Family:Whitney, Clara Ella (1856-1911)
Clara Ella9 Whitney (Alpheus Spring Chandler8, Joel7, Ephraim6, Joel5, Abel4, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1), daughter of Alpheus Spring Chandler8 and Salome K. (Smith) Whitney, was born 1856, ME, and died 19 Jun 1911, Hennepin Co., MN.
She married 16 Nov 1875, Livonia, MN, Franklin Crane, son of Porter Crane. He was born 27 Dec 1835, Wolcott, VT, and died 9 Dec 1905, Minneapolis, MN.
Franklin Crane was a lumberman.
Franklin and Clara adopted Olive Gessler, 23 Oct 1890, Hennepin Co., MN. She had been surrendered by her parents to the Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum on 21 Apr 1887. At the time of the adoption, both of Olive's parents were deceased.
Census Data:
1895 Minnesota Census: Pillsbury, Swift Co., Minnesota
1900 Census: Tiffany, Dunn Co., WI; farmer
1905 Minnesota Census: Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota
Children of Franklin and Clara Ella (Whitney) Crane:
i. (adopted) Olive Solema Gessler Crane, b. 11 Jan 1886; m. 22 Apr 1929, Milbank, SD, John H. Riach, 22 Apr 1929 in Milbank, SD. They were both residents of Minneapolis, MN, at that time. He was a widower and she a divorcee.
References
- Civil War Pension File of Franklin Crane
- Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908; Ancestry.com
- Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002; Ancestry.com
- South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949; Ancestry.com
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