Iowa Family Group Sheet for the Ross Edward CROFT Family

Submitted by: William Croft 


HUSBAND: Ross Edward CROFT
Birth date: 22 Jun 1863
Birthplace: Perry Twnshp, Miami Co, IN
Death date: 06 May 1936
Place of death: Knoxville, Marion Co, IA
Burial date: 09 May 1936
Burial place: Winterset Cemetery Lot 57 Addition 1910 #3, Madison Co, IA
Other Spouse: 
Father: Christian (NMI) CROFT
Mother: Mary Ann CAMPBELL

Marriage date: 06 Aug 1895
Marriage place: Patterson, Madison Co, IA

WIFE: Nancy Elizabeth MCCLAIN
Birth date: 11 Aug 1876
Birthplace: Patterson, Madison Co, IA
Death date: 09 Feb 1955
Place of death: Knoxville, Marion Co, IA
Burial date: ?? Feb 1955
Burial place: Winterset Cemetery Lot 57 Addition 1910 #2, Madison Co, IA
Other Spouse: 
Father: William MCCLAIN
Mother: Elvina MCQUOWN


CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Bruce C. CROFT
Sex: M
Birth date: 08 Aug 1897
Birthplace: Winterset, Madison County, IA
Death date: 28 May 1918
Place of death: Killed in action in France WWI - Village Negre, France
Burial date: 17 Aug 1921
Burial place: Winterset Cemetery Lot 57 Addition 1910 #1, Madison Co, IA moved from Baccarat Cemetery, Grave No. 79 - Near Village Negre, France
Spouse's name: 
Marriage date: 
Marriage place: 

Child No. 2: Mildred Irene CROFT
Sex: F
Birth date: 23 Aug 1898
Birthplace: Winterset, Madison Co, IA
Death date: 15 Sep 1932
Place of death: Des Moines, Polk Co, IA
Burial date: 
Burial place: Glendale Cemetery Block 26A Lot 65, Des Moines, Polk Co, IA
Spouse's name: Harry Leroy FLETCHER
Marriage date: 23 Sep 1920
Marriage place: Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Child No. 3: Inez CROFT
Sex: F
Birth date: 04 Jul 1902
Birthplace: Winterset, Madison Co, IA
Death date: 02 Sep 1903
Place of death: Winterset, Madison Co, IA
Burial date: 
Burial place: Winterset Cemetery Old Addition, Madison Co, IA
Spouse's name: 
Marriage date: 
Marriage place: 

Child No. 4: Clarence Elsworth CROFT
Sex: M
Birth date: 29 Mar 1906
Birthplace: Winterset, Madison Co, IA
Death date: 03 Apr 1962
Place of death: Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Burial date: 06 Apr 1962
Burial place: Winterset Cemetery Lot 57 Addition 1910 #4, Madison Co, IA
Spouse's name: 
Marriage date: 
Marriage place: 

Child No. 5: Stanley Criss CROFT
Sex: M
Birth date: 24 Nov 1910
Birthplace: Winterset, Madison Co, IA
Death date: 04 Jul 1997
Place of death: Winterset, Madison Co, IA
Burial date: 
Burial place: Winterset Cemetery Winterset, Madison Co., IA
Spouse's name: Living
Marriage date: 
Marriage place: 

Child No. 6: Lowell William CROFT
Sex: M
Birth date: 19 Jul 1916
Birthplace: Winterset, Madison Co, IA
Death date: 01 Feb 2003
Place of death: Wills Point, TX
Burial date: 
Burial place: Cremated and scattered in Texas
Spouse's name: Anna (NMI) Teasdale
Marriage date: Abt. 1939
Marriage place: 

Child No. 7: Donnel La Ray CROFT
Sex: M
Birth date: 29 Aug 1917
Birthplace: Winterset, Madison Co, IA
Death date: 27 Nov 1975
Place of death: Knoxville, Marion Co, IA
Burial date: 
Burial place: Winterset Cemetery Lot 57 Addition 1910, Madison Co, IA
Spouse's name: 
Marriage date: 
Marriage place: 

Child No. 8: Bernadine CROFT
Sex: F
Birth date: 11 May 1920
Birthplace: Winterset, Madison Co, IA
Death date: 11 May 1920
Place of death: Winterset, Madison Co, IA
Burial date: May 1920
Burial place: Winterset Cemetery Old Addition Near Center, Madison Co, IA
Spouse's name: 
Marriage date: 
Marriage place: 


Documentation and Sources:

Ross Birth -- Madison County Genealogical Society, The History of 
Madison County, 1984. Note that Headstone shows birthdate as 1869. 
1870 census shows Ross as 3 and 1880 census shows him as 13; these dates would indicate a birth year of 1867.
Ross Death -- Obituary
Ross Burial -- Cemetery Records

Nancy Birth -- Obituary
Nancy Death -- Obituary
Nancy Burial -- Cemetery Records

Ross and Nancy Marraige -- Marriage Record, Madison Co, book 1,
page 54, Lic #1147.

Bruce Birth -- Obituary
Bruce Death -- "Iowa in the Great War"; "Honor Roll of Boys Who Died 
Going Over"
Bruce Burial -- Bruce was buried in France in 1918, but exhumed and re-buried in Winterset in 1921 per his Obituary

Mildred Death -- Death Record, Polk County courthouse, Des Moines, IA
Harry and Mildred Marriage -- Family Notes

Inez -- All information from family notes

Clarence Birth -- Obituary
Clarence Death -- Death Record, Polk Co Courthouse Des Moines, IA 
Book 44 page 932.
Clarence Burial -- Obituary

Stanley Birth -- Birth Record, Madison Co, Book 3 page 36.
Stanley Death -- Obituary
Stanley Burial -- Obituary

Lowell Birth -- Obituary
Lowell Death -- Obituary
Anna Birth -- Birth certificate
Anna Death -- Death certificate
Anna Burial -- Cemetery records


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