Thomas Crawford Fawcett

Male 1933 - 2006  (73 years)


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  • Name Thomas Crawford Fawcett  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Born 19 May 1933  Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Race White  [7, 8
    Residence 1935  Rural, Crook, Wyoming Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 1935  Rural, Crook, Wyoming Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1940  Tower, Crook, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Age: 6; AttendedSchool: No; EnumerationDistrict: 6-23; GradeCompleted: None; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Son 
    Residence 1940  Tower, Crook, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son 
    Military 25 Mar 1952  [2, 4, 9
    Age: 18 
    Residence 1990  Evansville, Natrona, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Age: 57 
    Died 6 Dec 2006  Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 8
    Buried Evansville, Natrona County, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I2217  Clark Benscoter
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 

    Father Crawford Franklin Fawcett,   b. 16 Mar 1908, Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1981, Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Alice Margaret Statler,   b. 19 Mar 1912, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1967, Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 26 Nov 1932  Custer, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Family ID F686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rachel Linton 
    Married 1955 
    Children 
     1. Robert D Fawcett  [natural]
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F9896  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Carol Jean Wheeler 
    Married 4 Jul 1974  Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Bill Fawcett  [natural]
     2. Bob Fawcett  [natural]
     3. Brian Fawcett  [natural]
     4. Shannon Fawcett  [natural]
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F9897  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 May 1933 - Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 Jul 1974 - Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 57 - 1990 - Evansville, Natrona, Wyoming, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Dec 2006 - Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Evansville, Natrona County, Wyoming, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CASPER - Funeral services for Thomas Crawford Fawcett, 73, will be held Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, at Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery at 11 a.m.

      A memorial will be held at the Senior Citizens Center in Newcastle on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006, at 2 p.m.

      He died Dec. 4, 2006, at Wyoming Medical Center.

      He was born May 19, 1933, in Newcastle, to Alice M. (Statler) Fawcett and Crawford F. Fawcett, the oldest of 10 children.

      He attended school in Newcastle until the eighth grade, worked on different ranches in the area and as an oilfield hand until he joined the Air Force in March 1952.

      He married Rachel Linton in 1955 and later divorced. They had a son, Robert D. Fawcett.

      During his 29-year career with the Air Force, he served in Greenland, Korea, Southeast Asia, France, England, Thailand and the United States. He served active duty in both the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. He retired from the Air Force on Sept. 1, 1972.

      He then returned to Newcastle and began a second career as a truck driver.

      On July 4, 1974, he married Carol Jean Wheeler in Newcastle and they had four children. They lived in Newcastle for many years before moving to Worland for a short time.

      They moved to Casper in 1990 where he worked for Wyoming Express Trucking. In 1994, he purchased his own truck and continued to drive over the road until retiring in 1999.

      He loved to hunt and fish, especially with his children and grandchildren. He enjoyed telling stories of his life's adventures and liked to go for rides in the country with his family.

      Survivors include his wife of Casper; his children, Robert Fawcett of Bonifax, Fla., Bill Fawcett and his companion, Bob Fawcett and his wife, Brian Fawcett and his wife, and Shannon Rezanina and her husband, all of Casper; nine grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; nine brothers and sisters, Doris Haley of Billings, Mont., Lois Hurley of Ponce de Leon, Fla., Lewis Fawcett of Basin, Jean Day of Newcastle, Joan Souder of Newcastle, Robert Fawcett of Worland, Jerry Fawcett of Newcastle, Dorothy Pitts of Manhattan, Mont., and Judy Hampton of Newcastle and many nieces and nephews.
      ---http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/obituaries/thomas-crawford-fawcett/article_34bc4de2-ef7a-5412-8e33-cb6733b82ac2.html, accessed 27 Apr 2018

  • Sources 
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      Record for Thomas Fawcett

    2. [S110] U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.Original data: Beneficiary Identificatio;).
      Record for Thomas Fawcett

    3. [S774] U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
      Record for Thomas C Fawcett

    4. [S51] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
      Record for Alice Margaret Statler

    5. [S89] Web: Wyoming, Find A Grave Index, 1850-2012, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Thomas Crawford Fawcett

    6. [S48] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Tower, Crook, Wyoming; Roll: m-t0627-04569; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 6-23.

    7. [S48] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Tower, Crook, Wyoming; Roll: m-t0627-04569; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 6-23.
      Record for Tommy Fawcett

    8. [S409] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
      Record for Tommy Crawford Fawcett

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    10. [S692] South Dakota, Marriages, 1905-2013, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), South Dakota Department of Health; Pierre, South Dakota.