Brief Life History of Frances
When Frances Frame was born in August 1816, in Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States, her father, William Frame, was 43 and her mother, Susannah Davis, was 31. She married John Ward Swank on 18 February 1836, in Montgomery, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Scott Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Pottawatomie Township, Franklin, Kansas, United States in 1860. She died on 1 January 1903, in Orosi Judicial Township, Tulare, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Woodlake District Cemetery, Woodlake, Tulare, California, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Fanny Swank in household of Maria F Swank, "United States Census, 1900"
- Fanny Frame, "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992"
- Frances Frame Swank, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1822
Historical Boundaries 1822: Montgomery, Indiana, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: from Middle English frame ‘effective, beneficial’ (Old English fram ‘bold, active, strong’). The word was also used as a Middle English personal name.
Jewish (of Sephardic origin): probably an Anglicized form of Ephraim .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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