Jessie Edna Whitcomb

Female1883–12 May 1938

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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Family Time Line

Chester Claude Cross
1882–1950
Jessie Edna Whitcomb
1883–1938
Marriage: 26 January 1907
Eugene C Cross
1907–1946
Florence M Cross
1913–1937

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

  • Marriage
    26 January 1907Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
  • Children (2)

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    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota

    Age 1

    After discovering iron ore in the Vermilion Range in North-East of Minnesota, iron mining companies began to come to the area and caused an economic boom to the area of Duluth and to the state as a whole.

    1886

    Age 3

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 15

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    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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