Sarah Lillian (Pinder) Cruickshank (1875 - 1959)

Born 25 Aug 1875 in St. Peter Parish, Cherokee Sound, Abaco, Bahamas

Wife of William A Schleppy — married 16 Nov 1892 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Wife of William C. Cruickshank — married about 1919 (to 1935) in Miami, Dade County, Florida, USA

Died 5 Aug 1959 at age 83 in Miami, Dade County, Florida, USA

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Sarah (Pinder) Cruickshank is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Birth and Parentage

Sarah was born 25 August 1875 in Cherokee Sound, Abaco, Bahamas,^[1] and she was baptized there on 22 August 1878.^[2] She was the daughter of Jeremiah Pinder and Rebecca Johnson.

1st Marriage and Issue

Sarah married first William A. Schleppy on 16 November 1892 in Key West in a ceremony performed by Robt. M. Evans, M.G.^[3] They had three children, Benjamin, Harriet "Hattie" and Lillian.

2nd Marriage

Sarah married second William C. Cruickshank circa 1919–20 in Miami.^[4] Sarah and William divorced in 1935,^[5] though they apparently were already separated by 1930.^[6]

Death

Sarah died on 5 August 1959 in Miami, Florida,^[7] and she is buried there in the City Cemetery.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Bahamas Registrar General, Civil Registration, Births, 1875, Third Quarter, Parish of St. Peter Cherokee Sound, p. 105, no. 5, [Unnamed Girl] Pinder, 25 August 1875; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-LBHP-FCB?i=261&wc=Q4ZP-FM4%3A216279001%3Fcc%3D1922411&cc=1922411 : accessed November 2016). The month and year match those given in the 1900 census. 1900 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Seventh Precinct Key Largo, enumeration district 107, stamped page 193, sheet 5B, dwelling 127, family 128, William A. Schleppy household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004120049_00730/34161491?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/190043447839/facts/citation/680147414095/edit/record#?imageId=004120049_00730 : accessed November 2016); citing National Archives microfilm T623, roll 174.
2. ↑ Oreste Lombardi, comp., Sarah Lyllian Pinder, no. 18488, Abaco.ged, 2013 Dolly Mae Bahamas 40th Anniversary CD (Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas: Wyannie Malone Museum, 2014); citing "Abaco Meth. serial # 2949."
3. ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses 4: 20, William A. Shleppey and Sarah L. Pinder, 16 November 1892; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-YZ41?i=351&wc=Q69K-6WY%3A1590045860%3Fcc%3D2397260&cc=2397260&cat=341167 : accessed November 2016).
4. ↑ Sarah appears as the widow of William Schleppy in the 1919 Miami city directory. She was William Cruickshank's wife when the census was taken on 12 January 1920. R. L. Polk & Co.'s Miami City Directory, Including Miami Beach and Cocoanut Grove (Jacksonville, Fla.: R. L. Polk & Co., 1919), 481, Schleppy, Sarah L.; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/2469/11879076/666953831?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/190043447839/facts/citation/680147413792/edit/record : accessed November 2016). 1920 U.S. Census, Dade County, Florida, population schedule, Miami City, enumeration district 25, stamped page 108, sheet 14B, dwelling 269, family 290, W. C. [written over M.] Cruickshank household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/6061/4295784-00222/101403305?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/190043447839/facts/citation/680147412716/edit/record#?imageId=4295784-00222 : accessed November 2016); citing National Archives microfilm T625, roll 216.
5. ↑ "Florida Divorce Index, 1927–2001," William C Cruickshank and Sarah L Cruickshank, 1935, Dade County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKH1-TWZ : accessed November 2016).
6. ↑ 1930 U.S. Census, Dade County, Florida, population schedule, Miami City, enumeration district 13-37, stamped page 6, sheet 6A, dwelling 116, family 145, Sarah Cruickshank household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/6224/4531931_00016/102598165?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/190043447839/facts/citation/680147412769/edit/record : accessed November 2016); citing National Archives microfilm T626, roll 310.
7. ↑ Sarah's full date of death is carved on her grave stone. J Rowan, "Sarah Lillian Pinder Cruickshank," Memorial no. 41493953, posted 2 September 2009; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41493953&ref=acom : accessed November 2016). "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Sarah Lillian Cruickshank, August 1959, Dade County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVN6-BF5 : accessed Nove,ber 2016).
8. ↑ J Rowan, "Sarah Lillian Pinder Cruickshank," Memorial no. 41493953, posted 2 September 2009; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41493953&ref=acom : accessed November 2016).

See also:

• Brother William's Obituary. Miami Herald, May 27, 1929, page 2. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=38927669
• 1900 United States Federal Census. Year: 1900; Census Place: Key Largo, Monroe, Florida; Roll: 174; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0107; FHL microfilm: 1240174
• 1920 United States Federal Census. Year: 1920; Census Place: Miami, Dade, Florida; Roll: T625_216; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 25; Image: 222