Ethel Barbara Evelyn Underwood Crawford
Blackville, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada
Canadian, 1895 - 1990
Canadian, 1895 - 1990
| Biography: | Ethel Barbara Evelyn Underwood Crawford's maternal great-great-grandmother, Flora McGraw, was one of the first women to obtain a land grant on the Miramichi. She was the daughter of Hugh and Isabella (Duncan) Underwood. She married Harold C. Crawford. She had a store in her house and sold canned goods and other food items. They were located close to the railroad in the late 1940s. Her husband worked on the railway as a sectionman. He cleaned the tracks and shoveled snow. He repaired shoes in a little shop on the side of the house which was later turned into the store. Her husband was also a barber, he did haircuts on an organ stool in the kitchen. He charged neighbours and children 25 cents a cut. Ethel belonged to the Red Cross and Presbyterian then United Church. She also quilted and knitted. All of Ethel's children were born at home. She had seven children and three miscarriages. One of her sons worked at the ammunition dump in Chatham and supported his mother. Her brother-in-law, Douglas Crawford, of Lockstead (Blackville), also hooked mats. |
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