Crabe Family – Pocasset Cemetery https://pocassetcemetery.org Catalog & genealogical record Pocasset Cemetery, Bourne MA Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:09:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Nellie Aldena Jay Holbrook Crabe 1887 – 1962 https://pocassetcemetery.org/?p=11035 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:09:11 +0000 https://pocassetcemetery.org/?p=11035
Nellie A Jay Crabe Headstone

Ancestry:  Charles J. Jay

Born: May 25, 1887 in Concord N.H.

  • Father: Charles J. Jay; (1840 – 1914)
  • Mother: Mary Jane George; (1843 – 1918)

Died: September 1962 in Pocasset Ma. at 75 yrs, 3 mos, 28 d.

  • Buried: Pocasset Cemetery; area B

Married (1): September 11, 1905 in Charlestown Ma. by Peter MacQueen

  • To: George Walton Holbrook; (1884 – ?) (James V. Holbrook & Angeline R. Weatherbee)

Children: 1 (known)

  • 1. James Wilfred Holbrook; (May 29, 1906 – September 28, 1981); Married Alice M. (Brousseau) Castro (Joseph Brousseau & Marie Rose Lauzeau)

Married (2): Date & place unknown

  • To: James Edwin Ayer Crabe; (1874 – 1961) (Allen Curtis Crabe & Malancey B. Harriman); James married (1) Minnie Belle Phinney (1874 – ?) (James Phinney & Maria Miller) in Bourne Ma. on August 18, 1894.

Children: 3

  • 1. Mary Belle Crabe; (June 22, 1922 – July 27, 1995); Married John Edward Fox (1911 – ?); Their names & birth years appear on the reverse side of the Crabe family Headstone.
  • 2. Nellie Louise Crabe Vogel; (1923 – ?); Married John F. Vogel (Abt.1910 – ?) (Frank Vogel & Gladys E. Buterbeau) in Seabrook N.H. on April 27, 1963; 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.
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James Edwin Ayer Crabe 1874 – 1961 https://pocassetcemetery.org/?p=11033 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:08:17 +0000 https://pocassetcemetery.org/?p=11033
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.
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Edwin Jay Crabe, Korea 1929 – 2003 https://pocassetcemetery.org/?p=11031 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:07:34 +0000 https://pocassetcemetery.org/?p=11031
Edwin Jay Crabe Headstone

Ancestry:  James Edwin Ayer Crabe;  Allen C. Crabe

Born: May 30, 1929

  • Father: James Edwin Ayer Crabe; (1874 – 1961) (Allen C. Crabe & Melancey B. Harriman)
  • Mother: Nellie Aldana Jay Holbrook; (1887 – 1962) (Charles J. Jay & Mary J. George)

Died: June 10, 2003 in Pocasset Ma.

  • Buried: Pocasset Cemetery; area B

Occupation: Firefighter in Bourne Ma.

Married (1): Date & place unknown

  • To: Evangeline Frances Small; (1930 – ?) (Sumner Linwood Small & Frances Evangeline Manter)

Children: 1 (known)

  • 1. Kim Kathleen Crabe; (December 10, 1952 – ?)

Married (2): Date & place unknown

  • To: Barbara Ann Forrest; (1932 – 2004) (Herbert Lester Forrest & Aili Ester Hautanen)

Children: Unknown

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Barbara Ann Forrest Crabe 1932 – 2004 https://pocassetcemetery.org/?p=11029 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:06:48 +0000 https://pocassetcemetery.org/?p=11029
Barbara A Forrest Crabe Headstone

Ancestry:  Herbert Lester Forrest;  William Hopkins Forrest

Born: November 2, 1932 in Eastham Ma.

  • Father: Herbert Lester Forrest; (1906 – 1969) (William Hopkins Forrest & Caroline Linwood Knowles)
  • Mother: Aili Ester Hautanen; (1910 – 1999) (Matti Hautanen & Holda Rautio)

Died: June 21, 2004 in Myrtle Beach S.C.

  • Buried: Pocasset Cemetery; area B

Married: Date & place unknown

  • To: Edwin Jay Crabe, Korea; (1929 – 2003) (James Edwin Ayer Crabe & Nellie Aldana (Jay) Holbrook); Edwin married (1) Evangeline Frances Small (1930 – ?) (Sumner Linwood Small & Frances Evangeline Manter).

Children: Unknown

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