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Viola "Ola" Crane 1904–1974 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 JAN 1904

Birth Location: Rabun County, Georgia

Death Date: 7 DEC 1974

Death Location: Cheohee Baptist Church Cemetery, Oconee County, South Carolina

Father: William Crane

Mother: Amanda Ridley

Spouse(s): Jesse Lay

Children(s): Clyde Lay, Carolyn Lay, Pauline Lay, Christopher Lay, Lillian Lay, Marjorie Lay, Ray Lay, Margaret Lay, Sarah Lay

Viola "Ola" Crane was born in 1904 in Rabun County, Georgia, the child of William Clyde Crane And Amanda J Ridley. Viola "Ola" Crane married Jesse Rose Lay, and had children including Carolyn Lay, Christopher M Lay, Clyde Freeman Lay, Dorothy Lay, Jesse Mason Lay, Lillian Beatrice Lay, Margaret Lay, Marian Lay, Marjorie Lay, Pauline Lay, Ray Lay, Ruby May Lay, Rufus Lay, Ruth Lay, Sarah Lay, Verner G Lay. Viola "Ola" Crane passed away in 1974 in Cheohee Baptist Church Cemetery, Oconee County, South Carolina.

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Biography

  • Viola "Ola" Crane was born in 1904 in Rabun County, Georgia, the child of William Clyde Crane And Amanda J Ridley.
  • Viola "Ola" Crane married Jesse Rose Lay, and had children including Carolyn Lay, Christopher M Lay, Clyde Freeman Lay, Dorothy Lay, Jesse Mason Lay, Lillian Beatrice Lay, Margaret Lay, Marian Lay, Marjorie Lay, Pauline Lay, Ray Lay, Ruby May Lay, Rufus Lay, Ruth Lay, Sarah Lay, Verner G Lay.
  • Viola "Ola" Crane passed away in 1974 in Cheohee Baptist Church Cemetery, Oconee County, South Carolina.

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Viola Crane's Ancestors

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Viola Crane
1904–1974
Birth Place: Rabun County, Georgia
Parents
William Clyde Crane
1877–1943
Oconee County, South Carolina
Amanda (J.) Ridley
1880–1968
Grandparents
William (Ira) Crane
1852–1927
Pickens District, South Carolina
Lavinia Callas
1857–1930
Pickens District, South Carolina
Great-Grandparents
Isaac Crane
1815–
Jane Unk
1831–
William Callas
1837–1862
Huldah Snyder
1835–1899
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Patrick\\
1780–1868
Patsy\\
1785–
William Callas
1812–1885
Lucy Morgan
1814–1898
Orrel Synder
1805–
Ruth Unk
1803–

Viola Crane's Descendants

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Viola ("Ola") Crane (9 JAN 1904–7 DEC 1974) m. Jesse (Rose) Lay (29 APR 1895–18 JUL 1964)
  1. 1. Clyde (Freeman) Lay 1926–2011
  2. 2. Carolyn Lay –2007
  3. 3. Pauline Lay 1919–2007 m. Joe (Dan) Murphy 1911–1980
    1. 1. Rozella (Bertie) Murphy 1938–2000 m. Myron (Franklin) Green 1930–2007
    2. 2. Elender (Ivaline) Tilson 1940–2020
  4. 4. Christopher (M.) Lay 1921–2009 m. Lois (Jane) Phillips 1927–1960
  5. 5. Lillian (Beatrice) Lay 1923– m. Joseph (Edward) Kelley 1917–2001
  6. 6. Marjorie Lay 1924–
  7. 7. Ray Lay 1933–1934
  8. 8. Margaret Lay 1943–1943
  9. 9. Sarah Lay 1935–2018 m. Horace (Earl) White 1928–2017

Viola Crane's Timeline

2 Records

1904
9 JAN 1904
Birth of Viola "Ola" Crane in Rabun County, Georgia
Rabun County, Georgia
1974
7 DEC 1974
Age 70
Death of Viola "Ola" Crane in Oconee County, South Carolina
Oconee County, South Carolina

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 JAN 1904
    Event Place: Rabun County, Georgia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 DEC 1974
    Event Place: Oconee County, South Carolina

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cheohee Baptist Church Cemetery, Oconee County, South Carolina

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