Ancestry of Joseph Force Crater

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Joseph Force Crater should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of Joseph Force Crater
1 Joseph Force Crater, Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court, b. Easton, Pa., 5 Jan. 1889, disappeared 6 Aug. 1930
PARENTS
2 Frank Ellsworth Crater, b. ... , N. J., 19 Feb. 1862, d. ... [living 1930]
m. ... 7 Feb. 1888
3 Leila Virginia Montague, b. Easton, Pa., 22 Sept. 1865, d. ... [living 1930]
GRANDPARENTS
4 Joseph Crater, b. ... , N. J., ... [ca. 1830], d. ... [living 1880]
m.
5 Catherine E ... , b. ... , Pa., ... [ca. 1837], d. ... [living 1880]
6 Robert Valentine Montague, b. Middlesex Co., Va., 28 Sept. 1827, d. Easton, Pa., 14 April 1866
m. Norfolk, Va., 28 Jan. 1847
7 Margaret Elizabeth Robertson, b. Princess Ann Co., Va., ... , d. Easton, Pa., 14 Feb. 1894
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
12 William Valentine Montague, b. Essex Co., Va., 3 Sept. 1797, d. Norfolk, Va., 10 Sept. 1865
m. ... Dec. 1824
13 Mary Ann Barrack, b. ... , d. Norfolk, Va., 29 Sept. 1840
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
24 William Montague, b. ... , d. ...
m.
25 Elizabeth Valentine, b. ... , d. ...








EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1930 New York, New York Co., New York, ED 245, sheet 16B, line 75

Crater Joseph    H    M W 41 M 29     PA PA NY     Judge   Judiciary
       Stella    W    F W 30 M 18    NY NY NY

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1930 Florida, Bounty Co., Apopka, ED 43, sheet 3A, line 21

Crater Frank E    H    M W 68 M 25     NJ PA PA    Merchant   Wholesale
       Leila V    W    F W 64 M 21     PA VA VA

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1920 New York, New York Co., Manhattan, ED 322, sheet 8A, line 26

Crater Joseph    H            M W 31 M    PA PA VA      Lawyer
       Stella    W            F W 32 M    NY NY NY
Wheeler Mina     Sr-in-law    F W 30 S    NY NY NY      Secretary    Private

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1920 Pennsylvania, Northampton Co., Easton, ED 113, sheet 9B, line 91

Crater Frank E      H    M W 57 M     NJ NJ NJ    Wholesaler   Produce
       Lelia M      W    F W 54 M     PA VA VA
       Douglas M    S    M W 27 S     PA NJ PA    Salesman     Produce
       Montagu      S    M W 14 S     PA NJ PA

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1910 Pennsylvania, Northampton Co., Easton, ED 76, sheet 6B, line 51

Crater Frank       H    M W 47 M1 22        NJ NJ NJ     Merchant    Produce
       Lellia      W    F W 48 M1 22 4 4    PA VA VA
       Joseph      S    M W 21 S            PA NJ PA
       Margaret    D    F W 19 S            PA NJ PA
       Douglass    S    F W 17 S            PA NJ PA
       Montague    S    F W  4 S            PA NJ PA

Yes, Douglass and Montague are both described as "son" and "female"

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1900 Pennsylvania, Northampton Co., Easton, ED 130, sheet 7A, line 49, continued on sheet 7B

Crater Frank L    H    W M Feb 1862 28 M 12        NJ NJ NJ      Grocer
       Lela V     W    W F Sep 1865 34 M 12 3 3    PA VA VA
       Joseph     S    W M Jan 1889 11 S           PA NJ PA      At School
       Margaret   D    W F Nov 1891  8 S           PA NJ PA      At School

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1880 Pennsylvania, Northampton Co., 5th Ward Easton, ED 74, page 33, line 30

Crater Joseph        W M 50         Produce Dealer      NJ NJ NJ
       Catherine E   W F 43    W    Keeping House       PA NJ PA
       William E     W M 25    S    Clerk in store      NJ NJ PA
       John W        W M 21    S    Clerk in store      NJ NJ PA
       Frank E       W M 18    S    At school           NJ NJ PA
       Joseph K      W M 10    S    At school           PA NJ PA
   (one servant)

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1870 Pennsylvania, Northampton Co., Easton, Easton PO, page 21, line 16

Crater Joseph       40      M W    Huckster          10000    6000     NJ
       Catharine    33      F W    Keeping House                       PA
       William E    14      M W                                        NJ
       John W       11      M W                                        NJ
       Frank         8      M W                                        NJ
       Joseph          9/12 M W                                        PA
   (one domestic servant, one laborer)

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NOTES






1 -- Judge Crater [correctly "Justice Crater"] was formally declared dead "in absentia" on 6 June 1939.



















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