Orra CREGO (1902-1985)
1 Orra B. CREGO1,2 (1902-1985) [9473]. Born 5 May 1902.2 Died 29 Sep 1985.2
From the Detroit News.
October 1, 1985 - "Ora B. Crego, D.D.S., a Metro Detroit dentist for 50 years and former president of the Old Newsboys Goodfellow Fund, died Sunday in his West Bloomfield Township home. He was 83.
Dr. Crego was a 1923 graduate of the University of Michigan Dental College. He practiced dentistry in Detroit, Birmingham and the Bloomfield area.
President of the Old Newsboys in 1953, Dr. Crego could be found every year at Christmas time selling the group's newspapers at Grand River and Woodward.
An ardent bowler, Dr. Crego was a member of the Detroit Athletic Club Hall of Fame and was a past president of the DAC bowlers group. He also served as an official for PGA and USGA golfing events at the Oakland Hills Golf and Country Club where he was a lifetime member.
Survivors are his wife, Betty, and a son, Jonathan. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Vasu Rodgers and Connell Funeral Home, Royal Oak.".
2 William L. CREGO3,4,5,6 (1873-1905) [9460]. Born 27 Mar 1873, Flint, MI.5,6,7 Marr Grace HAMMOND 19 Aug 1896, Lake Orion.4,6 Died 11 Sep 1905.3,7 Cause: Automobile accident. Buried Orion, MI.7
From the Orion Weekly Review.
October 9, 1936 "35 Years Ago" column - "Guy Lyon, Will Crego and Jim Smith have secured positions as conductors on the United Railway in Detroit, the former on Jefferson Avenue and the others on Michigan avenue. The company will find these young men honest and trustworthy."
June 28, 1935 - "Mr. and Mrs. Millard F. Crego and son, Ronald, of Sioux City, Iowa, left for their home Wednesday after a very enjoyable week's vacation at the home of the former's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. B.C. Sheldon. On Sunday, Mr. Crego's brother, Dr. Ora Crego, and his mother, Mrs. Grace Crego, of Detroit, also Mrs. Eda McCarty, of Oxford, were guests at the same home."
4 Lucius CREGO8 (c. 1846-1881) [9457]. Born c. 1846, NY.8 Marr Emeline WALKLEY bef 1868.9 Died 1881.10 Buried Lot 174 #2 Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, MI.10
5 Emeline WALKLEY11,12,13,14 (1848-1928) [9073]. Born Dec 1848, LeRoy, NY.11,12,15,16 Marr Ransom W. COLE c. 1881.15,16 Died 13 May 1928.17
From the 1900 and 1910 MI, Oakland, Oxford census reports we note that Emiline had two children, one of whom apparently died between 1900 and 191.
10 Asahel WALKLEY11,12,15,18 (1807-1892) [9064]. Born 12 Jul 1807, CT.15,18,19 Died 21 Oct 1892, NY.15,18,19 Buried Buell Cemetery, LeRoy, NY.15,19
11 Eliza A. ?11,12,15 (1818- ) [9067]. Born 1818.15
3 Grace HAMMOND4,5,6,20 (1876-1967) [9461]. Born 27 Jun 1876, Orion, MI.5,6,21 Died Jan 1967.21
6 Oren HAMMOND22 ( - ) [14702].
7 Mary A. PROUT20,22 ( - ) [9464].
Sources
| 1 | "Article regarding the Mr. and Mrs Millard F. Crego and family in the Orion Weekly Review, June 28, 1935". |
| 2 | "Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996". |
| 3 | "Article mentioning Will Crego in the Orion Weekly Review, Feb. 2, 1945 "40 Years Ago" column". |
| 4 | "Marriage announcement of William L. Crego and Grace Hammond in the Orion Weekly Review, August 21, 1936 "40 Years Ago" column". |
| 5 | "1900 MI, Oakland, Orion census". |
| 6 | "Michigan Marriages 1868-1925". |
| 8 | "1870 MI, Oakland, Oxford census". |
| 9 | "Estimated based on related dates and information". |
| 10 | "Oxford Cemetery Records, Oxford, MI". |
| 11 | "1850 NY, Genesee, LeRoy census". |
| 12 | "1860 NY, Genesee, LeRoy census". |
| 13 | "1910 MI, Oakland, Oxford census". |
| 14 | "Death certificate of Ransom Cole". |
| 15 | "From The Rosman Lawrence Family by Mrs. A. Lawrence Jinks, 1965". |
| 16 | "1900 MI, Oakland, Oxford census". |
| 17 | "Fro a "Ten Years Ago" column in the Orion Weekly Review, Lake Orion, MI, May 20, 1938". |
| 18 | "Death notice of Asahel Walkley in the LeRoy Gazette, LeRoy, NY, October 26, 1892". |
| 19 | "Tombstone inscription". |
| 20 | "1910 MI, Wayne, Detroit census". |
| 21 | "Social Security Death Index". |
| 22 | "Michigan Marriages 1868-1925 of daughter Grace Hammond". |
