Pvt. Oscar Arthur Crandall

1866 - 1916  (49 years)

• Name	Oscar Arthur Crandall
  Prefix	Pvt.
  Birth	8 Sep 1866	Wisconsin, United States
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	155384599
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155384599
  _UID	CD61846831DC4199AA70294FD1F32CE265E2
  Death	8 Jun 1916	New Westminster, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
  	Oscar Arthur Crandall (note the spelling is incorrect on the headstone) died in New Westminster on June 8 1916, according to his BC Archives Death Registration Number 1916-09-094218. He was 50 years old at the time, and his last noted occupation was soldier. He died of arteriosclerosis and cerebral hemorrhage. Previously, he was noted as being a school teacher. His gravestone states he was with the 104th Regiment (104th Regiment of the Westminster Fusiliers of Canada), which was a training unit for battalions in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Within a year, his son Pvt James Thomas Crandall died serving overseas in February of 1917, according to the Vancouver Daily World (note spelling again). He is buried at Villers Station Cemetery, France. The Daily World states James was a member of the 131st Battalion (Westminster). This article also mentions James T Crandall had a brother named Arthur, who also served overseas in the 131st Battalion; this was Arthur Leslie Crandall. This leaves a few ambiguities. First, Oscar Arthur Crandall Sr was not 18 years of age, as the gravestone states; he was 50. The regimental number 1336 likely does refer to the father as it is such a low number; the son Arthur Crandall's regimental number was 790994 and the son James Crandall's regimental number was 790995. Why the military records seem to use the spelling Crandell instead of Crandall is unclear, but perhaps the spelling was used interchangeably. The Great War Memorial for Oscar states Oscar Arthur Crandell was the son of the late Oscar Arthur Crandell and Jessie Alston Crandell, of Eburne, British Columbia, but this seems to be one of the complicating errors. Father: http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?Id=21585 Son Arthur: http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=97788 Son James: http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=2635
  Burial	Fraser Cemetery, New Westminster, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
  	Private 1336 Oscar A Crandell 104th Regiment, Canadian Militia Age 18
  Person ID	I60279	Lanark County Origins | This is my Maternal LIneage
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2023

  
  

  Family	Jessie Alston Baird,   b. 27 Sep 1867, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 20 Jul 1931, New Westminster, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1893
  Children	1. Arthur Leslie Crandall,   b. 15 Aug 1894, Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada d. 13 Jan 1967, Vancouver Crematorium, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age 72 years) + 2. Leah Helen "Helen" Crandall,   b. 30 Apr 1896, New Westminster, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada d. 10 Nov 1968, Vernon, North Okanagan Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age 72 years)   3. Pvt. James Gordon Crandall,   b. 28 Apr 1898, New Westminster, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada d. 4 Feb 1917 (Age 18 years)   4. Howard William Baird Crandall,   b. 9 Sep 1899, Salmon Arm, Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia, Canada d. 24 Aug 1976, New Westminster, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F21011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 8 Sep 1866 - Wisconsin, United States Death - 8 Jun 1916 - New Westminster, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth