Born John Thomas Bransgrove, Son of Reuben & Susan Doman Bransgrove in Wembly, Middlesex, England on Sept 22 1870 and baptized on Oct 23, 1870. Arrived in the US on April 9, 1872. Sometime after September 1873 he went by John Thomas Piner / Jack Piner, surname of his stepfather James Piner. John learned of his real birth name at the age of 22 in an 1892 letter from his Grandparents, John & Elizabeth Bransgrove. He passed at his home at 6052 Newark Av., Maple Grove, Ingham Co., Michigan where he was living with his Daughter Ruth Piner Newlin and her family.
Born John Thomas Bransgrove, Son of Reuben & Susan Doman Bransgrove in Wembly, Middlesex, England on Sept 22 1870 and baptized on Oct 23, 1870. Arrived in the US on April 9, 1872. Sometime after September 1873 he went by John Thomas Piner / Jack Piner, surname of his stepfather James Piner. John learned of his real birth name at the age of 22 in an 1892 letter from his Grandparents, John & Elizabeth Bransgrove. He passed at his home at 6052 Newark Av., Maple Grove, Ingham Co., Michigan where he was living with his Daughter Ruth Piner Newlin and her family.
