Abraham Fredrick Craner

   Ancestral File Number: 1B3D-21.

  General Notes:

ABRAHAM FREDERICK CRANER (1836-1878)


Abraham Frederick was christened 3 April 1836 in Maxstoke, Warwickshire, England. He was the ninth child and sixth son born to George Benjamin and Elizabeth West Craner. They lived near Maxstoke. His father was a laborer.
Abraham Frederick
In 1845, when Frederick was nine years old, his family listened to the missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. His mother was the first to be baptized, 5 June 1845, followed by his brother, George, 1 January 1846, then his sister, Harriet, 6 January 1846 and then by his father, 10 March 1846. Two other sisters, Ann and Martha became members in 1852. Abraham Frederick was baptized in 1856 when he was 20 years of age. The family had a great desire to "come to Zion" and emigrate to America.

Abraham Frederick's older brother, George, came to America in 1851. He established a home in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, and sent money to his family to emigrate. In 1854, his father, mother, three sisters, Harriet, Ann, and Martha, and one brother John made the trek. His father lost his life in Kansas en route, but the rest of the family successfully arrived in Tooele.
Harriet Smith
Abraham Frederick and another brother, Joseph and his family planned to emigrate together on the ship John J. Boyd in 1862. For some reason, Joseph did not come, and Abraham Frederick transferred to the ship William Tapscott and made the trip alone leaving Liverpool on 14 May 1862. He was 26 years of age. He came with the third and largest company of 807 Saints from Liverpool, England. After a successful forty-two day passage the ship reached New York on 25 June 1862.
He made the trek across the plains and joined his family in Tooele, Tooele, Utah. He became a citizen of the United States 6 April 1878. He married Harriet Smith in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, 14 Aug 1878.
Abraham Frederick and Harriet were the parents of four children:

Name:Birth Date:Death Date
1.Charles Fredrick Craner19 Oct 187916 Sep 1962
2.Joseph Hyrum Craner20 Dec 18816 Sep 1951
3.Eva Harriet Craner3 Feb 188523 Sep 1950
4.Albert Roy Craner31 Jan 18887 Jan 1889



They moved to Oakley, Cassia, Idaho in the 1880's when Charles Fredrick was a baby. The rest of their children were born in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho.
Abraham Frederick homesteaded in Oakley along with his brother John and a nephew, George Craner. He died in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho and was buried there 23 February 1902. He was 65 years of age.







Abraham, Charles, Joseph
Eva & Harriet


Sources: Family Group Sheets, Naomi Lowe, 607 Holiday Drive, Brigham City, Utah 84302
Details from Immigration Records Maxstoke, England Parish Records
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  LDS Information:

Baptism: 6 Jun 1856

Endowment: 14 Aug 1879

Sealed to Parents: 7 Nov 1895

He was sealed to his spouse on 14 Aug 1879 at Endowment House. (Harriet Smith was born on 28 Jan 1853 in Saltley, Warwickshire, England, christened on 28 Jan 1853 in Saltley, Warwickshire, England, died on 7 Jan 1934 in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, USA and was buried in Jan 1934 in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, USA.)