THE FORUM, May 18, 2005, Durham, Butte, CA: "An Historical Glance. The Crandall Family in The Durham Land Colony by Bill Shelton. The Crandall family came from New York to Butte County, the timing of the migration in question as the article claims the year to be 1849. However, George Washington Crandall, the son of Bloomfield and Bridget Augusta Gilronen Crandall was born c1855 in New York, their next child, Henrietta being born c1857 in California. [Source 1860 census]. Notwithstanding the timing, the family "first camped when coming to Butte County at the junction of what is now Neal Road and Highway 99. A house was retained there into the early 1900's when it finally fell down."
The author, Bill Shelton, is the great great grandson of George Washington Crandall and Clara Anne Atkins Crandall. In his article, it is claimed that there were eleven children born to this couple, but in the 1910 census, Clara claims to have given birth to eight children with six living. I have accounted for six of those children. There are two other children buried in the Crandall Plot, Pioneer Cemetery along with George Washington Crandall who are most likely the other two children. Both children died September 24, 1894, in Enterprise, Butte County: Tedy Crandall, aged 15, and Zelda Crandall aged 1 year. Tedy, however, would have been born several years prior to the marrirage of George and Clara Anne Atkins.
The article claims 13 children born to Bloomfield and Bridget Augusta Gilronen Crandall, DeWitt Clinton (Dewey) their seventh child. I have accounted for only eight children. The family settled at Enterprise, which is now under Lake Oroville, and many family members are buried in the Pioneer Cemetery.
FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTION BY Adriana WITH MANY THANKS:
Chico Daily Chronicle Record, Saturday Morning, August 31, 1895, pg 1 col 4: Died Instantly. George Crandall Killed In The Magalia Mine. Fell Sixty Feet to the Bottom of the Shaft – Brother-in-Law of Coroner Woodman. At 2 o’clock this morning, just as we are going to press Will Swezy and E.E. Martin of Magalia arrived in town bringing the startling news of a terrible accident at the Magalia mine, says the Oroville Register.
At six o’clock Thursday night Geo. Crandall and Geo. Tyler were working in a shaft on a ladder.
Crandall was standing above Tyler when a timber in some manner became loosened and fell about fifteen feet. It struck the former on the head and knocked him from the ladder to the bottom of the shaft about sixty feet below.
Tyler was struck by the timber a glancing blow on the arm which bruised him up considerably but he did not lose his hold.
Workmen hurried to the bottom of the shaft and found that Crandall had expired. Death must have been instantaneous as the blow was sufficient to cause death.
The deceased was a brother-in-law of Coroner Woodman, who has been notified of the accident.
Mr. Crandall was a well known citizen of Butte, where he has mined for several years. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn his untimely death.
Mr. Swezy is the bookkeeper at the mine and in company with Mr. Martin informed a Register reporter upon their arrival that the falling of the fatal timber was due to an accident.
They started for Oroville as soon as possible to bring the news and learn what the Coroner would do. It is probable that the official will leave early this morning for the mine and hold an inquest.
There have been many lawsuits and a vast amount of trouble over the property but by legal means the mine passed into the hands of Norman Rideout of Marysville a couple of years since and he has been pushed work on the same under many difficulties. It has however always been looked upon as a lucky mine for workmen.
Chico Daily Chronicle Record, Saturday Morning, August 31, 1895, pg 1 col 6: Crandall Inquest. The Coroner’s jury at the inquest over the remains of George Crandall, returned the following verdict:
That deceased was George Washington Crandall, a native of New York, aged 39 years; that he came to his death on the 22d day of August, 1895, at the Magalia mine by concussion of the brain, caused by falling timber which struck him, and concussion was either caused by the blow from the timber or the fall.
The body was brought to Oroville and then taken to Enterprise for burial.
The author, Bill Shelton, is the great great grandson of George Washington Crandall and Clara Anne Atkins Crandall. In his article, it is claimed that there were eleven children born to this couple, but in the 1910 census, Clara claims to have given birth to eight children with six living. I have accounted for six of those children. There are two other children buried in the Crandall Plot, Pioneer Cemetery along with George Washington Crandall who are most likely the other two children. Both children died September 24, 1894, in Enterprise, Butte County: Tedy Crandall, aged 15, and Zelda Crandall aged 1 year. Tedy, however, would have been born several years prior to the marrirage of George and Clara Anne Atkins.
The article claims 13 children born to Bloomfield and Bridget Augusta Gilronen Crandall, DeWitt Clinton (Dewey) their seventh child. I have accounted for only eight children. The family settled at Enterprise, which is now under Lake Oroville, and many family members are buried in the Pioneer Cemetery.
FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTION BY Adriana WITH MANY THANKS:
Chico Daily Chronicle Record, Saturday Morning, August 31, 1895, pg 1 col 4: Died Instantly. George Crandall Killed In The Magalia Mine. Fell Sixty Feet to the Bottom of the Shaft – Brother-in-Law of Coroner Woodman. At 2 o’clock this morning, just as we are going to press Will Swezy and E.E. Martin of Magalia arrived in town bringing the startling news of a terrible accident at the Magalia mine, says the Oroville Register.
At six o’clock Thursday night Geo. Crandall and Geo. Tyler were working in a shaft on a ladder.
Crandall was standing above Tyler when a timber in some manner became loosened and fell about fifteen feet. It struck the former on the head and knocked him from the ladder to the bottom of the shaft about sixty feet below.
Tyler was struck by the timber a glancing blow on the arm which bruised him up considerably but he did not lose his hold.
Workmen hurried to the bottom of the shaft and found that Crandall had expired. Death must have been instantaneous as the blow was sufficient to cause death.
The deceased was a brother-in-law of Coroner Woodman, who has been notified of the accident.
Mr. Crandall was a well known citizen of Butte, where he has mined for several years. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn his untimely death.
Mr. Swezy is the bookkeeper at the mine and in company with Mr. Martin informed a Register reporter upon their arrival that the falling of the fatal timber was due to an accident.
They started for Oroville as soon as possible to bring the news and learn what the Coroner would do. It is probable that the official will leave early this morning for the mine and hold an inquest.
There have been many lawsuits and a vast amount of trouble over the property but by legal means the mine passed into the hands of Norman Rideout of Marysville a couple of years since and he has been pushed work on the same under many difficulties. It has however always been looked upon as a lucky mine for workmen.
Chico Daily Chronicle Record, Saturday Morning, August 31, 1895, pg 1 col 6: Crandall Inquest. The Coroner’s jury at the inquest over the remains of George Crandall, returned the following verdict:
That deceased was George Washington Crandall, a native of New York, aged 39 years; that he came to his death on the 22d day of August, 1895, at the Magalia mine by concussion of the brain, caused by falling timber which struck him, and concussion was either caused by the blow from the timber or the fall.
The body was brought to Oroville and then taken to Enterprise for burial.
THE FORUM, May 18, 2005, Durham, Butte, CA: "An Historical Glance. The Crandall Family in The Durham Land Colony by Bill Shelton. The Crandall family came from New York to Butte County, the timing of the migration in question as the article claims the year to be 1849. However, George Washington Crandall, the son of Bloomfield and Bridget Augusta Gilronen Crandall was born c1855 in New York, their next child, Henrietta being born c1857 in California. [Source 1860 census]. Notwithstanding the timing, the family "first camped when coming to Butte County at the junction of what is now Neal Road and Highway 99. A house was retained there into the early 1900's when it finally fell down."
The author, Bill Shelton, is the great great grandson of George Washington Crandall and Clara Anne Atkins Crandall. In his article, it is claimed that there were eleven children born to this couple, but in the 1910 census, Clara claims to have given birth to eight children with six living. I have accounted for six of those children. There are two other children buried in the Crandall Plot, Pioneer Cemetery along with George Washington Crandall who are most likely the other two children. Both children died September 24, 1894, in Enterprise, Butte County: Tedy Crandall, aged 15, and Zelda Crandall aged 1 year. Tedy, however, would have been born several years prior to the marrirage of George and Clara Anne Atkins.
The article claims 13 children born to Bloomfield and Bridget Augusta Gilronen Crandall, DeWitt Clinton (Dewey) their seventh child. I have accounted for only eight children. The family settled at Enterprise, which is now under Lake Oroville, and many family members are buried in the Pioneer Cemetery.
FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTION BY Adriana WITH MANY THANKS:
Chico Daily Chronicle Record, Saturday Morning, August 31, 1895, pg 1 col 4: Died Instantly. George Crandall Killed In The Magalia Mine. Fell Sixty Feet to the Bottom of the Shaft – Brother-in-Law of Coroner Woodman. At 2 o’clock this morning, just as we are going to press Will Swezy and E.E. Martin of Magalia arrived in town bringing the startling news of a terrible accident at the Magalia mine, says the Oroville Register.
At six o’clock Thursday night Geo. Crandall and Geo. Tyler were working in a shaft on a ladder.
Crandall was standing above Tyler when a timber in some manner became loosened and fell about fifteen feet. It struck the former on the head and knocked him from the ladder to the bottom of the shaft about sixty feet below.
Tyler was struck by the timber a glancing blow on the arm which bruised him up considerably but he did not lose his hold.
Workmen hurried to the bottom of the shaft and found that Crandall had expired. Death must have been instantaneous as the blow was sufficient to cause death.
The deceased was a brother-in-law of Coroner Woodman, who has been notified of the accident.
Mr. Crandall was a well known citizen of Butte, where he has mined for several years. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn his untimely death.
Mr. Swezy is the bookkeeper at the mine and in company with Mr. Martin informed a Register reporter upon their arrival that the falling of the fatal timber was due to an accident.
They started for Oroville as soon as possible to bring the news and learn what the Coroner would do. It is probable that the official will leave early this morning for the mine and hold an inquest.
There have been many lawsuits and a vast amount of trouble over the property but by legal means the mine passed into the hands of Norman Rideout of Marysville a couple of years since and he has been pushed work on the same under many difficulties. It has however always been looked upon as a lucky mine for workmen.
Chico Daily Chronicle Record, Saturday Morning, August 31, 1895, pg 1 col 6: Crandall Inquest. The Coroner’s jury at the inquest over the remains of George Crandall, returned the following verdict:
That deceased was George Washington Crandall, a native of New York, aged 39 years; that he came to his death on the 22d day of August, 1895, at the Magalia mine by concussion of the brain, caused by falling timber which struck him, and concussion was either caused by the blow from the timber or the fall.
The body was brought to Oroville and then taken to Enterprise for burial.
The author, Bill Shelton, is the great great grandson of George Washington Crandall and Clara Anne Atkins Crandall. In his article, it is claimed that there were eleven children born to this couple, but in the 1910 census, Clara claims to have given birth to eight children with six living. I have accounted for six of those children. There are two other children buried in the Crandall Plot, Pioneer Cemetery along with George Washington Crandall who are most likely the other two children. Both children died September 24, 1894, in Enterprise, Butte County: Tedy Crandall, aged 15, and Zelda Crandall aged 1 year. Tedy, however, would have been born several years prior to the marrirage of George and Clara Anne Atkins.
The article claims 13 children born to Bloomfield and Bridget Augusta Gilronen Crandall, DeWitt Clinton (Dewey) their seventh child. I have accounted for only eight children. The family settled at Enterprise, which is now under Lake Oroville, and many family members are buried in the Pioneer Cemetery.
FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTION BY Adriana WITH MANY THANKS:
Chico Daily Chronicle Record, Saturday Morning, August 31, 1895, pg 1 col 4: Died Instantly. George Crandall Killed In The Magalia Mine. Fell Sixty Feet to the Bottom of the Shaft – Brother-in-Law of Coroner Woodman. At 2 o’clock this morning, just as we are going to press Will Swezy and E.E. Martin of Magalia arrived in town bringing the startling news of a terrible accident at the Magalia mine, says the Oroville Register.
At six o’clock Thursday night Geo. Crandall and Geo. Tyler were working in a shaft on a ladder.
Crandall was standing above Tyler when a timber in some manner became loosened and fell about fifteen feet. It struck the former on the head and knocked him from the ladder to the bottom of the shaft about sixty feet below.
Tyler was struck by the timber a glancing blow on the arm which bruised him up considerably but he did not lose his hold.
Workmen hurried to the bottom of the shaft and found that Crandall had expired. Death must have been instantaneous as the blow was sufficient to cause death.
The deceased was a brother-in-law of Coroner Woodman, who has been notified of the accident.
Mr. Crandall was a well known citizen of Butte, where he has mined for several years. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn his untimely death.
Mr. Swezy is the bookkeeper at the mine and in company with Mr. Martin informed a Register reporter upon their arrival that the falling of the fatal timber was due to an accident.
They started for Oroville as soon as possible to bring the news and learn what the Coroner would do. It is probable that the official will leave early this morning for the mine and hold an inquest.
There have been many lawsuits and a vast amount of trouble over the property but by legal means the mine passed into the hands of Norman Rideout of Marysville a couple of years since and he has been pushed work on the same under many difficulties. It has however always been looked upon as a lucky mine for workmen.
Chico Daily Chronicle Record, Saturday Morning, August 31, 1895, pg 1 col 6: Crandall Inquest. The Coroner’s jury at the inquest over the remains of George Crandall, returned the following verdict:
That deceased was George Washington Crandall, a native of New York, aged 39 years; that he came to his death on the 22d day of August, 1895, at the Magalia mine by concussion of the brain, caused by falling timber which struck him, and concussion was either caused by the blow from the timber or the fall.
The body was brought to Oroville and then taken to Enterprise for burial.
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