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Ada
Crosbie
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Lambton Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1907; pp.51-53:
Gilbert S. Crosbie, deceased...
Gilbert S. Crosbie was born in the township of Sarnia, Sept. 12, 1858...
Mr. Crosbie chose for his wife Miss Martha B. Wallen, born in Superior City, daughter of Capt. John Wallen, a well-known captain on the great lakes. They were married Feb. 2, 1887. Mrs. Crosbie accompanied her husband upon many of his expeditions, traveling extensively through Europe and visiting all the great capitals. The children born to Gilbert S. and Martha Crosbie were seven, as follows: Gilbert Frederick, born in Austria; John Wallen, in Wama, Austria; Grover Stanley, born in Austria; Ada, born in Austria; Edwin Kerbic, in Germany; Olga McI., in Germany; and Maude Vera in Bedford, England. Mr. Crosbie was a member of the Baptist Church, and Mrs. Crosbie is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Politically he was a Conservative, and fraternally he belonged to the A.F.&A.M. and the I.O.O.F. The family are at present residing in Oil Springs, Enniskillen township.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Lambton Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1907; p.70:
Alex C. Wallen, a prominent oil producer at Oil Springs, Lambton County, was born Feb. 27, 1866 in Dresden, Kent County, Ont., eldest son of Capt. John and Ellen (Lane) Wallen. He is a member of one of the prominent families of Oil Springs. His father was born in Kent County, on the River Sydenham, and still resides at Oil Springs, being one of the prominent retired citizens of that place. His mother was born in Dublin, Ireland, and died at Oil Springs, in 1886, mourned by her family and beloved by all who knew her. Of their family of twelve, (1) Martha, the eldest, married Gilbert S. Crosbie, of Petrolia, late a prominent citizen of Oil Springs, who died in August, 1905. For a number of years he lived in Austria, Germany, Russia and England, as foreman for oil companies, and subsequently was interested in the same business at home. Mr. and Mrs. Crosbie had seven children, Gilbert, Ada, Wallen, Grover, Kerbic, Olga and Vera...
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