Anna Elizabeth (Lizzie) MCCREA

1873 - 1951  (77 years)

• Name	Anna Elizabeth (Lizzie) MCCREA
  Birth	30 Jun 1873	Hastings Co, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Location	1920	Detroit Ward 6, Wayne, Michigan
  	Census
  _UID	56057A0591D045AEB644A80792C69EFDCA96
  Death	17 Mar 1951	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
  Burial	Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I194	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	William Henry JEWKES,   b. 28 Jan 1872, Dudley, Worcester, England d. 26 Jan 1966, Detroit, Wayne Co, Michigan, USA (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	10 Jun 1896	Sowerby-Day Township, ON
  Children	1. Alice Maud (Allie) JEWKES,   b. 17 Apr 1897, Johnson Twp, Algoma, Ontario, Canada d. 8 Oct 1991, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA (Age 94 years)   2. Sarah Francis (Fran) JEWKES,   b. 5 Feb 1899, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. Jan 2000, Michigan (Age 100 years)   3. Edna Mary JEWKES,   b. 31 Jul 1901, Day Mills, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 4 Apr 1992, Michigan, United States (Age 90 years)   4. Wilfred Lawson JEWKES,   b. 25 Aug 1904, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Dec 1986, Norcross, Gwinnett, Georgia, USA (Age 82 years)   5. Arthur William JEWKES,   b. 11 Aug 1907, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 20 Jul 2000, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (Age 92 years)   6. Hattie Elizabeth (Bess) JEWKES,   b. 24 Jan 1913, Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 2000 (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F60	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2014

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Lizzie (McCrea) Jewkes Cropped from family photo
  		Jewkes Family Photo
  		Original McCrea Home Livingston Creek. Thessalon, Algoma, Ontario, Canada
  		Children of William Henry & Fannie (Burnside) McCrea - c1895 Names on Photo
  		Lizzie (McCrea) and William Jewkes
  		Lizzie (McCrea) Jewkes Photo has been 'colourized'

  
  

• Notes

  Known as Lizzie, Anna Elizabeth was the first child of William & Fanny McCrea. She was born in Madoc Twp, Ontario on June 30, 1873. She was 6 years old when her family arrived in Bruce Mines in 1879 with her, her brother Jack and two little sisters, Lottie and Mary. The following year they moved to Livingstone Creek, Algoma District, Ontario. A young Englishman from Portlock, Ontario, William Jewkes, was working for CPR. When he was in the area, he would attend the church at Livingstone Creek where Lizzie's sister, Hattie, was the organist. One Sunday Hattie invited William to their home for supper and there he met Lizzie. They were married in 1896. CPR employees were moved around the area, depending on their job with the railway. Lizzie and William began their family with Allie in 1897 and Fran in 1899 with both girls being born in Portlock. The following year they moved to Dayton, which Fran described as a "wayside place on the railroad with no houses in sight"; it was about five miles east of the McCrea homestead. In 1904, William decided to move his family back to England. However they missed Canada and soon returned to Livingstone Creek. The Jewkes lived in Jack McCrea’s house until he married in 1909, then they moved across the road to the Henry Kinch house. Their next move was to Garden River in 1910 or 1911 where William was severely injured on the job. He spent a long time in the hospital in the Sault and the family moved there. In 1918, they moved to Detroit, Michigan, USA where William worked in the Grand Lodge Headquarters. They finally returned to Canada and settled in Ottawa in 1925. William retired in 1946. At some point, they moved back to Detroit. Lizzie died at her daughter's home there in 1951 and she and William are both buried in Maple Ridge cemetery in Livingstone Creek, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.