Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameThomas (Thomas) Croil
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, GG Granddaughter
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 (1836-1918)
Children
1 FGladys Mitchell (Thomas) Croil °, GGG Granddaughter
Birth20 Jan 1888, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Deathabt 1974
SpouseCaptain Angus Hugh Macdonald MC ° (?-~1955)
Marriage15 Nov 1919, Aberdeen, Scotland
ChildrenMary Croil (Angus) (1922-1987)
Christian Croil 'Kirsty' (Angus) (1927-)
2 MThomas Mitchell 'Tom' (Thomas) Croil °, GGG Grandson
Birth7 Aug 1891, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Death12 May 1985, Summerland, BC, Canada
SpouseMarjorie Vandenburg ° (?-1998)
Marriage1959
Married MemoBut Christian C Vlasto (m. Abbas) autobiography suggests it was ‘recent’ in 1964...
3 MAir Marshal George Mitchell (Thomas) Croil CBE, AFC, CdeG °, GGG Grandson
Birth5 Jun 1893, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Death8 Apr 1959, Vancouver, BC, Canada
SpouseAilsa Swabey Arnold ° (?-?)
Marriage5 Jun 1923, High River, Alberta, Canada
Married MemoOther info says marriage in 1922.
ChildrenAnn Arnold (George) (1924-2001)
George Arnold (George) (1925-2000)
Ailsa Arnold (George) (1928-2011)
Thomas Arnold (George) (1934-)
Barbara Jane Arnold (George) (1938-)
4 FChristian Mitchell (Thomas) Croil °, GGG Granddaughter
Birth28 Nov 1894, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Death27 Mar 1983, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England
MemoOld age. Died at the Home of Compassion, 58 High Street, Thames Ditton.
SpouseDr Michel Ernest Theodore Dimitri (Ernest) Vlasto ° (1888-1979)
Marriage18 Jun 1919, Aberdeen & London, Scotland & England
Married MemoMarried 18-06-1919 at St James’s Episcopal Church, Aberdeen; solemnised 19-06-1919 at St Sophia, London.
ChildrenHelen Croil (Michel) (1920-2001)
Christian Fanny Croil (Michel) (1921-2009)
Michael Croil 'Pogy' (Michel) (1923-1971)
Nancy Lorna Mary Croil (Michel) (1926-)
5 MWilliam Mitchell (Thomas) Croil, GGG Grandson
Birth17 Nov 1898, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Death17 Jan 1899
6 FMary Gordon Heron Mitchell (Thomas) Croil, GGG Granddaughter
Birth3 Sep 1900, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Death13 Jun 1901, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA