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William Crosby 1778–1846 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Nov 1778

Birth Location: Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 27 Mar 1846

Death Location: 1 Bewsey Road, Warrington, Lancashire, England

Father: William (Crosbey)

Mother: Mary Fletcher

Spouse(s): Mary Cook

Children(s): John Crosby, Mary Crosby, Thomas Crosby, Joseph Crosby, William Crosby, Henry Crosby, Ann Crosby, Ellen CROSBY, Mary CROSBY, Margaret CROSBY, Mary CROSBY

The story of William Crosby began in 1778 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. William Crosby married Mary Cook, and had children including Ann Crosby, Ellen Crosby, Henry Crosby, John Crosby, Joseph Crosby, Margaret Crosby, Mary Crosby, Thomas Crosby, William Crosby. William Crosby passed away in 1846 in 1 Bewsey Road, Warrington, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of William Crosby began in 1778 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
  • William Crosby married Mary Cook, and had children including Ann Crosby, Ellen Crosby, Henry Crosby, John Crosby, Joseph Crosby, Margaret Crosby, Mary Crosby, Thomas Crosby, William Crosby.
  • William Crosby passed away in 1846 in 1 Bewsey Road, Warrington, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William (Crosbey)
1740–1797
Birth Location: Hale, Lancashire, England
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Mary Fletcher
1745–1801
Birth Location: Childwall, Lancashire England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Mary Cook
1778–1855
Birth Location: Cuerdley Cross, Lancashire, England
MC

Children(s)

John Crosby
1807–1874
Birth Location: Cuerdley, Lancashire, England
JC
Mary Crosby
1809–1851
Birth Location: Cuerdley, Lancashire, England
MC
Thomas Crosby
1822–1855
Birth Location: Cuerdley, Warrington, Lancashire, England
TC
Joseph Crosby
1820–1871
Birth Location: Cuerdley, Lancashire, England
JC
William Crosby
1811–1862
Birth Location: Cuerdley, Lancashire, England
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Henry Crosby
1818–1869
Birth Location: Cuerdley, Lancashire, England
HC
Ann Crosby
1816–1840
Birth Location: Cuerdley, Warrington, Lancashire, England
AC
Ellen CROSBY
1800–
Birth Location: Great Sankey, Lancashire, England
EC
Mary CROSBY
1803–1805
Birth Location: Great Sankey, Lancashire, England
MC
Margaret CROSBY
1805–1842
Birth Location: Cuerdley Cross, Lancashire, England
MC
Mary CROSBY
1809–1810
Birth Location: Cuerdley Cross, Lancashire, England
MC

William Crosby's Ancestors

Self
William Crosby
1778–1846
Birth Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Parents
William Crosby (Crosbey)
1740–1797
Hale, Lancashire, England
Mary Fletcher
1745–1801
Childwall, Lancashire England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Moses Crosby
1711–1790
Childwall ,Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Mary Hunt
1706–1783
Childwall, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
William (Crossebee)
1666–1743
Ann
1690–1726
William Hunt
1682–
Alice Maddock
1680–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Crosbee
1620–1693
Ellen CROSBY
1635–

William Crosby's Descendants

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William Crosby (12 Nov 1778–27 Mar 1846) m. Mary Cook (1778–21 Feb 1855)
  1. 1. John Crosby 1807–1874 m. Alice Norman 1815–1873
    1. 1. Joseph Crosby 1849–1892 m. Jane Smith 1846–1909
      1. 1. Alice (Emma) Crosby 1875–1895
      2. 2. Lucy (Jane) Crosby 1876–1903
        1. 1. Eleanor Kelsall 1900–1983 m. Fred Smalley 1892–1934
      3. 3. Annie (Elizabeth) CROSBY 1879–1880
      4. 4. Tom (Ridyard) CROSBY 1886–1888
      5. 5. Annie (Elizabeth) CROSBY 1870–1878
      6. 6. Hilda (Esther) Crosby 1882–1954 m. David (John) Davies 1877–1919
        1. 1. Vera (Hindley) Davies 1902–1962 m. John (Sydney) Birkenhead 1901–1973
      7. 7. John (Henry) Crosby 1872–1933 m. Alice (Ann) Massey 1866–1941
      8. 8. Harriet Crosby 1873–1945 m. Frederick (Thomas) Kelsall 1867–1934
        1. 1. Frederick (Thomas) Kelsall 1906–1931 m. Minnie Salt 1907–1931
        2. 2. Joseph (Henry) Kelsall 1906–1956 m. Marjory Forrest 1909–1993
        3. 3. William Kelsall 1911–1963
        4. 4. Jane Kelsall 1904–1978 m. George (J) Risley 1899–1973
        5. 5. Elizabeth Kelsall 1909–1985
      9. 9. Joseph Crosby 1878–1966 m. Martha (Ann) Dale 1874–1953
        1. 1. Jane Crosby 1910–1910
      10. 10. Ralph (Stanley) Crosby 1880–1932 m. Lillian Goulden 1884–1966
        1. 1. Doris (Mary) CROSBY 1910–1984 m. George Green 1901–1985
        2. 2. Marjorie CROSBY 1915– m. Leonard Hill 1916–1988
      11. 11. Arthur (I) Crosby 1884–1973 m. Jessie (Margaret) Bennett 1887–1976
        1. 1. Lucy (Maude) Crosby 1915–2003 m. Joshua Whatmough 1914–1995
        2. 2. Joseph (Bennett) Crosby 1921–1999 m. Miriam Gill 1921–2001
    2. 2. Sarah (Ann) Crosby 1841–1908 m. Joseph Almond 1839–1911
      1. 1. Annie Almond 1868–1940 m. Joseph Warburton 1862–1931
        1. 1. Mary (Gertrude) WARBURTON 1890–1961 m. John Humphreys 1889–1969
        2. 2. Joseph Warburton 1889–1969 m. Elizabeth WEBSTER 1889–1959
        3. 3. Maggie Warburton 1892–1966 m. Archibald (Templeton) COCKBURN 1888–1933
        4. 4. Frederick Warburton 1895–1918
        5. 5. Bertha Warburton 1893–1984 m. George (Randolph) Smith 1892–1962
        6. 6. James Warburton 1899–1974 m. Hilda (Mary) SANDERSON 1905–2001
        7. 7. Annie Warburton 1902–1969 m. William Rigby 1898–1968
        8. 8. Ida Warburton 1905–1987 m. James (B) Bryant 1906–1954
        9. 9. Dorace Warburton 1908–1990
        10. 10. Sydney Warburton 1897–1970 m. Winifred Watkin 1899–1978
      2. 2. Mary Almond 1870–1951 m. William (Henry) Gregory 1855–1930
        1. 1. William (Henry) Gregory 1902–1968 m. Olive (Kent) Duncan 1904–1978
        2. 2. Frederick (Charles) Gregory 1904–1967
      3. 3. Thomas (Benjamin) Almond 1877–1966
      4. 4. Joseph (William) Almond 1876–1940 m. Sarah Rimmer 1876–1947
        1. 1. Richard Almond 1903–1967 m. Margaret Abbott 1905–1985
        2. 2. Joseph Almond 1907–1972 m. Margary Linford 1908–1999
      5. 5. John Almond 1875–1934
      6. 6. James Almond 1872–1910
      7. 7. Ralf (Alfred) Almond 1881–1960
      8. 8. Lavinia Almond 1867–1949 m. George (Daniel) Whitfield 1861–1947
        1. 1. William (James) Whitfield 1896–1969 m. Annie Ratcliffe 1899–1974
        2. 2. George (Albert) Whitfield 1897–1977 m. Lena Sant 1906–1945
        3. 3. Charles Whitfield 1899–1959 m. Gladys (Sarah) Thomas 1903–1989
        4. 4. Joseph Whitfield 1901–1959 m. Adelaide Appleton 1903–1987
        5. 5. Sarah (Ann) Whitfield 1903–1963 m. William (Arthur) Fenney 1900–1958
        6. 6. Florence (Mary) Whitfield 1905–1994 m. Herbert Conway 1906–1988
    3. 3. Ellen Crosby 1843–1880 m. Thomas Jackson 1841–1885
      1. 1. Charles (Henry) Jackson 1871–1917 m. Alice Jackson 1876–1916
        1. 1. Thomas Jackson 1894–1964 m. Ethel Morris 1896–1972
        2. 2. William Jackson 1902–1974 m. Emma Williams 1898–1990
        3. 3. Charles Jackson 1903–1978
        4. 4. Red Jackson 1905–1917
        5. 5. Alice Jackson 1907–
        6. 6. John Jackson 1910–1953
        7. 7. Edith (Annie) Jackson 1898–1901
      2. 2. Mary (Ellen) JACKSON 1866–1934 m. Ralph CLEWORTH 1861–1943
        1. 1. Harold (H) CLEWORTH 1897–1918
        2. 2. Frank CLEWORTH 1899–1918
      3. 3. Emily JACKSON 1873–1929
      4. 4. Elizabeth (Ann) Jackson 1866–1891 m. John (Curwen) Tomlinson 1862–1925
        1. 1. William (Jackson) Tomlinson 1891–1980 m. Sarah (Ann) Williamson 1896–1994
        2. 2. John (Curwen) Tomlinson 1886–1917 m. Mary (Ann) Baker 1888–1976
        3. 3. Fanny Tomlinson 1887–1948 m. Frank Tyson 1884–
        4. 4. James Tomlinson 1889–1890
        5. 5. Herbert Tomlinson 1894–1978 m. Emily Hayes 1895–1972
        6. 6. Walter Tomlinson 1895–1972
        7. 7. Alice (Ann) Tomlinson 1898–1978
        8. 8. May Tomlinson 1900–1936
        9. 9. Albert (Joseph) Tomlinson 1904–1979 m. Margaret Maine 1898–1948
        10. 10. Ada (Hannah) Tomlinson 1902–1986 m. jack riley 1898–
      5. 5. Ralph JACKSON 1878–1958
      6. 6. John Jackson 1868–1882
      7. 7. Esther (Alice) Jackson 1865–1929 m. James Sumner 1864–1925
        1. 1. Annie Sumner 1891–1963
        2. 2. Gertrude Sumner 1892–1949
        3. 3. Samuel Sumner 1884–1941 m. Rachel (Ward) Wood 1892–1969
        4. 4. May Sumner 1896–1968 m. John Lovatt 1903–1945
        5. 5. Alice Sumner –1976
        6. 6. Beatrice Sumner 1899–1985 m. George (Lawson) Hindley 1896–1969
        7. 7. Elizabeth (E) Sumner 1901–1902
        8. 8. Nellie Sumner 1892–1930 m. Fred Laycock 1893–1961
        9. 9. Harry Sumner 1887–1968 m. Polly Settle 1886–1937
        10. 10. Florence Sumner 1889–1958 m. Oliver Atkinson 1884–1935
      8. 8. Joseph (William) Jackson 1879–1947 m. Martha (Ann) Banister 1873–1943
        1. 1. Fred Jackson 1902–1955
        2. 2. Rex Jackson 1908–1965 m. Annie Travis 1909–1967
    4. 4. Mary Crosby 1839– m. John Ogden 1837–1876 m. William Johnson 1854–
      1. 1. Sarah (Ann) Ogden 1874–1938 m. William (James) Symons 1875–
        1. 1. Amelia Symons 1902–1988
        2. 2. Annie Symons 1905–1985 m. Percy Walley 1903–1984
      2. 2. Samuel Ogden 1870–1917
      3. 3. John Ogden 1871– m. Emma Kirkham 1871–
        1. 1. Jessie Ogden 1896–1970
        2. 2. Sidney Ogden 1889–1925
    5. 5. William (Henry) Crosby 1838–1872 m. Hannah Wilkinson 1843–1895
      1. 1. Ralph Crosby 1870–1871
      2. 2. Alice Crosby 1866–1886
      3. 3. John Crosby 1868–1899
      4. 4. William (Henry) CROSBY 1872–1872
    6. 6. Elizabeth Crosby 1845–1900 m. Thomas Kelsall 1840–1903
      1. 1. Ada Kelsall 1880–1950
      2. 2. Margaret (Ellen) Kelsall 1868–1929
      3. 3. Annie (Elizabeth) Kelsall 1870–1935
      4. 4. Mary (Alice) Kelsall 1866–1916
      5. 5. Walter Kelsall 1872–1947
      6. 6. Amy Kelsall 1887–1968
      7. 7. Jessie Kelsall 1876–1933
    7. 7. Ralph Crosby 1850–1887 m. Elizabeth (\ Betty) TAYLOR 1854–1938
      1. 1. Ethel Crosby 1880–1950 m. Frank CRABBE –1936
      2. 2. Sarah (Ann) Crosby 1878–1953
      3. 3. John (James) Crosby 1881–1949 m. Mary (Alice) WHITMORE 1885–1935
        1. 1. Ralph (William) CROSBY 1913–2008
        2. 2. Ola (Ellen) CROSBY 1911–2003
        3. 3. John (Elmer) Crosby 1917–
      4. 4. William (Henry) Crosby 1838–1927 m. Hannah Wilkinson 1843–1909
      5. 5. Ada (Ellen) Crosby 1887–1888
      6. 6. Mabel (Alice) Crosby 1885–1886
    8. 8. Elias Crosby 1852–1858
    9. 9. Thomas Crosby 1853–1858
    10. 10. Alice Crosby 1856–1925 m. Alfred Bennett 1852–1933
    11. 11. John CROSBY 1847–1881
  2. 2. Mary Crosby 1809–1851 m. John (Slater) Grice 1811–1854
    1. 1. William Grice 1837–1857
    2. 2. Joseph Grice 1839–1841
  3. 3. Thomas Crosby 1822–1855
  4. 4. Joseph Crosby 1820–1871 m. Helen LEIGH 1821–1853 m. Sarah (Anne) Kerrigan 1827–1881
    1. 1. Joseph CROSBY 1848–1907 m. Emily (Agusta) Brookes 1857–1900
      1. 1. Herbert (Oswald) Crosby 1877–1935 m. Mary (Josephine) Hewitt 1877–1954
        1. 1. Robert (Joseph) Crosby 1909–1960 m. Yvonne (Marie) Magnan 1913–1997
        2. 2. Herbert (H) Crosby 1902– m. Helen Devilin 1900–
        3. 3. Emily (M) CROSBY 1904–1970
      2. 2. Joseph Crosby 1892–1905
      3. 3. Edith CROSBY 1888–
    2. 2. Mary (Ellen) CROSBY 1853–1878
    3. 3. William (Henry) CROSBY 1858–1926 m. Lucy Rudge 1871–1949
      1. 1. Lavinia (Rudge) Crosby 1891–1948 m. William Armitage 1891–1946
      2. 2. Sydney Crosby 1897–1983
    4. 4. Harriet CROSBY 1862–1905 m. John Hill 1856–1908
    5. 5. Sarah CROSBY 1865–1934 m. James Leigh 1868–1940
      1. 1. Florence Leigh 1892–1964 m. Frank Hackett 1891–1970
        1. 1. Ernest Hackett 1923–2003
        2. 2. Noel Hackett 1918–2003
        3. 3. Frank Hackett 1920–2010
        4. 4. James (Geoffrey) Hackett 1926–2006
        5. 5. John (Ivor) Hackett 1925–
      2. 2. James (Gordon) Leigh 1895–1966 m. Elizabeth Dolan 1894–
      3. 3. Ethel Leigh 1890–1974 m. Alfred Carter 1887–1949
        1. 1. Ethel (M) Carter 1914–
        2. 2. Mary Carter 1918–
        3. 3. Grace Carter 1921–
      4. 4. Sarah Leigh 1903–1972 m. John Hamblett 1898–1974
  5. 5. William Crosby 1811–1862
  6. 6. Henry Crosby 1818–1869 m. Elizabeth Norman 1824–
  7. 7. Ann Crosby 1816–1840
  8. 8. Ellen CROSBY 1800–
  9. 9. Mary CROSBY 1803–1805
  10. 10. Margaret CROSBY 1805–1842 m. William Grange 1807–1853
    1. 1. Thomas Grange 1840–
    2. 2. George Crosby 1826–1827
    3. 3. Mary (Hannah) Grange 1837–1909
    4. 4. Joseph Grange 1842–1842
  11. 11. Mary CROSBY 1809–1810

William Crosby's Timeline

2 Records

1778
12 Nov 1778
Birth of William Crosby in Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
1846
27 Mar 1846
Age 68
Death of William Crosby in 1 Bewsey Road, Warrington, Lancashire, England
1 Bewsey Road, Warrington, Lancashire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Nov 1778
    Event Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Mar 1846
    Event Place: 1 Bewsey Road, Warrington, Lancashire, England
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