Edward Franklin Conner

Brief Life History of Edward Franklin

When Edward Franklin Conner was born on 30 July 1888, in Miller, Missouri, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Conner, was 55 and his mother, Mary Jane "Polly" Vann, was 48. He married Anna Jane Platter on 31 March 1912, in Miller, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Franklin Township, Miller, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He died on 22 September 1964, in Eldon, Miller, Missouri, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Franklin Township, Miller, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Franklin Conner
1888–1964
Anna Jane Platter
1892–1972
Marriage: 31 March 1912
Burnham Lee Conner
1912–2004
William E Conner
1913–1999
Truman Edward Conner
1917–1996
Viola May Conner
1919–2010
Kenneth Lyman Conner
1926–1992

Sources (13)

  • Ed F Conner, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Ed F Conner, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Edward Franklin Conner, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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1890 · Woman's Suffrage

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1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

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Name Meaning

Scottish: variant of Connor .

English: occupational name for an examiner or inspector, especially of ale, from Middle English connere, cunnere ‘inspector’, an agent derivative of cun(nen) ‘to examine’.

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

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