Brief Life History of Grace May
When Grace May Friant was born about 1877, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Joseph S Friant, was 30 and her mother, Mary Alice Slote, was 29. She married Harry Marvin Drake on 12 April 1896, in Phillips, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Phillipsburg, Phillips, Kansas, United States for about 30 years and Phillipsburg Township, Phillips, Kansas, United States in 1940. She died on 18 February 1955, at the age of 79, and was buried in Iowa Union Cemetery, Phillipsburg, Phillips, Kansas, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Grace M Drake in household of H M Drake, "Kansas State Census, 1925"
- Grace May Friant Drake, "Find A Grave Index"
- Grace Friant in household of J S Friant, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
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World Events (8)
about 1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1898 · War with the Spanish
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
Some characteristic forenames: French Patrice, Andre.
French: nickname for a glutton (culinary or amorous), from Old French friant ‘gourmand’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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