{"id":11033,"date":"2026-02-15T22:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=11033"},"modified":"2026-02-15T22:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:08:17","slug":"james-edwin-ayer-crabe-1874-1961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=11033","title":{"rendered":"James Edwin Ayer Crabe 1874 \u2013 1961"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Crabe-James-Edwin-Ayer-Nellie-A-Jay-Edwin-Jay-and-Barbara-A-Forrest-Headstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Crabe-James-Edwin-Ayer-Nellie-A-Jay-Edwin-Jay-and-Barbara-A-Forrest-Headstone.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Crabe-James-Edwin-Ayer-Nellie-A-Jay-Edwin-Jay-and-Barbara-A-Forrest-Headstone-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James Edwin Ayer Crabe Headstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/100_3407.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/100_3407-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8420\" title=\"Crabe - B\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ancestry:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>Allen Curtis Crabe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Born:<\/strong>&nbsp;1874 in Providence R.I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Father:<\/strong>\u00a0Allen Curtis Crabe; (? \u2013 1922)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mother:<\/strong>\u00a0Malancey B. Harriman; (1841- 1919)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Died:<\/strong>&nbsp;April 9, 1961 in Bourne Ma. at 84 yrs, 3 d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Buried:<\/strong>\u00a0Pocasset Cemetery; area B<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Occupation:<\/strong>&nbsp;Mariner, Laborer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Married (1):<\/strong>&nbsp;August 18, 1894 in Bourne Ma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>To:<\/strong>\u00a0Minnie Belle Phinney; (1874 \u2013 ?) (James Phinney &amp; Maria Miller)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Children:<\/strong>&nbsp;2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1.\u00a0<\/strong>Minnie Esther Crabe Fiorillo; (June 22, 1896 \u2013 March 12, 1994); Married James Frank Fiorillo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0Ethel Maria Crabe Wadlin Small; (July 19, 1899 \u2013 ?); Married (1) Swasey Wadlin &amp; (2) Clyde Austin Small<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Married (2):<\/strong>&nbsp;Date &amp; place unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>To:<\/strong>\u00a0Nellie Aldana Jay Holbrook; (1887 \u2013 1962) (Charles J. Jay &amp; Mary Jane George); Nellie married (1)\u00a0George Walton\u00a0Holbrook (1884 \u2013 ?) (James V. Holbrook &amp; Angeline R. Weatherbee) in Charlestown Ma. on September 11, 1905.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Children:<\/strong>&nbsp;3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1.\u00a0<\/strong>Mary Belle Crabe; (1922 \u2013 ?); Married John Edward Fox (1911 \u2013 ?); Their names &amp; birth years appear on the reverse side of the Crabe family Headstone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0Nellie Louise Crabe; (1923 \u2013 ?); Nellie was a member of Bourne High School Class of 1941.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>3.<\/strong>\u00a0Edwin Jay Crabe, Korea; (May 30, 1929 \u2013 June 10, 2003); Married (1) Evangeline Frances Small (1930 \u2013 ?) (Sumner Linwood Small &amp; Frances Evangeline Manter) &amp; married (2) Barbara Ann Forrest (1932 \u2013 2004) (Herbert Lester Forrest &amp; Aili Ester Hautanen); Edwin &amp; Barbara are buried in Pocasset Cemetery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancestry:&nbsp;&nbsp;Allen Curtis Crabe Born:&nbsp;1874 in Providence R.I. Died:&nbsp;April 9, 1961 in Bourne Ma. at 84 yrs, 3 d. Occupation:&nbsp;Mariner, Laborer Married (1):&nbsp;August 18, 1894 in Bourne Ma. 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