Person Sheet

Name Amos S. McCREA Occupation Physician18,44,32 Birth Date Jul 2, 182144,34 Birth Place Merrickville, Montague Twp, Lanark Co./Wolford Twp, Grenville Co. ON Canada Death Date Oct 15, 188629 Death Place Kitley Twp, Leeds Co. ON Canada Burial Place Keene, Otonabee Twp, Peterborough Co. ON Canada28 Burial Memo Pine Grove Cemetery Education M.D.18 Religion Church of England31 Father William Edward McCREA (1779-1854) Mother Mary KNAPP (1794-1859)
Spouses
1 Martha Wallace SMITH Birth Date Oct 14, 1825101 Birth Place NY US Death Date May 22, 1849101 Death Place Kitley, Leeds Co. ON Canada Burial Place Kitley, Leeds Co. ON Canada101 Burial Memo Toledo-on-the-Hill Cemetery Father Benjamin Peabody SMITH (1793-1851) Mother Lois CRANDALL (1799-1882)
Marriage Date Nov 14, 184729 Marriage Place Montague Twp, Lanark Co. ON Canada
Children Martha E. (1848-?) Oscar S. (Died as Child) (ca1849-1849)
2 Agnes REID Birth Date 183311 Death Date Jun 20, 189511 Death Place Keene, Otonabee Twp, Peterborough Co. ON Canada Burial Place Keene, Otonabee Twp, Peterborough Co. ON Canada28 Burial Memo Pine Grove Cemetery Father John REID
Marriage Date Jun 185329,44
Children Edward Reid (Died as Child) (1855-1855) Howard B. (Died as Child) (1855-1855) George A. (Died as Child) (1857-1858) George Alexander (Died as Child) (1858-1859) Mary Crawford (Died as Child) (1860-1864) James Reid (1862-1919) Agnes (1864-1944) William C. (1867-1899) Margaret E. (1868-1938)
Notes for Amos S. McCREA
Amos graduated in 1851from medical school with honours. He practiced medicine in Roseneath, Hastings, Norwood, Campbellford and Stoney Creek.18 In 1851-1852 he practised in Stoney Creek, Kitley and Norwood. He practised in Keene beginning in 1853 for 30 years. He moved to Peterborough in 1882, and back to Keene in 1884. His hobby was astronomy, and he had a telescope (unusual for that time and place). He had a "veritable first aid centre" at the "Clarendon Corner" in Hastings. He frequently dealt with sawmill accidents, cotton and woollen mill accidents, Canadian cholera, scarlet fever, burned and scalded children, and children having accidents with lye.44
Research Notes
NAME: His first name(s) is/are also given as Amos.35 BIRTH: Amos is shown as 49 in the 1871 census.31 The date and township of his birth are confirmed.29 His year of birth is confirmed with no parentage or place given.28 His parentage and birthdate are confirmed with no place given.32 His parentage is confirmed with no birthdate or place given.35 MARRIAGE: The year of his marriage to Martha is confirmed.101 Another source shows his first wife as Mary (no last name), b. 1828, d. 1867,28 which seems improbable if he remarried in 1853. DEATH: His death date is confirmed with no place given.44 His year of death is confirmed with no place given.28 His death date is confirmed with the place given as Keene, Otonabee Twp, Peterborough Co. ON.32 CHILDREN: There is some confusion about Amos's children; different sources show different children. One source says that Amos's only child by is first marriage was an unnamed child born about 1848.32 Amos may also have had a child named Nellie.11 Issues: (1) Unless Edward and Howard are twins, one of them either does not exist or has the wrong birthdate. (2) Two different sources show two different Georges. With the dates given, this is possible, but neither source has both of them. They may in fact be the same person.