Brief Life History of William Milton
When William Milton Flack was born on 7 December 1869, in Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, United States, his father, James A. Flack, was 28 and his mother, Mary E. Baldwin, was 29. He married Lillian May Baldwin on 26 December 1899, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Douglas Township, Effingham, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United States for about 7 years. He died on 1 March 1947, in Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (16)
- William Flack, "United States Census, 1940"
- William M Flock in household of James F Flock, "United States Census, 1870"
- William W. Flack in entry for Albert Milton Flack, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
Spouse and Children
1869–1947 Male
1872–1961 Female
Children (1)
1906–1961 Male
Parents and Siblings
1841–1911 Male
1840–1911 Female
Siblings (4)
1867–1939 Male
1869–1947 Male
1873–1874 Female
1877–1967 Male
World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 1
1871
Age 2
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 21
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English flak ‘sod, turf, block of peat’ (as found in the placename Flatmoor, in Cambridgeshire, recorded as Flackemore in 1221 ), and hence perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a turf cutter. Compare Flagg 1.
English: variant of Fleck .
German: variant of Flak .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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