Laura Batistile Crosby (1856 - abt. 1936)

Born 11 Jul 1856 in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Ancestors

Died about 20 Mar 1936 at about age 79 in Lafourche Parish, , Louisiana,

Biography

LAURA BATISTILE CROSBY was born on 11 Jul 1856 in Raceland LAFOURCHE, LOUISIANA (St. Mary's Nativity Catholic Church). Her parents were Louis Carroll & Marie Eveline DANTIN. ^[1]She died on 20 Mar 1936 in GOLDEN MEADOW, LAFOURCHE, LOUISIANA (Crosby Cemetery, Leeville). ^[2]She married ISAAC GEORGE (JIM) GRIFFIN I, son of WILLIAM HAMPTON VALENTIN GRIFFIN I and MARY ELIZABETH GREY, on 03 Jul 1884 in THIBODAUX, LAFOURCHE, JUSTICE OF PEACE, LOUISIANA. He was born on 25 May 1862 in LEEVILLE, LAFOURCHE, LOUISIANA. He died on 06 Apr 1942 in GOLDEN MEADOW, LAFOURCHE, LOUISIANA (Crosby Cemetery, Leeville).

Sources

1. ↑ Title: South Louisiana Records, vol. 3, 1851-1860; Author: Donald J. Hebert; Publication: Rayne, LA, Hebert Publications, 1978; Contains church and civil records of Lafourche & Terrebonne Parishes; Personal copy; p. 152

   CROSBY, Laura Batistile (Louis Carroll & Marie Eveline DANTIN) b. 11 July 1856 (Raceland Ch. : v. 1, #313)

2. ↑ "Louisiana Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1956," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS16-QJP : accessed 26 July 2015), Isaac (Jim) Crosby, 20 Mar 1936; citing Golden Meadow, Lafourche, Louisiana, certificate number 3690, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,203,732.

   Name: Isaac (Jim) Crosby [sic; Laura's husband; his last name was Griffin]

   Event Type: Death

   Event Date: 20 Mar 1936

   Event Place: Golden Meadow, Lafourche, Louisiana

   Gender: Female

   Age: 81

   Race: White

   Birth Year (Estimated): 1855 [1856]

   Birthplace: Leesville, Louisiana

   Father's Name: Louis Crosby [Laura's father]

   Mother's Name: Avalina Dantin [Laura's mother]

   Spouse's Name: Griffin

   Certificate Number: 3690