Catherine "Kate" Crosbie

[*Marjorie]

Catherine "Kate" Crosbie

Born: 31 January 1874 - Rigside, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland

8 May 1934 – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Catherine was born near her Grandmother Agnes Crosbie Nelson in Rigside, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland on Thursday, January 31, 1874.

Catherine is No. 18 found on LDS FHL Film No. 0329052.

Catherine parents were living in Rigside, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland about 9.2 miles from Hazelbank, Lanarkshire, Scotland where her father Robert Philip Crosbie was born and mother Helen Spowart was born in Dunfermline, Scotland about 49 miles north east. Her parents were members of “The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints” attended church meetings in Lanark, Scotland or in homes of nearby members.

There is much history surrounding this village. This Scottish village is located on the south bank of the Douglas Water and 12 miles southwest of Lanark. The Douglas family took this name when their ancestors settled here in the 12th century. Within the village stands a statue to one of the Covenanters, James Gavin, a local tailor, who was persecuted for his religious faith and had his ears cut off with his own tailoring scissors for refusing to renounce it. After suffering this humiliation he was transported to a life of slavery in the cotton fields of the West Indies. The village was shaped later by the Industrial Revolution, which brought woolen mills and coal mining. Below the village of Rigside, the smaller Poniel Burn flows into the Douglas Water and is a river that tributary of the River Clyde. Interesting enough is Poniel is where Crosbie and Weir families connect. The river’s name comes from the Gaelic dubh-glas, meaning the black water.

Robert Crosbie born Hazelbank, Lanarkshire, Scotland and Helen Spowart born Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

Catherine and her parents set sail on the S.S. Anglia to America with her father’s Uncle Josiah Crosbie emigrating from Glasgow, Scotland landing at Garden City, New York, United States on August 24, 1874 then by train to Almy, Uinta, Wyoming Territory to be with other members of their family and to be with other members of their religion. Catherine was about 6 month old when she arrived. Her father and Josiah worked hard to earn money to send back to Scotland for Josiah’s wife and family as well as his brother Gavin to come to the United States. Josiah was a gas coalminer and immediately hired on at the coalmine.

S.S. Anglia

This “Shipping Records” shows 4th from the bottom of the page Robert Crosbie, his wife Helen, and their child Kate Crosbie leaving Glasgow, Scotland on the S.S. Anglia, Film No. 0175749.

While Catherine’s parents lived in Almy they lost two children John and Robert Crosbie. Her brother George was born there too. Her father found work with Utah Central Railway and the family moved to Starr, Juab, Utah in Central Utah.

Starr (Juab) is a small, scattered agricultural settlement three miles north of Mona. In 1858 the soldiers of Johnston’s Army established a ranch for holding government livestock. When it became available to the public in 1880, Albert W. Starr and his son William A. Starr purchased the property. Starr’s name was used for the settlement that has been absorbed into nearby Mona.

York (Utah) was a prominent terminal and railroad center on the old Utah Southern Railroad approximately fifteen miles north of Nephi and four miles south of Santaquin. York lasted for several years until the next terminal was established to the south (Juab). York was then promptly abandoned.

Juab to Chicken Creek however, the name of the settlement was changed from Chicken Creek to Levan, a name chosen by Church President Brigham Young.

The Crosbie family lived at one at Starr (Mona Tank), Juab, Utah and at times they were living in Leamington, Millard, Utah. Robert Crosbie, Catherine's father, worked for the Utah Central Railway as Section Foreman. Catherine attended school there. She was living in Salt Lake City in 1891 and by 1892 she had married John Wayne and was living in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Catherine married John Wayne 1892 and lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Their 3 children were born in Salt Lake City. They had twin sons John Wayne and Robert Bert Wayne who were born on May 18, 1893. Their son John died on June 1, 1893 and was buried at the Salt Lake Mount Olivet Cemetery. John Wayne and Catherine Crosbie had another child, a daughter, Pearl May Wayne born 2 May 1895 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.

John Wayne Death Record No. 4921

Copy of Family Search Record

Infant John Wayne burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake. Utah Territory

In 1900 the Wayne Family are found in Denver City, Arapahoe, Colorado. Catherine's husband John was a mattress maker. There are four in the family John, Catherine, Robert, and May Pearl Wayne. Catherine's daughter Pearl in 1910 is staying with her grandparents Robert Philip and Helen Crosbie.

Catherine Crosbie Wayne had married Raynard Rasmussen. His parents were living in Peoa and Oakley, Summit, Utah. Raynard worked in the mine and he and Catherine were living in Radersburg, Broadwater, Montana.

In 1910 - Radersburg, Broadwater, Montana, United States Federal Census

Catherine was 36 years old and a Dressmaker.

Salmon, Lemhi, Idaho - Registeration Card World War I - Signed: September 12, 1918

In 1920 - Nicholia, Lemhi, Idaho, United States Federal Census

In 1930 - Soledad, Los Angeles, California, United States Federal Census

Group Sheet for Raynard Rasmussen and Catherine Crosbie Wayne

Raynard is killed in mining rock slide.

Catherine's husband Renard - Reinard - Raynard Rasmussen findagrave information.

Catherine's Obituary

Catherine Crosbie Rasmussen's Death 8 May 1934 Los Angeles County, California

Catherine Crosbie Wayne Rasmussen laid to rest in May 1934 at Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California