Brief Life History of Jessie Edna
When Jessie Edna Whitcomb was born in 1883, in Minnesota, United States, her father, Joseph Mitchell Whitcomb, was 41 and her mother, Nellie Barry, was 26. She married Chester Claude Cross on 26 January 1907, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 12 May 1938, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.
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Sources (18)
- Jessie E Whitcomb, "Minnesota State Census, 1905"
- Jessie E Whitcomb, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- Jessie Cross, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
Spouse and Children
1882–1950 Male
1883–1938 Female
Children (2)
1907–1946 Male
1913–1937 Female
Parents and Siblings
1842–1922 Male
1857– Female
Siblings (4)
1879–1925 Male
1883–1938 Female
1884–1887 Female
1888–1951 Female
World Events (8)
1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota
Age 1
1886
Age 3
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 15
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Whitcombe or Witcombe. Whitcombe in Dorset and Witcombe in Gloucestershire are named with Old English wīd ‘wide’ + cumb ‘valley’; Whitcombe, Isle of Wight, may have the same etymology or alternatively the first element may be Old English hwīt ‘white’. Witcombe in Somerset is named with Old English wīthig ‘willow’ + cumb, and the placename Whitcombe in Devon is from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + cumb. The surname may also derive from a lost place in Sussex.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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