There are times when while researching one topic, you come across documents or articles that help you fill in some of the other blank spaces in history. Recently I discovered an entry in the New Jersey legislative manual for 1922 for one George T. Cranmer, the clerk of the U.S. District Court for New Jersey. In part it read, “Mr. Cranmer was born at Barnegat, N.J., December 6th, 1848. He was formerly engaged in the banking and brokerage, real estate and insurance business.