Hi Annie,
This is what I have on John Crighton:
- He was apparently born in 1900 (according to my father) although I can find no record of his birth
- His Mother was Matlida Crighton (b. 1865 Dundee), father unknown. The only "proof" I have of this is a copy of her birth certificate that my father found when his mother died. By the time my Grandfather married, his mother was calling herself Matilda Sullivan (on marriage certificate) although I've been unable to find a marriage for her.
- He married Amy Maker is 1923 and they had 3 children (have all the BMD references)
- He died in 1956 of emphesima
- The only other photo that I have of him is at a wedding in 1946. Although it's nearly 40 years on, it's definitely the same guy. My parents have quite a few more photos of him including one I saw recently that would have been taken in 1924 as he is with my grandmother and their daughter who sadly died of the measles in 1925.
- My Father told me that his Father was in Egypt during WWI but knows nothing more.
That's about all I have. The only thing I've got on him from my family tree research over the last year or so is confirm his marriage, the birth of his 3 children and the death of two of them from the BMD records.
Did you think I'd made this guy up
Cheers,
Al
