Sarah Louise (Sadie) Shirk

  General Notes:

See general notes on her father, Elias E. Shirk, for 1900 and 1910 census facts.


The 1920 Federal Census for Winterset Ward 2, Madison Co., Iowa, District 24, page 158A, dated January 8, 1920 records Walter F. (38 - Iowa/Indiana/Ohio) and Sadie L. (38 - Iowa/PA/PA) Craig with children Walter F. Jr. (5 11/12 - Iowa) and Alice L. Craig (3 9/12) living at 222 West South Street. Walter is employed as a Manager at a Security Loan Company. Also living there is Sadie's widowed mother, Susan B. Shirk (83 - PA/PA/PA).

The 1925 Iowa State Census records Walter F. (43 - Iowa) and Sadie L. (43 - Iowa) Craig with children Walter (11) and Alice L. (8). Walter Sr.'s parents are named as George H. Craig (Illinois) and Clara Payne (Ohio) having been married in Iowa. Sadie's parents ar naamed as Elias Shirk (PA) and Susan G. Bare (PA) having been married in PA.

The 1930 Federal Census for Winterset, Madison Co., Iowa, District 2, page 126A, dated April 7, 1930 records Walter F. (48 - Iowa/Indiana/Ohio) and Sarah (48 - Iowa/PA/PA) Craig with children Walter Jr. (16 - Iowa) and Alice Craig (14) living at 222 87th Street. Walter is employed as a Secretary at a Land & Loan Company.

Sarah married Walter Forest Craig Sr. on 3 Jan 1912 in Madison Co., Iowa. (Walter Forest Craig Sr. was born on 4 Aug 1881 in Iowa and died in Aug 1972 in Champaign, Champaign Co., Illinois.)