Well, Teddy, I apologize if I offended you or anyone else. I believe you've taken my comment much too seriously. After all, YOU have idea who's in MY tree. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Teddy Brock <trbrock@erinet.com> To: <CRAWFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 7:24 AM Subject: Re: Crawford Kingston Ont. Penitentiary > Crawford List: > > I don't think I can let Marilyn's remark about Matthew Crawford go by > without comment. I can't articulate exactly WHAT I felt in reading her > response, except to say that it seemed an unfair and unnecessary > condemnation. He was branded a thief....so what.....there are much worse > deficiencies among man....such as bigotry and the exploitation, abuse and > killing of innocent little children for starters. > > As for Matthew, we don't KNOW what was in the HEART of the young man or the > circumstances that led to his incarceration. He died at age 20 in > prison....what might he have become with decades to assess and perfect his > flaws? Is there character criteria for inclusion in one's genealogy??? > Were it so, I suspect that more than a few of us wouldn't make the final > cut. > > To my knowledge I have no connection to Crawfords in Canada.... just a > little compassion for a young man named Matthew Crawford, b. 1853, d. 29 May > 1873. > > Teddy Brock > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marilyn "Mel" Nickless <UNICORN1950@prodigy.net> > To: <CRAWFORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 12:38 PM > Subject: Re: Crawford Kingston Ont. Penitentiary > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <CMorr43885@aol.com> > > To: <CRAWFORD-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 8:49 AM > > Subject: RE Crawford Kingston Ont. Penitentiary > > > > > > > FYI From Kingston (Ontario) Penitentiary Deaths 1835-1915: > > > > > > CRAWFORD, Matthew, d. May 29, 1873, age 20, Typhoid Fever, born > > > Canada...crime larceny, sentenced York Co, Ont. > > > > > > Hope he fits into someone's line. > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > Don't think I'd want to claim him! : ) Merry Christmas everyone! > > > > Marilyn > > > > ______________________________ > >