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Grace Vera Chugg was the only daughter from Earl's first marriage to Lilian E. Hilton of Eastbourne, England. They were married in 1918 and Grace was born in the first quarter of 1919. She lists her entry into Canada by way of Halifax as 1919. Her mother returned to England according to Nellie Chugg Lang and she never returned. Grace Vera Chugg was raised by her grandfather John Chugg and by her aunt Beatrice.
Her father Earl immigrated to the U.S. and lived in Indianapolis. By 1930 he had married Lydia Wagoner. He was listed as a metal finisher. Earl returned to visit his brother William Hector ( according to his nephew Hector E. Chugg who remembers the visit).
We have no account of why, but Grace also did not raise her own daughter. Grace married a Mr. Craik. Their daughter was Sharon Craik. Grace was then divorced according to immigration documentation. Grace moved to Washington D.C. to work as a secretary. She was in Washington as early as 1943. She would have been 24 at the time. Nellie Chugg Lang records in the Chugg Family History that John and Bea raised Sharon Craik. I think this is difficult to believe because John was her great grandfather and Bea was a great aunt at this point.
Earl's obituary lists both brother John Henry Chugg (Harry) and Sharon Craik Mitchell as living in Carson or Carsonby in the North Gower area west of Ottawa. It is also known that Grace Chugg Peake, Grace Chugg Craik's aunt took care of John and Bea in their old age. It is most likely that Grace Peake raised Sharon Craik Mitchell. Perhaps Grace Peake lived near her brother Harry.
What is sad is to know that there is a story reporting the leaving of Grace by her mother and then Grace leaving her own daughter. What is heartwarming is that the Chugg family took care of the infants and raised them within their homes.
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