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Note: I recently became the caretaker of a violin that has been in my mother's family for at least three generations. According to the handwritten paper label afixed to the inside of the violin's back, the instrument was made by "Charles Creque violin maker Suffield, O 1903". It's not a terribly ornate instrument, but appears to be well-crafted. Aside from needing to be restrung, it has been well cared for. It is stored in a cloth bag in a battered black wooden case lined with red flannel. At various points in his life, Charles shows up in census enumerations as a carpenter, a farmer, and a laborer doing odd jobs. Charles never married. From the census data, it appears that he shared the family home with Frances, Andrew, and Cecelia, who also appear to have remained single after middle age. I've heard from one other person whose aunt owns a Creque violin dated 7-18-1900, which coincides with the time period during which Charles appears in the census as a carpenter.-Mike Schwitzgebel
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