CREIGHTON~POORE HOME PAGEUpdated October 31, 2009 |
Susan Lorena Creighton-Curtiss 67 Hurlburt Road Gt. Barrington, MA 01230 United States js.curt@verizon.net |
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| THIS WEBSITE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES HARRIS CREIGHTON (NOVEMBER 28, 1946 - JUNE 11, 2005), the son of John Leonard and Sylvia Susan (Poore) Creighton. He passed away from complications following a catastrophic coronary on Friday, June 10. He leaves his wife, Kathryn May Creighton; two daughters, Buffy Lynn and Lisa Jill; one grandson, Christopher Michael; six older siblings John Leonard Creighton, Jr., Virginia Sylvia (Creighton) Horgan, Daniel Lyle Creighton, Beatrice May (Creighton) Nadeau, Perley Glen Creighton and Benjamin Harry Creighton; one younger sibling Susan Lorena (Creighton) Curtiss. He also leaves 19 nieces and nephews and 28 grand nieces and nephews. He will be greatly missed by all. He was the inspiration and driving force behind this site and was responsible for the majority of the content and contacts seen here. The works contained on these pages were largely compiled by him. I was able, as his editor, to be re-united with him after many years of being out of touch with each other because of the many miles between western MA and Arizona. In 1999 we both got computers and received the gift of our first pages of genealogical research from our brother Ben whose son, Glen, plugged it into his computer and sent it on to us. I don't think we or anyone else could have predicted what would have emerged from those first pages. We also had a one page list of our Poore and Creighton ancestors from our mother. We decided to try to expand our data and launched into the past to explore our roots. What a wonderful journey it came to be. I have never enjoyed anything as much as the years in which we toiled over lists, wars and early history and family stories learned at the knee of our mother, Sylvia. He took all of this and wove it into the stories found in Northwind Southwind, Eastwind Westwind and People of the Rocky Homeland. While I compiled and stored data for our ancestor files, he was always the historian and keeper of facts. I was asleep in History and Geography class in high school. He, likewise, was asleep in english and math class which made us, when combined, one whole fully functional writing machine. We completed each other beautifully. I loved reading his works even though they were largely historical in nature. I would read, edit and return his chapters to him via email, thus creating both paternal and maternal histories. It was a labor of love for both of us. The writing seemed to flow from him like water from a fire hose. We grew as close again as we had been in the first 18 years of our lives growing up in NH. We thought, by being the two youngest in our family, that we would grow old together now that we had found each other again, but his time came too soon. He was a quiet, gentle genius who thought of himself as quite average. He continued to create in so many areas of his life until his untimely passing. His intention was to complete Eastwind Westwind, The Legacy of John Poore and People of the Rocky Homeland, The History of Creighton, Crichton and Creyghton and offer them to the public on CD. He nearly reached his goal. I am completing the compilation of the text, drawings and illustrations he left behind for both books. I am preparing PFD versions of both books (still under construction). I will install links to both texts soon. You will be able to purchase either book on CD when completed. Information will be available at that time. This was Jim's ultimate goal. He was a man among men and everyone who knew him was proud to call him "friend". In Loving Memory, Sister Susan |
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