52 Ancestors #47: Frederick Douglas Creighton (1907-1976)

No Story Too Small has issued a New Year's Challenge: "Have one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on one ancestor.” 

This week's post is about my maternal grandfather Frederick Douglas Creighton who was born 29 May 1907 in  Halifax, Nova Scotia and died 19 October 1976 (in  Halifax).

1907

Frederick Douglas Creighton's baptismal certificate

Frederick Douglas Creighton (1907-1976) was the son of Charles Creighton (1884-1911) and Effie Tomlin (1886-1947). His father was a stevedore (a person employed, or a contractor engaged, at a dock to load and unload cargo from ships.) Effie was the daughter of a coal dealer in Halifax.

1911

Frederick's father Charles died on the 28th of December 1911 (from mitral regurgitation after twelve days in the hospital) when Fred was only four years old. At the time, the family was living at 18 Cornwallis St., Halifax.

1916

William and Effie (Tomlin) Melhuish
(circa 1940)

Frederick's mother (Effie) later remarried (the 31st of October 1916 at St.George's Anglican church) William Melhuish and they had three children together: Arthur, Edith and Gladys.

The Family Tree: Tomlin/Creighton/Melhuish

1929

 

When Frederick Doughlas Creighton was 22 years old, he married Dorothy Claire Moreland on the 15th of October at Trinity Church in Halifax Nova Scotia.(Trinity Church no longer exists. It was torn down about 5 years ago. It’s now a parking lot.)

Frederick's signature

1930-1940

 

Between 1930 and 1940 Frederick and Dorothy were raising their family of three boys and three girls in various locations in Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

In the early years, the family lived in Tuft's Cove and the voter's list for that period showed that Frederick was initially employed as a butcher and later as  an iron worker. Tufts Cove looked very different in the 1930s than it does today (it is now an energy Generating Station).

 

1935

 

1935 Voters List

 

 1940

1940 Voters List

 

Undated photograph of Frederick with daughters

 

Undated photograph of
Frederick and Dorothy (Moreland) Creighton (and Dawn)

 

Undated photograph of
Frederick and Dorothy (Moreland) Creighton

 

Undated photograph of  Creighton children

 

 

1945-1956

 

Between 1945 and 1956 the family of Frederick and Dorothy moved and lived at 23 Chester Avenue. Frederick was employed as an iron worker.

 

1945 — Age: 38 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

1945 Voters List

 

1949 — Age: 42 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

1949 Voters List

1953 — Age: 46 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada



1953 Voters List

 

1956

 

By 1956, Frederick's wife Dorothy (Moreland) Creighton 

left Halifax with their youngest daughter.

 

1956: Frederick with daughter (my mother) Dawn Maureen Creighton

 

1956: Frederick with son-in-law (my father) Ernest J. Moynahan

 

1962-1976

 

Frederick went though periods of unemployment and finding work in the shipyards and as a crane operator. Also at this time, Frederick underwent heart surgery and had a pacemaker implanted.

Frederick Creighton at his home in Halifax in the 1960s

 

1962 — Age: 55 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

1962 Voters List

1963 — Age: 56 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

1963 Voters List

1965 — Age: 58 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

1965 Voters List

1972 — Age: 65 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 

1972 Voters List

 

 

1976

 

Frederick Douglas Creighton dies on the 19th of October 1976

 

 

 

 

Halifax Homes

 

 

Created in loving memory of my mother Dawn Maureen (Creighton) Moynahan