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Ernest CHRICHLEY

Male 1873 - 1958  (84 years)


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  • Name Ernest CHRICHLEY  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 14 Jun 1873  Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 349 
    Death 1958  Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Buried in Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas. Findagrave Memorial# 79586931
    Person ID I349  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Milton B. PECKINPAW,   b. Abt 1857, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1931, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Mary Frances OLIPHANT,   b. 14 Dec 1853, Platte City, Platte, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1924, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage 12 Apr 1886  Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F50  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Jun 1873 - Gloucestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1958 - Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • BIRTH 1873: Ernest Chrichley, birth registered in July-Sept. 1873 in Clifton District, England, Vol. 6a, page 162.

      IMMIGRATION 1883: Ernest Critchley, 8, b. in England, on board ship S S Devan (?), travelling with Agustus Critchley and 2 other children.

      CENSUS 1910: Ernest Crichley, 35, b. in England, occupation: carpenter. immigrated 1881, naturalized. location: Juay County, New Mexico (Note: immigrated at age 6 or 8. Was he a "home child"?)

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1915: Earnest Kritchley, 42, location: not listed on census. (Note: rooming with several others, one of whom is Buena Vista Scruggs Hummel.)

      CENSUS 1920: Ernest E. Crichley, 44, b. in England, occupation: railroad mechanic, year of immigration: "un", naturalized. location: Topeka Township, Shawnee County, Kansas. (Note: listed as the "brother-in-law" of Ralph Hummel (head), Buena Vista Hummel also listed at this dwellling.)

      CENSUS 1930: Earnest E. Chrichley, 44, b. in England, occupation: coach trimmer Santa Fe shops, year of immigration: 1886, naturalized. location: Topeka city, Shawnee, Kansas. (Note: listed as the "brother-in-law" to Ralph Hummel (head), Buena Vista Hummel also listed at this dwelling. Age should be 54.)

      CENSUS 1940: Ernst Chrichley, 64, b. in England, education; grade 8, occupation: coach trimmer Santa Fe coach shops, naturalized. location: Topeka City, Shawnee, Kansas. (Note: listed as a the head of this household in which Ralph (brother-in-law) and Buena Vista (sister) Hummel also live.)

      BURIAL 1958: findagrave.com. Buried in Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas. Findagrave Memorial# 79586931 (Note: tombstone is shared with Mary Frances and Milton Peckenpaugh; these are Buena Vista's mother and stepfather. Tombstone says he was born in 1875.)

  • Sources 
    1. [S26] 1915 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-271. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    2. [S39] 1920 USA Federal Census, Location: Topeka Ward 6, Shawnee, Kansas; Roll: T625_551; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 181; Image: 950. Found on Ancestry.com.
      NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.

    3. [S40] 1930 USA Federal Census, Location: Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas; Roll: 722; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 30; Image: 997.0; FHL microfilm: 2340457. Found on Ancestry.com.
      T626, 2,667 rolls.

    4. [S41] 1940 USA Federal Census, Location: Ward 6, Topeka, Topeka City, Shawnee, Kansas, United States. NARA digital publication of T627, roll 1261. Found on familysearch.org.
      citing enumeration district (ED) 89-49A, sheet 11A, family 252 // / pal:/MM9.1.1/VR2D-RJV : accessed 18 Mar 2014) (https://familysearch.org/ pal:/MM9.1.1/VR2D-RJV : accessed 18 Mar 2014).

    5. [S32] Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Found on findagrave.com and ancestry.com.
      Kansas, Find a grave, 1854-2012.

    6. [S42] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 4169.000; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PHR. Found on ancestry.com.


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