Brief Life History of William
When William Crank was born on 8 June 1851, in Tarvin, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Crank, was 25 and his mother, Mary Davies, was 22. He married Margaret Johnson in 1878. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Duddon, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911.
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- William Crank, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- William Crank, "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000"
- William Crank, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
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1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English (mainly Lancashire): from Middle English cranke ‘lively, lusty, vigorous’, hence a nickname for a cheerful, boisterous, or merry person.
English: possibly in some cases, a nickname from cranuc, a diminutive of Middle English cran ‘crane’ (see Crane ).
Possibly an Americanized form of German Kranke: from Low German Kraneke ‘crane’, applied to someone thought to resemble the bird in some way, or a nickname for a poor physical specimen, from Middle High German kranc ‘sickly, ailing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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