Biography:
William Harry Creasey
1867 –18/06/1957
William Harry Creasey
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Plot 732 William Harry Creasey (1878-1957)
William, known as Harry, was born 1878 in Berkhamsted, the oldest child of Harry and Emma Creasey.
His father was a “lath render” (ie someone who rends/rives (splits) wood to form laths.)
In 1901 he was living with his parents and siblings and was working, like his father as a lath- render.
20 September 1910 he married Gertrude Emily Simmonds in St Peter’s.
The couple moved to Shrewsbury where, in the 1911 census, Harry recorded as employed as a foreman in a timber merchants. They lived at 61, Ellesmere Road, Shrewsbury with Gertrude’s widowed father. Their son Sydney George was born later that year.
They were at the same address ten years later. Old Mr Simmonds had died and Harry was still employed as the saw mill foreman.
The 1939 Register shows that Harry and Gertrude had moved to 11, Belmont Road, Luton. Harry was employed as a foreman in a timber yard.
Harry died in 1957 aged 79. A year later his younger brother George was also buried here with him. His mother lies in plot x535 with his brother-in-law Arthur Wibden.
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Plot 732 William Harry Creasey (1878-1957)
William, known as Harry, was born 1878 in Berkhamsted, the oldest child of Harry and Emma Creasey.
His father was a “lath render” (ie someone who rends/rives (splits) wood to form laths.)
In 1901 he was living with his parents and siblings and was working, like his father as a lath- render.
20 September 1910 he married Gertrude Emily Simmonds in St Peter’s.
The couple moved to Shrewsbury where, in the 1911 census, Harry recorded as employed as a foreman in a timber merchants. They lived at 61, Ellesmere Road, Shrewsbury with Gertrude’s widowed father. Their son Sydney George was born later that year.
They were at the same address ten years later. Old Mr Simmonds had died and Harry was still employed as the saw mill foreman.
The 1939 Register shows that Harry and Gertrude had moved to 11, Belmont Road, Luton. Harry was employed as a foreman in a timber yard.
Harry died in 1957 aged 79. A year later his younger brother George was also buried here with him. His mother lies in plot x535 with his brother-in-law Arthur Wibden.
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