Eleanor Blackstone Crissey

16 May 1903–5 May 1966 (Age 63)
New York, United States

The Life of Eleanor Blackstone

When Eleanor Blackstone Crissey was born on 16 May 1903, in New York, United States, her father, Harlow Jacob Crissey, was 32 and her mother, Jessie Lucretia Blackstone, was 34. She immigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1922 and lived in Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, United States in 1910 and Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States in 1920. She died on 5 May 1966, in Little York, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Laurent Christiansen
1899–
Eleanor Blackstone Crissey
1903–1966

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

    Harlow Jacob Crissey

    Male1870–1918Male

    Jessie Lucretia Blackstone

    Female1869–1941Female

siblings

(3)

    Rachel Virginia Crissey

    Female1901–1919Female

    Eleanor Blackstone Crissey

    Female1903–1966Female

    Carolyn Frances Crissey

    Female1909–2000Female

World Events (8)

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

Age 3

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York

Age 14

Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
1920

Age 17

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

1 English: unexplained.2 Possibly an Americanized spelling of Swiss German Krüsi, a variant of Kruse , or Kriesi, a variant of Kries .

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

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Sources (3)

  • Eleanor B Crissey in household of Jessie B Crissey, "New York State Census, 1905"
  • Eleanor Crissey in household of Louise Holm, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Eleanor B Crissey in household of Harlow J Crissey, "United States Census, 1910"

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