This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jAB.2ACI/1814.1.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: There is no evidence of the Crane name in the Shelley line further back that I can find. However I have not been able to trace the maternal side of William Crane Shelley's family. So, the Crane middle name possibly came from his maternal grandparents' ancestry.