Royal Albert Crosby

Brief Life History of Royal Albert

When Royal Albert Crosby was born on 11 January 1871, in Murray, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada, his father, James Albert Crosby, was 26 and his mother, Mary Louisa Ferguson, was 18. He married Annie May Duke about 1896, in Ameliasburgh, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died in 1948, at the age of 77, and was buried in Albury Church Cemetery, Albury, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Royal Albert Crosby
1871–1948
Annie May Duke
1874–1924
Marriage: about 1896
Albert Grant Crosby
1894–1981
Harry Delbert Crosby
1895–
Max Montague Crosby
1898–
Cecil Ross Crosby
1899–
Karl Duke Crosby
1901–
Roy Carson Crosby
1906–1906
Evelyn Ruth Crosby
1911–
Clinton Crosby
1914–1978

Sources (22)

  • Royal Crosby in household of James Crosby, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • Royal Albert Crosby, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
  • Albert Crosby, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

World Events (5)

1883 · Mining Boom

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act

In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.

1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario

Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.

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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