Second Generation:

Second Generation

3.  William Crowe (Michael-1) was born on 9 Jan 1845 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. He died on 27 Nov 1912 at the age of 67 in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.³  
 
  • Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1926 shows William Crowe, 31, of Orillia, a farmer whose parents are Michael Crowe and Mary Ann McHenry, marrying Elizabeth Laler, 25, on 12 Feb 1877 in Orillia, Ontario, Canada.

  • 1891 Canadian Census for Simcoe East, Orillia, Ontario shows William Crowe, 46, a farmer born in Ontario of parents born in Ireland; and wife Elizabeth, 29, also born in Ontario of Irish parents. (Elizabeth is probably actually 39 here.)

• Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1936 shows William Crowe died 27 Nov 1912 in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, of "suicide by cutting throat". The physician's note says that he died in "a few minutes" of "loss of blood". William Crowe is shown as a 68-year-old widower whose parents were Michael Crowe and Mary McHenry. The informant was a Michael McConnell of Warminster.

William Crowe and Elizabeth Lawler were married on 12 Feb 1877 in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.⁴ Elizabeth Lawler⁴, daughter of Thomas Lawler and Mary Connor, was born about 1852 in Ontario, Canada.⁴ She died of carcinoma of the pelvis on 17 Feb 1910 at the age of 58 in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.³

  

Thomas Crowe

4.  Thomas Crowe (Michael-1) was born on 22 Dec 1851 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. He died on 2 Jun 1908 at the age of 56 in Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado.⁵

  • 1880 Census for Chicago, Illinois, shows Thomas Crowe, age 29, who works in a rolling mill (a steel mill?), as head of household containing: wife Mary, 26; son Willi, 3; and son Thomas, 1.  They live on North Avenue.

  • 1900 Census for Pueblo, Colorado, shows Thomas Crowe, born Dec 1851 in Canada, whose occupation is listed as "Supt., C(illegible; might be Convection) Steel Works", as head of household consisting of: Mary, his wife of 24 years, who has had six children with five still living; daughter Nellie, Dec 1880, a ceramic artist; daughter May, Dec 1883; son Edward T., Sept 1889; and son Arthur L., Nov 1892. They own their own home on Berkeley Ave.

  • Obituary: Yuma Pioneer – June 5, 1908 – Thomas Crowe, aged fifty-six, and proprietor of the new Southern hotel at Pueblo, died June 2nd after a short illness. Mr. Crowe was an old resident of Pueblo, and was considered one of the best steel men in the West. For several years he was superintendent of the converter department of the Minnequa plant. He was an elk and a member of the Royal Arcanium, and is survived by a widow, three sons, and two daughters.

  • Family legend is that Tom Crowe was ambitious, capable, and a "born foreman" who made enough money in the steel mills of Chicago and Colorado to buy a large hotel in Pueblo, Colorado.

Thomas Crowe and Mary Gibbs were married on 3 Jul 1876 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.⁶ 

Mary Gibbs, daughter of Walter Gibbs and Nancy Ann Frisbie, was born on 1 Mar 1855 in McHenry County, Illinois.⁷ She died on 22 Jul 1928 at the age of 73 in Angeles Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.⁷ She was buried in Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado.⁷

  • 1910 Census for Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, shows Mary Crowe, 55, a widow who has had five children with five still living, as head of household along with: son Edward, 20; and son Arthur, 17. Occupation is listed as "none" for all three.  All of them were born in Illinois.  Mary's parents were born in Ireland, the two sons' father was born in Canada.  They own their own home on Berkeley Ave.

Thomas Crowe and Mary Gibbs had the following children:

  +6  i.   William Joseph Crowe, born 8 Sep 1876, Joliet, Illinois; married Leta Kimball, abt 1897, Colorado; died 18 Mar 1954.

  7  ii.   Thomas Crowe was born about 1879 in Marseilles, LaSalle County, Illinois. He died at the age of six months.

  +8  iii.   Eleanor "Nellie" Crowe, born 26 Dec 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; married Henry Charles McMaster, 15 Feb 1906, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado; died 9 Nov 1950, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

  +9  iv.   May Crowe, born Dec 1883, Illinois; married Gus Nestrom, abt 1909; died 9 May 1916, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

  10  v.   Edward T. Crowe⁸ was born in Jan 1889 in Marseilles, LaSalle County, Illinois.⁹  Ed Crowe's whereabouts after 1910 are unknown at this time.

  +11 vi.  Arthur Leonard Crowe, born 27 Nov 1892, Joliet, Illinois; married Marie Antoinette Schneider; died 16 Jul 1970, Castro Valley, Alameda County, California.

5.  Martin Crowe (Michael-1) was born on 22 Feb 1854 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. He died on 13 Apr 1926 at the age of 72 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.  
 
  • 1910 Census for Los Angeles, California shows Martin Crowe, 56, born in Michigan, a gold miner, as head of household with: wife Ellen, 59, born in Illinois, who has had two children, one still living; and William F., 20, born in California, a laborer at a pottery company.

Martin Crowe and Ellen Gibbs were married. Ellen Gibbs¹⁰, sister of Mary Gibbs Crowe and daughter of Walter Gibbs and Nancy Ann Frisbie, was born in 1850 in Marseilles, LaSalle County, Illinois.

  • Might be the Ellen Gibbs, 19, single, born in Illinois, who is working as a domestic servant in a private home in Chicago, Illinois, in the 1870 Census.

Martin Crowe and Ellen Gibbs had the following child:

  12  i.   William F. Crowe¹¹ was born on 17 Mar 1890 in California.^11–12 He died on 31 Jul 1965 at the age of 75 in Los Angeles County, California.¹²  
 
 • World War I draft registration card shows William F. Crowe, of 252 N. Ave 21, Los Angeles, California. He was born 17 Mar 1890 in Los Angeles and works as a painter for Bradford Building. He is single, tall and slender, with no disabilities. 

  • California Death Index shows: William F Crowe; Social Security#:563053375; Male; Birth Date: 17 Mar 1890; Birthplace: California; Death Date: 31 Jul 1965; Death Place: Los Angeles; Mother's Maiden Name: Gibbs

Other details of William F. Crowe's life are unknown at this time.