Brief Life History of Howard Henry
When Howard Henry Franklin was born on 31 May 1910, in Northville, Wayne, Michigan, United States, his father, Merrill Colby Franklin, was 30 and his mother, Bertha S F Brueggemann, was 24. He married Laura Louise Alley on 14 December 1940, in Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Springfield Township, Oakland, Michigan, United States in 1950 and Holly, Oakland, Michigan, United States in 1994. He died on 25 January 1994, in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Flint Township, Genesee, Michigan, United States.
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- Howard Franklin, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Howard Henry Franklin - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Howard Henry Franklin
- Howard Franklin, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
Name Meaning
English: status name from Middle English frankeleyn ‘freeman, freeholder, land-owner of free but not noble birth’ (Anglo-Norman French fraunclein). In general, he was a gentleman ranked above the main body of minor freeholders but below a knight or a member of the nobility.
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames, such as Frankel .
History: The American statesman and scientist Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) was the son of Josiah Franklin, a chandler (dealer in soap and candles), who had emigrated c. 1682 from Ecton, Northamptonshire, to Boston, MA, where his son was born.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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