Biography
Creswell, Virgil Ray b. June 9, 1917 (September 6, 1917 under Cresswell), Kansas City, Missouri; Father Norris Barr Creswell (1891-1922), mother Blanche Belle (Harper) Cresswell (1896-1970); Single; Photographer; Received Passport# 474761 on September 4, 1937 which listed his address as 10203 East 9th Street, Kansas City, Missouri; Sailed September 25, 1937 aboard the Laconia; Arrived in Spain via Espolla on October 12, 1937; Returned to the US on December 20, 1938 aboard the Ausonia; d. May 29, 1939, Jackson, Rankin County, Missouri (under Virgil Ray Cresswell, May 29, 1939, Crisp Lake, Fairmount, Missouri, accidental drowning).Source: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Figueres List; USSDA 2:0475, 532:0471; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A