Crockett, Walter Cyrenius

1875 - 1938  (63 years)

• Name	Crockett, Walter Cyrenius  [1]
  Birth	5 May 1875	Rockland, Knox, Maine, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Chemist  [1]
  Burial	May 1938	Woodlawn Cemetery, Passaic, Passaic, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Death	13 May 1938	Passaic, Passaic, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I18983	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Crockett, Franklin,   b. 5 Aug 1838, Rockland, Knox, Maine, USA d. 24 Jul 1911, Atlantic Ocean (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sawyer, Corilla,   b. 12 Oct 1852, Rockland, Knox, Maine, USA d. 7 Oct 1927, Wyoming, USA (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	7 Aug 1874	Rockland, Knox, Maine, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F3990	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Smith, Stella Adele,   b. 14 Dec 1885, Wallington, Bergen, New Jersey, USA d. 29 Aug 1979, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1911	Wallington, Bergen, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Crockett, Walter Prentice,   b. 28 Dec 1912, Rutherford, Bergen, New Jersey, USA d. 1984, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 71 years)  [natural]   2. Crockett, Cathryn Adele,   b. 20 Mar 1915, Rutherford, Bergen, New Jersey, USA d. 1981 (Age 65 years)  [natural]   3. Crockett, Frances Sawyer,   b. 24 Dec 1918, Rutherford, Bergen, New Jersey, USA  [natural]   4. Crockett, Edith Maps,   b. 4 Oct 1920, Rutherford, Bergen, New Jersey, USA  [natural]   5. Crockett, Adele,   b. 10 Mar 1922, Rutherford, Bergen, New Jersey, USA  [natural]
  Family ID	F4865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 May 1875 - Rockland, Knox, Maine, USA Marriage - 6 Jun 1911 - Wallington, Bergen, New Jersey, USA Burial - May 1938 - Woodlawn Cemetery, Passaic, Passaic, New Jersey, USA Death - 13 May 1938 - Passaic, Passaic, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Cyrenius Walter Crockett was born in Rockland, Maine on May 5, 1875, the first to two children born to Franklin Crockett and Corilla Sawyer. He attended grade school and high school in Rockland and on graduation went to the University of Maine at Orono, graduating in 1899 with a degree in Chemistry. he earned money to attend college by playing baseball on town teams. In 1906 he was approached to start a chemical concern and from that time on became engaged in manufacturing, sometimes prospering and sometimes finding financial difficulty. he became recognized as an expert in the production of lacquer and was employed as consultant. In 1911 he was part owner and president of Anderson Chemical COmpany near Wallington. he married Stella Adele Smith whose grandfather's farm bordered on land he had purchased for his business. They purchased a home in Rutherford, New Jersey, and had five children. In 1929, the business in a slump, he moved with his family to Lancaster, PA, where he was employed at Armstrong Cork Company in research until that department was disvanded in 1932. Although he continued as occasional consultatnt and tried again and again to establish a small chemical company, he was discouraged from doing so. He died in 1938.

  
  

• Sources

  [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:. Thoma, Ellen Hoffman Roeder: Interview