Oliver F. Crossett

Oliver F. Crossett

• Mother: Abigail (?)

• Oliver F. Crossett was born on 4 October 1869 in Middleton, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.
• He married Minnie Bell Bush, daughter of George Seymore Bush and Cynthia Alvina Atkinson, circa September 1889 in Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
• Oliver F. Crossett and Minnie Bell Bush appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 484 Nineteenth Street. Other members of the household included Ada Pearl Crossett. Also in the household were sons Roy (age 16) and Desmond (8), and daughter and son-in-law Violet (22) and Albert Parrott (25).
• He was employed as a foreman in a can factory, according to the 1920 census.
• Oliver F. Crossett died on 1 June 1942 at age 72 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
• Minnie Bell Bush became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Niagara Falls Memorial Park Cemetery, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York.
• The following appeared on 2 June 1942 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Stricken suddenly ill in Detroit yesterday, Oliver F. Crossett, 72 years old, of 1160 Whitney avenue, died a short time after he was rushed to a hospital. He was visiting a brother-in-law, Charles H. Bush, at the time. Members of his family here had not learned the cause of his death today.
       A native of Canada, Mr. Crossett had resided here for 30 years. He was recently employed by the city. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Minnie D. Crossett, four daughters, Mrs. Colonel W. Ball, Mrs. Howard F. Rieger, Mrs. Fred Shrimpton and Mrs. Gilbert Hill, and a son, Roy Crossett, all of this city, another son, L. Desmond Crossett, of the Town of Lewiston, and a sister, Mrs. James Jamieson, of St. Thomas, Ont.
       Funeral services will be held at the Hardison and Beatty chapel at 2:30 p.m. Thursday with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.

• Last Edited: 5 Apr 2014