For Descendants of Christopher (Doc) Cranston & Bess Melby
Jean Elizabeth Melby-Mauer of Las Vegas passed away on Sunday, December 22nd. She was born to the late Sydney Melby and Ruth Kelly on September 10th, 1948 in Missoula, MT. Jean attended Whitman College and the University of Washington. She pursued graduate studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She taught English as a […]
Read More…These are memories of Ruth Kelly Melby from her daughter – Jean Melby. ~ 2015 Remembering My Mother Ruth, my mother, was a special woman. Born in a small house on the prairie in 1912, she was delivered by my Aunt Esther, who at the time was only a teenager. Always an avid reader and […]
Read More…These are the locations taken from Google Earth of the various places where the Cranstons Lived in North and South Dakota. Haley Bowman Camp Crook (Giles and Nellie Graves) Ludlow Ladner Cave Hills Painter Ranch & Willett Place Jett Ranch
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