Orena Elizabeth Gilman (1836-1915)

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Orena Elizabeth Gilman Crane
Miss Rena
Miss Rena

Born: 1 Nov 1836 Cincinnati, Ohio
Died: 4 Oct 1915 Cincinnati, Ohio
Father: Thomas Dean Gilman
Mother: Eliza A. Brogan
Siblings: Orena Elizabeth Gilman
Spouse: Dwight Kellogg Crane
Married: 31 Dec 1861 Maineville, Ohio
Children: Deloss Orin Crane
Cora Eliza Crane
Charles Clyde Crane
Guy Gilman Crane

Orena Elizabeth Gilman was born November 1, 1836 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio.

Her parents are Thomas Dean Gilman and Eliza A. Brogan.

Her mother died when Eliza was young so her father married Nancy Weston Whitney on 3 July 1841 Cincinnati, Ohio giving her several half brothers and sisters: Melissa Ellen, Anna Louisa, Ida A., Thomas J., William H., Joseph, Emma Mary and Albert Robinson Gilman.

Rena married Dwight Kellogg Crane on 31 December 1861 at Maineville, Warren, Ohio.

Their children are Deloss Orin born in1862 in Hopkinsville, Warren, Ohio, who died young in 1868 and is buried in the Hopkinsville Cemetery, Warren Ohio. Cora Eliza Crane born in 1865 in Hopkinsville who also died young in 1870 in Buckley, Iroquois, Illinois but no grave has been found yet. Charles Clyde Crane was born in 1872 at Flora, Clay, Illinois and Guy Gilman Crane was born in 1872 also in Flora, Illinois.

They moved to Miami Township, Greene County, Ohio where Dwight was a baker and confectioner.

Orena died 4 October 1915 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. No gravestone is yet located for her.

[edit] Sources

  • Portrait: Courtesy of Bill Crane.
  • Birth: Gilman Family Bible
Orena G. Gilman, born Nov 1, 1836, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 1850 Federal Census, Newport, Campbell, Kentucky
Gilman, Thomas
, Arrena, 13, female, Ohio
  • 1860 Federal Census, Maineville, Warren, Ohio
Gilman, T. H.
, O. E., 22, female, Teacher, Ohio
  • Marriage: Warren County, Ohio, Marriage Records:
Dwight Crane
Rena E. Gilman
Married: 31 Dec 1861
  • Marriage: Gilman Family Bible
Dwight K. Crane and Rena Gilman
Married: Dec 31, 1861, Maineville, Ohio
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