Isaac Franks

Male15 March 1811–7 May 1893

Brief Life History of Isaac

When Isaac Franks was born on 15 March 1811, in West Virginia, United States, his father, Abraham Franks, was 13 and his mother, Katherine Parr Nye, was 25. He married Hannah Elizabeth Wade on 27 December 1829, in Muskingum, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 7 May 1893, in Muscatine, Iowa, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Muscatine, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Franks
1811–1893
Hannah Elizabeth Wade
1813–1889
Marriage: 27 December 1829
Mary Ellen Franks
1830–1917
Sarah J Frank
1853–
Elizabeth Ann Franks
1832–1911
James Franks
1837–1924
Catharine Franks
1840–1914
Minerva J Franks
1843–
Emma Franks
1844–1919
Lydia Frances Franks
1847–1906
Maria Franks
1850–
Samuel Isaac Franks
1855–1920

Sources (13)

  • Isaac Frank, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Isaac Franks, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Isak Franks in entry for Emma Stotts, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    27 December 1829Muskingum, Ohio, United States

    • Children (10)

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    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1812

    Age 1

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    1812 · War of 1812

    Age 1

    Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 25

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    Name Meaning

    English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from Frank .

    English: perhaps sometimes a variant of Frankish, an ethnic name from Middle English frankys ‘French, Frenchman’ (Old English frencisc), for someone from France.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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