Martha J. Crosby

6 January 1870–17 January 1872 (Age 2)
New Auburn, Sibley, Minnesota, United States

The Life Summary of Martha J.

When Martha J. Crosby was born on 6 January 1870, in New Auburn, Sibley, Minnesota, United States, her father, James Willet Crosby, was 25 and her mother, Elsie Lee Greene, was 22. She died on 17 January 1872, in Minnesota, United States, at the age of 2, and was buried in New Auburn, Sibley, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Willet Crosby
1844–1931
Elsie Lee Greene
1847–1931
Crosby
1869–
Martha J. Crosby
1870–1872
Leonard Green Crosby
1873–1957
Arthur Garfield Crosby
1880–1915
Wells L Crosby
1887–1932
Blanche Twiner Crosby
1888–1918

Parents and Siblings

Siblings

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World Events (2)

1872 · The First National Park
Age 2
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1872 · The Amnesty Act
Age 2
A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.

Name Meaning

1 Scottish and English: habitational name from any of various places in southwestern Scotland and northern England that are named with Old Norse kross ‘cross’ + býr ‘farm’, ‘settlement’.2 Irish: Scottish and English surname (see 1 above) adopted by bearers of Gaelic Mac an Chrosáin ( see McCrossen ).

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

Possible Related Names

Crosbie
McCrossen

Sources (2)

  • Martha Crosby in household of James Crosby, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Martha J. Crosby, "Find A Grave Index"

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