When Samuel Nelson Crosby was born on 26 January 1832, in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Richard Patten Crosby, was 31 and his mother, Hannah Lovitt Durkee, was 29. He married Abigail Allen on 13 January 1856, in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1852 and lived in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States in 1870 and Fairmount, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States in 1880.
Do you know Samuel Nelson? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Kansas Territory, United States 1855: Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Possible Related NamesAs a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.