Ellen Crowe Ellen Crowe Ellen Crowe (c.1847 – 24 January 1930) was a New Zealand homemaker and community leader. She was born in Ballindooley, County Galway, Ireland on c.1847. She was the daughter of Bridget Cody and John Silke of Ballindooley, parish of Castlegar, County Galway, about 1847. When about 12 or 13, she was promised in marriage to John Crowe but by the time Ellen was 18 or 19, he had emigrated to New Zealand. Ned Crowe, John's brother, visited the family to tell them that John would send for Ellen. Silke was one of several hundred single women who received
Ray Crowe Ray Crowe Ray Crowe (May 30, 1915 — December 20, 2003) was a basketball coach, educator, school administrator, and public official in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is best known as the head basketball coach of Crispus Attucks High School from 1950 to 1957. His teams won the Indiana state basketball championship in 1955 and 1956, the first all-black school to win a state championship in the country, and the first Indianapolis team to win the Hoosier state tourney. He coached numerous Indiana All-Star players, including Oscar Robertson, Hallie Bryant, and Willie Meriweather. Crowe was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of