Brief Life History of Essie Mae
When Essie Mae Crosby was born on 12 October 1928, in Claxton, Evans, Georgia, United States, her father, Thomas Allen Crosby, was 28 and her mother, Lizzie Jane Miles, was 27. She married William Lee Woodrum Sr on 14 February 1981, in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States. She lived in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States in 2007. She died on 17 October 2007, at the age of 79, and was buried in Statesboro, Bulloch, Georgia, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Essie Crosby in household of Tommy Crosby, "United States Census, 1930"
- Essie Mae Crosby Woodrum, "Find A Grave Index"
- Essie Mae Crosby in entry for Edward Grant, "South Carolina, County Marriage Licenses, 1911-1951"
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World Events (8)
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1942 · Germans Sink Ships Near St. Simons Island
Lights from homes along the coast of St. Simons Island provided a clear view of the SS Oklahoma for German U-boat Captain Reinhard Hardegen on April 8, 1942. A German torpedo was fired at the SS Oklahoma shortly after midnight. An hour later, a second torpedo was fired at the oil tanker Esso Baton Rouge. Both ships sunk and the attacks left 22 seamen dead. After the incident, residents of the Golden Isles panicked over concern of a German Invasion of the coast and were stringently observant of a nighttime blackout.
1949 · NATO is Established
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.
Name Meaning
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.
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