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William Beard Cross (1861 - 1947)

Mr William Beard Cross
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 27 Mar 1883 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United Statesmap
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Died at age 85 [location unknown]
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Biography

William Beard Cross was born August 29, 1861 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts to Henry Cross and Eliza (Beard) Cross.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

William was the superintendent of the Cross Machine Tool Co. in Trenton, New Jersey. [10]

William married Eliza "Lizzie" N Hiner was born October 31, 1863 to William K Hiner and Jane (Butler) Hiner Alexandria Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey. [11] [12] They wed March 27, 1883 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey. [12]

William and Eliza "Lizzie" N (Hiner) Cross had three children; They had:

1) Robert W. Cross, born November 2, 1885 in Chambersburg, Mercer, New Jersey. [13] [14] Robert W. Cross died November 16, 1885 in Chambersburg, Mercer, New Jersey. [15] [16] He was laid to rest at Greenwood Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey Plot D-NW. [16]

2) George C. Cross, born January 21, 1888 in Chambersburg, Mercer, New Jersey. [17] George C. Cross died June 21, 1890 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey. [18] [19] He was laid to rest at Greenwood Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey Plot D-NW; next to his older brother Robert W. Cross. [19]

3) Luella Weelans Cross born May 8, 1891 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey. [2] [3] [4] [5] [7] [20] [21] Luella Weelans Cross first married George W Connors in April of 1910; they divorced. [22] [23] Luella Weelans Cross married second Herbert "Herb" Lawrence Ivens, son of William H. Ivens and Margaret (Reynolds) Ivens, born September 8, 1881 in Chambersburg, Mercer, New Jersey. [7] [20] [21] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] They wed December of 1914 in Trenton, New Jersey. [29] Herbert "Herb" Lawrence Ivens owned W. H. Ivens' Sons, Co a machine shop in Trenton, New Jersey along with his siblings after their father, William H. Ivens, died. [25] [26] [30] [31] [32] [33] Luella Weelans (Cross) Ivens and Herbert "Herb" Lawrence Ivens had Luella Weelans Ivens born October 27, 1915, married Carroll Jesse White, died June 3, 1997; [7] [21] [20] Robert W Ivens born about 1918, died July 10, 2007; [6] [7] [34] [35] [36] Dorothy E Ivens born October 25, 1920, died September 22, 1922; [37] William B. Ivens born in about 1926, died January 3, 1992; [7] [21] [38] [39] [40] and Elizabeth M. Ivens born in about 1930. [7] [21] Luella Weelans (Cross) Ivens' husband, Herbert Lawerence Ivens, passed away on August 24, 1948 and was laid to rest at Greenwood Cemetery in Trenton, New Jersey.[41] Luella Weelans (Cross) Ivens passed away in June 17, 1979 in New Jersey and was laid to rest at Greenwood Cemetery in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey.[42][43]

Eliza "Lizzie" N. (Hiner) Cross passed away May 8, 1936 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey [44] Eliza "Lizzie" N. (Hiner) Cross was laid to rest at Greenwood Cemetery Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey D-NW next to her two sons, Robert W. Cross and George C. Cross. [44]

William was laid to rest at Greenwood Cemetery in Trenton, New Jersey Plot D-NW next to his wife Eliza "Lizzie" N. (Hiner) Cross and their two sons that had passed before them, Robert W. Cross and George C. Cross. [9]

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  2. 2.0 2.1 "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9FP-CPP : accessed 4 September 2017), William B Cross, Precinct 1 Trenton city Ward 12, Mercer, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94, sheet 8A, family 149, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,983.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "New Jersey State Census, 1905," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM49-L9S : 3 April 2016), William B Cross, , Mercer, New Jersey, United States; citing p. 12, line 77, Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 1,688,615.
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  42. 44.0 44.1 "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2F-T1VJ : 13 December 2015), Lizzie N Cross, 1936; Burial, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States of America, Greenwood Cemetery; citing record ID 72658938, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.




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