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     Joseph Crediford married Esther (Unknown).

     Lydia Crediford was the daughter of Joseph Crediford and Esther (Unknown).¹ The marriage intention of Lydia Crediford and Dummer Mitchell, son of John Mitchell and Lydia Sewall, was published on 6 January 1759.¹

     Sarah Crisp was the daughter of Richard Crisp.² Sarah Crisp married secondly Hon. John Leverett, son of Hudson Leverett and Sarah Peyton, in 1722?¹

     John Crispe was the son of Avis Denne.¹ Of Cliuecourt in the Isle of Thanet.¹

     Lt. Colonel Bertram Edward Crocker DSO was born circa 1866 in West Indies. The marriage of Lt. Colonel Bertram Edward Crocker DSO and Mary "Mollie" Troughton was registered in the quarter ending December 1898 in the Maidenhead registration district.² Lt. Colonel Bertram Edward Crocker DSO died on 28 February 1950 in White Oast, Wingham, Kent, the home of his daughter, Joyce Knocker.³

     Joyce Irene Delamain Crocker's birth was registered in the quarter ending June 1900 in the Maidenhead registration district.³ She was the daughter of Lt. Colonel Bertram Edward Crocker DSO and Mary "Mollie" Troughton.^1,2 Joyce Irene Delamain Crocker married Lt. Colonel Harold Sewell Knocker, son of John Cowper Knocker and May Livingstone Sewell, on 26 September 1936 in The Garrison Church, Portsmouth.¹ Joyce Irene Delamain Crocker died in 1947 or 25 November 1950.

     Ada Alexandra Crombie was born on 16 November 1878 in Dacca, West Bengal, India.¹ She was the daughter of Lt. Colonel Alexander Crombie CB, MD and Zébée Minto Bell. Ada Alexandra Crombie was christened on 6 January 1879 at St. John's Church, Dacca, West Bengal, India.² She married Professor George Ernest Gask M.D., CMG, DSO, M.A., FRCS, son of Henry Gask and Elizabeth Styles, on 18 June 1913 in Camberley.^3,4 Ada Alexandra Crombie died on 29 September 1956 in 71 St. Mark's Road, Henley-on-Thames, at the age of 77. The funeral service took place at St. Mary the Virgin, Hambleden, Tuesday 2nd October, 1956.⁵

     Adam Crombie was born on 2 May 1872 (if this date is correct then the child is illegitimate; 2 May 1875 would be a practical date).¹ He was the son of William Crombie and Margaret Anne Cameron.¹ Adam Crombie died on 8 May 1872 (the account in The Crombies and Camerons says he died at birth and was buried in the Home Creek garden).^1,2

     Adrian Alexander Minto Crombie was born on 25 July 1882 in Darjeeling, India.^1,2 He was the son of Lt. Colonel Alexander Crombie CB, MD and Zébée Minto Bell.¹ Adrian Alexander Minto Crombie died on 1 January 1883 in Dacca, India.^1,3 He was buried in Dacca Cemetery.

     Lt. Colonel Alexander Crombie CB, MD was born on 12 December 1845 in Crail, Fife, Scotland. He was the son of David Guillan Crombie and Janet Campbell (Jessie) Webster.¹ Lt. Colonel Alexander Crombie CB, MD was christened on 30 December 1845 at Crail, Fife.² He graduated in 1867 from Edinburgh M.B; M.D. 1870, admitted to The Royal College of Surgeons. He entered military service as an Bengal Medical Service as Assistant Surgeon on 30 March 1872. He married Zébée Minto Bell, daughter of Dr. William Bell and Zébée Stewart Gordon, on 13 March 1875 in Holy Trinty Church, Rangoon, Bengal, India, the service was conducted by the Revd. Wellbore McCarthy.^3,4 In 1885 he is recorded in the Army List as senior surgeon in charge of the jail, lunatic asylum, medical school and civil hospital in Dacca. Lt. Colonel Alexander Crombie CB, MD retired on 7 April 1898; as a Brigade Surgeon, Lt. Colonel.
In evidence published in the Indian Hemp Commission Report, 1894 "Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel Crombie (witness No. 104), of over 20 years' service, is not aware of any ill effects being produced by the moderate use of the drugs, but he added: "If any were produced; the use would no longer be moderate, but excessive." In cross-examination Dr. Crombie stated: "I have had no experience of any diseases attributable to ganja. My experience has been chiefly in Eastern Bengal, where ganja is largely consumed."
The Forbidden Game - Brian Inglis "There was no shortage of witnesses to testify to the way hemp drugs caused insanity; a few even expressed the view that to reopen this particular line of enquiry was stupid, implying 'wilful blindness to what has been abundantly proved'. And so the evidence at first suggested. Statistics sent in from mental hospitals all over India showed that for years, hemp drugs had been one of the chief causes of mental breakdown. The foremost expert on the subject, Surgeon Lt. Col. Crombie, had already shown in an article in the Indian Medical Gazette that a third of the inmates of the Dacca hospital of which he had been Superintendent had smoked ganja; and in a very large proportion of cases, he believed, it had been 'the actual and immediate cause of their insanity'. The 1871 Commission, which in other respects had tended to play down the danger of the drugs, had accepted that their habitual use did tend to produce insanity; and the Government of Burma had just put a ban on hemp drugs largely for that reason."
He and Zébée Minto Bell appear on the census of 1 March 1901 at 35 & 34 York Place, Marylebone, London.⁵ In a paper dated on 9 December 1901 read before the Medical Society of London, entitled The Measure of Physical Fitness for Life in the Tropics Alexander Crombie is described as Lt. Col I.M.S. (retired); Member of the Medical Board at the India Office; Lecturer on Tropical Diseases, Middlesex Hospital. London: 1902. In 1906 Lt. Colonel Alexander Crombie CB, MD was living in 3A Bickenhall Mansions, Gloucester Place, London. He died on 29 September 1906 in London at the age of 60.⁶ His ashes are interred in niche 90 in the Columbarium in Golder's Green Crematorium, London, (by an indenture dated 30th November 1906).

     Alexander John Crombie was born on 3 April 1832 in Kilminning, Fife.¹ He was the son of David Guillan Crombie and Janet Campbell (Jessie) Webster. Alexander John Crombie was christened on 4 May 1832 at Crail, Fife.² He died on 7 August 1839 at the age of 7.¹

     Professor Alistair Cameron Crombie PhD. was born on 4 November 1915 in Brisbane, Australia. He was the son of William David Crombie and Janet Wilmina (Mina) Macdonald. After school at Geelong Grammar School, he began his university career at Trinity College, Melbourne University, as a medical student, and took his first degree there in zoology in 1938. Leaving Melbourne, he continued his studies at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he took his doctorate in 1942 with a dissertation on population dynamics. Between 1941 and 1946 Crombie occupied a temporary research position witht he Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. In 1946 he was appointed lecturer at University College London. In 1953 he was the successful applicant for the lecturship of the history of science at Oxford. In 1969 a fellow of Trinity. Professor of History of Science, Oxford University. Senior Fellow of the British Academy, 1990. President International Academy of the History of Science, 1968-1971. Fellow of Royal Historical Society, Galileo Prize, 1969. Professor Alistair Cameron Crombie PhD. married Nancy Hay in 1943 in Ramsgill, Yorkshire, (possibly called Mary). Professor Alistair Cameron Crombie PhD. died on 9 February 1996 in Orchard Lea, Boars Hill, Oxfordshire, at the age of 80 at his home, from a brain tumour. He was buried on 19 February 1996 in Ramsgill Church, Yorkshire,, in the same grave as his wife.

     Andrew Charles Crombie was born on 21 July 1923 in Beryl, Longreach.¹ He was the son of James Crombie and Amy Gladys Kirk Flower. On 1940? He entered military service as a Member A.I.F. Second World War. Andrew Charles Crombie died on 7 August 1954 in Brisbane at the age of 31 died unmarried.¹

     Archibald Crombie was born on 29 December 1817 in Fife.¹ He was the son of John Crombie and Euphemia Wallace.¹ Archibald Crombie was christened on 14 January 1818 at Kilconquhar, Fife.¹

     Squadron Leader Charles Arbuthnot Crombie D.S.O., D.F.C. was born on 16 April 1914.¹ He was the son of David William Alexander Crombie and Phoebe Janet Arbuthnot. Squadron Leader Charles Arbuthnot Crombie D.S.O., D.F.C. married Elizabeth "Betty" Deane Butcher in 1940 in Sydney, New South Wales. On 17 February 1943 as a Pilot Officer he was awarded the DSO for attacking a superior force of four Japanese aircraft and with his RAF observer destroying two of them before they were compelled to abandon their burning machine. This took place in India. Later in the same year he was given an immediate award of the DFC.² Squadron Leader Charles Arbuthnot Crombie D.S.O., D.F.C. died on 26 August 1945 in Williamtown, Newcastle, Australia, at the age of 31 whilst on a routine test flight, ten days after the war was over.³ He was buried in Plot K. Row C. Grave 3. Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery.⁴

     Constance C. "Gipsy" Crombie was born on 11 December 1882 in Madras, India, "Dec 11th at Madras the wife of DAJ Crombie of a daughter."² She was the daughter of David Alexander John Crombie and Mary Forrester Fortune. Constance C. "Gipsy" Crombie appeared in the 1891 census at 23 Stafford Street, Edinburgh.¹

     David Crombie was born on 15 June 1830 in Kilminning, Fife.^1,2 He was the son of David Guillan Crombie and Janet Campbell (Jessie) Webster. David Crombie was christened on 7 July 1830 at Crail, Fife.² He died on 27 February 1841 at the age of 10.¹

     David Crombie was born on 10 January 1871.² He was the son of James Crombie and Isabella Harriett Cameron.¹ David Crombie died on 28 January 1871 living only 18 days.¹

     David Crombie was born on 27 August 1823.¹ He was the son of John Crombie and Euphemia Wallace.¹ David Crombie was christened on 23 September 1823 at Kilconquhar, Fife.¹

     David Alexander Crombie was born on 14 February 1841 in Kilminning, Fife.^1,2 He was the son of David Guillan Crombie and Janet Campbell (Jessie) Webster. David Alexander Crombie was christened on 2 April 1841 at Crail, Fife.² He died on 1 May 1841.¹

     David Alexander John Crombie was born on 11 August 1842 in Crail, Fife.^1,2 He was the son of David Guillan Crombie and Janet Campbell (Jessie) Webster. David Alexander John Crombie was christened on 25 August 1842 at Crail, Fife.² He married Mary Forrester Fortune, daughter of George Fortune and Euphemia Forrester Brown, before 8 February 1877 in The Cathedral, Hong Kong.³ In 1881 he was appointed secretary and treasurer of the Bank of Madras.⁴ David Alexander John Crombie and Mary Forrester Fortune appear in the 1881 census at York, Yorkshire, where he is listed as manager of the L&G Bank.⁵ In 1894 It was reported in the Madras Weekly Mail that a presentation had been made upon his retirement as secretary and treasurer of the Bank of Madras.⁶ In December 1911 he is the informant of his sister's death and his addess is given as at Larkfield, Kent.⁷ David Alexander John Crombie died on 30 March 1919 at 40 Craigmillar Park, Edinburgh, at the age of 76.⁸

     Colonel David Campbell Crombie CBE was born on 19 November 1877 in Shanghai, China.^1,3 He was the son of David Alexander John Crombie and Mary Forrester Fortune.¹ Colonel David Campbell Crombie CBE was commissioned on 22 January 1898 and was promoted Captain 22 January 1907 serving as a British Officer of the Indian Army in the 23rd Cavalry. He was appointed C.B.E. in the Birthday honours of 1924. He died in 1952 "Died S.A." South Africa or South Australia? possibly 1 April 1952.⁴

     David Guillan Crombie is also recorded as David Callard Crombie this version of the name has been used in some old family trees. He was born on 29 November 1797 in Newburgh, Fife.² He was the son of John Crombie and Elizabeth Guillan.¹ David Guillan Crombie was baptised on 3 December 1797. David Guillan Crombie lived at Kilminning Farmhouse, Crail, Fife.² He married Janet Campbell (Jessie) Webster, daughter of Alexander Webster and Janet Campbell, on 7 July 1827 in Anstruther Easter, Fife, The Register of Proclamations and Marriages of the Parish of Anstruther, Fife of 25th June 1827 reads "Mr. David Guillan Crombie and Jessy Webster of the parish of St. Vigeans were contracted to be proclaimed the 1st July next and married 7th same month." The banns appear to have been read in St. Vigeans, Arbroath on 4th July 1827.^3,4 David Guillan Crombie appeared in the 1861 census at Kilminning Farm, Crail, Fife. Where he is described as a farmer of 135 acres employing 5 men and 8 women.⁵ In August 1875 at Kilminning Farm, Crail, won the East Fife Agricultural Society's annual competition for the best managed farm in the district.⁶ He died on 10 December 1879 in Kilminning, Crail, Fife, at the age of 82 of Bright's disease.⁷ He was buried in Crail Churchyard.

     David William Alexander Crombie was born on 28 January 1874 in Cleveland, Brisbane.^2,3 He was the son of James Crombie and Isabella Harriett Cameron.¹ He was a grazier. David William Alexander Crombie married firstly Edith Mary Milman on 18 June 1903. David William Alexander Crombie married secondly Phoebe Janet Arbuthnot, daughter of General Sir Charles Arbuthnot KCB and Caroline Charlotte Clarke, on 29 May 1913 at Newton, Hampshire. In June 1941 David William Alexander Crombie and Phoebe Janet Arbuthnot were living in Warwick, Queensland, Australia. David William Alexander Crombie died on 15 August 1957 at the age of 83 peacefully in his sleep.⁴

     Donald Charles Cameron Crombie was born on 19 January 1876 in Enniskillen, Blackall. He was the son of James Crombie and Isabella Harriett Cameron.¹ Donald Charles Cameron Crombie married Mildred Ida Lloyd Hart, daughter of Graham Lloyd Hart and Sarah Ellen Cooper Roberts, on 18 February 1905 in St Andrew's Church, Indooroopilly. Donald Charles Cameron Crombie died on 9 August 1951 in Skye, Toowoomba, at the age of 75.²

     Pilot Officer Donald Charles Cameron Crombie also known as Cam Crombie.¹ He was born on 2 March 1915 in Longreach. He was the son of Donald Charles Cameron Crombie and Mildred Ida Lloyd Hart. Pilot Officer Donald Charles Cameron Crombie died on 31 March 1944 in near Neustadt, Germany, at the age of 29 shot down flying a Lancaster bomber on the Nuremburg Raid the night of 30/31st March. His name is to be found on Panel 258 of the Runnymede Memorial.^2,3

     Dorothie George "Tuckie" Crombie was born on 3 March 1888 in Madras, India, "Mar 3 at Madras the wife of DAJ Crombie of a daughter."² She was the daughter of David Alexander John Crombie and Mary Forrester Fortune. Dorothie George "Tuckie" Crombie died in 1977.¹

     Edward Ellice Crombie was born on 5 January 1839 in St. Andrews, Fife.^2,1 He was the son of John Crombie and Euphemia Wallace.² Edward Ellice Crombie was christened on 21 January 1839 at St. Andrews, Fife.¹ He married Jessie Watson.³ Edward's death was registered in the quarter ending September 1892 in the St. Pancras, London registration district.⁴

     Effie Forrester Crombie M.B.E. was born on 23 January 1879 in Hong Kong.^2,3 She was the daughter of David Alexander John Crombie and Mary Forrester Fortune. Effie Forrester Crombie M.B.E. appeared in the 1891 census at 23 Stafford Street, Edinburgh.⁴ She was living in 1936 at the time of the death of her sister Mary Fortune.⁵