Viola Craft, ^

Viola Craft, ^

Female Abt 1859 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Viola Craft  [1
    Suffix
    Birth Abt 1858/9  NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Name Vella Washburn  [3
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Burial Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I7425  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2023 

    Father Stephen B. Craft,   b. 1815   d. 1862 (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Hannah M. Reeve, ^,   b. 8 Dec 1822, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1916, Babylon, Babylon, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 1844  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Family ID F1612  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles F. Washburn,   b. Abt 1856, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Abt 1891  [8
    Family ID F3505  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2025 

  • Sources 
    1. [S16] Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. Original data: 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Admini, Roll: M593_1100; Page: 376; Image: 133.

    2. [S3] Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National, Census Place: New York Ward 14 District 2, New York, New York; Roll: M653_804; Page: 0; Image: 253.

    3. [S10] Oaklawn Cemetery, Hamlet of Brookhaven, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, NY (includes gravestones and cemetery association records).

    4. [S15] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sai, NA Film Number T9-0934 Page Number 133A.

    5. [S330] The Long Islander, Huntington, NY,,, 10 Dec 1909, p. 4.
      Mrs. Hannah Raynor is 87.
      Wednesday, Mrs. Hannah Raynor, who lives with her daughter Mrs. C. S. Washburn, Green street, celebrated eighty-seven years of life. The old lady is bright and remarkably well preserved. She is a little deaf.
      Mrs. Raynor was born at Fire Place, now Brookhaven, Long Island, in 1822, being one of six children born to Leverett Reeve and Catherine Brown. One brother is still living, David Reeves of Freehold, N.J., who is 79 years of age. She married tice, her first husband being Stephen Craft of New York. Of the five children blessing their home two are now living, Mrs. Washburn and Mrs. John Carman of Yaphank. Edward Raynor of Brookhaven was her second husband; and there was one daughter by that union, Mrs. George Nesbitt of Brookhaven. She also has a stepson, John Raynor of Brooklyn, who thinks as much of her as if she were his own mother.

    6. [S330] The Long Islander, Huntington, NY,,, 13 Dec 1912, p.3.
      CELEBRATED 90TH BIRTHDAY
      Mrs. Hannah Raynor, of Huntington, Well and Happy, Too.

      Monday, Mrs. Hannah Raynor, Huntington's oldest woman resident, celebrated her ninetieth birthday in a quiet but pleasant manner, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. S. Washburn, Green street. She is unusually spry for one her age, and answed the ring of the doorbell several times herself, when quite a large number of friends and neighbors called in to pay regards to one of the finest old ladies that ever lived. She was also remembered with several handsome presents and a postcard shower.

      Mrs. Raynor was assisted in celebrating by her three living daughters, Mrs. Washburn, Mrs. George Nesbitt of Brookhaven, and Mrs. John Carman of Babylon, and by her stepson, John B. Raynor, of Brooklyn, and his wife.

      Except for slight deafness, and an occasional touch of rheumatism, Mrs. Raynor is unusually active. She is always cheerful. She is a native of Fire Place, now Brookhaven, where she was born on December 8, 1822, the daughter of Leverett and Caherine Brown Reeves, good old Long Island names. Her parents were sterling Methodists, and she united with that church seventy years ago. Up to a few years ago she was a great church worker.

      Mrs. Raynor was married twice. Her first husband was Stephen Craft, of New York City. Five children were born to them. Mrs. Washburn and Mrs. Carman are the survivors. Her second husband was Edward Raynor, of Fire Place. Mrs. George Nesbit, of Brookhaven, is the daughter by this marriage.

    7. [S330] The Long Islander, Huntington, NY,,, 29 Dec 1916, p. 5 (Provided date).
      OBITUARY
      Mrs. Hannah Raynor

      Mrs. Hannah N. Raynor, one of the oldest people in Suffolk County, and for a few years a resident of Huntington, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. S. Washburn, in Babylon, Friday of last week, at the age of 94 years. Funeral services wre held at her late home Sunday morning, and the interment was in Brookhaven.

      She was born December 9, 1822 at Fireplace, now Brookhaven, the daughter of Katherine Reeves, descendants of old English and Welsh stock. Mrs. Raynor was married to Stephen Craft, of New York City, in 1844. He died in 1861, and two years latr the then Mrs. Craft was married to Edward Raynor, who was postmaster at Fireplace for many years.

      Mrs. Raynor is survived by three daughters, Mrs. E. J. Carman and Mrs. C. S. Washburn of Babylon, and Mrs. George Nesbitt of Brookhaven; two grandaughters and one great-grandchild.

    8. [S32] Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA Original data: United States of America, B, Census Place: Huntington, Suffolk, New York; Roll: T624_1083; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 1362; Image: 32.