CREWE, Wilhelm Ludwig Friedrich
1889 - 1963 (74 years)-
Name CREWE, Wilhelm Ludwig Friedrich Birth 29 Jun 1889 Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY 
Gender Male Death 1 Oct 1963 Tice, Lee County, FL Person ID I73086 Laur from Germany Last Modified 14 Dec 2021
Father CREWE, Ernest Otto Robert, b. 17 Apr 1859, Berlin, Germany d. 17 Jul 1899, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY (Age 40 years) Mother LEHMAN, Auguste Marie, b. 7 Mar 1859, Germany d. 11 May 1932, Town of Porter, Niagara County, NY (Age 73 years) Family ID F24986 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 WAUNT, Anna E, b. 4 Oct 1891, PA d. 28 Jun 1991, Fort Myers, Lee County, FL (Age 99 years) Marriage Abt 1920 Niagara County, NY Children 1. CREWE, Marjorie L, b. 6 Mar 1912, PA d. 21 Jan 1995, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 82 years)Family ID F24990 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Feb 2025
Family 2 LAWSON, Lillian, b. 1896, Canada d. 9 Dec 1918, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 22 years) Marriage 31 Aug 1917 Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY Children 1. CREWE, William Laverne, b. 13 Jun 1918, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. 9 Jun 1955, Kenmore, Erie County, NY (Age 36 years)Family ID F69024 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Feb 2025
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Notes - Niagara Gazette - 10/2/1963
William Crewe, a former
city policeman, died Tuesday
(Oct. 1, 1963) in T i c e ,Fla.,
where he had lived since 1951.
He was 74.
Mr, Crewe joined the police
force in 1919 and retired in
1944 after contracting polio.
During many of his years on
the force he worked a beat
around the New York Central
Depot in Falls Street. He also
drove a patrol wagon for several
years.
Former Police Supt. Martin
T. Considine called him the
"neatest man on the force."
He said that Mr. Crewe was
"well liked by everyone he
worked with." Several members
of current police force
remember him and held him
in high regard.
Mr. Crewe left the city in
1951 for Tice, which is a sub-
urb of Fort Myers, Fla. He
had been in a wheelchair since
his polio attack.
In Niagara Falls he was a
member of Epiphany Epis-
copal Church and of Masonic
Lodge No. 132 F&AM.
surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Anna Crewe; a daughter, Mrs.
Marjorie Walker, of this city;
a brother, Rudolph Crewe, of
Model City; a sister, Mrs.
Otto (Matilda) Koller, of Ran-
somville; and four children.
Services will be held Thurs-
day in Tice. Burial will be
there also.
- Niagara Gazette - 10/2/1963