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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Tyrone => Topic started by: R Crossett on Wednesday 18 January 23 17:47 GMT (UK)
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I am searching for ancestors, Crossett or Crosset or Cregan that lived in or near Cookstown that I know of from the mid 1800,s. Some of them moved to Scotland but I would like to find any that of those who remained behind in Cookstown or other locations..
Thanks Ron Crossett
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You've posted in IRELAND RESOURCES which is for resources not queries.
Just ask a moderator (via Report to moderator) to move your request to the Tyrone sub-board where you might find an answer.
Also the posting of e-mail addresses is forbidden here on RootsChat, so you will have to remove your email address to avoid spamming, internet abuse, identity abuse etc. This has been reported to a moderator.
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my Apologies for using my Email Address ..I am not proficient in the use of this App..
I am not sure how to get it to the right place on here
Ron Crossett
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Here are all the Crossetts living in Cookstown Co Tyrone in the 1901 census.
Sixteen in total.
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01s1x/
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Thank you for the Link.. I do believe that those are of my Family.. I will try to research further..
Ron Crossett
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...and in the 1911 census for Cookstown and Stewartstown (12 entries).
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01s1y/
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Thank you for the Link.. I do believe that those are of my Family..
Is it the ones living in Loy Street or the ones in Church Street? (reply #3)
Richard Crossett, a medical practitioner died at Loy Street, Cookstown on 6 April 1915. His widow Henrietta was the informant.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1915/05275/4464863.pdf
From PRONI Will Calendars-
https://apps.proni.gov.uk/WillsCalendar_IE/WillsSearch.aspx
Full Abstract :
Probate of the Will of Richard Crossett late of Cookstown County Tyrone Medical Doctor (Retired) who died 6 April 1915 granted at Armagh to Henriette Crossett the Widow and William H. Coleman Bank Manager.
Date of Death : 6 April 1915
Date of Grant : 16 June 1915
Effects : £2,416 1s. 3d.
Image also available.
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The records I currently have make reference to Crossetts living on Church St.. and Richard you mentioned I have no knowledge of.. Just looking at what I have there is a list of Crossetts or Crossitts and as a reference I have a Henry born in 1887 to Joseph Crossitt and Sarah Sloan Living on Church ST in Cookstown.. I will have to do more research to see where the others listed on my tree were located..
Ron Crossett
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Henry appears with Joseph and Sarah on the 1901 census as shown above. Also on this census record is a Sloan noted as Joseph's brother in law.
It is hard to know what you are seeking. Are you wanting to go backwards or forwards?
So do you want to find the BDM details for Joseph, Sarah and Henry and going back earlier or finding the marriage, children, death of Henry going forward.
If going back I would not dismiss the record found for Richard. he may be a brother or uncle of Joseph and some times if we get stuck going laterally to find brothers and sisters can help get clues to go back further.
This is a good site
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/
as is
https://www.familysearch.org/search/
The cnesu sites, that you have already had referred to are good especially for finding older memebrs as you can sort by age and then look to see how the older ones link to your family.
Also good is Griffiths Valuation
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Thanks for the information.. My first thought as to searching was to find current family if any still in the Cookstown area... The Joseph i mentioned was born in Cookstown but his son and my Grandfather George was born in Gartsherrie Scotland and I have those members tracked down to Living Crossetts In Scotland,, I don't believe all the Irish family went to Scotland so I am looking for historic past or possibly current family members.. The Sloan Brother in Law must have been the Sarah brother.
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If the aim is to track down to living descendants then this information may be useful
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=261434.0
The Irish link given earlier https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ notes
'An additional year of historic Births, Marriages and Deaths (Index entry and register image) are now available to view on the website www.irishgenealogy.ie website. The records now available online include: Birth register records – 1864 to 1921; Marriage register records – 1845 to 1946 & Death register records – 1871* to 1971.'
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The records I currently have make reference to Crossetts living on Church St.. and Richard you mentioned I have no knowledge of.. Just looking at what I have there is a list of Crossetts or Crossitts and as a reference I have a Henry born in 1887 to Joseph Crossitt and Sarah Sloan Living on Church ST in Cookstown.. I will have to do more research to see where the others listed on my tree were located..
Ron Crossett
This is the same family in 1911:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Cookstown_Urban/Church_Street/858198/
Sarah (Sloan) Crossett died at Church Street of TB in 1905:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1905/05581/4567931.pdf
Joseph Crossett remarried in 1907, to an Emma Long:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1907/10088/5669575.pdf
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Yes that same family are my relatives.. Thank you for that information.. I did not have them all. Just husband and first wife.. Emma is a new person for me.. It refers to house 21 ?? Is that the address on Church St.??
Again thank you... Ron Crossett
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House 21 isn't a street number, it just means that it was the 21st house enumerated in that street, ie. its sequential order in the taking of the census.
No street number in this instance was recorded in the relevant section of the census return (see link below):
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai003423563/
As just a provincial town, there may well have been no street numbering at that time.
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Note the following article in the Belfast Telegraph of 2 January 1923:
KILLED STOPPING RUNAWAY.
COOKSTOWN MAN'S DEATH.
A fatal attempt to stop a runaway horse was described to the Belfast coroner at today's inquest on Joseph Crossett, of Church Street, Cookstown, a woodcutter. From evidence it appeared that deceased was engaged with others cutting trees at Cookstown on 27th December. He was leading a horse which was drawing a load of cut trees, when the animal suddenly took fright and bolted. Crossett made an attempt to stop the horse, and when doing so, slipped and fell, and the horse dashing on, he was knocked down and so severely injured that he died a couple of days later in the Royal Victoria Hospital. A verdict of accidental death was returned. Mr. S.J. Diamond, who represented Mr. Henry Hamilton, of Cookstown, deceased's employer, expressed sympathy with the widow.
The GRONI website death registration index shows a reported age at death of 60.
The PRONI website Will Calendars show the following entry ('administration' case, ie. no valid will):
Crossett Joseph of Church Street Cookstown county Tyrone carter died 28 December 1922 at the Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast Administration Belfast 21 February to Emma Crossett widow. Effects £205 7s. 9d.
The obituary for Joseph in the Mid-Ulster Mail of 6 January 1923 mentions the chief mourners at the funeral as: George Crossett, Henry Crossett (sons), Geo. Curry (son-in-law), Henry Crossett (brother), Thomas Cheevers, James Long, John Long, Samuel Long (bros.-in-law), Robert Sangstor, John Cheevers, Thomas Cheevers, George Cheevers, Francis Cheevers, David Crossett (nephews).
Burial location is confirmed by the following 'in memoriam' notice in the Mid-Ulster Mail of 3 January 1925:
CROSSETT - In fond and loving memory of my dear husband, who departed this life on 28th December 1922, and was interred in the New Cemetery, Cookstown. Ever remembered by his sorrowing wife and family. Emma Crossett. Church Street, Cookstown.
Edited to add:
By searching using the following link, I could see that Joseph is buried in plot 'Old-Protestant/J/1280' in Forthill Cemetery, Cookstown:
https://discovereverafter.com/
If I'm looking at the satellite image correctly, I don't think there is a headstone.
Also in the same plot are his first wife Sarah who, as we know, died in 1905 and a 25 year old widower Thomas Crossett who died on 1 August 1918, here's Thomas' death registration:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1918/05181/4430534.pdf
Given the age and the fact that the informant was a brother named Henry, I'm guessing that Thomas was Joseph and Sarah's son Thomas.
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This is the same family in 1911:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Cookstown_Urban/Church_Street/858198/
The relevant 1901 Ireland census return for this family shows a 17 year old daughter Eliza Crossett, is this maybe her marrying George Currie in July 1910?
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1910/09989/5632666.pdf
Edited to add:
According to the Mid-Ulster Mail of 14 October 1950, this branch of the family ended up in the USA:
Former Ardtrea Man's Death in U.S.A.
George J. Currie, 65, of 788 Devon Street, Arlington, U.S.A., and formerly of Ardtrea, Stewartstown, was fatally injured recently ... ... The late Mr. Currie went to America about 30 years ago ... ... His is a brother-in-law of Miss Sarah Crossett, of Church Street, Cookstown .... ... Deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Crossett Currie, three sons ... and daughter. [some names omitted in case still alive, which would be against this forum's rules]
Presumably the Sarah Crossett mentioned was the 15 year old daughter shown in that 1911 census return for house 21 in Church Street.
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Here's a possible obituary for Joseph and Sarah's son George Crossett, it's in the Mid-Ulster Mail of 16 December 1950, it indicates that a substantial chunk of this branch of the family headed out to Canada, I've omitted the names of the younger family members mentioned in the obituary in case there is any possibility that they are still alive, I can pm you that fuller information if you require.
MR. GEORGE CROSSETT.
The death took place on 10th November, of Mr. George Crossett of 312 McMaster's Avenue, Turtle Creek, Canada, after a long illness. Mr Crossett was a native of Cookstown, but emigrated to Canada many years ago ... ... Surviving are his widow, Maggie Davidson Crossett ... three daughters ... three sons ... two grandchildren ... four sisters - Miss Sarah Crossett of Church Street, Cookstown, Mrs. Lizzie Currie, of New Jersey, and Mrs. Mary Hewitt and Miss Helen Crossett, both of Toronto, Canada ; and a brother Joseph Crossett, also of Toronto. The burial was in William Penn Cemetery, Turtle Creek.
So it's starting to look like Sarah was the last child of Joseph Crossett and Sarah Sloan to remain in Cookstown - at least until 1950 - and it looks like she didn't marry.
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... Also in the same plot are his first wife Sarah who, as we know, died in 1905 and a 25 year old widower Thomas Crossett who died on 1 August 1918, here's Thomas' death registration:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1918/05181/4430534.pdf
Given the age and the fact that the informant was a brother named Henry, I'm guessing that Thomas was Joseph and Sarah's son Thomas.
Following up on that word 'widower', note that Thomas Crossett married Elizabeth Thompson in Belfast in December 1915:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1915/09827/5568211.pdf
The couple had a son Henry Crossett on 27 June 1917:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1917/01314/1543267.pdf
Elizabeth (Thompson) Crossett died within a fortnight on 10 July 1917:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1917/05210/4440525.pdf
I don't know what happened to the son Henry, after Elizabeth and Thomas died.