Thomas Craner

   Ancestral File Number: 1WGH-FM.

  General Notes:

THOMAS CRANER (1826 -1881*)

Thomas was born 9 April 1826 in Maxstoke, Warwickshire, England. He was the fifth child and third son of twelve children born to George Benjamin and Elizabeth West Craner. He was christened 6 May 1827 in Maxstoke, Warwickshire, England.
In a census taken in Maxstoke, Warwickshire, England in 1841, at the age of 13, Thomas was working and living in the household of Captain Thomas Dilke, a Naval Officer, as a male servant, along with several other male and female servants.
In a census taken in Lindridge, Worcestershire, England in 1851, at the age of 24, Thomas was working at the Lindridge Vicerage for Charles Wilson Landor as a groom. The records show that he was unmarried.
Thomas appears to still be working at the Lindridge Vicarage in 1861 when that census was taken. His occupation is listed as a coachman and gardener
According to the census taken in 1871, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, there is a Thomas Craynor, age 44, living there on Park Street working as a laborer.
There is no record of his marriage or whether he ever joined the Church and emigrated to America. Little else is known about Thomas.


Sources: Family Group Sheets, Naomi Lowe, 607 Holiday Drive, Brigham City, Utah 84302
Maxstoke Parish Records, Census Records of Maxstoke, Lindridge, Birmingham, England
*Death date taken from George Craner's Temple Record Book

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  LDS Information:

Baptism: 5 Nov 1895, Salt Lake Temple

Endowment: 6 Nov 1895, Salt Lake Temple

Sealed to Parents: 7 Nov 1895