Frances Georgeanna Crowell

Brief Life History of Frances Georgeanna

When Frances Georgeanna Crowell was born on 29 December 1908, in Mason Township, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States, her father, Eugene Crowell, was 25 and her mother, Clara Emily Emmett, was 29. She married Gilbert Bayne Lince on 2 September 1926, in Glennie, Curtis Township, Alcona, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Ossineke Township, Alpena, Michigan, United States in 1940 and Standish Township, Arenac, Michigan, United States in 1950. She died on 18 May 1996, in Standish, Arenac, Michigan, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Mitchell Township, Alcona, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gilbert Bayne Lince
1896–1971
Frances Georgeanna Crowell
1908–1996
Marriage: 2 September 1926
Mona Lucille Lince
1927–2009
Jesse Eugene Lince
1928–1980
Opal Elaine Lince
1930–1991
Marvin Lince
1934–1934
Bessie Marie Lince
1936–2020
Sadie Ann Lince
1939–2013

Sources (15)

  • Frances G Lince, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Frances Georganna Crowell, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
  • Frances Crowell, "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995"

World Events (8)

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

1910 · Upper Twin Falls Bridge

The Upper Twin Falls Bridge which connected Breitung Township, Michigan, to Florence County, Wisconsin. The through-truss bridge spanned the Menominee River and was completed in 1910. The bridge was closed to through traffic in 1971 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a lost place called Crowell in Spofforth (Yorkshire), or from a place in Oxfordshire named Crowell, from Old English crāwe ‘crow’ + well(a) ‘spring, stream’.

Americanized form of German Grauel .

Americanized form of Dutch Krouwel or Crouwel: from Middle Dutch crauwel ‘trident hook, claw’, a metonymic occupational name for someone using this kind of tool, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn named In de Crouwel (‘In the Trident Hook’), with such a device depicted on the signboard.

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

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