James Baily Crosby Jr

Brief Life History of James Baily

When James Baily Crosby Jr was born on 14 July 1879, in Westchester, New York, United States, his father, James Baily Crosby Sr, was 24 and his mother, Florence Sarah McDermott, was 20. He married Margaret Ann Martin on 4 October 1903. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States in 1900 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 30 years. He died on 29 May 1961, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 81.

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James Baily Crosby Jr
1879–1961
Margaret Ann Martin
1878–
Marriage: 4 October 1903
Florence Elizabeth Crosby
1904–
James B. Crosby, Jr. III
1906–1973

Sources (14)

  • James B. Crosley, "United States Census, 1880"
  • James Bailey Crosby, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • James Baily Crosby Jr., "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old Norse kross ‘cross’ + ‘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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