Anna Craig 1902

William Craig Father	Anna Craig	Lucinda DeRossett Mother
	Arvid Ferrell Spouse

Anna Craig
Name	Anna  Drucilla  Craig
Gender	Female
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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 Fay 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
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Velva Ferrell
Allen Ferrell
Guy Ferrell
Lloyd Ferrell
Mason Ferrell
Moses Ferrell
Charles Ferrell
William Ferrell

Grandpa is reasonably well documented. I did reach out to my aunt Faye for some details here and there.

But, she was born 20 May 1969, to Arvid Ferrell and Anna Craig in Middletown, OH.

Family

Arvid was the second oldest of Moses' 9 kids, and the oldest son. I was not able to locate a birth record for Arvid, so there is some uncertainty about where he was born. He indicated on his marriage license simply "Mingo, WV", the county, but (presumably) Anna puts "Gilbert, VW" on his death certificate, whereas on the death certificate for his baby William in 1935 he lists his birth as "Williamston, WV" on the Tug River - and on baby Garry's death certificate they put "Williams". I assume both of these should've read "Williamson", and since Gilbert and Williamson are nearly an hour apart I believe Williamson is likely correct, and the one Arvid placed on his children's death certificates, but Gilbert was the closest "big" town, and so he likely used this as a shorthand when talking with people (like Anna) who were not from West Virginia, so this is what she entered on Arvid's death certificate (and this is what she placed on the Family Birth/Death Register for Arvid, so I'm confident this is what she believed to be accurate). In fact, I see Jerry's and Larry's birth certificates also say "Williamson", while most of the other simply say "Mingo" or "Logan".

Arvid's parents, Moses and Clarissa have index-only birth records in Logan, WV in 1874/5 (25 years old is late for marriages of the time!), and in 1901 (30! Years old!) when the start having kids they're still in Mingo, WV, but by 1912 when Charlie is born have moved to Menifee, KY (as evidenced by the 1920 and 1930 Census records showing is birth in KY). 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 Sudth, 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

[[Image:|350px|left|Berea College 1963 FOUNDATION HS ID]]I'm not sure how m

Occupation

[[Image:|150px|left]]Mom and dad both worked at Kroger.

Other

[[Image:|left|200px|Bert at NCR?]]Not a lot of extra notes here, her life was short and happe.

Timeline

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

		1930 Census was missed