Martin Crosby

Born	14/01/1806 UK, North Yorkshire, Robin Hood's Bay
Died	03/03/1878 UK, Tyne and Wear, Monkwearmouth, Dock Street, 48
Father	Stephen Crosby (01/11/1767 – 30/04/1841)
Mother	Sarah (Sally) Harrison (1775 – )

Partner	Elizabeth Johnson (1801-02 – 06/04/1880)
Married 15/11/1828 UK, Tyne and Wear, Sunderland Source GENUKI: Marriages from the Sunderland Registers (1825-1829) Durham Records Online: Marriages, Sunderland District - Record Number: 384843.1 Location: Sunderland Church: Holy Trinity Denomination: Anglican 15 Nov 1828 Martin Crosby (bachelor), of this parish married Elizabeth Johnson (spinster), of this parish. familysearch.org
Children: ? Sarah Crosby (23/11/1829 – ) Robert Crosby (1831-32 – 1881) Richard Johnson Crosby (11/03/1832 – ) Martin Crosby (1833 – ) Elizabeth Jane Crosby (1837 – .../07/1857) James George Crosby (23/03/1840 – 16/06/1887) Isabella Crosby (05/12/1841 – ) William Hamilton Crosby (20/06/1846 – ) Mary Jane Crosby (13/02/1849 – 12/11/1882) Eliza Hamilton Crosby (01/07/1852 – )

Notes

Christened 11/02/1806 in Fylingdales.

Register of Seamen: born Robin Hoods Bay, aged 27y in 1835, resides in Monwearmouth when unemployed; 1845 register gives dob.

1841 census for Dundas St, Monkwearmouth Shore:

Name	Relation	Marital Status	Gender	Age
Elizabeth Crosby		M	Female	34
Robert Crosby	Son	U	Male	9
Martin Crosby	Son	U	Male	7
Elizabeth Crosby	Daur	U	Female	4
James Crosby	Son	U	Male	1

1851 census for Church St, Monkwearmouth Shore:

Name	Relation	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Birthplace	Occupation
Martin Crosby	Head	M	Male	45	Yorkshire Robin Hoods Bay	Mariner
Elizabeth Crosby	Wife	M	Female	44	Durham Monkwearmouth
Robert Crosby	Son	U	Male	19	Durham Monkwearmouth	Blockmaker
Martin Crosby	Son	U	Male	16	Durham Monkwearmouth	? (App)
Elizabeth Crosby	Daur	U	Female	13	Durham Monkwearmouth
James Crosby	Son	U	Male	11	Durham Monkwearmouth	Scholar
Isabella Crosby	Daur	U	Female	9	Durham Monkwearmouth	Scholar

1861 census for Dock St, Monkwearmouth Shore (house number to be confirmed):

Name	Relation	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Birthplace	Occupation
Martin Crosby	Head	M	Male	54	Whitby	Mariner
Isabella Crosby	Wife	M	Female	53	Monkwearmouth
James Crosby	Son	U	Male	21	Monkwearmouth	Joiner
Isabella Crosby	Daur	U	Female	19	Monkwearmouth
William Crosby	Son	U	Male	14	Monkwearmouth	Rope maker
Mary Crosby	Daur	U	Female	11	Monkwearmouth
Eliza Crosby	Daur	U	Female	8	Monkwearmouth

1871 census for 48 Dock St, Monkwearmouth Shore:

Name	Relation	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Birthplace	Occupation
Martin Crosby	Head	M	Male	67	Yorkshire Robin Hoods Bay	Sluice keeper
Elizabeth Crosby	Wife	M	Female	66	Durham Monkwearmouth
Isabella Crosby	Daur	U	Female	29	Durham Monkwearmouth	Laundress
William Crosby	Son	U	Male	23	Durham Monkwearmouth	Seaman
Mary Crosby	Daur	U	Female	22	Durham Monkwearmouth	Domestic Servant
Eliza Crosby	Daur	U	Female	19	Durham Monkwearmouth	Domestic Servant
William Crosby	Grandson	Male	5	Scholar	Durham Monkwearmouth	Scholar

01/01/1872: Ship builder's store keeper.
12/08/1872: Master mariner.

Durham Records Online:
Cemetery Registers, Sunderland District - Record Number: 176318.12
Location: Sunderland (Fulwell)
Cemetery: Mere Knolls Cemetery
Denomination: any
7 Mar 1878 Martin Crosby, of 48 Dock Street, age: 77, mariner.

My 3 x great grandfather.

Sources (click here for generic source information)

familysearch.org - christening;
PRO Registers of Seamen (BT112/113) for 1835 (ticket number 13976) and 1845 (ticket number 117,024);
01/01/1872: daughter Mary Jane Crosby's marriage certificate;
12/08/1872: daughter Isabella Crosby's marriage certificate;
Alan Storm, Storm And Company of Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire (Caedemon of Whitby, 1993, ISBN 10: 0905355415, ISBN 13: 9780905355412);
Martin Crosby's death certificate.
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This record was last updated on 03/09/2018 at 14:02