Name Info

Lena May Craft ?1881-1901
Her name was given to her from a book titled "Lena Rivers".

Search.........Person
Gender.........female
PAF-ID.........09118299
Age............20y 0m 0d
Fam-Group......SEARLS
Fam-ID.........SEARLS
Citizenship....US born
Status.........deceased
Last-Marital...married

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......1
#Events........1
#Images:.......0
#Comments......1
#Siblings......0
#Children......3

Person-Type....S
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........mother
Spouse?........wife
Sibling?.......sister
Child?.........daughter
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Religion.......Methodist Episcopal Church
PoliticParty...
Ht/Wt/Eye/Hair.
Burial.........Cary Cemetery

Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: Lena May Craft
  2. Parent: Lena May Craft

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1904-09-07 Oakfield (Genesee) New York
  2. Spouse: Charles Roy SEARLS, male, born:1881-01-15 Byron (Genesee) New York, died:1965-03-31 (84y 2m 16d) Oakfield (Genesee) New York, Dad:Horace H. SEARLS, Mom:Anna Brainard, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:1
  3. ..Child: Ramona SEARLS, female, born:1909-01-28 Batavia (Genesee) New York, died:1987-04 (78y 2m 4d) Urbana (Champ) Illinois, Dad:Charles Roy SEARLS, Mom:Lena May Craft, #SrcDocs:1
  4. ..Child: Virginia Claire SEARLS, female, born:1911-10-20 Oakfield (Genesee) New York, died:1943-2001 (31y 2m 12d) , Dad:Charles Roy SEARLS, Mom:Lena May Craft, #SrcDocs:1
  5. ..Child: Elinor May SEARLS, female, born:1921-03-18 ?Oakfield (Genesee) New York, died:1989-01 (67y 9m 14d) Stockton (San Joaquin) California, Dad:Charles Roy SEARLS, Mom:Lena May Craft, #SrcDocs:1

Events
Birth
: ?1881 , Age:20
Baptism
: 1896-06-14, Age:20y 0m 0d, ?New York, Methodist Episcopal Church, Role:baptised, Pastor Clay Milliman
Death
: 1901-1971, Age:20y 0m 0d
Married
: 1904-09-07, Age:20y 0m 0d, Oakfield, Genesee county, New York, Role:bride
Church
: ?, Age:20y 0m 0d, ?New York, Methodist Episcopal Church
Education
: ?, Age:20y 0m 0d, Byron, Genesee county, New York, Role:student, elementary
Education
: ?, Age:20y 0m 0d, Oakfield, Genesee county, New York, Cary Seminary, Role:student, seminary
Burial
: ?, Age:20y 0m 0d, Oakfield, Genesee county, New York, Cary Cemetery

Places In
New York
Byron (Genesee) New York
Oakfield (Genesee) New York

Sources
Letter from Michael O'Leary, Somerville Massachusetts, 1998


Historical
1881-1899: Sudan - The Mahdist War in Sudan
1881: England - First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain
1882: England, Egypt - The British Invasion and the subsequent occupation of Egypt
1883: Indonesia - Krakatau (often mispelled Krakatoa) volcano explosion in Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902