Thomas McCreath was born on 23 September 1870 at Falkirk. He married Matilda Maude Barton on 15 October 1897 at The Wirral.

In 1911 Thomas was the Head Master of an Elementary School at Harrow-0n-The-Hill, Harrow. As well as Thomas and Mary, the family comprised:

• Cecil Angus McCreath born 28 July 1898, Harrow.

• Olive Maude Gwendolyne McCreath born 21 June 1899.

• Norah Kathleen McCreath born 27 August 1901, Harrow. Married Gerard Arthur Meek.

• Norman Robert James McCreath born 14 August 1906, Harrow. Married Anne Maude White.

• Evelyn Lucy McCreath 1 December 1911, Harrow. Married Ronald Thomas Neil.

Thomas McCreath died on 6 June 1923 at Harrow. Maude died, age 101, at Whitstable, Kent.