Crann Families of Newfoundland

HENRY WILLIAM² CRANN (JOHN¹) was born Abt. 1814 in John de Bay, PB, NF, and died February 19, 1882 in Flat Islands, PB, NF. He married ELIZA BUTLER May 6, 1844 in District of Burin. She was born Abt. 1825, and died May 19, 1891 in Flat Islands, PB, NF.

Children of HENRY CRANN and ELIZA BUTLER are:

ANNE³ CRANN , b. October 9, 1845, Flat Islands, PB, NF

JOHN CRANN , b. December 19, 1846, Flat Islands, PB, NF

JOHN SAMUEL CRANN , b. January 2, 1851, Flat Islands, PB, NF; d. August 18, 1911, Flat Islands, PB, NF

RUBEN CRANN , b. January 9, 1853, Flat Islands, PB, NF

SAMUEL CRANN , b. January 13, 1855, Flat Islands, PB, NF

ISAAC CRANN , b. February 1, 1859, Flat Islands, PB, NF; d. August 22, 1892, Placentia Bay, NF; m. ELIZABETH SENIOR, December 23, 1886, Flat Islands, PB, NF; b. November 5, 1867, Flat Islands, PB, NF

MARY JANE CRANN , b. June 13, 1861, Flat Islands, PB, NF; m. JAMES JARVIS, November 15, 1878, Flat Islands, PB, NF; b. Flat Islands, PB, NF

EMELINE CRANN , b. August 31, 1863, Flat Islands, PB, NF; m. NATHANIEL COLLINS, December 11, 1884, Flat Islands, PB, NF; b. December 26, 1858, Flat Islands, PB, NF, d. August 22, 1892, Placentia Bay, NF

ELIZABETH ANN CRANN , b. November 16, 1866, Flat Islands, PB, NF; m. THOMAS PAUL, December 12, 1885, Flat Islands, PB, NF; b. 1858, Burin, NF

ABRAHAM CRANN , b. 1870, Flat Islands, PB, NF; d. August 22, 1892, Placentia Bay, NF

Note: Isaac was the owner and captain of the schooner Reason. It was lost at sea during a gale on August 22nd, 1892. The schooner was sailing back from the Grand Banks fishing grounds. All 10 people on board lost their lives during the terrible storm. Isaac's brother Abraham was on board along with Nathaniel Collins, his brother-inlaw. The community was devastated in human and economic terms.