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John (Jack) Cripps (Abt 1848-1899)

Sarah Dodds (Abt 1857-1889)

George Nelson Townsley (1845-)

Annie Maria Noble (1856-)

William Cranston Cripps (1881-1963)

Annie Marie Townsley (1882-1975)

Clara May Cripps (1907-1968)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: John Laing Robert William Laing+ Anne Jeanne Laing+ Kathleen Joan Laing+ Eva May Laing+ Clara May Cripps 2 3 Born: 28 Dec 1907, Avonlea, Saskatchewan 4 Marriage: John Laing in Nov 1933 in Kelowna, B.C. 1 Died: 16 Mar 1968, Kelowna, B.C. aged 60 5 Buried: 20 Mar 1968, Lakeview Cemetery, Kelowna B.C.   General Notes: Clara May Laing, death certificate, Registration # 1968-09-004361, BC Archives film # B13288 Died Mar 16, 1968, age 60, Kelowna B.C. born Dec 28, 1907 Avonlea, Saskatchewan, buried March 20, 1968 Lakeview Cemetery, name of father William Cripps, name of mother Townsend, no first name given. Clara married John Laing, son of Robert William Laing and Catherine Louisa Henderson Fraser, in Nov 1933 in Kelowna, B.C..1 (John Laing was born on 10 Nov 1894 in West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland,7 8 9 died on 24 Feb 1973 in Winfield, B.C. 10 and was buried on 27 Feb 1973.)

1 Personal knowledge of Joan Cripps, Personal knowledge of Joan Cripps..

2 Interview with Orland John Cripps of Kelowna B.C., March 15, 2001, Interview with Orland John Cripps of Kelowna B.C., March 15, 2001, Clara Cripps siblings were Ernie, Jack, Herbert and Frank. Herbert lives in Kamloops B.C. as of March, 2001.

3 Interview with Herbert William Cripps, of Kamloops B.C. March 15, 2001, Interview with Herbert William Cripps, of Kamloops B.C. March 15, 2001. Herbert Cripps said that after his grandmother Cripps died (quite early. about 1889), Herbert's father William Cranston Cripps was taken in by the Townsley family. William Cripp's father died later in 1899.

4 John Laing, death registration, 1973, BC Archives, John Laing, death registration , 1973-09-003366, reg # 1973-09-003366. John Laing, died Feb 24, 1973, age 78, born Nov 10, 1894, Calder, Scotland.

5 Clara May Cripps, death certificate, BC Archives, Clara May Townsend, death certificate, reg # 1968-09-004361. Clara May Laing, died Kelowna B.C. March 16, 1968, age 60, born Dec 28, 1907 in Avonlea, Saskatchewan, buried March 20, 1968, Lakeview Cemetery, Kelowna, fathers name William Cripps, mothers maiden name Townsend, no first name given., informant was John Laing.
[note by editor,,, mother's maiden name turned out to be Townsley not Townsend..jca]

6 Interview with Herbert William Cripps, of Kamloops B.C. March 15, 2001, Interview with Herbert William Cripps, of Kamloops B.C. March 15, 2001.

7 John Laing, death registration, 1973, BC Archives, John Laing, death registration , 1973-09-003366, reg 1973-09-003366. John Laing, died Feb 24, 1973, age 78, born Nov 10, 1894, Calder, Scotland.

8 John Laing, extract entry of birth, John Laing, extract entry of birth, John Laing, born 1894, November 10, parish of West Calder in the county of Edinbourgh, Scotland, father Robert Laing, coal miner and mother Catherine Louise Henderson Fraser, date of marriage 1 June 1894, registry date 1894, November 21 at West Calder.

9 1901 census, West Calder, Midloathian, Scotland, Scots Origins, page 25 of 33. :
Civil Parish of West Calder, Midloathian, Scotland

No. 121 name of house: Brucefield, rooms with 1 or more windows: 2

Alexander Laing, Head, married, age 45, Pitheadman, born Linlithgowshire, Blackburn
Jane Laing, wife, age 39, born Linlithgowshire, Bathgate
John Laing, son, age 15, assistant checkweigher (pithead), born Linlithgowshire, Blackburn
Alexander Laing, son, age 13, scholar, born Blackburn
Jane Laing, daughter, age 11, scholar, born Midloathian, West Calder
Ann S Laing, daughter, age 8, scholar, as above
Henry A Laing, son , age 5, scholar, as above
Elizabeth W Laing, daughter, age 3, born Midloathian, West Calder
William B Laing, son, age 1, ditto
Robert Laing, son, age 1 month, ditto

No. 122, name of house Brucefield, rooms with 1 or more windows: 2

Robert Laing, Head, married, age 37, coal miner -Hewer?, born Linlithgowshire, Whitburn
Catherine L Laing, wife, married, age 35, born Lanarkshire, Glasgow
John Laing, son, age 6, scholar, born Midloathian, West Calder
Andrew Laing, son, age 4, born Midloathian, West Calder

10 John Laing, death registration, 1973, BC Archives, John Laing, death registration , 1973-09-003366, reg #1973-09-003366. John Laing, died Winfield, B.C. Feb 24, 1973, age 78, born Nov 10, 1894 Calder, Scotland, buried Feb 27, 1973, resided in Canada 52 years. father Robert Laing, maiden name of mother Catherine Patterson. both b. Scotland.

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