Emiline Wire Cranney

Brief Life History of Emiline Wire

When Emiline Wire Cranney was born on 1 June 1815, in Northfield Center, Summit, Ohio, United States, her father, William Cranney, was 39 and her mother, Nancy Ann Cranmer, was 31. She married Joel Hills Johnson in 1836, in Northfield, Summit, Ohio, United States. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Euclid, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died on 11 August 1887, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Nathan Drake
1822–1889
Emiline Wire Cranney
1815–1887
Marriage: 8 April 1847
Harriett A. Drake
1851–1931
William Ora Drake
1855–1928

Sources (15)

  • Emaline Drake in household of James Drake, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Emeline W Cranney, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Amanda Cranney in entry for Henry W. Hackenberg and Harriet A. Hodges, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Irish: variant of Craney .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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