Creighton Trivia: Which Ancestor Played The Trumpet ?

My cousins are organizing another Creighton (Crichton) - Moreland - Melhuish family reunion for 2022 to be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 

I am trying to think of ways that I could contribute and I recently stumbled across the Family Search "In-Home" Activities aimed to connect younger ones with their family history and ancestors using a "Trivia Game".

This is one of the prototypes I have developed for my 2nd great-grandfather Charles Douglas Crichton who was born on the 2nd of October 1846 at South Sea Castle, Southampton, England and who died the 4th of August 1910 Halifax, Nova Scotia following a work related accident in the shipyards.

Four Moreland Children - Three Continents

I often refer to the four Moreland children (Jemima, Catherine, John and Mary Jane) as "orphans" but that is not entirely true.

The children's mother, (my 2nd great grandmother) Agnes Bell (Hind) Moreland died at thirty-three years-of-age in 1888 in Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland. The children's father Charles Moreland was a steam ship fireman sailing between England and Australia and away at the time of his wife's death. Agnes' aunt Mary (Bell) Weir (1825-1893) was the informant on their mother's death registration and took charge of the children in the father's absence.

Springburn, Glasgow as seen from Breeze Tower (Source: Lost Glasgow FaceBook)

Grandaunt Mary (Bell) Weir (1825-1893) would also ultimately decide the fates of the four children Jemima (11 years), Catherine "Kate" (9 years), John (7 years) and Mary Jane (5 years) and by 1914, these children would be located on three continents: North America (Canada), Europe (Scotland) and Australia.

What follows is their story of separation, reunion and many unknowns.

Things I Learned About My Nova Scotia Roots (in Ohio)

In 2016, I visited my maternal aunt in Ohio. I had not been there in forty years! My mother Dawn (Creighton) Moynahan had passed away thirty-five years ago and then I moved even farther away to Sudbury!

It had been a very long, long time and drove there with my other maternal aunt (my aunt Deb) and when we arrived, my aunt Barb shared her home, her hospitality, some wonderful photos and cherished stories with me. I am so grateful. It was a trip that I will never forget.

Below, I will try to summarize, in twenty-five words or less, a few of the things that I learned.

"Tufts Cove" Should Be Spelled "Toughs Cove"

Between 1929 and 1941, my mother and her Creighton siblings
were born in Tuft's Cove, Nova Scotia.
Tufts Cove, Nova Scotia as it appears today (Source: Google Maps)

The Visitors From Australia - NOT Our Moreland Kin

In 2015, while visiting my aunt Barbara in Ohio, I was shown the picture below that was taken in Tuft's Cove, Nova Scotia presumably in the summer of 1941 and is known as "Visitors from Australia" . This blog post describes my attempts to confirm the identity of the three Australian visitors.

UPDATE: In less than twenty-four hours of posting the photo, an Australian descendant of  Susan (Marrinan/Willis) Moreland (her grand-daughter) wrote that:

"Thanks for the photo.   I don't think this is my family in the photo...  In 1941 the war was on and my mother was living with my Nanna Susan Moreland (her mother-in-law).  She ... definitely didn't go overseas then or to my knowledge ever. Ena Mary Moreland (that's what written on her death certificate) did die on 26th August 2010.  She was 17 in 1941.   She was the daughter of Charles Moreland and Susan Moreland.   Ena was deaf and had no children.  She never went overseas, that I know for sure..."

Rather than delete this blog post about our Australian Moreland ancestors, I have decided to leave it here to honour Charles, Susan and Ena Mary Moreland (who died August 26th )and hopefully one day, I will find photographs to add to our tree.

Picture known as "Visitors from Australia" taken at Tufts's Cove, Nova Scotia
In the private collection of Barbara (Creighton) Huston
Picture taken summer 1941 with Dorothy (Moreland) Creighton and her children: Kenny was 1 (born Aug 1940), Barbara 7, Claire 11 and three visitors from Australia

Charles D. Crichton/Creighton (1846-1910)

The Crichton/Creighton branches of my family tree include centuries of military service in England and in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I was surprised to learn that my 2nd great-grandfather Charles Douglas Crichton (1846-1910) was only 14 years old when he enlisted in the Royal Artillery (1859) in Portsmouth, England!

My Haligonian cousin has been researching the Crichton/Creighton branches for many decades and here is what I have learned about Charles Douglas Crichton (1846-1910) from my cousin. 

The Creighton/Crichton family tree

1846 

Charles is Born in Portsmouth, England

My 2nd great-grandfather Charles Douglas Crichton's (1846-1910) story begins in England and ends in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Source:
England & Wales, Birth Index, 1837-2005
MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc.
https://records.myheritagelibraryedition.com/research/collection-10442/england-wales-birth-index-1837-2005

Charles was born in Portsmouth Hampshire (aka Portsea Island), England in December of 1846. He was the son of Robert Crichton (1805-1849) and Jane Storey Dewar (1814-1871) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth)

"Portsmouth is a port city and naval base on England’s south coast, mostly spread across Portsea Island. It’s known for its maritime heritage and Portsmouth Historic Dockyard." (Source: Wikipedia)

Source: Google map: Portsmouth, England

 1831
Robert Crichton Marries Jane Storey Dewer

Charles' parents (my 3rd great-grandparents) Robert Crichton (born 1805, Bothwell Castle, Scotland; died 1849 South Sea Castle, Southampton, England) and Jane Story Dewer (b. 1814, England; died 1871) were married on the 15th of August, 1831 at St. Luke's church in the parish of Charlton, County of Kent, England.

 

Sources: Marriages: St. Luke's Church; parish of Charlton; County of Kent, England.

1849
Robert Crichton Dies of Cholera

Charles' Scottish father (my 3rd great-grandfather) Robert Crichton died of cholera in 1849 at South Sea Castle while he was a Warder. His son Charles was only 3 years-old. 

Of note, Robert Crichton's Attestation papers say he was in the Royal Artillery from 1823 – 1846. He was medically discharged because of Chronic Rheumatism.

Source:
England & Wales, Death Index, 1837-2005
MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc.
https://records.myheritagelibraryedition.com/research/collection-10444/england-wales-death-index-1837-2005

The Portsmouth History Centre assisted my cousin who was trying to locate our 3rd great-grandfather

Robert Crichton’s (1805-1849) final resting place. They wrote:

"I have found the burial place of Robert Crichton, unfortunately it was in Mile End Cemetery, which no longer exists.  This was a private cemetery with an imposing colonnade, which, because it had been in private ownership, became neglected by the 1950s.  Many of the remains were moved to Kingston cemetery, the largest in Portsmouth, and the ground was laid out as a rest garden. The area was  developed in the 1970s, and was incorporated into the Continental Ferry Port in 1978.  He is listed as being buried on August 31st 1849, the date of death looks like 30th rather than 13th and his age given as 44 years." Source: The Portsmouth History Centre: Ref : PHC14/581

1851

Jane (Dewer) Crichton remarries

Our 3rd great-grandmother, Jane (Dewar) Crichton remarried in 1851 (two years following the death of her husband Robert Crichton) to William Craig. William Craig was also in the Royal Artillery. Perhaps young Charles was a handful and that's why his mother and step-father decided to send him to Artillery School at the young age of fourteen years?

 1859 

 Charles Enlists in the Royal Artillery

 at Fourteen Years-Old 

Attestation Papers: Source: The National Archives London, England

Description on enlistment:
On Page 1 of his Attestation Papers (above), Charles Douglas is unable to write

Age apparently: 14 years
Height 4 feet 6 1/4 inches
Description on discharge:
On Page 2 of his Attestation Papers (below), we see that not only has Charles Douglas married (January 11, 1877 at St. Mary's Basilica, Halifax, Nova Scotia ), but he has also grown one full foot in the twenty-two years since he first enlisted in 1859: 
Age: 36 years 6 months
Height: 5 feet 6 3/4 inches

Attestation Papers: Source: The National Archives London, England

1861 Census 

In the 1861 census below (age 15), he was listed as a Trumpeter for the Royal Artillery.
 

Source: Public Record Office, London, England; RG 9/405

Standing Orders, Dress Regulations, and Trumpet and Bugle Sounds,
for the Royal Regiment of Artillery
1864 Google Books

Marriage 1877

On Page 2 of his Attestation Papers (above), we learned that Charles Douglas Crichton married Catherine Power

on January 11, 1877 at St. Mary's Basilica, Halifax, Nova Scotia. From this union, the following children were born (Source: Year: 1891; Census Place: Ward 5a, Halifax City, Nova Scotia; Roll: T-6314; Family No: 237 ):

1. Frederick David - born 24 May 1879, Nova Scotia
2. Albert Ernest - born 1882, Malta
3. Charles Robert - born 1884, England; died 1911
4. Mary - born April 1888, Nova Scotia; died 5 Jul, 1923(married  Ernest Leo Schroeder)

The St. Mary's Rectory on the right (below) is where Catherine Power lived with her children (Frederick David, Albert Ernest, Charles Robert and Mary) in the 1891 census.

St. Mary's Basilica. Our 2nd great-grandparents Charles Douglas Crichton and Catherine Power were married 11 Jan 1877

 1896

In the McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory for 1896, Halifax, Halifax County, there is a listing for a Charles D. and a Frederick living at 18 Cunard, Halifax, Nova Scotia and Charles is working at the Sugar Refinery in Halifax (the ten storey concrete and brick building was completely destroyed in the Halifax Explosion 1917)

Source: Library and Archives Canada: McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory for 1896, Halifax, Halifax County; Page 277

1899-1902

Catherine (Power) Crichton Dies and Charles Remarries

Charles' wife Catherine (Power) Crichton died on the 30th of May, 1899 at forty-three years-of-age (Source: Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics; 1899 Page: 221 - Number: 1)and Charles Douglas Crichton remarried widow Emma Johnston (1880-1945) in Halifax, Nova Scotia on the 13th of October, 1902. (Source: Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics; Registration Year: 1902 - Book: 1820 - Page: 29 - Number: 430)

Catherine (Power) Crichton is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, but not with her husband Charles Douglas Crichton. Catherine is buried in the Power family lot (her brothers lot.)

From the union of Charles Douglas Crichton and Emma Johnston, the following children were born:

1. Robert Ernest Crichton (31 Jul 1903-8 Jan 1947) 
2. Edward Douglas Creighton (16 Oct 1904 - ??) 

The descendants of Robert Ernest Crichton have added information to our GENI Family tree including this interesting photograph of Robert Ernest Creighton.

Undated photograph that includes Robert Ernest Crichton
Robert Ernest Creighton is the second from the left. The photo was the property of his son, Verdon Ernest Creighton who wrote above that character "My Father". Source: Robert William Creighton, Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Creighton brothers (Source: Barb (Creighton) Huston photo archives)

1910  
Charles D. Crichton Dies 

Charles Crichton died on the 4th of August 1910 at sixty-three years of age after being ill for one month with cardiac issues.

Death Certificate: Charles Douglas Crichton; 4 Aug 1910; Halifax, Nova Scotia

He was living at 130 Maitland St. Halifax at time of death. Occupation at time of death listed as laborer at sugar refinery. He is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery (common burial ground)

Is It "Crichton" or "Creighton"?

"The family name of Charles Douglas Crichton changed to Creighton after 1911.Charles Douglas registered and signed his marriage record as CRICHTON. Charles Robert married Effie Alberta Tomlin, d/o Samuel Tomlin and Emily Nickerson, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He also registered and signed his marriage record as CRICHTON. Charles Robert baptized his 2 boys, Frederick Douglas and William Frances at St. George's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia and registered them as CRICHTON. When Charles Robert died in a Dockyard accident 28 December 1911, Effie registered his death as Charles Robert CREIGHTON and registered their two boys at school after the death as CREIGHTON. Hence the family name changed from Crichton to Creighton."

Source: http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/c/r/e/Bruce-Creighton-Dartmouth/index.html

Links

• Portsmouth History Centre and records office https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/ext/libraries/portsmouth-history-centre-and-records-office 
• Royal Artillery https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Royal_Artillery
• Standing Orders, Dress Regulations, and Trumpet and Bugle Sounds, for the Royal Regiment of Artillery 1864 Google Books. 
• The SeaWatch Bed & Breakfast in Halifax, Nova Scotia is owned and operated by a descendant of this Creighton family.

The Tomlins and Nickersons of Nova Scotia

As a family historian and genealogist, I know that there is only so far I can go in recreating the lives of our ancestors from paper records. The very best information about the lives of our ancestors is often found in the stories and conversations with their descendants and extended family.

In 2009, Carolyn Tomlin, (the grand daughter of Frank C. Tomlin (1882-1918) shared a lot of information about our Tomlin-Nickerson Nova Scotian roots and I have her permission to share it here.

Francis Clifford Tomlin's Headstone (1882-1918) 

Francis C. Tomlin's Headstone at Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, N.S.
(Source: Photo taken by Carolyn Tomlin)

The Tomlin story starts with this photo of a headstone that held clues to an otherwise unknown fact about Francis C. Tomlin (a tinsmith who worked at the Hillis Foundry, Halifax) and the Halifax Explosion of 1917. 

Carolyn explains:,

"This (head)stone is at Fairview Cemetery, Halifax. Francis C. Tomlin searched day and night through the ruins of north end Halifax and the next day's blizzard looking for bodies after the Halifax Explosion. He lost his daughter, mother-in-law, 4 sisters-in-law and their families; 3 brothers-in-law; all those who worked with him at Hillis Foundry where he was a tinsmith. He caught pneumonia, typhoid and then died of meningitis on March 21, 1918. The Halifax Relief commission refused to give his widow, Maggie, a survivor's pension and she was angry when she put the stone up - she made a point of carving in stone that he was a victim, putting the date of the explosion before the date of death."

 A scene following the Halifax Explosion. The Hillis & Sons Foundry is the building on the left
Creator: Unknown; Date: December 6, 1917
Reference No. MIKAN 3193301, 3624172 Library and Archives Canada, C-003624B

N.S. Archives Photo: Looking north toward Pier 8 from Hillis foundry after great explosion, Halifax, Dec. 6, 1917  Date: 1917    Reference no.: W.G. MacLaughlan Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1988-34 no. 14

Detail of Francis C. Tomlin's Headstone at Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, N.S.
Read "Injured By The Explosion Dec 6, 1917; Died Mar 21, 1918"
(Source: Billion Graves)

 Francis Clifford Tomlin (1882-1918) is Effie (Tomlin) Creighton's Brother
Our 2nd Great-Uncle

The tree above demonstrates how we are descended from Francis C. Tomlin

Carolyn said that when she was growing up "... in Halifax; our back yard shared a fence with my Dad's cousin Gladys (Melhuish) Garrison, whom ......was Effie Tomlin's daughter." See the picture below with Effie on the far right and Clyde Garrison (second from the left) who married Gladys Melhuish.
 

Photo from Barbara Huston Collection:
(L to R): Emily Creighton, Clyde Garrison, (my grandmother) Dorothy (Moreland) Creighton
and Effie (Tomlin) Creighton-Melhuish (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Photo from Doreen Evan Collection:
(L to R): Emily (Creighton) Rudge, Gladys (Melhuish) Garrison,
and Edith (Melhuish) Laidlaw

 A Missing Tomlin? Twin Albert Clarence Tomlin

According to Carolyn, a Tomlin is missing from our family tree: "Effie's third brother Albert, who left N.S. for Massachusetts. American census info indicates he lived in a boarding house, unmarried, and somewhere else I heard he worked in factory." 

When I looked, I found Albert at Family Search and he was a twin!

• Twin boy: Albert Clarence Tomlin was born 12 Feb 1877 (Source:
  "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLG4-MLB : 27 November 2014), Albert C. Tomlin, 12 Feb 1877; citing Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 12 Feb 1877, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,318,438.)
• Twin girl: Frances C Tomlin was born 12 Feb 1877 (Source: "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLG4-MLR : 27 November 2014), Frances C. Tomlin, 12 Feb 1877; citing Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 12 Feb 1877, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,318,438.)

I have been unable to locate the twin sister. She does not appear with him in the 1891 census so we can only assume that she died (a death record has not been located)

I did locate Albert. In the 1896 McAlpines Halifax Directory he is working as a cotton weaver and in Halifax at King's Place with his father Samuel.

 
 By 1918, Albert is living in Massachusetts and enlisting in the Army for World War I.

Massachusetts, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918) Film MASSACHUSETTS North Easton City, no. 41, T - Z Fairhaven City, no. 42, A - R

Source: "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBRT-HCM?mode=g&i=135&cc=1968530 : 14 May 2014), Massachusetts > image 136 of 652; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

The Tomlin House

Carolyn wrote that "The whole family of Samuel & Emily appear in the 1881 Canadian census, under the name Twomlin on King St. Halifax. The house still exists, except it has been moved round the corner to Robie St. This happened when I was a teenager; my Dad pointed it out to me as his grandfather's house."

I checked the two following Wikipedia websites and could not see a house that fit this description.

• List of historic places in Halifax, Nova Scotia
• List of oldest buildings and structures in Halifax, Nova Scotia

I sent an email to Heritage Nova Scotia asking for assistance in locating this house (if it still stands) and I was redirected to the Nova Scotia Archives who responded:

"There was only one house part of James Dempster’s North End Planning Mill on the 1879 Hopkins City Atlas of Halifax, Plate No S. See Maps on our web site and you can look at the atlas.  The Goad Fire Insurance Plans of 1895, 1899, 1911 have a small two storey building or residence on the south side of the street.  By 1914, the house has a one storey addition at the rear. The street appears on the 1878 City Atlas but we did not find it laid out on the 1889, 1895, 1899 Goad Atlas. The 1911 atlas show the street but it is unnamed. The 1911 Atlas calls it Garrack Street.

We perused the Halifax City Directories on-line and found Samuel Tomlin listed as a labourer at 84 Grafton Street. By 1880, he is listed as a coal hawker and later as a coal carrier. The first year he resided on King’s Place is 1888 and his home was on the east side of the street. The only street in the area where that fits this description is Love’s Lane later known as Kings Lane and today is June Street. This street runs from Cunard to West and was originally a cow path.

Please forget the previous. We checked a 1901 Halifax City Directory and found Samuel Tomlin living on King Street which ran between North Street and St. Alban’s Street west of Robie Street. This is where Francis “Frank” G. Tomlin and his daughter Veronica Tomlin lived when they were killed as a result of the 1917 Halifax Explosion."

The Nickersons

The last of the oral history shared by Carolyn Tomlin is about the Nickersons:

" ....But Emily Tomlin was Emily Nickerson, daughter of James Nickerson & Esther Purdy.

Plug those names into the search engine on Ancestry, and it'll take you back to the 1500's in England.

The 1871 Census of Canada shows Emily - but Esther is dead by then and a stepmother is there; and in our home town of Clark's Harbour on Cape Sable Island there is the Archelaus Smith Museum, which has hand-written records of the local families, and one Emily Nickerson married to a Samuel Thomlin of Halifax. Voila! I have a picture of it which I can't lay my hands on, but I will find it.

The Nickersons came from Cape Cod after the expulsion of the Acadians to take over the Atlantic fishery."

Carolyn Tomlin concludes her message by saying, " I kept my Tomlin name when I married because I am literally the last of the Tomlins."

Halifax Explosion Postcards

I am grateful to another distant cousin (Doreen Evans) who is filling in more of the Nova Scotia gaps with wonderful photographs.

I have added four postcards below depicting the Halifax Explosion so that you can have a better idea about the conditions that poor Francis Tomlin searched for his lost family members. They are scanned from the photograph archive held by Doreen Evans (granddaughter of Effie Tomlin)

Daughter Veronica Tomlin died in Explosion

As you recall from the beginning of this post, "Francis C. Tomlin searched day and night through the ruins of north end Halifax and the next day's blizzard looking for bodies after the Halifax Explosion. He lost his daughter," and many, many other family members and co-workers.

You can view the death certificate and other information about his daughter Veronica Tomlin who died in the Halifax Explosion Dec. 6 , 1917 here: https://novascotia.ca/archives/remembrance/list.asp?ID=1731 Veronica is buried st Mount Olivet Cemetery, Halifax, NS.

You will read from the photograph of her death certificate that she died from "shock due to injuries in explosion" which was the standard cause of death in most of these death records at the time of the explosion.

More Halifax Explosion Links

• LAC 1917 Halifax Explosion images (25) now on Flickr (since December 06, 2012 
• Ashpan Annie, an infant survivor of the Halifax Explosion on 6 December 1917.

Another Explosion?

Doreen Evans also sent photographs of smoke clouds that appear to be coming from the opposite shore in Halifax and at first I thought they were related to the Halifax Explosion but then I looked more closely at the clothing in the photo below.

Above: Young folks walking with smoke visible in the background

You can see the young women above are wearing short dresses (below the knee) which would make it a different time period than the 1917 explosion. When I researched further, I came across a reference to the Halifax Explosion II. This referred to an explosion of munitions at the Magazine near Dartmouth, (The Bedford Magazine explosion) (July 18-19, 1945)

See The Other Halifax Explosion, Bedford Magazine, July 18-20, 1945". H. Millard Wright. Retrieved 2013-03-14. http://www.mysteriousnovascotia.com/theotherhalifaxexplosion.htm

Another view of the smoke

Above: Young Men in foreground looking at the smoke

 Cloud of smoke over the rooftops

I cant be entirely sure, but I believe these photographs may have been taken of the explosion of munitions at the Magazine near Dartmouth. If you have any thoughts, please add them to the comment section below.

Many thanks to distant cousins Carolyn Tomlin and Doreen Evans for helping to fill in the stories about the Tomlins, Nickersons and Melhuishes in Nova Scotia. There are so many more stories waiting to be told. Nova Scotia is a beautiful place with a wonderful history that I love to research.

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