Researching Larry Crosby
Dig into the past of Larry Crosby using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3544 people with the Crosby surname? In that year Crosby was ranked number 1183 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Larry means "Form of LAWRENCE. Laurel-Crowned" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Larry Crosby on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Larry Crosby and the Crosby Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Crosby Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Crosby family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 5180 people with the Crosby surname in the UK? Crosby is now ranked number 1146 for popularity in the UK. |
Crosby Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 48612 people with the Crosby surname in the USA? Crosby is ranked number 141 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Crosby Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Larry Crosby. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Larry Crosby
Larry Crosby
Laurence Earl Crosby (January 3, 1895 – February 7, 1975) was the longtime publicity director of his younger brother, Bing Crosby. He was the eldest of Bing's six siblings.
The seven Crosby children were the four elder brothers Larry, Everett (1896–1966), Ted (1900–1973), and Bing (1903–1977), two sisters Catherine (1905–1974) and Mary Rose (1907–1990), and the youngest sibling, brother Bob (1913-1993). His parents were English-American bookkeeper Harry Lillis Crosby Sr. (1871–1950) and Irish-American Catherine Helen "Kate" Harrigan (1873–1964), daughter of a builder from County Cork, Ireland.
Crosby managed the annual Bing Crosby National Pro-Amateur (also called the Crosby Clambake; today known as the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am) at Pebble Beach, California, near Monterey.
Starting in 1971, he was also the director of "Prisoners in Exchange for American Construction Enterprise (PEACE)", a group seeking better treatment of prisoners of war taken during the Vietnam War.
Crosby died of cancer in the Century City area of Los Angeles on February 7, 1975, at the age of 80.
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