Craig Towne WATKINS

1949 - 1991  (42 years)

• Name	Craig Towne WATKINS
  Birth	18 May 1949	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
  	Address: Wesson Maternity Hospital
  Gender	Male
  Burial	York Beach, York, Maine, United States   [1]
  	Address: Nubble Peninsula
  	Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea, Specifically: His ashes were scattered off the Nubble Peninsula, York Beach, Maine.
  Residence	4 Apr 1950	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States   [2]
  	Address: 60 Ingersoll Grove
  Graduation	Jun 1967	Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States   [3]
  	Address: Minnechaug High School
  Death	18 Sep 1991	York Beach, York, Maine, United States   [4, 5, 6]
  	Cause of Death: Fall with closed head trauma Family Search, Florida Death Index says that he died in Florida. However, although Florida was his legal address, he died in York Beach, Maine.
  Cremation	21 Sep 1991	Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States   [4]
  	Address: Phoenix Crematory
  Person ID	I237	Watkins
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	William Edwin WATKINS,   b. 9 Aug 1908, Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 4 Sep 2000, Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, United States (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Muriel Towne GUY,   b. 21 Feb 1922, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States d. 28 May 1990, Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, United States (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	16 Feb 1943	Manhattan, New York, New York, United States   [7]
  	Ancestry.com. New York, New York, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: Index to Marriages, New York City Clerk's Office, New York, New York.
  Residence	1950	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States   [8]
  	Address: 60 Ingersoll Grove
  Residence	1 Jun 1957	Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
  	Attorney at Law
  	Address: 128 Springfield Street
  	Muriel and Ed joined the "flight from the city", built a new home, and moved to Wilbraham, MA, a suburb of Springfield.
  Residence	1973	Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, United States
  	Ed and Muriel built a home in Fort Myers which they used as a winter home spending increasing amounts of time there until Muriel died in 1990 and Ed in 2000.
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rachel Annette BAXENDALE
  Family ID	F302	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Mariellen COGAN
  Family ID	F303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Address: Wesson Maternity Hospital - 18 May 1949 - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Burial - Address: Nubble Peninsula - - York Beach, York, Maine, United States Residence - Address: 60 Ingersoll Grove - 4 Apr 1950 - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Graduation - Address: Minnechaug High School - Jun 1967 - Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Death - 18 Sep 1991 - York Beach, York, Maine, United States Cremation - Address: Phoenix Crematory - 21 Sep 1991 - Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Muriel Guy Watkins holding her son, Craig Towne Watkins
  		Muriel and Craig Watkins
  		Muriel, Craig and Nellie Muriel Guy Watkins, her son, Craig Towne Watkins and Muriel's aunt, Nellie Frances Towne Knight
  		Craig Towne Watkins and his dog, Max von Fritzenheimer Taken at the Watkins summer home on Nubble Peninsula, York Beach, Maine.
  		Muriel Guy Watkins and her sons: Roger William Watkins and Craig Towne Watkins
  		Watkins Brothers Douglas Edwin Watkins Craig Towne Watkins and Roger William Watkins (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  		Craig Towne Watkins Graduation from Minnechaug High School Wilbraham, Massachusetts, 1958
  		Craig and Roger Watkins Taken August, 1976, Port Charlotte, Florida during Craig's wedding day.
  		Craig in Rockland, Maine about 1981
  		Watkins Brothers This picture was taken at the garden party after Roger married Sylvia Evasius in August, 1979. On the left is Craig; in the middle smoking is Roger, and on the right is Douglas. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  		Craig Towne Watkins "Craig loved this spot. His ashes were placed into the wind on this spot."
  		Craig & his mother, May 1949
  		Craig and Nubble Lighthouse, 1952
  		Craig in First Grade Tapley School, Springfield, MA 1955-56
  		About 1959
  		Craig's high school graduation Craig graduated Minnechaug High School, Wilbraham, MA in June 1968.
  		Craig at the Nubble

  
  

  Documents

  Marriage Certificate of Craig Towne Watkins & Mariellen Cogan

  
  

• Sources

  [S331] Find-A-Grave, MEMORIAL ID: 139359318. [S519] 1950 U.S. Federal Census. [S86] ua, Minnechaug 1967 High School Year Book. [S18] Death Certificate, 91-08271 State of Maine Death Certificate. [S86] ua, Original data: State of Maine. Maine Death Index, 1960-97. Augusta, ME, USA: State of Maine Department of Human Services. Certificate 91-08271. [S9] 1930 United States Census, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCVP-VNM : 27 November 2014), Craig T. Watkins, 18 Sep 1991; citing Death, York, city code 31280, certificate 9108271, Maine State Archives, Augusta. [S472] Ancestry.com, New York City Municipal Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Manhattan; Volume Number: 2, Ancestry.com. [S86] ua, Springfield, Massachusetts City Directory, 1950 Page 867.