This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ScottRCAnderson Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/363.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: A minute ago I wrote that the Census "lists him as being 9 years old (born 1920-1921) rather than 6 or 7 (if he was born 1923-1924)." But I failed to notice that the obit was from 2010, so the age does match after all; 9 years old on April 1 1930 means he was born between April 2 1920 and April 1 1921, and 88 on February 10, 2010 means he was born between February 11, 1921 and February 10, 1922. So a birth date between February 11, 1921 and April 1 1921 satisfies both. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ScottRCAnderson Surnames: Cranston Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/363/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Kenneth Cranston, 88, formerly of Stockton, and Brocton resident for the past 25 years. Funeral service will be held Friday, Feb. 12 from the Morse Funeral Home of Brocton at 11 a.m. Friends are invited to call one hour prior to the service. ************************************************ Published in: The Post-Journal Jamestown, NY February 10-11, 2010 Source: http://post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/550981/Kenneth-Cranston.html?nav=5009 ************************************************ Kenneth appears to be the son of the following parents residing in Stockton, NY in the 1930 census: Claud J Cranston Helen M Cranston Though it lists him as being 9 years old (born 1920-1921) rather than 6 or 7 (if he was born 1923-1924). Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarciHess51 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/362.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have 4 Archibald Cranstons in my tree. Their wives are Angeline Harper, Phebe Dillon, Hazel Rapp, and Grace Traver. No wife with a last name of Lindsay and no one with a last name of Cathcart. What year was this Archibald born? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LisaCarey5 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/362.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Don, Can you give more specifics? Is his Archibald Cranston the son of David Cranston, b. 1796 and Isabelle Hislop? Is your Archibald from the Scranton, PA area? Thanks, Lisa Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Don_Muirhead Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/362/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Seeking descendants of this Cathcart family. Don Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: finniganj Surnames: Cranston Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/361/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Not my family but there is an interesting article in The Journal of Arizona History, published by The Arizona Historical Society, about this man. Includes letters to his family in NY. I am a bookseller and do not frequent this site. If you are interested in the book, pls e-mail me at [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ScottRCAnderson Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/360.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Just noticed Clarita's date of death (February 9, 2012) didn't make it into the Star Tribune obit. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ScottRCAnderson Surnames: Cranston, Knapp, Pellet, Mahnke, Becker, Johnson Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/360/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Knapp, Clarita Cranston Age 89 of Minnetonka [Minnesota], formerly of Brooklyn Park. Clarita was born May 29, 1922, near Grey Eagle, MN, the first child of Avery Asa and Kathryn Pellet Cranston. She died Thursday at age 89. She helped her parents farm near Grey Eagle during the Great Depression. She attended school in Grey Eagle, MN, and also attended business school in Minneapolis. She worked medical secretary and practical nurse before marrying Donald V. Knapp in Grey Eagle, MN in 1947. They moved to Michigan for four years returning to the Minneapolis area in 1953. He worked as an electrical engineer until his death in 1971. The couple were charter members of the Riverview United Methodist Church, and Clarita Knapp held leadership positions with the Girl Scouts and the United Methodist Church Women. She was a great believer in education and in the value of reading and served as a Great Books leader. Before her retirement at age 83, she served as secretary for Hopkins Unit! ed Methodist Church, Mizpah United Church of Christ in Hopkins and St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Minnetonka. Survivors include four daughters, Carol (Rev. Terry) Mahnke, Rake, IA, Kathy Knapp, Minnetonka, Donna (Steve) Becker, Vadnais Heights, and Bonnie, St. Louis Park; a sister, Lenore (Robert) Johnson, Anoka; two brothers, Bernard (Eunice) Cranston, Mankato, MN, and Keith Cranston, Mesa; three nephews and four nieces; grandsons, Kerr (Portland, OR) and Jon (St. Paul), and John (Lincoln, NE) and Joseph, Vadnais Heights; and granddaughters, Beth (Andy) Johnson-Knapp, Minneapolis, and Michelle Becker of Iowa as well as two great-grandsons: Donald Johnson-Knapp and Ambrose James Mahnke. Memorial Service 11 AM Saturday, February 18th, Brooklyn United Methodist Church, 7200 Brooklyn Blvd., Brooklyn Center, with visitation one hour prior to the service at church. Evans-Nordby 763-424-4000 www.evansnordby.com ************************************************ Published in: Minneapolis Star-Tribune Minneapolis, MN February 11-12, 2012 Source: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/startribune/obituary.aspx?n=clarita-cranston-knapp&pid=155827228 ************************************************ Clarita's paternal ancestry is: F: Avery Asa Cranston (1890, WI - 1969, MN) GF: William McClellan "Clell" Cranston (1864, OH - 1955, WI) GGF: Thomas Cranston (1837, OH - 1923, WI) GGGF: John Cranston (1811, PA - 1881, OH) John's ancestry is described here, #1.2.1: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/oh/county/guernsey/bios/cranston.html Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarciHess51 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/88.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm curious if you've found anything since this post. John CRanston & Mary Coffield had a daughter named Mary Elizabeth. I descend from her brother Eckelbary but would love to learn more about the siblings and their lines. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi All!! I have entered the data that I currently have into one of trees on ancestry.com. Most of the info I have is on one of the sons, Echebary, as that is the son I descended from. If you'd like to view this let me know and I'll invite you. I have found some on the others sons and daughters but haven't entered those yet. Am hopeful to get that done by the end of the weekend. Does anyone have trees already for these others sons & daughters? Marci Cranston Hess -- 608-577-8283 http://www.westmeathlane.com/ http://westmeathlane.blogspot.com/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lindaf14810 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/92.100.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: my great-grandfather, Lemuel Allen, born in New York ( I think in Franklin county) in 1846, had a son, Joseph, a George, a Charles and a Watson Horace. The name is repeated throughout the family.. Lemuel married Phelinda Brooks. They moved to Rochester, NY where he died in the early 1900's. Could there be a connection? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi Marci, I have been researching our branch of the Cranston family since my Dad died in 1987, and left me with a card board box full of his research. He wasn't a computer person, so everything was done through letters. Most of the people he had corresponded with were already dead by the time I got involved. I have been able to reconnect with a lot of these families through message boards on the Cranston family site by Ancestry.com. I was able to meet some of the relatives in Ireland and England two summers ago, when my husband and I went for a visit. I do not recognize the family names you mentioned, so I don't know if we can find a link between our families. My branch came to America from Bailieborough, Ireland in County Caven. I do have a Cranston family website. If you would like to take a look at it, I can send you an invitation. RaMona Cranston Ummel ----- Original Message ----- From: "marci.hess tds.net" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 4:31 PM Subject: [CRANSTON] New to the list > Hi All, > > I just signed up and am new to the whole geneological research but am not > new to research in general. I'm interested in learning how the process > works and helping in any way I can. The wife of my 2nd cousin started some > research and I wanted to update it and got intrigued with it further and > further. > > Anyway, I am Marci Cranston Hess. My Grandfather was Wayne Stewart > Cranston, whose grandfather was Echelbary of the John and Mary (Coffield) > family. Again, if I can help, I would love to. I would like to understand > who the other John/Mary families are and learn more about my relatives. > I've found about 10 from the Charles Clarence family and it's exciting! > > Marci Cranston Hess > Blanchardville, WI > > -- > 608-577-8283 > http://www.westmeathlane.com/ > http://westmeathlane.blogspot.com/ > ================== > To review all messages sent to the mailing list, visit > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=cranston > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi All, I just signed up and am new to the whole geneological research but am not new to research in general. I'm interested in learning how the process works and helping in any way I can. The wife of my 2nd cousin started some research and I wanted to update it and got intrigued with it further and further. Anyway, I am Marci Cranston Hess. My Grandfather was Wayne Stewart Cranston, whose grandfather was Echelbary of the John and Mary (Coffield) family. Again, if I can help, I would love to. I would like to understand who the other John/Mary families are and learn more about my relatives. I've found about 10 from the Charles Clarence family and it's exciting! Marci Cranston Hess Blanchardville, WI -- 608-577-8283 http://www.westmeathlane.com/ http://westmeathlane.blogspot.com/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: haninger7 Surnames: Cranston, Cranstoun, Craig, MacGill, Stewart, Cockburn Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/359/mb.ashx Message Board Post: First of all, was her name Margaret or Elizabeth? Secondly, we know that her father was James Cranstoun. He was married twice, first to Elizabeth MacGill and then to Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of the Earl of Bothwell. By his first wife he had a daughter. By his second wife, he had another daughter. There is confusion as to which daughter was named Elizabeth and which was named Margaret. Furthermore, there is confusion as to which daughter married Patrick Cockburn and which married Thomas Craig of Riccarton. Some reliable sources put it one way and some reliable sources put it the other way. Given that I seem to descend from Thomas Craig three times, I would really like to know the identity of his wife once and for all. Was she a child of Elizabeth MacGill or Elizabeth Stewart? Is her mother's name listed in any document of her? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LisaCarey5 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/358.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks Scott, I had not noticed the other Boone and will look at that when I go home tonight. Thanks for helping, Lisa Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ScottRCAnderson Surnames: Cranston, Boone Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/358.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: By the way, it's often worthwhile checking nearby in the census for relatives. I don't know if you noticed this, but with Thomas and Laura Boone Cranston living in Marcy Twp. (later Duryea Borough), Luzerne Co., PA in 1880, you'll find a John Boone aged 31 there, also born in Ohio, but giving his parents' birthplace as Pennsylvania. It's possible he's her elder brother, and one of them is incorrectly reporting their parent's birthplace. The parents may have come from PA and briefly moved to Ohio before returning home. There are quite a few other Boones in Luzerne county at other locations who are possibly cousins or even their parents, e.g. Townsend and Mary Boone. It's possible, since Daniel left Pennsylvania as a boy, that you are also cousins rather than lineally related. Scott Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ScottRCAnderson Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/358.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Censuses often include information that is reported by someone else in the family, so it's possible that Laura's husband (or even one of their children) could have responded to the census taker on her behalf and provided incorrect information. But in the case of the 1900 census it's clearly the daughter (or someone even more removed, e.g. a son-in-law or grandchild) who is responding, so that's the more probable source of error in this conflict between "Ohio" and "Pennsylvania". You say she died in 1887; at this late date it's quite possible there's a death certificate for her, which may include information about her parentage and more specifics about her place of birth. Though, again, the reporting can be in error, given the necessity of a secondhand informant. Scott Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LisaCarey5 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/358.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Scott, Thanks for the response. Here were my thoughts on the OHIO thing. She is rumored to be a descendent of The Daniel Boone. He was a Quaker from Pennsylvania. Some of the first settlements in Kentucky were named "Ohio" and then later Ohio, County. So, I was assuming that it may be a mistake. Her daughter (Laura) also, lists her mother's birthplace as PA in the 1900 census. Just a long shot, but I cannot find her in anything other then the 1880 census and have no clue on her parentage. Thanks, Lisa Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ScottRCAnderson Surnames: Boone Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/358.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: > Laura Boone, b. 1852 in "Ohio" (I have no idea if that is > Ohio County of Kentucky or Tennessee or actually Ohio > She lists it that way in the 1880 census It is certainly the state of Ohio. The state is all they list on the census (besides their current location, or if a foreign country). The 1880 census also has parents' birthplace, and in her case they are also both listed as Ohio. Kind of unusual at this time to head back east to eastern Pennsylvania. Scott Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LisaCarey5 Surnames: Boone, Fadden, Bullock, Ruddy Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.cranston/358/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I am trying to connect my great great grandmother Laura Boone, b. 1852 in "Ohio" (I have no idea if that is Ohio County of Kentucky or Tennessee or actually Ohio. She lists it that way in the 1880 census; she is dead before the 1890 census. She marries twice - First to Thomas Cranston, b 1853, Scotland U.K. in 1873; Thomas dies in 1886ish; she remarried in 1887 to Joseph Fadden and died the same year. I have been told all my life she is a descendant of "The Daniel Boone". I cannot find any direct lineage from Daniel's 3 boys that lived. Laura lived, married and died in and around Avoca, Scranton, Duyrea, Pennsylvania. Other lines she is connected to are: Bullock and Ruddy. Anybody out there see any links? Thanks, Lisa Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.