Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameWilliam (Thomas) Croil, GG Grandson
Birth1784, Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland
Death1852, Glasgow, Scotland
Baptism17 Aug 1784, Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland
Residence1835, Croil’s Island, St Lawrence River, USA
OccupationWest India Merchant, Glasgow, Scotland
Note 1Presumably the William Croil who is recorded as the joint owner (with John Henderson and Dugaid M’Phee) of the vessel ‘Industry’ built 1814 by Fyfe, Fairlie (machinery by Dobbie and re-engined in 1828 by Caird & Co.) which traded from Greenock.
Note 2“Of the Scottish settlers that came to the township of Osnabruck, none take precedence over the family of Croil, whose name has been preserve for prosperity by the island lying opposite the village of Farran’s Point, in the St. Lawrence River.”
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FatherThomas (James) Croil (1745-1825)
MotherJanet MILLER (1755-1817)
Other spousesDorothea M. Elisabeth L. GOEKING
Marriage9 Dec 1826, Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland
SpouseChristina Anderson
Birth?
Death2 Feb 1867, Brooklyn, New York, NY USA
MemoAccording to a record in the British Guiana Colonists’ index.
Note 1What relation, if any, is she to Margaret Anderson (1692-1749)?
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