Edward MCCREA

1880 - 1946  (65 years)

• Name	Edward MCCREA
  Nickname	Ed
  Birth	29 Jul 1880	Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	19 Feb 1919	Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  	Railroading
  	As per Marriage Certificate
  Religion	19 Feb 1919	Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  	Methodist
  	As per Marriage Certificate
  Census	1921	Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  _UID	96D29840A69244B6AFEFFEE02FFB16DA0862
  Death	11 Apr 1946	Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Greenwood Cemetery, Sault Ste Marie, ON Canada
  Person ID	I200	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	Margaret Mary Anne DUNCAN,   b. 4 Mar 1891, Plummer Additional, Ontario, CANADA d. 2 Oct 1980, Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	19 Feb 1919	Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Phyllis MCCREA
  Family ID	F636	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2014

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Original McCrea Home Livingston Creek. Thessalon, Algoma, Ontario, Canada
  		Children of William Henry & Fannie (Burnside) McCrea - c1895 Names on Photo
  		Ed McCrea Photo has been 'colourized'
  		Obituary The Sault Star - Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada · Friday, May 03, 1946 Pg 6

  
  

• Notes

  Edward McCrea was born on July 29, 1880 and was the first of William & Fannie's children to be born in Thessalon Twp, Algoma District - just a year after his family moved to their shanty in Livingstone Creek. Edward and his brother Robert were the only two of seven siblings who were given just one name, both shortened to the familiar Ed and Bob. Ed was hired by the CPR in 1906, two years after his brother Bill and a year or two ahead of Robert. By now, his brother-in-law, William Jewkes, his oldest sister Lizzie’s husband, had already been working for the railroad for at least ten years. In 1919, he married Margaret Mary Ann Duncan from Cloudslee - Mary's maternal grandmother, Margaret (McCrea) Love was likely a distant relation. They adopted a daughter, Phyllis, who was born in 1932. Ed and Mary moved around a bit, living in the Dayton area and in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. In 1924 Ed became a Roadmaster with CPR and he was transferred to the North Bay section - they lived in Mattawa for the next 7 years. When Ed was transferred to the Nipigon subdivision, they moved to Schreiber for the next four years. In 1935, he was transferred to the Parry Sound subdivision and they made their home in Sudbury. When he retired, they returned to the Sault. Ed’s obituary describes him as a well-known and respected citizen. He was an active member of the United Church and the Masonic Lodge and he took part in the social life of the various communities he lived in.