Paternal Haplogroup I1

1850 U.S. Census - Henry R. (70) living in Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York with his wife Salome (40) and their children Mary (10), Henry (9), Wilder (7), Sarah (5) and Salome (3).

According to "True Stories" by Ruth and Elizabeth Starr (1970), granddaughters of Wilder Willard and Isabel Richie Crane, daughters of Sarah Crane Starr, Henry Crane and his wife, Salome Willard Crane (Wilder's parents), owned an inn (Crane Corner) in upper New York state about 1850. They returned home from a funeral one day to find the inn had burned to the ground. Salome cried, but Henry dealt with the matter with humor and pragmatism. The event led them to the decision to move west to the Little Fox River valley northeast of Weyauwega ("here we rest", according to local Indians), WI.

1860 U.S. Census - Henry, Salome, and their children (all children born in New York) living in Royalton, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.

1870 U.S. Census - Henry and Salome living in Royalton, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. Salome, 28, a school teacher, living with them. (There are many Richie/Ritchie families living in the same area. Wilder, Henry and Salome's son, married Isabella Richie. In the 1880 U.S. Census, Salome (71) is a widow living with Wilder, Isabella, and their children in District 182 of Weyauwega, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. It is noted that she is sick with cancer on the day of the census visit. Wilder's sister, Salome (33) also living with them.)