CRAIL, David Edmund 1868-1957

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Posted By: Betty Hootman (email)
Date: 11/22/2011 at 18:13:48

Fairfield Ledger
Page 8, Col. 1
Monday, 21 October 1957

David CRAIL Dies In Los Angeles

David CRAIL, former Fairfield merchant, died suddenly at his home in Los Angeles, Calif., according to word received by local friends and relatives.

CRAIL would have been 90 years of age October 22. Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Los Angeles.

CRAIL was a member of a well-known Fairfield family. He operated a butcher shop on the north side of the square until moving to California in 1921. Mrs. CRAIL preceded him in death.

Surviving are three sons, Richard and Clifford CRAIL, Los Angeles, and John CRAIL, Long Beach. The CRAIL family home was at 311 W. Broadway.

Buried Evergreen Cemetery, 2nd.088

Transcribed for genealogy purposes, I am related to this family by marriage.

[Admin. note: According to the 1900 census, David was born in October, 1869, and was 30 years old. In the 1910 census he's 40 years old. The notation above that he would have been 90 years of age indicates a birth year of 1867. Consider birthdates with caution.]