Walter A. Reycraft

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Hugh Donald Latimer October 12, 1910 to May 10, 1986, Photographer

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Born: 12 November 1888
Died: 29 January 1975
Parents: William Henry Raycraft and Maria Jean Beamish
Marriage: 01 September 1915 Mattie Pearl Phillips
Occupation: Farmer north of Orland, acquired Orland Mill 1933

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Genealogical information used with permission courtesy Dan Buchanan, www.treesbydan.com

Walter A. Reycraft1,2,3,4
M, #61665, b. 12 November 1888, d. 29 January 1975
Father*: William Henry Raycraft2 b. 25 Dec 1848, d. 1941
Mother*: Maria Jane Beamish2 b. 20 Oct 1857, d. 1928
Birth*: 12 November 1888; Cramahe Twp., Morganston, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1888 per Memorial. Date 1891 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date Nov 1889 & location Ont. per 1911 Census. Date Nov 12 1889 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1889 & location Morganston per marr. reg'n.2,5,6,4,7
Marriage*: 1 September 1915; Brighton Twp., Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#010780: Groom: Walter A. Raycraft; Age: 26; Res. & Born: Morganston; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Wm. Raycraft & Maria Jane Beamish; Bride: Mattie Pearl Phillips; Age: 36; Res.: Orland; Born: Pennsylvania; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Harrison Phillips & Hartie M. Campbell; Wit.: E. Owen Phillips, Warkworth & Lillian Raycraft, Morganston; Date: Sep 1 1915; Place: Orland; Performed by: G. E. Ross, Trenton, Meth.; Sworn: Warkworth, Aug 30 1915; Reg'r.: Thos A. Allen (Ontario Marriage Registration, #010780-1915, ancestry.com); Principal=Mattie Pearl Phillips8
Death*: 29 January 1975; Golden Plough Lodge, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "Walter J. Reycraft Passes at Cobourg, He Was 86 Years of Age - Walter J. Reycraft, a resident of the Golden Plough Lodge, Cobourg passed away Wednesday, January 29 in Cobourg District Hospital. He had been ill for four weeks and was 86 years of age. Born in Cramahe township in 1888, he was the son of the late William Reycraft and the late former Maria Beamish. He had been a resident of Northumberland County all his life. Mr. Reycraft was a former Elder and choir member of the United Church. He was also a member of the Orand Lodge in Codrington. Mr. Reycraft was married to the late former Mattie Phillips in Orland September 1st, 1915. He was predeceased by his wife 11 years ago. He is survived by two sons, Harrison of Bowmanville and Garnet of R. R. 2, Castleton and by one sister Lillian of Detroit, Michigan. He is also survived by two grandchildren. He was predeceased by one brother, Charles, and by three sisters, Minnie, Mattie and Etta. Funeral service was held at the Allen Funeral Home ,Warkworth on Saturday, February 1, 1975. Rev. George H. Lavery of St. Paul's United Church officiating. Interment was in McPhail Cemetery, Brighton Twp." per Death Notice of Walter J. Reycraft, from The Tweedsmuir Histories of Codrington, copied from microfilm at The Metro Toronto Reference Library, Nov 2007.
"Walter John Reycraft; Warkworth - Walter John Reycraft, Golden Plough Lodge, died Wednesday, Jan 29 in Cobourg District General Hospital after an illness of four weeks. He was 86. ... " second Death Notice from The Tweedsmuir Histories of Codrington, copied from microfilm at The Metro Toronto Reference Library, Nov 2007.3
Burial*: 1 February 1975; McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) REYCRAFT; Mother; Mattie P.; 1880 - 1963; Father; Walter A.; 1888 - 1975 (McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., June 30, 2008)
per Death Notice.3,4
Census*: April 1901; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 11 at 1901 Census: see William Raycraft5
Census: 1911; Brighton Twp., Codrington, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 21 at 1911 Census: see William Raycraft6
Note: circa 1915; Ontario; "You will note that their name is spelt with an ‘E’. Some place in time the spelling changed to Raycraft. Walter at some point found out that the proper spelling is Reycraft when his ancesters came to Canada from Ireland and so he and Mattie and Garnet all corrected their names. For some reason my dad, Harrison, decided not to change his. This explains the variations on the tombstones at McPhail Cemetery." per email from Paul Raycraft, Aug 16 2014.9
Census: 2 June 1921; Front St., Hastings, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 30 at 1921 Census: Raycraft, Walter A., 30, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Irish, Meth., Merchant - Mutcher & "?air?, married; Mattie Pearl, 33, b. USA, p.b. Ont., immig. 1910 - Nat., Scot, Meth., married; William Harrison, 4, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Irish, Meth. (1921 Census: Hastings Village, Northumberland Co., dist. 107, sub-dist. 62, pg. 4, line, 48 - Front St. - ancestry.com)
Note: Several things here: Surname spelled Raycraft - Walter used Reycraft, at least later life - when did that start? Age 30 is 5 years off?? Mattie Pearl - as is 8 years off and born USA??? Why is Gordon not with the family here??? Garnet born later than 1921?7
Note*: circa 1930; Brighton Twp., Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Walter Raycraft appears in The Latimer Photos which were taken by Hugh Latimer during the early 1920s and late 1930s at his father's General Store in Orland. (The Latimer Photos, Codrington Public Library)10
Note: November 1933; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; " .. - Harper Peister has exchanged the Orland Mill property for W. Raycraft farm on Wooler Rd. near Codrington." pg. 290 of "The History of Brighton Businesses" by Susan Brose
Note: When I lived at Codrington (1950s and 1960s) Harper Peister lived on the north side of Old Wooler Road, just east of No. 30 Highway. His son Harold lived on the north side of the road.11
Residence*: 1935; Brighton, Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "168 Raycraft, Walter, miller, Orland" and "169 Raycraft, Mrs. Walter (W), married woman, Orland" Canada Voters List, Northumberland Co., 1935, pg. 11 of 126, ancestry.com12
Residence: 1945; Cramahe Twp., Morganston, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "194 Reycraft, Walter, farmer, Colborne" and "195 Reycraft, Mrs. Walter - Colborne" Canada Voters List, Morganston, 1945 - ancestry.com12
Residence: 1957; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; "160 Reycraft, Walter, farmer, Colborne" and "195 Reycraft, Mrs. W. - Colborne" Canada Voters List, 1945 - "Lots 11 to 26 inclusive in the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Concessions" - ancestry.com12
Family: Mattie Pearl Phillips b. 6 May 1880, d. 1963
Marriage*: 1 September 1915; Brighton Twp., Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#010780: Groom: Walter A. Raycraft; Age: 26; Res. & Born: Morganston; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Wm. Raycraft & Maria Jane Beamish; Bride: Mattie Pearl Phillips; Age: 36; Res.: Orland; Born: Pennsylvania; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Harrison Phillips & Hartie M. Campbell; Wit.: E. Owen Phillips, Warkworth & Lillian Raycraft, Morganston; Date: Sep 1 1915; Place: Orland; Performed by: G. E. Ross, Trenton, Meth.; Sworn: Warkworth, Aug 30 1915; Reg'r.: Thos A. Allen (Ontario Marriage Registration, #010780-1915, ancestry.com); Principal=Mattie Pearl Phillips8
Gordon Kenneth Raycraft+3 b. 24 Feb 1915, d. 15 Nov 1973
Harrison William Raycraft+3 b. 1916, d. 2001
Citations
Walter John Reycraft or Walter J. per Death Notice. Walter A. Reycraft per Memorial.
[S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.
[S52] Unknown location, Tweedsmuir Histories; unknown film.
[S15] Unknown author, Tombstone Inscription.
[S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
[S60] Unknown author, 1911 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
[S121] Unknown author, 1921 Census.
[S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm, #010780-1915.
[S33] Unknown author, "Email Message," e-mail to unknown recipient.
[S87] Unknown subject unknown record type; unknown repository.
[S97] Susan Brose, Brighton Business.
[S83] Ancestry.com, online unknown url.

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