More to follow, as there are many tracing these Creller lines 
Creller to Canada |
Kreller family from the Rhineland |
Early Canadian records provide the following names in the account books of John and Philip Rutier at Missisquoi Baie (Philipsburg) John Bockus-1792, Peter Rosenberger-1793, Frederick Primerman, Mathias Cammel- 1795, Christopher and John Katebock (Catchpaugh/Catchpaw/Catchpazin) -1797. As these family names are found aligned with the Creller family either through marriage, or association ( business, neighbour, military) it has been assumed that the Creller family had settled in the area at about the same time period. While recorded evidence of the exact date of arrival of the Creller has not been discovered ( as of the year 2005) , much evidence of their births, marriages, deaths and burials permits one to accept the above mentioned assumption that the Creller were in the area as early as 1795.
Records exist showing that, in Stanbridge county, part of the old Seigniory of St Armand, one Peter and one Philip Creller , had each taken possession of some 1,000 acres of land on Sept 1, 1800. Documents at the Bureau de Registré du Quebec in Bedford, dated 1831, indicate that one David Creller, son of Peter, sold the lots that he had received from his father to one James McGill and Associates. The Canadian census records of 1825, 1831, 1842, and 1851 indicate that one Rufus Creller, and one Peter Creller were listed as residents of Stanbridge East ( County Missisquoi) The listing on the census record places their residence on what is known as Dutch Road ,located just south of Bedford Quebec, in the vicinity of what is now the Ploss Cemetery.
There are many Creller family stones still standing in this Ploss Cemetery .The sons of those interred there can be found buried in the cemetery at Mystic, Quebec, just north of Bedford, in the Stanbridge Ridge Cemetery, just west of St Armand and in the main cemetery in the town of Bedford itself. Later generations of this main Creller line can be found buried in the Clarenceville ,Quebec area and still others are located in the cemeteries of Alburgh Vermont.
Creller  of Canada |
There may have been more children of this union but no records have been located as of 2005
| Peter Creller 1785-1870 | Rufus Creller 1787-1865 | Polley Kimmel Creller 1792-xxxx |
| David Creller 1805- xxxx | Philip Creller 1809-1875 | Hannah Creller 1816-1871 |
From the information available (as of 2004) ,we know that Peter Creller was born in Red Hook NY and that his brother Rufus was born in Hoosic NY and that Polly was baptized in Schaghticoke NY . The names of the above children were culled from the records in the register's office in Bedford Quebec, the known dates confirmed with the inscriptions on the tomb stones found in the area. No record or any stone has been located for Phillip's wife, who we assume may have passed away before the family settled in the Stanbridge area. The fact that Polley Creller has been given the middle name of Kimmel or Cammel and given the assumption that the Kimmel or Cammel family was among the families that have been found to be associated with the Creller, one might assume that Phillip's wife was a Kimmel or Cammel. ( research still remains to be undertaken)
Clarenceville, Quebecc Peter Creller moved to the Seigniory of Noyan, located further west of Phillipsburg ( Missisquoi), on the upper western part of the Baie. The land in that area was then owned by Colonel Christie, his land agent was William McGinnis.(as of 2004 we are still searching for the sale or rental transaction). Peter procured title to the lot of land described as lot 9, concession 7 of the then Seigneur de Noyan, property of Col Christie , and built himself a modest family home. At this location, Peter, we assumed met with the Denton family and married Orpha. Peter exercised the trade of farmer, through the births and deaths of his family members, his wife and finally himself.
Creller Homestead Lot 9 , Concession 7 Christie's Manor, Quebec Lower Canada
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Some interesting legal documents concerning this property
A photo of the back of the house in better times
Before me Pierre Gamelin , a public Notary of this Her Majesty’s Province of Canada East, by lawful authority duly commissioned and sworn, residing in the town of Dorchester commonly called Saint Johns in the said province and Messrs. John Hawley of the seigniory of Foucault and Griffin Scriver residing in the seigniory of Noyan, in their Districts and Province aforesaid, and both farmers Witness hereunto required according to Law. Personally came and appeared Peter Creller, of the Seigniory of Noyan, in the District and province aforesaid, farmer, who being of sound and disposing mind, memory, and understanding, yet considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of its hour, has made dictated and named , fait dicté et nommé to me the said Notary in the presence of the said Witnesses, who have put and subscribed their names and signatures here to this present last Will and Testament , in the manner form following that is to say: First and principally I most willingly resign my soul into the hands of God Almighty in the humble Hope that he will receive it to His favour through the merits of His dearly beloved Son, our blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ - Secondly, That all my just debts and funeral expenses and the cost of a tombstone be paid by my executors hereinafter named as soon as possible after my death and I wish and I desire to be interred in the burial ground on Beechridge in the Parish of St. Georges in the Seigniory of Foucault . Thirdly, I give, divise & bequeath unto my beloved wife Orpha Denton , the enjoyment and usufruct, usufruit during her natural life of the whole of the real and personal property, Meubles et immeubles, I shall be possessed of, or entitled unto & to me belonging on the day of my death by the said Orpha Denton, which I make and institute my usufructuary legatary, enjoying the same as a good father of family would do , without being obliged to proceed to any inventory of the same, of which I the said Testator dispense here with by these presents and form the extinction of the enjoyment and usufructs, usufruits aforesaid, that is to say only after the decease of my beloved wife Orpha Denton. Fourthly, I give devise and bequeath to Rufus Horatio Creller , one of my sons the south half of the lot of land number nine in the seventh concession in the seigniory of Noyan, containing said half, Fifty six arpents in superficie more or less (save & except Two arpents of said half retroceded to the Seignior of the said Seigniory of Noyan) I also give devise and bequeath to my said son Rufus Horatio Creller the just south half of the dwelling House, the just south half of the Barn, the just south half of the stable, the just south half of the shed, and the just south half of the wood shed and the just south half of the Corn House and Carriage House, said buildings being erected on the said south side of the said lot number nine And I also give devise and bequeath to him my said son all the farming utensils to me belonging on the day of my decease and to take possession of the same after the death of his mother, my said wife Orpha Denton. And by these presents I approve, confirm and ratify the deed of gift, Donation I made yesterday before the undersigned Notary and his colleague Notary to my said above named son of the lot of land number Ten, in the said seventh range of concession and joining the said south half of said lot number nine, it being my will that he , my said son do with the said lot number Ten as he may see fit from the day of the deed of Gift aforesaid. Fiftly, I give devise & bequeath to Ann Sylvia Creller , spinster, one of my daughters, who is now living with me and her mother, the just North half of the said lot number nine first above mentioned, as also the just North half of the House, Barn, Shed, Woodshed and of the Corn House and Carriage House, which are built on the said south side of the said lot number nine as aforesaid. It is my will and I devise that the said Rufus Horatio Creller and the said Ann Sylvia Creller, my said son and daughter do occupy the said House together as long as it will be agreeable for them to do so and I also wish and I desire that my said son Rufus Horatio do give and provide for his said sister Ann Sylvia Creller her board and to take care of her in case of sickness and to give her all the succours she may require during the time she will stay and live with him and thus only after my decease and that of her mother. Sixly I give devise and bequeath to William Stodder Creller , another of my sons the sum of twenty shillings current money of this province, the reason, I give him but that sum is that he has already received from time to time to a large amount in property and money. Sevently, I give devise and bequeath to Dinerzede Creller another of my daughters wife of John Smith of the said seigniory of Noyan, farmer, the sum of Five pounds in money and for Ten pounds in grain and cattle , making together Fifteen pounds, the same to be paid to her or to her heirs and assigned by my said son Rufus Horatio Creller, whom I request to pay the same two years after my decease And I also request of him to pay the said sum of twenty shilling said currency to his said brother William Creller, six months after my death. Eightly, I give devise and bequeath all the horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and the household furniture to me belonging on the day of my decease and this after the enjoyment aforesaid be extinct that is after my said beloved wife's decease to all my above named Children, to be divided amongst them share and share alike the said division to be made in the presence of my executors hereinafter to be named , providing my said four children, should not agree about the said division, but I hope that they will agree between themselves without being obliged to call upon the said Executors. Ninthly, I give devise and bequeath All my clothes and wearing apparel to my two sons namely Rufus Horatio Creller and William Stoddard Creller to be divided between them, by equal share of to the survivor of them and the same to be given, to them by my Executors hereinafter named five days after my decease. And I the said Testator do name and appoint the said Orpha Denton my beloved wife, Executor and my brother in law John Denton of Noyan, farmer and my friend John Hawley, of Foucault, farmer, Executors of this my last Will and Testament, requesting of them to accept the said charge. And I revoke all former Wills & Codicils I may have made before this date, to which alone I adhere as being my last Will and Testament. It was thus made dictated and named fait dicté et nommé by the said Testator Peter Creller to me the said Notary in the presence of the aforesaid Witnesses and read and read over lû et relû to the said Testator in the presence of the said Witnesses by the said Notary, who has persisted therein as being his last Will and Testament. Done and passed at the seigniory of Noyan in the said Testators dwelling house on the twenty fifth day of the month of April in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and forty four at half past eight o'clock in the forenoon, by me the said Notary written and the said Testator hath signed it with and in the presence of us the said Notary and witnesses after having been duly read twice as aforesaid,
One word Obliterated is null & void Before me Pierre Gamelin a public Notary and Messrs. John Hawly and Griffin Scriver, the Notary and witnesses before named in the above and foregoing written Will and Testament of Peter Creller, Testator there in named. And he the said Peter Creller, after having heard the reading of his said last Will and Testament he declared to the said Notary in the presence of the said witnesses that he is desirous to make some alteration in his said last Will and Testament in the form of a Codicil to the same, which he hath made dictated and named fait dicté et nommé to the said Notary who wrote it in the presence of the said witnesses in the following form and manners That instead of the Gift and Bequeath made by me to my four children as mentioned in the Eight section of my said last will and Testament It is now my will to alter the same, therefore I give devise and bequeath to Rufus Horatio Creller, on of my sons and to Ann Sylvia Creller one of my daughters, the Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, summer and winter carriage and Harnesses to me belonging on the day of my decease (and thus after the enjoyment which I give to my beloved wife Orpha Denton as mentioned in the third section of my said Last Will and Testament be extinct That is to say, after her decease) to be equally divided by half between them the said Rufus Horatio Creller and the said Ann Sylvia Creller . I also give devise and bequeath to Rufus Horatio Creller, the just half of the Household furniture and I give and devise and bequeath the other half of said Household furniture to my two daughters the said Ann Sylvia Creller and Dinerzede Creller, wife of John Smith to be divided between them And I give devise and bequeath to William Creller another of my sons, Five sheep, one feather bed and a loom complete with all the apparatus there to belonging. I make the above written bequeath in the room of the one mentioned in the eight section of my said Last Will and Testament as aforesaid and the said above Gift and bequeath to take place in the manner and time aforesaid. And It is also me will and I desire that all the other bequest and legacies by me made as mentioned in my said Last Will and Testament be complied with as they are there in written approving, confirming and ratifying them and by these presents do approve confirm and ratify the same. Thus the said Testator hath made dictated and names this hi Codicil to his last Will and Testament to be added and make pray there to and to be recorded in the office of Pierre Gamelin the undersigned Notary whom he requested so to do. Done and passed in the dwelling house of the said Peter Creller, Testator in the Seigniory of Noyan on the the twenty eight day of the month of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four at five o, clock in the afternoon, who after this his present and last Codicil to his said Will and Testament as aforesaid being unto him read twice over by the said Notary in the presence of the said witnesses, he the said Testator and witnesses declared to have well understood its contents and to be there with content and satisfied he the said Testator signed with and in the presence of us the said Notary and witnesses after having been duly read twice as aforesaid signed Peter Creller signed John Hawley and signed Pre Gamelin N J as it appears on the original minute remaining of record in the subscribing Notary’s office Pre Gamelin N J |
Sylvia Creller moved to live with her sister Dineraz Smith, in Sycamore ,Illinois. She departed this life (date to follow) , an old spinster having spent her life looking after he father. Sylvia Creller died at the age of ( ) and is buried in the Smith family plot in (location to follow)
Early on in life William Stoddard Creller took possession of some land in lot 30 , in concession 9 of the Seigniory of Noyan , and then acquired the land on lot number 225 in the 9th concession of Foucault , down from Nutt's Corner. He married Sophia Nutt and they produced a small family of 5 girls and one male offspring.
After the early death of Sophia Nutt, William Stoddard Creller remarried Elizabeth Newman, producing two other male offspring.
George Creller, son of Sophia Nutt and William Stoddard, became a carpenter, was at one time post master of the Aird. P Q mail office and then he moved over the border into Alburg Springs, Vermont taking possession in 1894 of the Mansion House, a hotel type lodging serving the mineral spring travelers of the period. Most of Geroge's offspring, he had five sons , established themselves in the Alburgh , Vermont area, and can be found there today. Robert Creller his great-great-great-grandson is a respected breeder of Highland Cattle in this area.
The male line of William's second marriage, moved to western Canada, where his descendants are to be found today.
1st marriage
Elizabeth Newman 1837-1914 |
| Wilford Creller 1855-1914 | James A Creller 1857-xxxx |
Elizabeth Newman, is the sister of William and James Newman, the boys who married the daughters of William Stoddard. After the death of William Stoddard Creller , Elizabeth Newman remarried Reid Henry Miller and had more children. ( Sophia, Wiliam, Elizabeth, and Reid Henry are all buried in the Hawley Cemetery on South Beech Road)
Mabel C Creller 1886-1922 | Ethel L Creller 1889-xxxx |
James and his family were living on what would appear to be South Beech Road according to the 1901 Canadian census. No burial records for this family have been located in Canada, so it should be assumed that the family moved as did some of their cousins, to the USA to live out the remainder of their life .There may have also been other issue of this particular marriage.
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Canada West
| Wilford Stoddard Creller 1855-1914 | Married abt 1881 Winnipeg, Man | Agnes Elizabeth Cox 1860-1942 |
| Eliza Belle Creller 1884-xxxx | Margaret Clark Creller 1886-xxxx | Josephine Creller 1888-xxxx |
| Reid Henry Creller 1890-xxxx | Bertha Grace Creller 1893-xxxx | Wilford George Creller 1895-xxxx |
This is the history of the Creller family as kept by my father Wolfrod George Creller. He wrote down what he could remember and placed it in the Family Bible. Wolford Stoddard Creller was born in Clarenceville , Quebec in 1855. He came to Winnipeg in 1878 and worked on a survey outfit north of Winnipeg near Lake Winnipeg . Agnes Elizabeth Cox, was born on December 4 1860 in Chatham, Quebec, which is on the border of Quebec and Ontario. It is also reported that she was born in Pointe Fortune, Quebec so we will also keep this on record. She came to Winnipeg in 1878 or 79 and worked as a maid. She quit her job and went north where she met Wolford S Creller. That fall she wanted to leave before winter closed in. Ches and Martin Holly ( could this be Hawley) and Wolford built a hand sleigh and pulled her across to Clandebury where she could catch a train back to Winnipeg. This was the end of the railway line at the time.
The engineer on the survey gang built a log house at Clandebury and W S Creller stayed there for the winter. He used to throw scraps of food out the door and timber wolves would come up and eat them. The next spring he returned to Winnipeg. He was offered two lots where the CPR station eventually was built on the corner of Higgins and Main , for $25.00 a lot. He did not buy them because the mud was up to the top of his rubber boots and he thought the land would never be any good. Wolford Stoddard Creller and Agnes Cox were married in 1881 and he went to work on construction, building the CPR line to DeWinton. She was one of the first white women to settle in the area. When they reached there, he was made a Section Foreman and had 18 men working for him. He was making $1.25 per day and the men working for him made seventy five cents per day.
They lived in a granary at Lee's until a section house was built for them to live in. When the town was located at Carberry, Manitoba, the section house was moved to Carberry from DeWinton on a Sunday morning while they were still sleeping in bed. They lived in the Section house, 1 and ½ miles west of Carberry until 1890. They had a daughter Eliza Belle Creller born February 8 1884, a daughter Margaret Clark Creller born January 26 1886, another daughter Josephine Creller born February 29 1888 and a son Reid Henry Creller born February 5 1890. All were born in Carberry, Manitoba while they lived in the section house. They moved to Melbourne Manitoba in 1890 and took up farming. Bertha Grace Creller was born Jan 21 1893 and Wolford George Creller was born April 27 1895. The house burned down in 1902 and they had to build another one.
Wolford Stoddard Creller died Oct 2 1914, and Mrs Creller stayed on the farm until 1922 when she moved to Winnipeg to stay with her son Wolford George. She stayed there until he got married on April 9 1928, returning to Carberry to keep house for her grandchildren who were attending school in town. In about 1930 Mrs W S Creller, returned to Winnipeg where she lived until the spring of 1942 with her son Wolford and his wife Vina. They took her to Carberry to live with her daughter Belle and son in law Harry Reynolds until she passed away August 9 1942. She was buried beside her husband in the Carberry Cemetery Aug 11 1942.
When Wolford Stoddard Creller was working, Ernest Seaton Thompson used to ride with them on the railway hand car. Ernest would jump off the car if he saw a coon or a badger or ground hog and he would chase them as they were very uncommon to him. He would dig into a mole hole until he caught the mole. People used to think he was crazy but he became a famous author and is honoured today by the people of the Carberry district. He would carry mice and snakes around in his pockets. When he wrote the book ' The Trail of the Sandhill Stag ' he followed the deer for a week. He would sleep when the deer slept and get up and follow it when it moved, yet it never knew he was there. This took place across from the farm which Wolford George Creller bought near Melbourne Manitoba in 1936 and farmed for a few years while living in Winnipeg.
| Florence Belle Reynolds 1911-xxxx | Josephine Adele Reynolds 1913-xxxx | Wolford Nelson Reynolds 1915-xxxx |
| Delbert Arthur Reynolds 1917-xxxx | Doris Ann Reynolds 1919-xxxx |
| Agnes Gwendoline Ross 1911-xxx | Marjorie Ross xxxx-xxxx | Arthur John Ross 1915-xxxx |
| Glen Rhoades Waterhouse 1916-xxxx | Catherine Lillian Waterhouse 1918-xxxx | Agnes Waterhouse 1920-xxxx |
| Lyle Waterhouse 1925-xxxx | Margaret Waterhouse 1928-xxxx |
| Beryl Caroline Creller 1929-xxxx | Reid Henry Creller 1936-xxxx | Doris Agnes Creller 1937-xxxx | Keith Wolford Creller 1943-xxxx |
Born February 16, 2003, the night of the full moon
8 lbs 14 oz 10 1/2" 38 cm head
To Char-Min Gaye Wade-Creller and Calvin Jay Creller
fulfilling his mom's goal to "Birth Triumphantly" -- drug free and at home. Successful birth due to Mom's trust in Nature and Dad's trust in Mom. Attended by midwife Noreen Walker, Doulas Annemarie van Oploo and Robynne Walters and Jr. Doula Arnika Oddy-van Oploo, 7. ("Attended by" being completely inadequate as these women are as inspirational as priestesses and as powerful in their magic as goddesses.)
Baby's first month has been great (on human milk he's gained 1 1/2 lbs!) due to the generosity of friends and relations. The new family is very grateful for the blessing received, the gifts of skill and time no less appreciated than the excellent loot and booty.)
Thank you to everyone.
C & C & C Creller
Henry M Chilton |
| Mary Newman 1860-xxxx | Ermina Newman 1863-xxxx | Ellen Newman 1865-xxxx | George Albert Newman 1867-xxxx |
| Alice Newman 1870-xxxx | James Newman 1873-1896 | Wilford D. Newman 1874-1876 | Ina Newman 1878-xxxx |
A James A Creller, 23 years old is listed living with the Newman family at census time 1881, he is the son of William Stoddard and Elizabeth Newman The family is living in Clarenceville , Que
Lewis John Reed remarried Eliza Placer of Highgate VT , in Granby 10 September 1863
Abram W Honsinger & Phebe Caroline Brown
On May 5, 1894 the ' Mansion House ' was sold to George Creller for $1,600.00
Alburg Springs M.E. Church , Ladies Aid Society 1906 Mrs G A Creller Mrs Thomas Creller Mrs W A Creller Alyce Creller
July 11 1939 Mr William A Creller - Selectman
Alburgh Center Cemetery
This cemetery is located on the town road leading east to the lake from Alburgh Center. It is off and on the north side of this town road burials as early as 1787
William A Creller his wife Jane O'Neil
Hardy L Creller
William H Creller
Karl W Creller Died in Action at Chateau Thierry France 23 July 1918
Floyd A Creller his wife Donna M Duba
Alburgh Vermont USA |
ST. ALBANS - Claire A. Dowling, 76, a life long area resident, passed away
unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at the Northwestern Medical Center. She was born in Alburgh, Vt. on Feb. 2, 1930, the daughter of the late Clarence and Alyce (Creller) Ashline. On June 23, 1956, in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Claire married Hubert A. Dowling, who survives her. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this past weekend.
Claire graduated from the University of Vermont and was a secondary education teacher in Poultney and Richford. She was a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Circle 5 of the United Methodist Women, the Phi Alpha Class, St. Albans Historical Society and Museum, the St. Albans Free Library and was a member of the Northwestern Medical Center Auxiliary.
Survivors include her husband of 50 years, Hubert A. of St. Albans; their two sons, Mark A. Dowling and his partner, Chris Perrera of Colchester and Michael D. Dowling and his special friend, Karen Jette of Essex Junction; her brother, Karl Ashline and his wife, Heather of Williston; her cousin, Judy Sherrer and her husband, Walter of St. Albans, and their children, Anthony Urban and Amy and Tim Sherrer; her sister-in-law, Dorothy Dowling of St. Albans; her nieces and nephews, Dan and Sheila Ashline, Deborah and Bradley Hammond, Natalie Dowling, Terry and David Knight, Donna Dowling, Lori and Bill Hoffner, Frank and Debby Dowling Jr., Sarah and Mark Vogler, Jennifer and David Partelow, Mary Lou and Larry Bevins, David Charbonneau, Mary and Dr. Cliff Nemeth,
Patricia Barry, and John and Jackie Dowling Jr.; and her special friends, Madeline Howard and Lucy Parah.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 1, 2006, at 11 a.m. in St. Paul’s United Methodist Church on Church Street with the Reverend Herman Benjamin officiating. Interment will follow in the Dowling family lot in Holy Cross Cemetery. Claire’s family will receive friends on Friday (today) from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Heald Funeral Home, 87 South Main St., St. Albans.
#2 Glendon Creller
#6 Doris Creller (died before 2004)
#3 Dorthy Creller
Ben Creller is standing along with his daughter Doris. The girl to the left is Hazel Braley ( now Mrs Lee Patno of Alburgh) the boy with the wagon is her brother George Braley. The truck 9 called by Hazel ' tobacco & cigarette truck' was driven by Frank Settle, brother in law to Clement Hillliker circa 1915
November 15 ,1937 | 1918-1996 |
Vanessa Creller 1956- 1998 |
1935-1993 |
| Lori Creller xxxx-xxxx | Cheyl Lynn Creller 1986-xxxx | Bruce Olin Creller jr xxxx-xxxx |
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| Madison Creller xxxx-xxxx |
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1st marriage
September 11, 1911 | 1884-xxxx |
Ethel Creller 1901-1976 | ||
On 9 July 1938 Alburgh voters met to vote on a proposal for the town to build a new HighSchool., on May 26 1939 a dance was held in the new auditorium Among the listed Patrons and Patronesses was -Miss Mildred Creller
Dennis Machia | ||
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RALPH A. MACHIA
ST. ALBANS / MILTON - Ralph A. Machia, 83, formerly of Milton, passed away Monday morning, Feb. 19, 2007, at the Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans.
Ralph was born May 4, 1923, in Franklin, the son of the late Wilford and Anna Ladd Machia. On June 10, 1944, he married Edna Creller in Alburgh, Vt.; they were married for over 54 years when she passed on July 24, 1998.
Moving to Connecticut in 1953, he had worked for Hollaway Brothers Farm until 1975, from then he worked at the Avon Old Farms School in Avon, Conn. for 15 years. He moved back to Vermont in 1987, residing in Swanton where he enjoyed growing his vegetable garden, which was the talk of the town. He lived in Swanton until 1998 when Edna died, then moving to Milton to be closer to his daughter Deborah.
He is survived by his children, Lloyd Machia of St. Albans, Robert Machia of Riverton, Conn., Richard Machia and his wife, Pia of Bristol, Conn., Deborah Corey and her companion, Kenny Mayo of Milton and Donna Trainor and her husband, David of Tarriffville, Conn.; his precious grandchildren, Jeff and Mel Stanhope, Todd Machia, Eric Corey, Dennis and Jen Corey, Troy Machia, Megan and Joshua Platnik, Nicole Machia, Danielle Machia, Jason Trainor and Brittany Machia, and five great-grandchildren; his brother, Elwin Machia and his wife Florence, and his sister, Eleanor Machia; his brother-in-law, Warren Baker; sisters-in-law, Beverly Creller, Juanita Stone and Genny Secor. He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Edna; and his infant son, Dennis.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007, at 7 p.m. in the Minor Funeral Home with Pastor Kim Ransom officiating. Burial will be held in the Alburgh Cemetery later in the spring.
Memorial Contributions may be made to the Lycam Fund in care of the Franklin County Rehab Center, 110 Fairfax Road, St. Albans, Vt. 05478; or the Support Our Troops Fund in care of Key Bank, Milton, Vt. 05468.
Visiting Hours will be held on Thursday prior to the service from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Minor Funeral Home, Route 7 in Milton.