James Edwin Ayer Crabe Headstone
Ancestry: Allen Curtis Crabe
Born: 1874 in Providence R.I.
- Father: Allen Curtis Crabe; (? – 1922)
- Mother: Malancey B. Harriman; (1841- 1919)
Died: April 9, 1961 in Bourne Ma. at 84 yrs, 3 d.
- Buried: Pocasset Cemetery; area B
Occupation: Mariner, Laborer
Married (1): August 18, 1894 in Bourne Ma.
- To: Minnie Belle Phinney; (1874 – ?) (James Phinney & Maria Miller)
Children: 2
- 1. Minnie Esther Crabe Fiorillo; (June 22, 1896 – March 12, 1994); Married James Frank Fiorillo
- 2. Ethel Maria Crabe Wadlin Small; (July 19, 1899 – ?); Married (1) Swasey Wadlin & (2) Clyde Austin Small
Married (2): Date & place unknown
- To: Nellie Aldana Jay Holbrook; (1887 – 1962) (Charles J. Jay & Mary Jane George); Nellie married (1) George Walton Holbrook (1884 – ?) (James V. Holbrook & Angeline R. Weatherbee) in Charlestown Ma. on September 11, 1905.
Children: 3
- 1. Mary Belle Crabe; (1922 – ?); Married John Edward Fox (1911 – ?); Their names & birth years appear on the reverse side of the Crabe family Headstone.
- 2. Nellie Louise Crabe; (1923 – ?); Nellie was a member of Bourne High School Class of 1941.
- 3. Edwin Jay Crabe, Korea; (May 30, 1929 – June 10, 2003); Married (1) Evangeline Frances Small (1930 – ?) (Sumner Linwood Small & Frances Evangeline Manter) & married (2) Barbara Ann Forrest (1932 – 2004) (Herbert Lester Forrest & Aili Ester Hautanen); Edwin & Barbara are buried in Pocasset Cemetery.