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Authorization for Burial #804: Stella H. Crane, b. Masschusetts on 29th of Aug. 1874 and died Humboldt Cty, California on the 18th of Nov. 1968, age 94 years, Ocean View Funeral Home, cremains, Son Wm B. Crane, RFD, #294, Ferndale, California.
1880 MA CENSUS – Estella Howard (7y, b Massachusetts) enumerated with parents Daniel Jr (48y, b MA, retired) and Georgianna (40y, b MA) and 2 sisters, Louise (12y, b MA) and Ida B. (5y, b MA)
MARRIAGE – Clarence Crane (28y, physician, born Salem, Ore, son of William B. Crane & Alice McCully) and Stella S. Howard (25y, physician, born Boston, Mass, daughter of Daniel Howard & Georgianna Howard) md 12 June 1900, Boston, Massachusetts
1900 MA CENSUS – Stella S. Crane (b Aug 1874, Massachusetts, married 1y, no children) enumerated with husband Clarence (b Nov 1871, Oregon, married 1y, occupation physician), his mother Alice Crane (b Aug 1851, Iowa, widowed, mother of 3 children) and his grandmother Hannah McCully (b Apr 1828, Ohio, widowed, mother of 6 children, 4 living at time of census); also with the family were 2 lodgers
1910 MA CENSUS – Stella H. Crane (36y, b Massachusetts, occupation physician, mother of 2 children) enumerated with husband of 10 years Clarence (38y, b Oregon, occupation physician) and 2 children, Calista (7y, b MA) and William (5y, b MA); also with family was lodger Susie Robbins (33y, b MA, occupation nurse)
1920 MA CENSUS - Stella H. Crane, age 45, b. Massachusetts, is enumerated with Clarence, age 49, occupation surgeon, b. Oregon, along with Calista, age 17, b. Massachusetts, William B., age 15, b. Massachusetts, Clarence Jr., age 3 yrs 9 mos, b. Massachusetts, George (adopted), age 1, b. Massachusetts, and Carolyn, age 4 mos, b. Massachusetts. Also enumerated in the household are Elmer Sandborn, identified as servant, age 19, b. Connecticut, and George Melvin, age 23, identified as a boarder, b. Pennsylvania.
1930 MA CENSUS – Stella Crane (55y, b Massachusetts, married at age 25y) enumerated with husband Clarence (58y, b Oregon, married at age 28y, occupation surgeon) and 3 children, all born in Massachusetts, Clarence (13y), George (11y) and Caroline (11y); also with family was boarder Jay P. Powell (78y, b Vermont, widowed, occupation carpenter)
1940 CA CENSUS – Stella H. Crane (65y, b Massachusetts) enumerated with husband Clarence (68y, b Oregon) and daughter Carolyn (21y, b Massachusetts); family was living in same house in 1935
DEATH – Stella H. Crane, born 25 Aug 1874, Massachusetts; died 18 Nov 1968, Humboldt co, California; mother’s maiden name Weatherb…
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OBITUARY:
Dr. Stella Howard Crane.
Stella Howard Crane d. 18 Nov 1968 Ferndale, CA, age 94; mother of Calista Harris (Boxford, MA), William B. Crane (Ferndale), Dr. Clarence Crane Jr. (Ferndale), George G. Crane (Bridgeville, CA), and Carolyn Fleischauer (New Cuyama, CA); survived by 11 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Retired physician; attended Wellesley College, and graduated from Boston School of Medicine; came to CA in 1930, settling in Fernbridge, later moving to Ferndale in 1948. Native of Boston.
Funeral services Friday for 'Grandma' Crane. Dr. Stella H. CRANE b. 1874 in Boston, Massachusetts; graduated Dana Hall School for Girls, and Boston University School of Medicine (class of 1900). Practiced medicine for 10 years. When husband Dr. Clarence Crane retired in 1930, they moved to Fernbridge, CA, living in old Sand Bar Club overlooking the Eel River. Since 1948, she had lived in Ferndale. She died in Ferndale 18 Nov 1968, age 94.
Enterprise (Ferndale, California), 21 Nov 1968
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SOURCES:
LR
LD
AFB #804
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1880 MA CENSUS (Suffolk co, Boston, ED 768, FA#173)
Massachusetts Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)
1900 MA CENSUS (Suffolk Co, Boston, ED 1307, sheet 17A)
1910 MA CENSUS (Suffolk co, Boston, ED 1408, sheet 10A)
1920 MA CENSUS (Middlesex, Natick, ED 347, pg 8B)
1930 MA CENSUS (Middlesex co, Natick, ED 358, sheet 11A)
1940 CA CENSUS (Humboldt co, Fortune, ED 12-23, sheet 1B)
California Death Index
Enterprise 21 Nov 1968
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