Naomi Cross

21 March 1810–1 November 1866 (Age 56)
Natural Bridge Station, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States

The Life of Naomi

When Naomi Cross was born on 21 March 1810, in Natural Bridge Station, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States, her father, Thomas Cross, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Alderson, was 32. She married Benjamin Ammen on 25 January 1826, in Botetourt, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Blue Sulphur District, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 1 November 1866, in Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Ammen
1800–1867
Naomi Cross
1810–1866
Marriage: 25 January 1826
Michael Thomas Ammen
1826–1903
Catharine E. Ammen
1828–1914
Virginia T. Ammen
1838–
Marcus Ammen
1831–1912
Hester Ann Amman
1834–
Naomi Jane Ammen
1836–1837
America A. Ammen
1838–
Amelia Melvina Ammen
1840–1906
Dr. Samuel Zenas Ammen
1843–1929

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
25 January 1826
Botetourt, Virginia, United States
children

(9)

+4 More Children

Parents and Siblings

    Thomas Cross

    Male1781–1854Male

    Elizabeth Alderson

    Female1777–1869Female

siblings

(9)

+4 More Children

World Events (8)

1812

Age 2

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Monumental Church Built

Age 2

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1825 · The Crimes Act

Age 15

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

1 English: topographic name for someone who lived near a stone cross set up by the roadside or in a marketplace, from Old Norse kross (via Gaelic from Latin crux, genitive crucis), which in Middle English quickly and comprehensively displaced the Old English form crūc ( see 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) 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 .2 Irish: reduced form of McCrossen .3 In North America this name has absorbed examples of cognate names from other languages, such as French Lacroix .

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Naomi Ammen, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Naomi A On in household of Thos H Alderson, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Leonie Ammen in household of Benj Ammen, "United States Census, 1860"

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