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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1811–1893 Male
1813–1889 Female
1830–1917 Female
1832–1911 Female
1837–1924 Male
1840–1914 Female
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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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