When Paige Crosby was born on December 1, 1918, in Otsego, Michigan, her father, Earl Crosby, was 28, and her mother, Iolin, was 22[1] Paige was the youngest of three girls, and was born after her mother miscarried a son.
They lived in Otsego, Michigan.[2] In 1930 her mother divorced her father.[3] and the girls were raised by their father.[4] In the late 1930's Paige moved to Goshen, Indiana to live with her mother, as she indicated on her marriage license on 18 Nov. 1938 to Edward Gave (Gove).[5]. She had one daughter, Annette Gave, who is still alive. By 1940, the family had moved back to Michigan, and resided with Paige's mother, Iolin who had separated from her second husband, Clifford Hazell. [6]. Edward and Paige, lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan. [7][8] They moved to Paw Paw, Michigan before 1970[9]
Paige Crosby died on November 6, 1982, in Paw Paw, Michigan, when she was 63 years old.[10][11] She was buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Michigan.[12]
↑ Number: 376-22-2357; Issue State: Michigan; Issue Date: Before 1951. Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. Accessed at: Ancestry.com
↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Otsego, Allegan, Michigan; Roll: T625_753; Page: 31A; Enumeration District: 30. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City). Accessed at: Ancestry.com
↑ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Michigan. Divorce records. Ancestry.com. Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Michigan. Divorce records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan. Accessed At: Ancestry.com
↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Comstock, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 2340732. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Accessed at: Ancestry.com
↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : 21 January 2016), Elkhart > 1938-1939 Volume 62 > image 100 of 221; County clerk offices, Indiana.
↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01771; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 39-24. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. Accessed at: Ancestry.com
↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information. Accessed at: Ancestry.com
↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information. Accessed at: Ancestry.com
↑ Profile manager memories of visiting their house in Paw Paw before 1972
↑ Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records. Michigan, Death Index, 1971-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998. Original data: Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records. Michigan Death Index. Lansing, MI, USA. Accessed at: Ancestry.com
↑ Number: 376-22-2357; Issue State: Michigan; Issue Date: Before 1951. Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. Accessed at: Ancestry.com
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 November 2018), memorial page for Paige S. Gave (1918–1982), Find A Grave Memorial no. 136624620, citing Prospect Hill Cemetery, Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Scout (contributor 47319613). Accessed at: FindAGrave.com Paige S. Gave
↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Otsego, Allegan, Michigan; Roll: T625_753; Page: 31A; Enumeration District: 30. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City). Accessed at: Ancestry.com
↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Comstock, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 2340732. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Accessed at: Ancestry.com
↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01771; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 39-24. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. Accessed at: Ancestry.com
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