Thomas (Thomas) Croil & Christian Chivas (George) Mitchell

Family Group Sheet

NameThomas (Thomas) Croil, GGGG Grandson

Birth12 Apr 1865, Balmory Hall, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland

Death14 May 1942, Summerland, BC, Canada

ResidenceMurtle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Memoand Michigan

Residence1919, 3 Carden Terrace, Aberdeen, Scotland

MemoAnd in 1920.

ResidenceSummerland, BC, Canada

EducationMarischal College, Aberdeen, Scotland

Note 1He is presumably the Thomas Croil of Milwaukee who was owed (and lost?) $1,000 when an Alexander Mitchell applied for bankruptcy in 1899.

Note 2The loss of $1,000 at this time appears to have had a catastrophic effect for Thomas and his wife who appear never to have recovered their fortunes thereafter.

Note 3On 1 June 1899 The Waukesha Freeman reported that Thomas Croil had launched his ‘pretty gasoline propellor [launch] on Lake Henrietta’.

Note 4He and Christian had a summer holiday house at Waterville, Summit, near Milwaukee, which was still standing in 2015.

Note 5On 26 Jun 1900 he patented improvements to the axles, wheels and transmission for motor vehicles.

Note 5He presumably inherited (shared with his sister?) his father’s considerable fortune and the Balmory Hall estate. If so, it had all been lost by quite quickly!

Flags***, Croil

FatherThomas (William) Croil (1815-1874)

MotherMary Gordon Heron THOMSON (1839->1906)

Marriage12 Apr 1887, Aberdeen, Scotland

SpouseChristian Chivas (George) Mitchell

Birth26 Jun 1866, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

DeathSep 1951

ResidenceMurtle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Residence1919, 3 Carden Terrace, Aberdeen, Scotland

ResidenceSummerland, BC, Canada

OccupationPainter and potter.

Note 1Or Chives. She was one of 14 children from a large farm at Ellon, Scotland. Painter and potter. Her prolific output now dispersed.

Note 2She and Thomas emigrated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA where one of Mrs Croil's sisters lived. Here Mr Croil was in a manufacturing business, and here their children, Gladys, Thomas (Tom), Christian (Chrissie) and George were born.

Note 3Summers were spent in a tiny village outside Milwaukee called Waterville. There was quite an acreage around their large whit-pillared house. The children were free to roam about and rowed their boat on the little lake on the property.

Note 4The next family move was back to Scotland to Aberdeen and they lived also at Myrtle on the Deeside.

Flags***, Dickson, Mitchell, Shives/Chivas

FatherGeorge (John) Mitchell (1821-1892)

MotherBarbara Jane Shives Or Shives or Shivas or Chivas (1836-1918)

Children