Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Indvandring: 26 sep. 1853, Utah, USA
• Indvandring: 26 sep. 1853
• Folketælling: 1860, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, USA; age 20 - see notes

George blev gift med Martha Craner den 1 maj 1860 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Martha (datter af George Benjamin Craner og Elizabeth West) blev født den 16 maj 1844 i Maxstoke, Warwickshire, England; døde den 19 sep. 1916 i Cleveland, Bannock, Idaho, USA; blev begravet den 21 sep. 1916 i Mound Valley, Franklin, Idaho, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• AFN: 45NZ-2V
• Indvandring: 1854
• Indvandring: 1857
• Folketælling: 1860, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, USA; age 16 - see husbands notes
• Bopæl: 1880, Franklin, Franklin, Idaho, USA
• Bopæl: 1910, Cleveland, Bannock, Idaho, USA

Notater:

Martha was born 16 May 1844 in Maxstoke, Warwickshire, England. She was the youngest of the twelve children and the fifth daughter born to George and Elizabeth West Craner. She lived in Maxstoke until she was nine years old. She then immigrated to America with her family.
In 1845, Martha’s family listened to the missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Her mother was the first to be baptized, 5 June 1845 followed by her brother, George, 1 January 1846, and then Harriet, 6 January 1846. Her father was baptized 10 March 1846. In 1852, Ann and Martha were baptized. Another brother, Abraham Fredrick was baptized in 1856. The Saints were encouraged to gather to Zion in America.
George, her brother, came first in 1851 and established a home and farm in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, and then sent money for the rest of the family to come. On 22 February 1854, Martha’s parents, two of her sisters, Harriet (age 20) and Ann (age 15), her brother, John (age 11) and Martha (age 9) set sail from Liverpool, England on the ship Windermere for America.
They had many harrowing experiences at sea. They arrived at New Orleans 23 April 1854. A few days later they boarded a steam boat and journeyed to St. Louis, Missouri. The journey then continued on to Kansas City. Martha celebrated her tenth birthday crossing the Kansas plains. Her father became very ill with cholera and died two days later. Her mother and the four children continued on to Salt Lake, arriving 1 Oct 1854. They then went on to Tooele, Tooele, Utah to live with her brother, George.
In May of 1860, when Martha was sixteen, she married George Tanner. They were sealed in 1865 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Martha and George were pioneer farmers in Tooele, Tooele, Utah. They lived several miles from the center of Tooele. When the children got old enough to go to school they went on horseback. In the winter, the children didn’t always go to school as Martha thought it was too dangerous and cold to send them. Martha must have a hard time in child bearing as five of their nine children died as infants.
Martha and George were the parents of nine children:
Name: Birth Date: Death Date:

1. George Craner Tanner 29 Jun 1861 1 May 1917
2. Mary Elizabeth Tanner 5 Nov 1862 29 Feb 1952
3. James Tanner Abt 1864 child
4. Thomas Craner Tanner 9 Aug 1865 10 Feb 1917
5. William Tanner abt 1867 child
6. Joseph Tanner abt 1868 child
7. Harriet Ann Tanner abt 1869 child
8. Martha Tanner abt 1870 child
9. John Alma Tanner 9 Mar 1872 23 Jan 1958

Martha’s husband, George Tanner, died 17 April 1872, leaving her with a baby only a month old and three other children, ages 11 and younger. This must have been a difficult time for her. Her sister Harriet Ann died two years later, 15 Sep 1874, leaving a baby just a month old and seven other children. In June 1875, Martha married Harriet Ann’s husband, Alexander Harris. They lived in Gentile Valley, (Thatcher) Idaho. They obtained a fine cattle ranch, where “they prospered and enjoyed the business of stock raising.” (Logan Herald-Journal) They also lived in Mound Valley, (Cleveland) Idaho.
Martha and Alexander were the parents of six children:

Name: Birth Date: Death Date:
1. Daniel Hammer Harris 11 May 1876 23 Nov 1943
2. Frank Albert Harris 8 Jul 1877 22 Jun 1962
3. Louisa Harris 28 Jul 1880 14 Apr 1967
4. Charles Eli Harris 7 May 1882 25 May 1957
5. Annie Jane Harris 8 Feb 1884 29 May 1957
6. Darcus Harris 1886 Child
Martha endured all the hardships and challenges of pioneer life and of raising a large family. Not only was she mother to her own children, but she took on the role of mother to her sister’s family. Shortly after Alexander’s death, Martha filed on a homestead at Turner, Idaho. Martha died 19 September 1916 in Cleveland, Franklin, Idaho and was buried there. She was 72 years old.

George blev gift med Elizabeth West den 8 feb. 1819 i Fillongley, Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth blev født den 1 mar. 1799 i Fillongley, Warwickshire, England; døde den 8 apr. 1869 i Tooele, Tooele, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]