Thomas (Tom) McCreath (1909-1984) married Jessie Ann Murray (c.1915-2012)

Tom was born on 23 September 1909. Jessie Ann Murray was born on 1 July 1915.

Tom (29) married Jessie (24) on 16 August 1939 at Battlefield West Church, Glasgow. Tom was a Clerk in Glasgow Corporation City Collector’s Department. By this time the family had moved to 216 Ledard Road.  Tom’s brother Robert was the Best Man. Jessie’s parents lived at Lugar Drive, nearby Bellahouston Park.

Apart from wartime service in the RAF, Tom spent his entire working life with the then Glasgow Corporation. During the war he serviced and repaired aircraft wireless equipment.

Tom and Jessie had two children:

Russell McCreath born 24 November 1944

Muriel Ann McCreath born 19 May 1948

Tom died, age 75, on 30 October 1984. Jessie (age 97) in 2012.

Guests at Cousin Ken McCreath’s wedding, 1957. (L to R) Uncle Tom, Aunt Jessie, Uncle Robert, Gran, Mum, Dad. Rod, Cousin Muriel and self in front.

Front to back: Cousin Muriel, brother Rod, self, cousin Russell. Hillside Road, Mansewood, 1952.