Brief Life History of Frank Ward Spencer
When Frank Ward Spencer Stocking was born on 19 November 1888, in Nebraska, United States, his father, Zelotus Gilbert Stocking, was 47 and his mother, Adelia Maria Barnum, was 39. He married Mary Louise Perry on 28 April 1915, in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States. He lived in Morton Township, Knox, Nebraska, United States in 1900 and Choteau, Teton, Montana, United States in 1920. He died on 29 October 1965, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Hope Cemetery, Platte, Nebraska, United States.
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- Frank Stocking, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Frank Stocking - Government record: birth-name: Frank Stocking
- Frank Ward Stocking, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
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World Events (8)
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
1893
Historical Boundaries - 1893: Teton, Montana, United States
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.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English stocking ‘ground cleared of stumps’ (Old English stoccing). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on or near ground cleared of stumps, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Stocking Gate in South Kirkby (Yorkshire).
South German: habitational name from any of several places in Bavaria and Styria named Stocking.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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