Frances Ella Wills

Female4 February 1887–19 June 1925

Brief Life History of Frances Ella

When Frances Ella Wills was born on 4 February 1887, in Goshen Township, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, her father, Francis Marion Wills, was 22 and her mother, Cora Ella Jacob, was 19. She married Bernie Thomas Gartrell on 10 October 1923. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Goshen, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States in 1920 and United States in 1925. She died on 19 June 1925, in Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Bernie Thomas Gartrell
1893–1964
Frances Ella Wills
1887–1925
Marriage: 10 October 1923
Thomas Wills Gartrell
1925–2012

Sources (10)

  • Franses E Wills in household of Francis M Wills, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Francis E. Wills, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Francis Ella Wills Tartrell, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 October 1923
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 3

    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    1890 · Woman's Suffrage

    Age 3

    An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 11

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    Name Meaning

    English and German: variant of Will with genitival -s.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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