Mary Violet MCCREA

1878 - 1954  (75 years)

• Name	Mary Violet MCCREA
  Birth	25 Feb 1878	Madoc, ON
  Gender	Female
  Census	1911
  	Widow
  	Living with father, William McCrea
  _UID	FFE705D17B6C42E58304FAEF8AA07D9576B7
  Death	1954	Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Greenwood Cemetery, Sault Ste Marie, Algoma, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I197	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	William Henry MCCREA,   b. 8 Jan 1843, Tawnawanny, Co Fermanagh, Ireland d. 4 Jul 1916, Thessalon Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Fannie BURNSIDE,   b. 17 Jan 1849, Sodom, Hungerford Twp., Hastings County, Ontario, Canada d. 13 Dec 1907, Thessalon Twp, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1872	Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F55	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Robert Francis GAVIN,   b. 12 May 1873, Poland Twp'; Lanark Co, Ontario d. 30 Nov 1905, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	21 Sep 1898	Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Ethel Francis GAVIN,   b. 31 May 1899, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   2. William Mervyn GAVIN,   b. 26 Mar 1901, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. Apr 1967, Dearborn Heights, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 66 years)   3. Robert Edward GAVIN,   b. 21 Oct 1903   d. 21 Oct 1989, Thessalon Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F61	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2014

  
  

  Family 2	Robert Adam ELLIOTT,   b. 1878, Magnetawan, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Sep 1941, Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	9 Mar 1921	Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2015

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Mary Violet (McCrea) & Bob Gavin
  		Original McCrea Home Livingston Creek. Thessalon, Algoma, Ontario, Canada
  		Children of William Henry & Fannie (Burnside) McCrea - c1895 Names on Photo
  		Mary Violet (McCrea) Gavin Photo has been 'colourized'

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Violet McCrea was born in Madoc Twp on February 25, 1878. She joined three older siblings, Lizzie, Jack and Lottie. Within twelve years, 5 more siblings were born - the youngest, James Golden (Goldie) in 1890. Mary married Robert Gavin in 1898. They lived in Livingstone Creek, farming next door to Bob’s father William Gavin, and not far from the McCrea place. In 1905, 2 years after the birth of their 3rd child, tragedy struck when Bob was struck on the head by a tree limb while working in the bush. He died very soon after. By 1911, the census shows Mary living back in the McCrea homestead with her widowed father William, now 68 and paralyzed. Also there were her siblings Bill, Hattie and Goldie, and her own three children aged 12, 10 and 7. In 1921, with her children grown and living on their own, Mary acquired a second family when she married Robert Adam Elliott. Robert, a widower, had 4 children from his first marriage - 2 boys aged 20 and 13, and 2 girls aged 12 and 6. The youngest boy would grow up and eventually marry Mary's youngest sister, Hattie, in 1933.