James Willson Crookston

Male28 April 1902–23 October 1985

Brief Life History of James Willson

When James Willson Crookston was born on 28 April 1902, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Bennie Crookston, was 26 and his mother, Amy Rachel Willson, was 23. He had at least 2 daughters with Mary Eleanor Stewart. He died on 23 October 1985, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Willson Crookston
1902–1985
Mary Eleanor Stewart
1905–1981
Mary Carol Crookston
1934–2017
Eleanor L Crookston
1938–

Sources (5)

  • James W Crookston, "United States Census, 1940"
  • James Willson Crookston, "Find A Grave Index"
  • James W Crookston in household of James B Crookston, "United States Census, 1910"

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Children (2)

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Siblings (2)

World Events (8)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

Age 1

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1905 · The Movie Theater

Age 3

The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in. 

1927

Age 25

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Midlothian and Lanarkshire): habitational name, according to Black, from a place in Renfrewshire, which was named as the estate of one Robert Croc. There are other places, in the Border and Lothian regions of Scotland, with this name, from which the surname could have arisen.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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