Nellie Moore Crane

Brief Life History of Nellie Moore

When Nellie Moore Crane was born on 31 January 1874, in Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Walter D. Crane, was 28 and her mother, Ellen E. Moore, was 23. She married Harry Clinton Gates on 26 December 1894, in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States in 1880 and Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States for about 50 years. She died on 23 February 1953, at the age of 79, and was buried in South Cemetery, Heath, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harry Clinton Gates
1872–1955
Nellie Moore Crane
1874–1953
Marriage: 26 December 1894
Walter Crane Gates
1902–1974

Sources (14)

  • Nellie Gates, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Nellie Moore Crane, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Nellie M. Crane, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English: nickname, most likely for a tall, thin man with long legs, from Middle English cran ‘crane’ (the bird), Old English cran, cron. The term included the heron until the introduction of a separate word for the latter in the 14th century.

Manx: see Craine .

Dutch: variant of Krane ‘crane’.

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

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