Frances Josephine Gremm

Brief Life History of Frances Josephine

When Frances Josephine Gremm was born on 17 April 1860, in Brown, Idaho, Idaho, United States, her father, Frederick Charles Gremm, was 30 and her mother, Hester Vertrees, was 25. She married John Henry Newbury in 1881, in Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Sunset, Shoshone, Idaho, United States in 1920 and Glacier, Montana, United States in 1930. She died on 19 November 1931, in Mullan, Shoshone, Idaho, United States, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

John Henry Newbury
1861–1906
Frances Josephine Gremm
1860–1931
Marriage: 1881
William Grant Newbury
1885–1963
Joseph Benjamin Newbury
1895–1970
Ray Elmo Newbury
1889–1956

Sources (12)

  • Francis J Newbury in household of Raymond E Newbury, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Fanny J. Grim, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Frances Josephine Newbury, "Montana, Flathead County Records, 1871-2007"

World Events (8)

1861

Historical Boundaries: 1861: Idaho, Washington Territory, United States 1863: Idaho, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Idaho, Idaho, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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.

Name Meaning

German and Swiss German: nickname for a dour and forbidding individual, from Old High German grim ‘stern, severe’.

German and Swiss German: from an ancient Germanic personal name from grīma ‘mask, helmet’. This surname (in any of the possible senses; see also 1 above) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).

English: from Middle English grim ‘fierce, grim’.

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

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