Brief Life History of Frank Frederick
When Frank Frederick Winchell was born on 9 April 1918, in Clover Valley, Elko, Nevada, United States, his father, Frank Winchell, was 40 and his mother, Birdie Josephine Drown, was 39. He married Bessie Grock on 2 June 1941, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States in 1950. He died on 28 January 1981, in Starr Valley, Elko, Nevada, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Deeth, Elko, Nevada, United States.
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- Frank Winchell, Jr, "United States 1950 Census"
- Frederick Frank Winchell, "Nevada, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
- Frank Winchell, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
English: from Old English wencel ‘child’, perhaps used to distinguish a son from his father with the same personal name or perhaps a nickname for a person with a baby face or childlike manner.
Scottish: habitational name from the lands of Windshiel (formerly Winscheill) in Berwickshire.
Americanized form of Jewish Winschel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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