Brief Life History of Ebenezer B.
When Ebenezer B. Cross was born on 23 June 1828, in Shelby, Indiana, United States, his father, Peter Cross, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Davis, was 31. He married Pleasant Anna Headlee on 2 November 1851, in Shelby, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Union Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Carpenter Township, Jasper, Indiana, United States in 1880.
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Sources (6)
- Ebenezer Cross in household of Ruth Cross, "United States Census, 1850"
- Ebenezer B Cross, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Ebenezer B Cross, "United States Census, 1880"
Spouse and Children
1828– Male
1831–1928 Female
Children (5)
1852–1933 Male
1854–1947 Female
1858–1941 Female
1861– Female
1871– Male
Parents and Siblings
1789–1840 Male
1797–1830 Female
Siblings (4)
1825–1899 Female
1828– Male
1828– Female
1829–1909 Male
World Events (8)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 2
1830
Age 2
1863
Age 35
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a cross, such as one set up by the roadside or in a marketplace, from Middle English cros (Old English cros and Old Norse kross, ultimately from Latin crux, crucem). It is commonly Latinized in medieval records as ad crucem and de Cruce but examples of this can just as well belong to the synonymous but less common name Crouch . In a few cases the surname may have been given originally to someone who lived by a crossroads, but this sense of the word seems to have been a comparatively late development. In other cases, the surname (and its European cognates; see 3 below) may have denoted someone who carried the cross in processions of the Christian Church, but in English at least the usual word for this sense was Crozier .
Irish: shortened form of McCrossen .
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘cross’ or ‘the cross’, such as French Lacroix , German Kreutz , and Slovenian and Croatian Križ (see Kriz ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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