Crosby Family History
Crosby Name Meaning
Scottish and English: habitational name from any of various
places in southwestern Scotland and northern England that are named
with Old Norse kross ‘cross’ + býr ‘farm’,
‘settlement’.Irish: Scottish and English surname (see 1
above) adopted by bearers of Gaelic Mac an Chrosáin (see
McCrossen).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Crosby
Name Distribution of Crosby Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Crosby families
 305 - 607  102 - 304 |
 1 - 101  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Crosby families
|
380 - 757 127 - 379 |
1 - 126 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Crosby families
|
16 - 30 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Crosby census records
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Crosby Family Origin
Crosby Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Crosby families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Crosby
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
your family.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Crosby Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Crosby census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Crosby ancestors, such as occupation.
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Crosby Civil War Service Records
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