Albert Edward (Ted) MCCREA

1910 - 1988  (77 years)

• Name	Albert Edward (Ted) MCCREA
  Birth	17 Sep 1910	Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	17 Oct 1910	Thessalon Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  	Birth Registered
  	Birth registered by father
  _UID	EF63691DED3C4A44B4134A1BD71A0C2CE442
  Death	1988
  Person ID	I1750	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	John Burnside MCCREA,   b. 9 Oct 1874, Hastings Co, Ontario, Canada d. 1950, Thessalon, Algoma, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Rosetta GAVIN,   b. 2 Oct 1884, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Mar 1929, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	30 Jun 1909	Bracebridge, Muskoka District
  Family ID	F66	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edith Susanah GILLESPIE,   b. 12 Jul 1906, Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 1970 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1933	Little Rapids, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F1031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2020

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Newspaper Article re Rail Accident From The Algoma Advocate newspaper, 4 Apr 1957
  		Ted McCrea From Ancestry - rachelcarson_1 on 5/6/2017
  		Ted McCrea Ancestry - Carson_2011-01-04(1)
  		Quartet Ray Allen, Ted McCrea, Ray Elliott, Dean Allen

  
  

  Recordings		Life is Like A Mountain Railroad A duet by Ted & his wife Edith c1963
  		Sunrise Tomorrow Sung by Ted McCrea c1963

  
  

• Notes

  Ted, married Edith Gillespie in 1933 and they lived with his widowed father. Ted and Edith sang at many concerts, weddings and funerals around the area and were in popular demand. In 1957, Ted, who worked for the CPR, suffered a broken leg and 3 fractured ribs when he fell into the path of the rail car he had been riding when the brakes jolted. After his wife died in 1970, Ted lived in his house alone and often ate supper next door with his brother Goldie and his wife Gertie. On one such night he looked out the window and saw that his house was on fire. It burned his home to the ground, destroying his precious family pictures and mementos along with his music.