of Port St. Mary's, Isle of Man, England · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Ambrose Crellin b. 1871
Ambrose Crellin⚭ Hattie I. Totten (m. 1896)
childrenfour daughters and one son (unnamed)
Their story
What the record says
History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
Born Jan 31, 1871 at Port St. Mary's, Isle of Man.
Brought as an infant to Cuming County, Nebraska, where he was reared.
Learned the harness trade at Lyons.
Ran harness/implement businesses at Randolph and Wausa, Nebraska.
Traveling agent for Walter A. Wood Harvester Co. (to 1896), then McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. at Lincoln.
Became collection agent at Council Bluffs after the International Harvester Co. consolidation (1902), and general agent of International Harvester Co. of America at Council Bluffs from Feb 1907.
Junior partner in Crellin Brothers, hardware and implement merchants at Pender, Nebraska.
Married Aug 1896 at Randolph, Nebraska to Hattie I. Totten.
Five children (four daughters, one son).
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