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Elsie & Kitty Crossman with Orpha Greene and Olive Haisley.

Elsie Crossman (b.1894 - d.1981) was born on September 17, 1894 in Brooklyn, New York. She was the daughter of Alfred Crossman, born in Brooklyn in 1858, and Anne (Kouwenhoven) Crossman, born in Queens, New York in 1859.

When the family left New York they first moved to New Jersey. They arrived in Prescott, Arizona, sometime between 1915-1918. 

Elsie married Harry Raber on May 15, 1928 in Prescott. They didn't have any children.

Handwriting on photograph reads: "Elsie Crossman, Olive Haisley, Orpha Greene and Kitty Crossman".

Elsie died on February 1, 1981 in Santa Clara, California. She was buried in Los Gatos Memorial Park in San Jose, California.

Sources: New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909; New Jersey State Census, 1905, 1915; U.S. Census 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930; Arizona, Yavapai County, Voting Records, 1875-1932; Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964; California, Death Index, 1940-1997.

Kitty Crossman (b.1898 - d.1950) was born on February 7, 1898 in New Jersey. She was the daughter of Alfred Crossman, born in Brooklyn in 1858, and Anne (Kouwenhoven) Crossman, born in Queens, New York in 1859. She moved to Prescott with her family. 

Kitty married Douglas Aitken. They had no children. Arizona census records state that Kitty served several years as a clerk in the Superior Court of Yavapai County in Prescott.

She died on December 30, 1950 in Phoenix and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Prescott.

Sources: findagrave.com; New Jersey, Births and Christenings, 1660-1980; U.S. Census 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.

Olive Haisley (b.1895 - d.1971) was born on January 15, 1895 in Prescott. She was the daughter of Albert Haisley, born in 1841 in Indiana, and Margaritta (Harvey) Haisley, born in 1855 in Indiana. 

Olive never married. Census records indicate that she was a physical therapist.

Olive died on November 6, 1971 in Prescott. She was buried there in Mountain View Cemetery.

Sources: findagrave.com; Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1940; Arizona, Yavapai County, Voting Records, 1875-1932; U.S. Census 1930, 1950.

Mary Orpha (Haisley) Greene (b.1887 - d.1964) was born on August 26, 1887 in Prescott. She was the daughter of Albert Haisley, born in 1841 in Indiana, and Margaritta (Harvey) Haisley, born in 1855 in Indiana. She choose to go by the name Orpha.

Census records state she was a public school teacher in Stanton, Arizona in 1910. She married Charles Greene on September 7, 1912 in Prescott. They had one son. The 1920 Census lists her as a widow and occupation as a dressmaker. She then became a seamstress at a department store. 

Orpha died on May 1, 1964 in Prescott and was buried there at Mountain View Cemetery.

Sources: findagrave.com; U.S. Census 1910, 1920, 1930; U.S.,Western States Marriage Index; Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1940.