Betty Cranston is found in the 1940 Federal Census with her parents, Harold and Emelia Cranston, of Morningside, Pittsburgh. Betty's siblings were Doris and Thomas.

While a student nurse at St. Francis Hospital, Betty Cranston participated in the U. S., World War II Cadet Nursing Corps.

Betty Louise Cranston, Nurse, 22, and John Edward Jeffrey, Jr., Student, 22, were married on July 29, 1947 in Pittsburgh. The marriage record indicates that she was born in Pittsburgh on June 12, 1925 to Harold G. Cranston, a Purchasing Agent, and Emelia Werneberg, both born in Pittsburgh. The family resided in the Morningside section of Pittsburgh.

According to her Social Security record, Betty C. [Cranston] Jeffrey died on June 2, 1999; last residence Staunton, Virginia.