I looking for information on the surname Crane.?
The meaning of the surname CRANE is - dweller at the sign of the crane; one who lived near the crane river in England; a tall, thin man with long legs.
The name Crane was first used among the Boernician people of the Scottish-English border region. It is a name for a person whose was tall, and had long legs. This nickname derived from the Old English words cranuc, and cornuc, which mean crane. Spelling variations occur frequently in Scottish names that date from the medieval era. They result from a general lack of grammatical rules and the tendency to spell names according to sound. Crane has been spelled Crane, Craine, Crain, Cran, Crann, Crayne and others. First found in Suffolk where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D. In the 20th century, the ancestors of many of those Boernician-Scottish people still populate North America. They distributed themselves on either side of the border at the time of the War of Independence. United Empire Loyalists went north to Canada and those who wanted a new nation stayed south. Both groups went on to found great nations. Some of the first North American settlers with Crane name or one of its variants: Jasper Crane who settled in Boston Mass. in 1637; Richard Crane settled in Virginia in 1635; Samuel Crane settled in Virginia in 1653; Mary Crane settled in Virginia in 1684. Some noteworthy people of the name Crane * Harold Hart Crane, American poet * Robert Edward Crane, American disc jockey and actor, best known for his performance in the television sitcom Hogan's Heroes * Stephen Townley Crane, American novelist. * Professor Francis Crane, Law * Sir Harry Crane, * Morley Crane, Pomology * William M. Crane, eponym of USS Crane, Wickes class destroyer
