After her husband's death, Mrs. Crane moved to Roseville, near Newark, leaving Stephen in the care of his older brother Edmund, with whom the young boy lived with cousins in Sussex County.
Trala morte do seu marido, a señora Crane trasladouse a vivir a Roseville, preto de Newark, deixando a Stephen ó coidado do seu irmán maior Edmund, con quen viviu xunto a uns primos en Sussex County.