When Sophia E Cronk was born on 21 July 1836, in Western, Oneida, New York, United States, her father, Arvin Cronk, was 27 and her mother, Polly Crego, was 26. She married John M Edgerton on 13 October 1859, in Ava, Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Ava, Oneida, New York, United States for about 20 years. She died on 3 May 1921, in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Ava, Oneida, New York, United States.
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English (Kent): variant of Crank .
Possibly an Americanized form of German Kranke (see Crank ).
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