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Note: anada. He was the eighth son of Farquhar and Rachel [McRae] McCrimmon.
The 1889 death certificate for his daughter, Maggie McCrimmon, shows her father as "J. K."
Kenneth applied for a land grant in Canada in 1850. Public Archives of Canada Upper Canada Land Petitions (RGI L 3, Vol, 319, Mc5/183-184-185. reel C- 2185; copied 11 June 1986) show:
April 1850, Kenneth McCrimmon of West Hawkesbury twp., co. Prescott, Ontario, Canada, 8th son of Farquhar McCrimmon who emigrated from Scotland in 1815 in ship Eliza, petitions for land [with signature] Father's affidavit attached lists all children, ages, etc. [see father's notes]. Kenneth McRae, Sr. and Kenneth McRae, Jr. also signed affidavits attached.
Approved for scrip equal to 100 acres on 3 July 1850.
(Kenneth McCrimmon shows in the Land Office Records of Ontario, Canada: Upper Canada Land book index 1848-50 p. 637; 1850 Upper Canada Land Petitions Mc 5/184)
In the 1851 Census, he is noted as an apprentice carriage maker in West Hawkesbury Twp., Prescott Co., Ontario. From later census records, he is noted as a farmer in 1860, a wheelwright in 1870 and a carpenter in 1880.
1851 Census, West Hawkesbury Twp., Prescott Co., ONT (C-11, 749):
McDonell, Angus, carriage maker, b. Canada West, Roman Catholic, age 30
Jane, wife, b. Canada W., R. Catholic, age 23 Narah, daughter, Canada W., R. Catholic, age 1 Angus, apprentice carriage maker, b. Canada W., Presbyterian, age 18
McCrimmon, Kenneth, apprentice carriage maker, b. Canada W., Presbyterian, age 15
McLeod, Harriet, servant, b. Canada W., Presbyterian, age 15
1860 US Census: Carver Co., MN (p 372 763/664):
McCremen, Kenneth, age 26, farmer, b. CAN; West 7-4
wife, Mary J., age 22 born Ireland, (married within the year) Edward N. Kingsley, age 52, gardener, born England.
1870 US Census 4th Ward, Hennepin Co., MN (St. Anthony?, directly north of Carver Co.); p 714 [p. 28], lines 5-14, dwelling #188/Family #196 (the only McCrimmen/McCrimmon listed in MN in the 1870 Federal Census):
enumerated 15 June 1870
McCrimmen, Kenneth, age 37; Wheelwright; value real estate $0, Value personal property $250; b. Canada; enumeration date: June 15
Mary, wife of Kenneth, keeps house, age 35, b. Ireland William, age 9 , b MN George, age 6, b MN Rachel, age 4, b. Canada Edward, age 1, MN Mcleod, Donald, age 25, lumberman, b. Canada
Esther, wife of Donald, age 21, b. Ireland, at home Duffee, Andrew, age 30, works in saw mill, b Canada
Barnett, Thomas, age 27, blacksmith, b Canada
(NOTE: Esther (Grogan) who married Donald/Daniel McLeod was a sister of Mary (Grogan) who married Kenneth McCrimmon; these families moved to Minn. and then Calif.)
Kennth McCrimmon married Mary Jane Grogan in 1859 or early 1860--probably Canada, moving to Minnesota shortly afterward. The couple had five children: William Henry, George, Rachel, Edward and Maggie. They were all born in Minnesota, excepting Rachael who was born in Canada about 1865 (apparently on a trip back to Ontario). All of them, excepting Rachel, proceeded their father in death.
Kenneth and his family removed to California in 1874. They settled in Oakland, Alameda Co., and resided at No. 317 Third Street. He evidently patented land in Sonoma County in 1883, and also owned land in the San Juaquin Co.
1880 US Census; Oakland, Alameda Co., CA (ED 4-16-46, enum. date 4 June 1880)
1408 15th St, Oakland (dwelling and family #s 161):
Kenneth McCrimmon, age 47, b. Canada; parents b. Scotland
Mary J McCrimmon 45, b Ireland; parents b. Ireland
William Henry, son, age 19, b. MN
George, son , age 17, b. MN
Rachael, dau., age 15, b. Canada
Maggie F. dau., age 7, b. MN
William Grogan, father of Mary, age 82; b. Ireland, parents b Ireland
Robert Campbell*, age 8, boarder, b. CA (?Calif. or Canada), parents b. Scotland
(* Robert Cambell may be related to Norman E. and Matilda R. Campbell. N. E. Campbell was buried July 27, 1898 in a grave among the McCrimmon plot in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland; and Kenneth McCrimmon sold the neighboring grave to Matilda Campbell in 1901. It is unknown how or if the Cambells are related.)
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The old Grogan family chart states that Kenneth and Mary Jane (Grogan) McCrimmon had six children:
Henry
George
Edward
Rachel
Maggie
Mary (This is the only place I see Mary listed. If she was a daughter, she must have died young.)
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U.S. Land Patents in California:
Name: KENNETH MCCRIMMON
Date: 15 Jan 1883 Location: CA, Sonoma Document #: 8263 Serial #: CACAAA 025039 Sale Type: Cash Sale Meridian or Watershed: MD Parcel: Township 010N, Range 014W, Section 14 Name: KENNETH MCCRIMMON
Date: 15 Jan 1883 Location: CA, Sonoma Document #: 8263 Serial #: CACAAA 025039 Sale Type: Cash Sale Meridian or Watershed: MD Parcel: Township 010N, Range 014W, Section 15 (Other McCrimmon Land Patents in California: MALCOLM McCRIMMON, Humbolt, CACAAA 140040; and NEIL J. McCRIMMON, Humbolt, CACAAA 140038.)
Kenneth McCrimmon died 13 March 1907. At the time of his death, his residence was 5659 Genoa Street, Oakland. He is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland where the rest of his family (excepting little Edward) also is interred.
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OBITUARY:
"McCRIMMON--In this city [Oakland], March 15th, 1907, Kenneth McCrimmon, beloved husband of the late M.J. McCrimmon, and father of Mrs. Rachel Vandebos, a member of the oakland Lodge No. 2 A.O.U.W., a native of Canada, aged 73 years, 11 months, 23 days.
"Friends and acquaintences are invited to attend funeral services tomorrow (Sunday), March 17th, 1907, at 2:30 p.m., at his late home, 5659 Genoa Street, Oakland." (probably from the Oakland Enquirer, March 16, 1907)
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From an original document sequence in the possession of Betty Jane [Steinhoff] Sheedy, gg-granddaughter of Kenneth McCrimmon (transcribed from original long-hand by Nickolas McCrimmon Sheedy):
"Description of Property
North East qrt. Section Range 5 -
Mortgage
June 2, 1900 Kenneth McCrimmon & Rachel Vandenbos, Both of Oakland -
$1,000 at 8 per cent from date.
Signed Kenneth McCrimmon
Sworn before Notary Public, San Juaquin Co. 1900."
"Sale of Property to R. Vandenbos
The indenture made Oct. th10, 1906
between Kenn McCrimmon of Oakland & Rachel Vandenbos same place, has granted Bargained sold & Conveyed & Confirmed to have & to hold all singular the said premises together with the appurtenance unto the said party of the second party of the sec-part to her heirs and assigns forever.
Reserving however,
the rents, issues and profits, together with the possession thereof unto the said grantor during the term of his natural life. Signed Kenneth McCrimmon
Woolner, Seal
(For consideration ten dollars)"
"Kenneth McCrimmon
Alameda Co.
October th12, 1906
Ben Woolner Notary Public in and for said Co-Ala. Calif. residing therein duly commissioned & sworn
personally appears to me Kenneth McCrimmon known to me to be the person who name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledges to me that he executed same.
Signed in Woolner Office."
"Closing of the estate of Kenneth McCrimmon
done in open court April 22, 1907
posting notices in 3 public places -San Juaquin Co.
and it further appears that the facts set forth in said petition are true -that the said Kenneth McCrimmon died on th15 March 1907 at the time unmarried. That Rachel Vandenbos is a person interested in said property and the title thereto and all singular & law and evidence being by court understood
Q. [or 2. ??] that by reason of the death of K. McCrimmon, the life estate and interest of Kenneth '' '' in and to the real property herein after described absolutely terminates."
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The following people are intered among the McCrimmons at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif:
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William Russel (a), bur. Dec. 23, 1888 [perhaps the brother-in-law of Margaret (McGowan) Timmons Grogan]
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Maggie J. McCrimmon (a1), bur. May 4, 1889 [daughter of Kenneth & Mary J. McCrimmon]
William Grogan (a2), bur. July 25, 1889 [father of Mary J. (Grogan) McCrimmon]
Richard Grogan (a3), bur. May 2, 1890 [maybe brother of Mary J. (Grogan) McCrimmon]
George McCrimmon (a4), bur. March 11, 1893 [son of Kenneth & Mary J. McCrimmon]
N. [Norman] E. Campbell (a5), bur. July 27, 1898 [perhaps the husband of Matilda R. Campbell who bought the neighboring grave from Kenneth McCrimmon in 1901]
Mary J. McCrimmon (a6), bur. March 14, 1900 [wife of Kenneth McCrimmon]
William H. McCrimmon (a7), bur. Aug. 13, 1905 [son of Kenneth & Mary J. McCrimmon]
Kenneth McCrimmon (a8), bur. March 17, 1907 [b. 1832] Henry Joseph Vandenbos (c9), bur. Nov. 2, 1908 [son of Rachel (McCrimmon) Vandenbos]
Rachel Vandenbos (a10), bur. Nov. 29, 1919 [sister of Kenneth McCrimmon; wife of Jacques L. Vandenbos, Sr.]
Jacques L. Vandenbos, Jr. (a11), bur. Dec. 15, 1928 [son of Rachel (McCrimmon) Vandenbos]
Jacques L. Vandenbos, Sr. (a12), bur. Aug. 22, 1935 [husband of Rachel (McCrimmon) Vandenbos]
Note: Kenneth was born 20 Mar 1832 in West Hawkesbury, Co Prescott, Ontario, C
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