When George Henry Crosby Sr. was born on 25 October 1846, in Clinton, Kennebec, Maine, United States, his father, Jesse Wentworth Crosby Sr., was 25 and his mother, Hannah Elida Baldwin, was 26. He married Sarah Hannah Brown on 5 April 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1908. He died on 10 October 1916, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.
Do you know George Henry? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
+7 More Children
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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.
Possible Related NamesBy grandson Kent H. Crosby George Henry Crosby, Sr., was born in Clinton, Kennebec County, Maine on 25th October 1846. And when he was eleven months old, he had already traveled more than most of us, …
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.