When Sara Johanne Melvina Clemensen was born on 21 January 1855, in Svendborg, Denmark, her father, Ole Nicolai Clemensen, was 26 and her mother, Anne Marie Christine Johansen, was 27. She married Abner Crane about 1877, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Bingham, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States in 1880 and Mount Pleasant Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 11 November 1943, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.