Author: Daniel Crane, son of Jos. & nephew of Abigail Todd nee Crane
Date: August 20, 1825
Location: New York State
Type of Document: Handwritten Crane Family Tree
Names Mentioned: John Crane - Benjamin Crane - Mary Backus - Jonathan Crane - Deborah Griswold - Samuel Couch - Mary Couch - Joseph Crane - Chrildren: Zebulon, Joseph, Mary, Thaddeus, Abigail, Ann, Stephen & Adah - Esther Belden - Children: Jonathan, Joseph, Solomon, Isaac, Eunice, Esther, Josiah, Ira, Daniel, Josiah Nathan & Arza
Point of Interest: You'll notice that at some time after Daniel had written out the family tree someone came behind him and added the names Benjamin Crane and Mary Backus to the top of the page in pencil. We might assume that it was the same individual who wrote in the date of Daniel's death.
Document's History: Mr. Gary W. Nelson of Gibsonton, FL had purchased this hand-written family tree dated 20 Aug 1825 ten years ago at a Goodwill store in Sun City, Florida. The frame in which the document sat had broken glass. He stored it in his desk since that time, and had decided to try to locate a descendant of the Crane family. He did a search on the internet and found our family tree website. He contacted me, BJ Peters, by email in mid-October of 2008. After speaking on the phone with me, Gary offered to send the document so that I could pass it down through my family. It is by this incredibly generous act that you see the scan of its front and back below.

I scanned the document at a high resolution setting to enable reading of the pencil writing on it. Left click on the images below to view the larger version of the graphics. Once you have the larger version you can right click to save it to your computer. To save the graphic in the actual size the document appears, first right click on the graphic and choose to save it to your computer.

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