Brief Life History of Leonard Green
When Dr. Leonard Green Crosby was born on 26 January 1873, in New Auburn, Sibley, Minnesota, United States, his father, James Willet Crosby, was 28 and his mother, Elsie Lee Greene, was 25. He married Katherine Kittie Ione Waterman on 7 January 1897, in Milton, Rock, Wisconsin, United States. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1927 and lived in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1900 and Election Precinct 2, Ouray, Colorado, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 17 February 1957, in Denver, Colorado, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado, United States.
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- Leonard Crosley in household of James Crosley, "Minnesota State Census, 1895"
- Leonard G Crosby, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Leonard Green Crosby, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1890
Fairmount Cemetery home page states that it was founded in 1890. LOCATION 430 South Quebec St Denver, Denver County, Colorado, 80231 USA PHONE 303-399-0692 WEBSITE fairmount-cemetery.com/index2.html MEMORIALS 133,165 added (69% photographed)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old Norse kross ‘cross’ + bȳ ‘farm, settlement’ in Lancashire, Cumberland, Westmorland, North Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire.
Irish: surname adopted by bearers of the Gaelic name Mac an Chrosáin (see McCrossen ).
History: The surname of the Irish family of Crosbie is ultimately derived from providing the chief bards to the O’Mores, Chiefs of Leix: crosán means ‘bard’ or ‘satirist’. Pádraic Mac Crosáin or Mac An Chrosáin took the Anglicized name Patrick Crosbie c. 1583.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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