Jane Crombie

Brief Life History of Jane

When Jane Crombie was born on 17 January 1812, her father, John Crombie, was 39 and her mother, Katherine Harvey, was 25. She married Rev. William Leslie on 27 September 1842, in Fintray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 4 June 1878, in Fintray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 66, and was buried in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Rev. William Leslie
1809–1850
Jane Crombie
1812–1878
Marriage: 27 September 1842
John Leslie
1843–1909
Catherine Crombie Leslie
1845–
William Leslie
1846–1927

Sources (7)

  • Jane Crombie, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Jane Crombie, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
  • Jane Crombie Leslie, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1813 · The Court of Session Act 1813

The United Kingdom Parliament helped Scotland by creating the divisions necessary for better construction of their judiciary system. The Act was later repealed by the Court of Session Act 1988.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

Scottish:

habitational name from any of the places called Crombie in Fife and Aberdeenshire, named from Gaelic crom(b) ‘crooked’ or possibly the British cognate of this word, ancestor of Welsh crwm.

shortened form of Abercrombie , from the place of that name near Pittenweem in Fife.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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