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Our families come from Arkansas, Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia and dates back to 1895 in Kansas. We also came from Austria, Ireland, Scotland, Hungary, Germany, and England. Traditionally, the last name can tell a lot about your heritage. The last name often told where you came from and the class of your family. We haven’t kept that tradition; and so it isn’t as easy to tell much about a person from their last name these days.

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My Forever Family

I found my forever family in Betty and Ivan Blaker. They let me move in on a “trial basis” and gave me the stability, guidance and the love parents are suppose to give to their children. For the first time in my life, I actually felt like I belonged where I was. I was finally part of a forever family. Betty and Ivan showed me what a family is suppose to be like. They showed me how to become part of a family and learn to relax and enjoy the love it had to offer. I learned my parenting skills and even my grand-parenting skills from them. I will be forever grateful for the guidance and love they gave to a lost little girl.

I had always longed for a “forever family” that would love me for “me” and meet my needs and be my “parents” ever since I was a little girl. I had moved around all my life, not quite fitting in anywhere I lived, but I was really trying to find someplace that I could really belong. Ivan took the honors of “giving me away” on my wedding day. He shared his birthday with my oldest daughter and always made her feel so special that they had the very same birthday. Betty babysat the girls when they were little and I worked. They accepted me into their family as if I had been born into it. They always treated my girls as their granddaughters. Their parents were the first grandparents that I could remember having and they treated me as if I had always been a member of their family too. Up until just a few years ago, my daughters thought that Betty and Ivan were my real parents. I never spoke much of my past before then. All they knew is that Betty and Ivan were my parents and their grandparents. They were sad when someone said they weren’t their real grandparents and couldn’t believe that they weren’t their “real grandparents”. “Oh, don’t ever let your Grandpa hear you say that, it would break his heart.” They always have been and always will be my girls real grandparents!! They taught me to embrace holidays and enjoy every minute of them. They gave me the first birthday party I can remember. They never missed a single school play or musical that my girls were in. They always had something special for the girls for Easter and Valentines day. They are my “forever parents” and the best “forever family” anyone could ever possibly wish for! Before we really knew that Betty had Alzheimer’s; and while she was still coherent she told me that she and Ivan couldn’t love me anymore if I had been born to them and that she felt blessed to have me as her daughter and that she felt I was her real daughter. And, I told her I was the one who was blessed to have such wonderful parents! And, I felt like they were my real parents

They were truly sole mates and Dad is such a romantic! I cherish the memories that they gave to my family and will be forever grateful for their wonderful love.

George Crawshaw
Samuel Crawshaw (b. 8/26/1823 d. 1884 ) Born in Tottington, near Burry, Lancashire, England married Betty Heyworth (b. 1823 d. 1902) They migrated to the United States, March 17, 1852, located in Linn County, Kansas at Trading Post 1855. Betty had a sister named Esther Heyworth. Samuel believed to have a brother named William Crawshaw also born in England. The Linn County history says, “William Crawshaw, along with 3 other men captured and tortured by Clark’s Raiders, because he refused to give information against his neighbors, also free staters.” This would have been somewhere in the 1857 to 1859 era of Bleeding Kansas. He had been a railroad contractor at one time. William and wife (possibly Margaret) lost their lives fighting a prairie fire and left four small children, who were raised by Edward Priestly on Williams farm of 320 acres. Edwin Ritchie Crawshaw believed Samuel and Betty Crawshaw to have been his great grandparents; however the dates do not support that. Wiliam’s four children were: Matilda Crawshaw, William J. Crawshaw, John Thomas Crawshaw, and Edwin Ritchie Crawshaw.

Children:

i. Henry Crawshaw born September 4, 1847 at Bacup, England

ii. Sarah Crawshaw (Pogue)-second husband John Davis (probably born in Bacup, England

iii. Elizabeth Crawshaw (Williet) died age 24 years, 3 months and 20 days; March 26, 1880; buried in Fredonia, KS

iv. Mary Crawshaw (Branick) died 1890

v. Thomas Crawshaw died January 16, 1879; buried in Fredonia, KS

vi. Maria Crawshaw died age 16 years, 7 months, 7 days August 5, 1878; buried in Fredonia, KS

Henry Crawshaw (b. 4/9/1844 d. ) married February 24, 1874 to Mary Krone (b. 8/1854 d. 1897)

Children:

i. George Andrew Crawshaw b. 12/14/1874

ii. Nora Pearl Crawshaw b 11/16/1876

iii. Ella May Crawshaw b 5/1/1879

iv. Eva Belle Crawshaw b 1/6/1881

v. James Thomas Crawshaw b 1/15/1883

vi. Berty Blaine Crawshaw b 12/1/1884

vii. Freddie Martin Crawshaw b 3/18/1886

viii. Samuel Roy Crawshaw b 4/5/1888

ix. Gracie Olla Crawshaw b 2/16/1889

x. Alfred Crawshaw b 5/21/1894

xi. Alpha Crawshaw b 4/22/1894 (stillborn or died April 22)

xii. Raymond Crawshaw b 4/13/1895

xiii. Mary Jane Crawshaw b. 3/1897 (died summer of 1897)

James Thomas Crawshaw (b. 1/15/1883 d. ) married 8/1902 Lula Elizabeth Leiss

Children:

i. Susie Velma Crawshaw (B. Aug 14, 1904)

ii. Vivian (stillborn 1903)

iii. Dorthy (1909)

iv. Ralph (1911)

v. Walter (1915)

vi. Paul Henry (1917)

vii. Arlo Lawrence (1920)

viii. Thomas Jr. (1922)

Susie Crawshaw (B. Aug 14, 1904) Married Fredrick “Fred” Blaker(B. Aug 2, 1904)

Children:

i. Arvin Reed (B. Dec 3, 1935)

ii. Ivan Loyd (B. Sept 18, 1930)

Ivan Loyd Blaker married Betty Anderson

Children:

i. Laura

ii. Susan

iii. Deborah (foster daughter-although I haven’t been called “foster” since the early 70’s)

Deborah Jean met xxxxxxx while home on leave from the U.S. Navy. They were married at United Methodist Church. The Reverend Dellenbaugh proceeded the ceremony. They had some very good years together.

Children:

o Jennifer married Jeremy

· Megan

· Jimmy

o Gayle married Larry (divorced); later married Eduardo (divorced)

· Lacy

· Christopher

· Alexis

· Madison

o Jamie married Kevin

· Kevin

· Novalie