunt Faye for some details here and there. She was born 19 May 1902 to William L. Craig and Lucinda "Lou" DeRossett in Mingo, County, WV, and died at 62 of complications of diabetes follow a partial leg amputation in the Middletown hospital, and is buried in the Upper Salt Lick Cemetery.

Family

Anna was the youngest daughter, and the third born child of William L. Craig and Lucinda "Lou" DeRossett. Born in August of 1902, in Sudith, Menifee County, KY, her mom died when she was only 11 years old, with her father remarrying Armedia "Meda" Smith/Trent the following year.

She was diabetic later in life, and had trouble with her feet and neuropathy, eventually losing a leg at the knee in 1963, and dying the next year. This illness led to her son Jerry staying home and caring for her until her death.

I found a copy of the permission slip that William Craig (a local retail shop owner) gave to the JP to allow them to get a marriage bond.. The marriage bond is in Sudith, KY, and lists Arvid as a farmer from Mingo, WV, and Anna as being from Menifee, KY, and shows her mother "Lou" as being deceased by now (24 May 1924 marriage), but is witnessed by her father Williams new wife "Meda" Craig. Lucinda "Lou" DeRossett, William's first wife had died at 32 years old 6 Jun 1913 according to her gravestone, she was present in the 1910 Census (May 2 1910) but died in June 1910. By 28 November 1911 William had remarried to Almediea "Meda" Smith/Trent.

Education

I have not found any information on Anna's education.

Occupation

I'm not aware of any employment Anna might have had.

Timeline

[[Image:|1350px|Anna's timeline]]
Anna's timeline

Previous Addresses

I see no evidence of Arvid and Anna's Family in Middletown before 1928 (I have not found a 1927 Directory). We know that Elliott was born in Menifee County, KY, in 1925, so this makes sense (and his birth certificate says they lived in Sudith, but no City Directory exists for Menifee). Interestingly we see they live in 3 different addresses on Fleming street (2 before Jerry is born), as well as Ellwood and Elmsere in Middletown. Anna moves to Elmsmere with Arvid by 1944 and stays there until her death in 1964. Jerry shows up as working at Reedy's by 1958 (19 years old, and Larry has been there sine 1953), but has moved to the Marsh Foodliner by 1960, the last year a City Directory is available online.

As you can see from the below, the family lived at three addresses on Fleming Road. That portion of Fleming no longer exists, having been consumed by the construction of Reinartz Boulevard, a major thoroughfare today, that runs along much of the same ground. These houses in the 1,900 block were near the Gardner paper box company where Arivd worked. The other addresses, on Ellwood and Elsmere, are a couple miles east of the plant. The 1900 Block started at about Grimes to Charles Street right at the plant (ED 9-63 in 1950, but 1930 EDs 9-35, 9-36, 9-37).

The 1930 Census entry for Arvid and Anna has been elusive, it appears the odd 1900 block houses (north side) should be in district 36, but I can't seem to find them or their neighbors (and neither did Family Search).

701 Elsmere St
Middletown, OH 45042
~1944-1964
One of Anna and Arvid's homes. The Middletown City Directory for '43 is missing, but by 1944 it puts them at Elsmere, where they stay until Anna's death in 1964.

Farm... address in doubt

Camden/Gratis, OH 45042
~1941-1943
One of Anna and Arvid's homes, Fay says that about the time of the war (World War II, so 1939-1941, she wasn't sure exactly, but Middletown City Directory says they were here in 1942) the family moved to a farm outside of Middletown in Gratis for about 2.5 years. She says it was about 7 acres of farmland, but wasn't enough to make s living off so Arvid still worked "in town". She also said that Elliott had just graduated, so that would make it about 1941 or '42. The 1940 Middletown City Directory puts them at Fleming, but by '42 they're here.

1914 Fleming Road
Middletown, Oh, 45044
1935-1940
The City Directory shows them in 1914 Fleming in 1935, the third house on this street, and they are still here in the 1940 directory. Then they're in Camden/Gratis on the farm by 1942, but back in town on Elsmere by 1944.

808 Elwood Road
Middletown, Oh, 45044
1933-1935
The City Directory shows them in 808 Elwood in 1933 and are still here in the '35 directory.

1919 Fleming Road
Middletown, Oh, 45044
1930-1933
The City Directory shows them in 1914 Fleming in 1930. In 1935 they're on Ellwood, but I don't have the '31 or '32 directories.

1920 Fleming Road
Middletown, Oh, 45044
1928-1930
Anna and Arvid's original homestead in Middletown. They moved here shortly after Elliott was born and lived in the neighborhood for a few years before moving to Camden/Gratis. From talking to Fay, she says there were only 2 bedrooms and 7 kids. It was a "shotgun" style house, with living room then the dining room right in front of the front door, with bedrooms off to the right, and the kitchen was built into what had been a back porch. The 1940 Middletown City Directory puts them at Fleming, 1941 is unavailable.

Pictures

• Pictures of Anna Craig 1902
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  Anna craig and family

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  Family Register

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  Family Register

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  Arvid and Anna Craig family

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Documents and Sources

For Documents and sources for Anna (my grandmother), I have her marriage bond and death certificates which show her name and birth date, her obituary, and the many of his Censuses, though she is missing inexplicably in 1930. But, in 1910 she shows up in her parents (William and Lou DeRossett's) house, I have my grandmother's notes on their children's birth and death dates, as well as my aunt (Marilyn) Faye's first hand knowledge (as well as some recorded interviews), and I knew all of my aunts and uncles reasonably well, so although I don't have his birth certificate this one is very solid. I will loop back later and flesh out Arvid's kids (my aunts and uncles), but since I have first and second hand knowledge of them, that's less important to me to capture right now.

1950 Census Record Page 1 Link to Original	1950 Census Record page 2
1940 Census Record Link to Original	1930 Census the family was missed somehow, in fact I did not find any 1900 block Fleming Addresses
1920 Census Record Link to Original	1910 Census Record Link to Orginal
1964 Anna Craig Middletown Obit Link to Original	1963 Anna Craig Newspaper Hospital Report Link to Original
1964 Anna Craig Newspaper Hospital Report	1964 Anna Craig OH Death Certificate Link to Index
Arvid Ferrell & Anna Craig Marriage Bond	William Craig's permission for Anna to marry Arvid
Anna's Family Birth/Death Records	Gravestone Arvid and Anna
1960 Middletown City Directory Arvid Jerry Ferrell 701 Elsmere	1959 Middletown City Directory Anna Ferrell 701 Elsmere
1958 Middletown City Directory Anna Ferrell 701 Elsmere	1957 Middletown City Directory Anna Ferrell 701 Elsmere
1956 Middletown City Directory Anna Ferrell 701 Elsmere	1956 Middletown City Directory Anna Ferrell 701 Elsmere
1953 Middletown City Directory Anna Ferrell 701 Elsmere	1951 Middletown City Directory Anna Ferrell 701 Elsmere
1949 Middletown City Directory Arvid Ferrell 701 Elsmere	1947 Middletown City Directory Arvid Ferrell 701 Elsmere
1945 Middletown City Directory Arvid Ferrell 701 Elsmere	1944 Middletown City Directory Arvid Ferrell 701 Elsmere
1942 Middletown City Directory Arvid Ferrell Camden Farm	1940 Middletown City Directory Arvid Ferrell 1914 Fleming
1939 Middletown City Directory Arvid Ferrell 1914 Fleming	1937 Middletown City Directory Arvid Ferrell 1914 Fleming
1935 Middletown City Directory Arvid Ferrell 808 Ellwood	1933 Middletown City Directory Arvid Ferrell 808 Ellwood
1930 Middletown City Directory Arvid Ferrell 1919 Fleming	1928 Middletown City Directory Arvid Ferrell 1920 Fleming