Sydney CRANE

BIRTH

In 1765 Sydney CRANE was born in the UK, to parents (Unknown as at 5.12.18)

MARRIAGE

Sydney Crane married Miss Lucy FULLER.

CHILDREN

Richard CRANE was born in 1790 in England.

MEANING OF THE NAME "CRANE"

An English and Scottish surname, the Crane family name came from the Old English terms ‘cron’, ’cornuc’, ’cranus’ and then the Middle English term of ‘cran’ which all referred to a type of bird.

It can also refer to a person with long legs like a heron bird.

The spelling variations for Crane include Crain, Crayne, Crann, Cran and Craine.

German spellings for Crane would be Kranich and Krahn.

The Dutch spelling is Krane.

In England most with the Crane spelling live in Lancashire, Yorkshire, Leicestershire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex and the city of London.

In Scotland many with the Crane name are located in Aberdeenshire and follow south to Ayrshire. It is Lanarkshire with the highest Crane population.

Within the United States the earliest Crane families settled in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maine, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.

Famous: Bob Crane (television actor), Zenas Crane (early 19th century co-founder of Crane Paper Company in Massachusetts which supply the paper to making U. S. currency), Whitfield Crane (musician), Stephen Townley Crane (19th century short story writer), Sarah Crane (opera soprano singer), Robert D. Crane (writer and poet), Laurence Crane (English music composer), Hart Crane (poet), Randolph Crane (birth name of the actor Randolph Scott), John Crane (television writer and producer), Jordan Crane (comic book creator) and Ed Crane (professional baseball player).

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