Brief Life History of Justus Thorn
When Justus Thorn Crosby Maj. was born about 1837, in New York, United States, his father, Thomas Crosby, was 30 and his mother, Caroline C. Carman, was 26. He lived in Southeast, Putnam, New York, United States in 1850. He died on 28 October 1870, in Brewster, Putnam, New York, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Milltown Cemetery, Brewster, Putnam, New York, United States.
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Family Time Line
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- Justice P Crosbey in household of Thomas Crosbey, "United States Census, 1850"
Spouse and Children
1837–1870 Male
1837–1867 Female
Parents and Siblings
1808–1855 Male
1812–1847 Female
Siblings (6)
1836– Male
1837–1870 Male
1840–1926 Female
1842–1856 Female
1844–1862 Male
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World Events (5)
1846
Age 9
1863
Age 26
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 26
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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