Alta Fernisa (Christensen) Crane (1902 - 2000)

Born 13 Nov 1902 in Sterling, Sanpete, Utah, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Dee Arthur Porter — married 24 Nov 1924 in Davis, Utah, United States

Wife of John Daniel Crane Sr. — married 16 Dec 1924 in Utah, United States

Died 7 Mar 2000 at age 97 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States

Biography

Alta Fernisha Christensen was born on November 13, 1902 in Sterling, Sanpete County, Utah, United States. She was the daughter of George Albert Christensen and Pauline Christine Madsen.

She married Dee Arthur Porter on November 24, 1924 in Davis County, Utah.^[1][2]

She married John Daniel Crane on December 16, 1924 in Ogden, Weber County, Utah.^[3][4]

Her husband John Daniel Crane died in 1977.^[5]

She passed away at an age of ninety-seven on March 7, 2000 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. She is buried in the Fairfax Memorial Park in Fairfax County, Virginia.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRLF-DXS : 4 August 2017), D Arthur Porter and Alta Fernisa Christensen, 1924.
2. ↑ "Utah Marriages, 1887-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8P2-HCC : 28 January 2020), Alta Fernisa Christensen in entry for D. Arthur Porter, 1924.
3. ↑ "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK6K-D92F : 4 November 2017), John D Crane and Alta Christensen, 16 Dec 1924; citing Weber County Courthouse, Ogden; FamilySearch digital folder 100697464.
4. ↑ "Utah Marriages, 1887-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8G8-9J7 : 16 March 2020), Alta Christensen in entry for John D. Crane, 1924.
5. ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRD-SL13 : 20 August 2018), Alta C Crane in entry for John Daniel Crane, 21 Mar 1977; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Fairfax, , Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1TY-966 : 20 May 2014), Alta C Crane, 07 Mar 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing). Notes: last residence El Paso Colorado.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216107807/alta-fernisha-crane : accessed 22 March 2022), memorial page for Alta Fernisha Christensen Crane (13 Nov 1902–7 Mar 2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #216107807, citing Fairfax Memorial Park, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Bobbi Norris (contributor 46876943) .

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5XH-M19 : accessed 23 September 2018), Alta F Christensen in household of George A Christensen, Redmond, Sevier, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 158, sheet 5A, family 84, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1608; FHL microfilm 1,375,621.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8PT-Y1W : accessed 5 December 2018), Alta Christensen in household of George A Christensen, Redmond, Sevier, Utah, United States; citing ED 117, sheet 4B, line 71, family 73, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1863; FHL microfilm 1,821,863.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH6N-GL5 : accessed 23 September 2018), Alta Crane in household of John D Crane, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 89, sheet 1B, line 93, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2420; FHL microfilm 2,342,154.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT44-VZG : 15 March 2018), Alta Crane in household of J Daniel Crane, Salina, Salina Election Precinct, Sevier, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21-24, sheet 17B, line 79, family 358, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4217.

• "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DHY3-7T3Z : 25 August 2021), Alta Christensen Crane in entry for John Dan Crane, 1950.