Family of James CROSSER and Elizabeth DIFFEN

Husband:
James CROSSER (c. 1835-1866)
Wife:
Elizabeth DIFFEN (1835?-aft1871)
Children:
Margaret CROSSER (1855-1908)
Elizabeth CROSSER (1857- )
Sarah CROSSER (1859- )
James CROSSER (1861- )
Janet CROSSER (1863- )
John CROSSER (1866- )
Marriage:
Dec 28, 1854
Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland^1,2,3,4

Husband: James CROSSER

Name:
James CROSSER^1,5,6
Sex:
Male
Father:
James CROSSER ( - )
Father:
-
Birth:
c. 1835
Dalserf, Lanarkshire, Scotland^1,7,8
Occupation:
Coal Miner^1,2,4,5
Occupation:
Sep 6, 1859 (age 23-24)
Labourer at Iron Work⁹
Census:
Apr 7, 1861 (age 26)
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland⁸
Address: 231 Main Street
Occupation:
Apr 7, 1861 (age 26)
Agricultural Labourer; Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland⁸
Occupation:
Nov 12, 1863 (age 27-28)
Hawker³
Occupation:
Labourer¹⁰
Residence:
Oct 20, 1866 (age 30-31)
Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland¹¹
Death:
Oct 20, 1866 (age 30)
Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland⁷
Cause: Disease of Heart

Address: Thomson's Square

Time of death 0300
Burial:
Oct 22, 1866 (age 30)
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland¹¹
Address: Interred in common ground

Wife: Elizabeth DIFFEN

Name:
Elizabeth DIFFEN^5,6,7,8
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
1835 (cal)
Derry?, Ireland^1,8
Census:
Apr 7, 1861 (age 25)
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland⁸
Address: 231 Main Street
Death:
aft Dec 29, 1871 (age 35-36)⁵

Child 1: Margaret CROSSER

Name:
Margaret CROSSER^8,12,13
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
James HOLMES (1844?-1916)
Birth:
Sep 16, 1855
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland^1,4,5,8
Address: Woodhall

Time of birth 1530
Census:
Apr 7, 1861 (age 5)
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland⁸
Address: 231 Main Street
Occupation:
Dec 29, 1871 (age 16)
House Keeper⁵
Residence:
Dec 29, 1871 (age 16)
Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland⁵
Address: 217 Main Street
Census:
Apr 3, 1881 (age 26)
Dalziel, Lanarkshire, Scotland¹⁴
Address: 7 Glencleland
Census:
Apr 5, 1891 (age 36)
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland¹⁵
Address: 7 Simpson's Square
Census:
Mar 31, 1901 (age 45)
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland¹⁶
Address: Waddell's Land Main Street
Occupation:
Mar 31, 1901 (age 45)
House Keeper; Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland¹⁶
Residence:
Sep 9, 1908 (age 52)
Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland⁶
Death:
Sep 9, 1908 (age 52)
Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland¹²
Cause: Abdominal Tumour 4 months

Address: Bruce's Land, Union Street

Time of death 6:30PM

Informant James Holmes, Son.
Burial:
Sep 12, 1908 (age 52)
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland⁶
Address: Interred in common ground

From Jim Leonard - 'The reason that Margaret who died in 1908 was sent back to Cambusnethan for burial was that paupers had

to have 7 years residency in the parish before they could claim poor relief. Margaret obviously didn't have

enough residency in Bellshill (Bothwell parish) so Cambusnethan parish had to "Accept Liability" (the phrase

used in the original claims).'

Child 2: Elizabeth CROSSER

Name:
Elizabeth CROSSER⁸
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Cochrane JOHNSTON (c. 1855- )
Birth:
Jun 17, 1857
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland^8,17
Time of birth 0430
Census:
Apr 7, 1861 (age 3)
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland⁸
Address: 231 Main Street
Residence:
Jul 17, 1874 (age 17)
Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland¹⁸
Address: 216 Main Street
Occupation:
Jul 18, 1874 (age 17)
Housekeeper¹⁸
Census:
Apr 3, 1881 (age 24)
Dalziel, Lanarkshire, Scotland¹⁹
Address: 2 Glencleland

Child 3: Sarah CROSSER

Name:
Sarah CROSSER⁸
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Robert PICKETT (c. 1857- )
Birth:
Sep 6, 1859
Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland⁹
Address: 231 Main Street

Time of birth 0100
Census:
Apr 7, 1861 (age 1)
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland⁸
Address: 231 Main Street
Occupation:
Dec 29, 1876 (age 17)
Housekeeper¹⁰
Residence:
Dec 29, 1876 (age 17)
Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland¹⁰
Address: Neilson's Square

Child 4: James CROSSER

Name:
James CROSSER⁴
Sex:
Male
Birth:
Nov 17, 1861
Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland⁴
Address: 233 Main Street

Time of birth 0600
Residence:
Nov 17, 1861 (age 0)
Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland⁴
Address: 233 Main Street

Child 5: Janet CROSSER

Name:
Janet CROSSER³
Sex:
Female
Birth:
Nov 12, 1863
Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland³
Address: 233 Main Street

Time of birth 0900

Child 6: John CROSSER

Name:
John CROSSER²
Sex:
Male
Birth:
Jan 30, 1866
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland²
Address: Main Street, Wishaw

Time of birth 1330

Sources

1.: ScotlandsPeople, Scotland Statutory Birth Record - Margaret CROSSER, (628/00 0302).

2.: ScotlandsPeople, Scotland Statutory Birth Record - John CROSSER, (628/00 0125).

3.: ScotlandsPeople, Scotland Statutory Birth Record - Janet CROSSER, (628/00 0605).

4.: ScotlandsPeople, Scotland Statutory Birth Record - James CROSSER, (628/00 0622).

5.: ScotlandsPeople, Scotland Statutory Marriage Record - James HOLMES and Margaret CROSSER, (628/00 0009).

6.: Jim Leonard, Email from Jim Leonard to Ian Nelson, 19 June 2011, citing transcripts of burials at Cambusnethan from 1861 to 1916. Cit. Date: September 12, 1908.

7.: ScotlandsPeople, Scotland Statutory Death Record - James CROSSER, (628/00 0310).

8.: ScotlandsPeople, 1861 Scotland Census [images online], (Census 1881 Cambusnethan ED 5 Page 18). Scotlands People. Web: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

9.: ScotlandsPeople, Scotland Statutory Birth Record - Sarah CROSSER, (1859 Cambusnethan 628/00 0524). Scotlands People. Web: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

10.: ScotlandsPeople, Scotland Statutory Marriage Record - Robert PICKETT and Sarah CROSSER, (628/00 0023).

11.: Jim Leonard, Email from Jim Leonard to Ian Nelson, 19 June 2011, citing transcripts of burials at Cambusnethan from 1861 to 1916. Cit. Date: October 22, 1866.

12.: ScotlandsPeople, Scotland Statutory Marriage Record - Thomas McLeod JOHNSTON and Maggie Crosser HOLMES, (1904 Bellshill 625/03 0071). Scotlands People. Web: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

13.: ScotlandsPeople, Scotland Statutory Birth Record - Margaret HOLMES, (628/00 0655).

14.

Ancestry.com, 1881 Scotland Census [database on-line], (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Dalziel; ED: 14; Page: 15; Line: 6; Roll: cssct1881_212; Year: 1881. Accessed 03 July 2011.). Ancestry, Waterfront Building

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15.: ScotlandsPeople, 1891 Scotland Census [database on-line], (Census 1891 628/00 014/00 0025). Scotlands People. Web: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

16.: ScotlandsPeople, 1901 Scotland Census [images on-line], (Census 1901 Bothwell 625/03 011/0002). Scotlands People. Web: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

17.: ScotlandsPeople, Scotland Statutory Birth Record - Elizabeth CROSSER 1857, (1857 Cambusnethan 628/00 0307). Scotlands People. Web: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

18.: ScotlandsPeople, Scotland Statutory Marriage Record - Cochrane JOHNSTON and Elizabeth CROSSER, (1874 Cambusnethan 628/00 0118). Scotlands People. Web: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

19.

Ancestry.com, 1881 Scotland Census [database on-line], (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Dalziel; ED: 14; Page: 14; Line: 6; Roll: cssct1881_212; Year: 1881. Accessed 02 July 2011.). Ancestry, Waterfront Building