John CRATER
Birth:
9 Jan 1850
Juniata, Pennsylvania
Death:
24 Apr 1931
Holyoke, Colorado
Burial:
26 Apr 1931
Holyoke, Colorado
Marriage:
20 Aug 1876
Walton, in Harvey County, Kansas
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
John was buried in Holyoke on 26 April 1931.
Violet M. CLARK
Birth:
26 Jan 1857
Petersburg, Illinois
Death:
5 Mar 1950
Denver, Colorado
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
At the time of her death, Violet lived at 1654 S. Pearl St., in Denver. The cause of death listed on her death certificate was "malnutrition, due to fractured pelvis"; a contributing cause was "senility". Her pelvis had been fractured in an accident at home that had occurred on 7 January, when she fell while walking to the kitchen.
Violet was buried on 7 March 1950 in Holyoke Cemetery.
Children
Marriage
1
Alvah Clark CRATER
Birth:
8 Sep 1877
Death:
30 Aug 1880
Marr:
Notes:
Alvah apparently died of "chills".
Alvah's father John, then living in Holyoke, later bought cemetery lots for Alvah and his brother Edwin at the Walton Cemetery in Walton, Kansas, on 17 October 1888 (lots 2 and 6 in block 5).
2
Edwin Lewis CRATER
Birth:
10 Jan 1879
Death:
10 Mar 1881
Marr:
Notes:
Edwin apparently died of "malarial fever".
Alvah's father John, then living in Holyoke, later bought cemetery lots for Edwin and his brother Alvah at the Walton Cemetery in Walton, Kansas, on 17 October 1888 (lots 2 and 6 in block 5).
4
Birth:
16 Mar 1886
Newton, Harvey, Kansas
Death:
23 Sep 1975
Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho
Notes:
Esther graduated from Lincoln, Nebraska, High School where her parents had moved temporarily from Colorado since no high school was available there. Immediately after graduating, she taught a one-room school in Colorado and at about the same time proved-up on a homestead. This homestead was later sold so she could buy silver and china after her marriage. Later, she worked in Holyoke as a bank teller, and with congenial friends established a Browning Society to read poetry together. It was through this group of young ladies and their friends that she met Earl Bereman.
Esther was buried on 27 September 1975 at Crown Hill Cemetery, in Denver, Colorado.
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John Crater - Violet M. Clark
John Crater
was born at Juniata, Pennsylvania 9 Jan 1850.
His parents were Abraham C. Crater and Elizabeth Haldeman.
He married Violet M. Clark 20 Aug 1876 at Walton, in Harvey County, Kansas . Violet M. Clark was born at Petersburg, Illinois 26 Jan 1857 .
They were the parents of 4
children:
Alvah Clark Crater
born 8 Sep 1877.
Edwin Lewis Crater
born 10 Jan 1879.
Lulu May Crater
born 14 Aug 1881.
Esther Myrtle Crater
born 16 Mar 1886.
John Crater died 24 Apr 1931 at Holyoke, Colorado .
Violet M. Clark died 5 Mar 1950 at Denver, Colorado .