[1]ancestry This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ScottRCAnderson Surnames: Cranston Classification: queries Message Board: [2]Click here Message Board Post: Well, IMDB is wrong â Bryan Cranston's father Joseph L. Cranston was born in Illinois in 1924-1925 and raised in Chicago, according to the 1930 census (the IMDB reference to Iowa has disappeared :-). Joseph's father was Edward B. Cranston, also born in Illinois in 1896-1897. Edward's father was named James Daniel and was born in Montreal, Canada in 1849. Daniel's father was named Joseph Henry and was born around 1826 in Armagh, Ireland. From Canada he immigrated to the US and served in the Civil War, surviving that and dying in 1889 in a Dayton, OH soldier's home. No more information, unfortunately. But it turns out this is Pamela Cranston's family, and she provides further interesting details here that are in contradiction to some of what the TV program says: http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.cranston/119.1.2/mb.ashx http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.cranston/134.2.2.2/mb.ashx There are a number of other people who may see this message who have roots in Armagh, sometimes with the name of Joseph and James, but I believe they are later than 1826. This is also in the neighborhood of my family in eastern Tyrone, so there could be a connection there. But again I have no information on how they might be related. 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. [3]Contact Us [4]Online Help Please add [5][email protected] to your address book to make sure you don't miss an email. You are receiving this email because you have registered with Ancestry using the email address [6][email protected] Your privacy is important to us. View our [7]Privacy Statement for more information. Use of [8]Ancestry.com is subject to our [9]Terms and Conditions. © 2015 [10]ANCESTRY.COM [11]Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604 USA References 1. http://sm.ancestry.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTImYW1wO21zaWQ9MSZhbXA7YXVpZD0mYW1wO21haWxpbmdpZD0xMDUxMDAxJmFtcDttZXNzYWdlaWQ9NTU4MDEmYW1wO2RhdGFiYXNlaWQ9MTQyNzMxODM3NSZhbXA7c2VyaWFsPTMzNTczMjU1JmFtcDtlbWFpbGlkPUNSQU5TVE9OLUxAcm9vdHN3ZWIuY29tJmFtcDt1c2VyaWQ9Q1JBTlNUT04tTEByb290c3dlYi5jb20mYW1wO3RhcmdldGlkPSZhbXA7Zmw9JmFtcDttdmlkPSZhbXA7ZXh0cmE9JmFtcDsmYW1wOyZhbXA7&&&105701&&&http://www.ancestry.com/s0/t18310/rd.ashx 2. http://sm.ancestry.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTImYW1wO21zaWQ9MSZhbXA7YXVpZD0mYW1wO21haWxpbmdpZD0xMDUxMDAxJmFtcDttZXNzYWdlaWQ9NTU4MDEmYW1wO2RhdGFiYXNlaWQ9MTQyNzMxODM3NSZhbXA7c2VyaWFsPTMzNTczMjU1JmFtcDtlbWFpbGlkPUNSQU5TVE9OLUxAcm9vdHN3ZWIuY29tJmFtcDt1c2VyaWQ9Q1JBTlNUT04tTEByb290c3dlYi5jb20mYW1wO3RhcmdldGlkPSZhbXA7Zmw9JmFtcDttdmlkPSZhbXA7ZXh0cmE9JmFtcDsmYW1wOyZhbXA7&&&275805&&&http://www.ancestry.com/s0/KEY/rd.ashx?key=Uhttp://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.cranston/375.1/mb.ashx 3. http://sm.ancestry.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTImYW1wO21zaWQ9MSZhbXA7YXVpZD0mYW1wO21haWxpbmdpZD0xMDUxMDAxJmFtcDttZXNzYWdlaWQ9NTU4MDEmYW1wO2RhdGFiYXNlaWQ9MTQyNzMxODM3NSZhbXA7c2VyaWFsPTMzNTczMjU1JmFtcDtlbWFpbGlkPUNSQU5TVE9OLUxAcm9vdHN3ZWIuY29tJmFtcDt1c2VyaWQ9Q1JBTlNUT04tTEByb290c3dlYi5jb20mYW1wO3RhcmdldGlkPSZhbXA7Zmw9JmFtcDttdmlkPSZhbXA7ZXh0cmE9JmFtcDsmYW1wOyZhbXA7&&&105401&&&http://www.ancestry.com/s0/t6713/rd.ashx 4. http://sm.ancestry.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTImYW1wO21zaWQ9MSZhbXA7YXVpZD0mYW1wO21haWxpbmdpZD0xMDUxMDAxJmFtcDttZXNzYWdlaWQ9NTU4MDEmYW1wO2RhdGFiYXNlaWQ9MTQyNzMxODM3NSZhbXA7c2VyaWFsPTMzNTczMjU1JmFtcDtlbWFpbGlkPUNSQU5TVE9OLUxAcm9vdHN3ZWIuY29tJmFtcDt1c2VyaWQ9Q1JBTlNUT04tTEByb290c3dlYi5jb20mYW1wO3RhcmdldGlkPSZhbXA7Zmw9JmFtcDttdmlkPSZhbXA7ZXh0cmE9JmFtcDsmYW1wOyZhbXA7&&&105402&&&http://www.ancestry.com/s0/t6028/rd.ashx 5. file://localhost/tmp/tmpsuohid.html 6. file://localhost/tmp/tmpsuohid.html 7. http://sm.ancestry.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTImYW1wO21zaWQ9MSZhbXA7YXVpZD0mYW1wO21haWxpbmdpZD0xMDUxMDAxJmFtcDttZXNzYWdlaWQ9NTU4MDEmYW1wO2RhdGFiYXNlaWQ9MTQyNzMxODM3NSZhbXA7c2VyaWFsPTMzNTczMjU1JmFtcDtlbWFpbGlkPUNSQU5TVE9OLUxAcm9vdHN3ZWIuY29tJmFtcDt1c2VyaWQ9Q1JBTlNUT04tTEByb290c3dlYi5jb20mYW1wO3RhcmdldGlkPSZhbXA7Zmw9JmFtcDttdmlkPSZhbXA7ZXh0cmE9JmFtcDsmYW1wOyZhbXA7&&&105403&&&http://www.ancestry.com/s0/t20855/rd.ashx 8. file://localhost/tmp/tmpsuohid.html 9. http://sm.ancestry.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTImYW1wO21zaWQ9MSZhbXA7YXVpZD0mYW1wO21haWxpbmdpZD0xMDUxMDAxJmFtcDttZXNzYWdlaWQ9NTU4MDEmYW1wO2RhdGFiYXNlaWQ9MTQyNzMxODM3NSZhbXA7c2VyaWFsPTMzNTczMjU1JmFtcDtlbWFpbGlkPUNSQU5TVE9OLUxAcm9vdHN3ZWIuY29tJmFtcDt1c2VyaWQ9Q1JBTlNUT04tTEByb290c3dlYi5jb20mYW1wO3RhcmdldGlkPSZhbXA7Zmw9JmFtcDttdmlkPSZhbXA7ZXh0cmE9JmFtcDsmYW1wOyZhbXA7&&&105404&&&http://www.ancestry.com/s0/t26859/rd.ashx 10. file://localhost/tmp/tmpsuohid.html 11. file://localhost/tmp/tmpsuohid.html