This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CROSBY / ALLEN - Additions & Corrections. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SOC.2ACE/873.4 Message Board Post: ref: 1871 census; 1881 census (very legible) & family records. (This post more accurate, than previous post). F- Josiah P. CROSBY b- ca 1831/2, NS. M- Mariah (unknown) b- ca 1834, NS. issue... Howard CROSBY b- ca 1855, NS. Alice CROSBY b- ca 1857, NS. Louisa CROSBY b- ca 1860, NS. Bertha CROSBY b- ca 1862, NS. Ellen (Nellie) Ora CROSBY b- 23 Jan 1865/6, NS. Carley W. CROSBY b- ca 1870, NS. Mabel CROSBY b- ca 1873, NS. Religion - Calvinist Baptist > Baptist. Origin - England. Occupation - Carpenter > Farmer. Ellen (Nellie) Ora CROSBY probably born Deep Brook, NS. Ellen O. CROSBY removed to Norwich, CT in the late 1800's with her husband (William Dennis ALLEN) and his brother (Austin ALLEN).