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BACKGROUND GENEALOGY
PORT CREWE
CREWE BROTHERS FISHERY
1904 - 1957
http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp -The Leamington Post. September 3, 1991 - pg. 41
In 1904, four brothers, A.E. Crewe [Alex Crewe father of Frank Crewe who was extremely active in the fishery as early as 1922], D.L. Crewe, W.R. Crewe and S. M. Crewe, purchased the Tom Mills fishery and began operating pound nets off lot 199 in Romney Township. In 1907 they acquired the John Carr fishery, and fished off lots 170 to 179. Two years later, they purchased the John Steward fishery thereby including lots 161 to 169. Then, on the boundary between lots 169 and 170, they built a substantial dock ...
Their 150-foot dock was located at the bottom of the seventy-eight foot bank. Tracks were installed, enabling railway-like cars t6o carry equipment, fish and even passengers up and down the bank ...
[There was constructed] a barn ... a blacksmith shop ... a ... twine shed ... in 1918 a large ice-house ...
Crewe fisheries were busy manufacturing their own [cotton twine] nets and supplying them to other fisheries as well ...
[Karen Adamson (editor), Open Boats - A Historical Sketch of Commercial Fishing in Wheatley - Ontario (Published after 1979), pp. 8-9]
A.E. Crewe and his 3 brothers settled at Port Crewe in 1909. They initially bought entire apple orchards, hiring large groups of men to do the picking and then shipping the product to R.J. Graham at Belleville. By 1910-12 they were shipping fish by boats which came from Sandusky, Cleveland and Lorain. In 1922, Frank Crewe imported the first twine-making machine ever bought into Canada. The firm owned it own gas well, returned to its landowners by the Union Gas Company, which supplied free gas for the firm and its employees (Lauritson 1952: 314). The built heritage in the community reflects its early 20th Century provenance (see Plate 5).
http://www.krugerenergychatham.com/upload/docs/AppM_Heritage_Impact_Assessment.pdf
1915 - 1941
Alexander Crewe and Hired Men
William Alexander Kennedy
Wartime Collections - W. A.
Kennedy - (R.C.A.F. F/L Kennedy, William Alexander, C1236E)
in Elizabeth J
Marshall, Crewe Family of Ontario, p. 359
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/crewe/index.htm
1919 - 1956
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W. A. Kennedy, Daily Catch Record of Crewe Brothers Fishery, Lake Erie - 1904 to 1956 (October 1961)
1920
William A Kennedy (Author), Daily catch record of Crewe Brothers Fishery, Lake Erie, 1904 to 1956, Manuscript report series, (Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1961
The author desires to express his appreciation of the assistance given by many fishermen, in particular by Mr. A. E. Crewe, who kindly provided accommodation for the carrying out of the work during the summer of 1920, freely placed all the material of his catches for examination, and gave assistance in many ways. Other gentlemen who facilitated the work in supplying material and in other ways were: Messrs. Charles Ross, Roy Ross, Wilson S. McKillop, A. B. Hoover, C. W. Barwell, R. Kolbe, and W. D. Bates.
Accordingly for each fish examined the necessary measurements were made for the calculation of the above proportions. In addition the girth and the weight were determined and scales removed for age estimation. From June 14 to August 24, 1920, the ciscoes taken in twenty pound nets at the Crewe Bros. Fishery near Merlin were examined daily.
Biological Board of Canada; Canada. Marine Biological Station , Contributions to Canadian biology (Toronto, Biological Board of Canada: 1901) pp. 75-76. http://www.archive.org/stream/contributionstoc1921biol/contributionstoc1921biol_djvu.txt
1921
CENSUS: 1921
CREWE FISHERMEN AT PORT CREWE
- Name: Alex Crewe
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 52
Birth Year: abt 1869
Birth Place: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Susan Crewe
Father Birth Place: Ontario
Mother Birth Place: Ontario
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Province or Territory: Ontario
District: Kent
District Number: 93
Sub-District: Tilbury East (Township)
Sub-District Number: 70
City, Town or Village: Tilbury East Tp
Street or Township: Tilbury East
Municipality: Tilbury East
Occupation: Fisherman
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
- Alex Crewe 52
Susan Crewe 50
Frank Crewe 26
Grant Crewe 21--------------
- Name: Dester L Crewe
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 50
Birth Year: abt 1871
Birth Place: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Nora Crewe
Father Birth Place: Ontario
Mother Birth Place: Ontario
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Province or Territory: Ontario
District: Kent
District Number: 93
Sub-District: Tilbury East (Township)
Sub-District Number: 70
City, Town or Village: Tilbury East Tp
Street or Township: Tilbury East
Municipality: Tilbury East
Occupation: Fisherman
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
- Dester L Crewe 50
Nora Crewe 45
Herbon Crewe 11
Elizabeth Crewe 7
Helmer Crewe 5
Glen Crewe 3
Candace Foxton 31--------------
- Name: Lloyd Crewe
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 28
Birth Year: abt 1893
Birth Place: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Florence Crewe
Father Birth Place: Ontario
Mother Birth Place: Ontario
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Province or Territory: Ontario
District: Kent
District Number: 93
Sub-District: Tilbury East (Township)
Sub-District Number: 70
City, Town or Village: Tilbury East Tp
Street or Township: Tilbury East
Municipality: Tilbury East
Occupation: Fisherman
Income: 900
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
- Lloyd Crewe 28
Florence Crewe 27
Charles Crewe 2
Marie Crewe 1- http://www.ancestry.ca/1921census
1937
http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp -The Leamington Post. July 15, 1937 - Page: 7
1938
Article, May 14, [1938]
[Where The Krause Family Stayed in Port Crewe]
Elizabeth J Marshall, Crewe Family of Ontario,
p. 846
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/crewe/index.htm