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Elizabeth Robbins Cranson

Elizabeth Robbins Cranson[1, 2, 3]

Female 1825 - 1883  (57 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth Robbins Cranson 
    Nickname Betsy 
    Born 20 Dec 1825  Lennox, Madison County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 3 Jul 1883  Tooele, Tooele County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Buried 5 Jul 1883  Tooele, Tooele County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I4637  Family
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2006 

    Father Alvin Cranson,   b. Abt 1799, Lennox, Madison County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Sylvia,   b. Abt 1803, Lennox, Madison County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F9163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Palmer Luther Howe,   b. Abt 1821, Lennox, Madison County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 23 Apr 1850  Kane County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Gertrude Isabel Howe,   b. 27 Jan 1851, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 30 May 2024 
    Family ID F3933  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Oliver Porter McCuistion,   b. Abt 1828, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1861, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Married 28 May 1854  White Oak Township, El Dorado County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 8] 
    • Oliver and Betsy probably married in California. Oliver P. is reported to have gone to the gold mines near Sutter's Fort, California, in 1856--in the spring. He is reported to have a brother, Robert. He is reported to have married a woman who had been married before, and who had a small daughter. He is supposed to have left his wife in the summer of 1856 and was not seen by her again; she crossed the mountains to Carson City, where Alvin James was born.
    Children 
     1. Franklin McCuistion,   b. 30 Apr 1855,   d. AT TWO YEARS OF AGE
     2. Alvin James McCuistion,   b. 14 Dec 1856, Carson City, Nevada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1953, Elko, Elko County, Nevada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
    Last Modified 30 May 2024 
    Family ID F1479  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 William Culbertson Gollaher,   b. 16 Jan 1807, Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1867, Tooele, Tooele County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married Aft 1857  probably Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Joseph Tyson Gollaher,   b. 16 Mar 1857, Tooele, Tooele County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 30 May 2024 
    Family ID F3934  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Apr 1850 - Kane County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Aft 1857 - probably Utah Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Jul 1883 - Tooele, Tooele County, Utah Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 5 Jul 1883 - Tooele, Tooele County, Utah Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Alan L. McCuistion indicates Betsy Cranson was married to Oliver Porter McCuistion in 1854 while in California. The Gollaher Family History indicates Betsy Cranston was the widow of A. H. McCustion.

  • Sources 
    1. [S188] McCuistion, Alan L.

    2. [S568] Cranston, Betsy.

    3. [S1618] Cranson, Elizabeth Robbins.
      Believe this may be Mark McCuistion's entry.

    4. [S190] McCuistion, Mark A.

    5. [S191] McCuistion, Mark A. GEDCOM.

    6. [S1619] Cranson, Elizabeth Robbins.
      Believe this is Mark McCuistion, www.gencircles.com/users/mccuistion/1/data/307

    7. [S188] McCuistion, Alan L., FGS No. 2492iv.

    8. [S1618] Cranson, Elizabeth Robbins.
      Believe this may be Mark McCuistion's entry. The source listed for the date of marriage is Recorder certification for Eldorado County, California.