Barbara Fritsche Grandin

Female23 December 1925–16 February 2013

Brief Life History of Barbara Fritsche

When Barbara Fritsche Grandin was born on 23 December 1925, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, her father, Charles Livingston Grandin Jr., was 29 and her mother, Dorothy Fritsche, was 28. She married William Henry Thompson on 17 April 1948, in Wayzata, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in United States in 1949 and Excelsior Township, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States in 1950. She died on 16 February 2013, in Wayzata, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Henry Thompson
1922–2017
Barbara Fritsche Grandin
1925–2013
Marriage: 17 April 1948
Charles Grandin Thompson
1949–2017

Sources (6)

  • Barbara G Thompson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Barbara Fritsche Grandin Thompson, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Barbara Fritchie Grandan in entry for Judith Ann Thompson, "Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 April 1948Wayzata, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States

    • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1927

    Age 2

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    1931 · The Prehistoric Minnesota Woman

    Age 6

    The Minnesota Woman was the name given to the skeletal remains of a woman thought to be 8,000 years old found near Pelican Rapids. The bones were brought to the University of Minnesota for more study. Later, Dr. Albert Jenks identified them as the bones of a 15 or 16 year old woman. Scientists now recognize the girl as someone whose ancestors were Paleo-Indian and now her skeletal remains have been reburied in South Dakota, not available for further study.

    1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War

    Age 23

    The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.

    Name Meaning

    French: nickname from a diminutive of Grand ‘big, tall’.

    Italian: from a derivative of Grande .

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

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