Family Group Sheet
NameWalter D. Crose, Half 4C2R
Birth6 Mar 1913, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death17 Dec 1998, Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio
BurialSpringmill Cemetery, Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio
FatherArthur James Crose (1883-1958)
MotherKatherine “Kate” Sargent (1885-1928)
Marriage1 Aug 1938, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseNellie Frances Smedley, Half 3C3R
Birth26 Mar 1914, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death5 Mar 2002, Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio
BurialSpringmill Cemetery, Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio
FatherJefferson Davis Smedley (1878-1957)
MotherSerena Belle Williams (1879-1918)
Children
1 FBetty J. Crose, Half 4C2R
2 FRoberta Crose, Half 4C2R
Notes for Walter D. Crose
The Kentucky birth index lists Walter D. Crose, born 6 Mar 1913 in Morgan Co., mother’s maiden name Kate Sargent.
The SSDI lists Walter Crose, born 6 Mar 1913, died 17 Dec 1998, last residence Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, SSN issued in Ohio before 1951.
The Ohio death index lists Walter D. Crose, age 85, born 6 Mar 1913 in Kentucky, died 17 Dec 1998 at home in Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, father’s surname Crose, mother’s maiden name Sergent, marital status married, industry employed in blast furnaces and steel mills.
The SSDI lists Walter Crose, born 6 Mar 1913, died 17 Dec 1998, last residence Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, SSN issued in Ohio before 1951.
The Ohio death index lists Walter D. Crose, age 85, born 6 Mar 1913 in Kentucky, died 17 Dec 1998 at home in Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, father’s surname Crose, mother’s maiden name Sergent, marital status married, industry employed in blast furnaces and steel mills.
Notes for Nellie Frances Smedley
The Kentucky birth index lists Nellie F. Smedley, born 26 Mar 1914 in Breathitt Co, mother’s maiden name Serena Williams. (Almost all Rowan Co. births between 1912-1918 are misindexed as Breathitt Co., due to a numerical coding error.11)
Her death certificate records Nellie F. Crose, age 87, born 26 Mar 1914 in Kentucky, died 8 Mar 2002 in Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, residence same, father’s surname Smedley, mother’s maiden name Williams, widowed.
Her death certificate records Nellie F. Crose, age 87, born 26 Mar 1914 in Kentucky, died 8 Mar 2002 in Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, residence same, father’s surname Smedley, mother’s maiden name Williams, widowed.
Notes for Walter D. & Nellie Frances (Family)
Their marriage date is on their gravestone.
Census
1940 census of Richland Co., Ohio, Madison township, ED 70-50 (outside Mansfield city limits), enumerated 9 April, lists on p. 4A as family #61, at 761 Bowman St:
Crouse, Walter, 27, laborer for private family, b. Ky; Nellie, wife, 26, b. Ky; Bettie J., dau, 5, b. Ky; Roberta M., dau, 5/12, b. Ohio. All except the baby living in Round Co., Ky in 1935.
Also living at the same street address, but with their own family numbers, are Walter’s father Arthur Crose and stepmother Sarah (their surname spelled correctly as Crose), and a divorced Edward R. Carr age 36 with two sons. This is the same address that Arthur was living at when he registered for the draft in April 1942.
Crouse, Walter, 27, laborer for private family, b. Ky; Nellie, wife, 26, b. Ky; Bettie J., dau, 5, b. Ky; Roberta M., dau, 5/12, b. Ohio. All except the baby living in Round Co., Ky in 1935.
Also living at the same street address, but with their own family numbers, are Walter’s father Arthur Crose and stepmother Sarah (their surname spelled correctly as Crose), and a divorced Edward R. Carr age 36 with two sons. This is the same address that Arthur was living at when he registered for the draft in April 1942.
