Brief Life History of James Almon Artimus
When James Almon Artimus Crane was born on 12 January 1889, in Herriman, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, James George Crane, was 22 and his mother, Sarah Jane Butterfield, was 16. He married Jessie Myrtle Perkins on 12 June 1912, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Bennington Election Precinct, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 6 September 1965, in Bennington, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Bennington, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.
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- James A A Crane, "United States 1950 Census"
- Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1914, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1964
- James A. A. Crane, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1897
Part of Zululand incorporated into British colony of Natal. King Solomon ka Dinizulu exiled.
1909
British Parliament enacts the South Africa Act, proposed constitution of Union of South Africa.
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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