Frank Winchell

Brief Life History of Frank

When Frank Winchell was born on 16 February 1878, in Clover Valley, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, John Franklin Winchell, was 25 and his mother, Melinda Jane Lowe, was 24. He married Birdie Josephine Drown on 22 May 1905, in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 8 October 1961, in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Starr Valley, Elko, Nevada, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Winchell
1878–1961
Birdie Josephine Drown
1878–1953
Marriage: 22 May 1905
Josephine Malinda Winchell
1906–1976
Leona Winchell
1910–2008
Dillion Edward Winchell
1911–1957
Frank Frederick Winchell
1918–1981

Sources (15)

  • Frank Winchell, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Frank Winchell, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • 1917-1918 US WW I Draft Registration Card for Frank Winchell

World Events (8)

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.

1896 · Utah Becomes a State

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

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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