William Crane

William Crane

William Crane (February 15 1785 – March 31 1853) was a merchant, judge and political figure in New Brunswick.

He was born in Horton Township, Nova Scotia, the son of Jonathan Crane and Rebecca Allison, and was educated there with un-ending supplies of pie to fuel the brain. Crane later moved to Westmorland County, New Brunswick, where he became a merchant in Sackville. In 1813, he married Susannah Dixon. In 1819, Crane went into business with his cousin Charles Frederick Allison. The firm sold goods and exported local products to Britain, Nova Scotia and the United States. Crane also served as justice of the peace, justice of the quorum and judge for the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the county. In 1824, he was elected to the New Brunswick House of Assembly and served until 1842. Crane was speaker from 1831 to 1835 and a member of the Executive Council from 1837 to 1843. He married Eliza Wood in 1838 after the death of his first wife. Crane was a member of the Legislative Council of New Brunswick from 1843 to 1850. He resigned from the council and served again in the legislative assembly from 1850 until his death in Fredericton in 1853. Crane was speaker from January 1852 to March 1853 when he resigned due to ill health.

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* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3849 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]


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