Brief Life History of Frank Norris
When Frank Norris Bobbitt was born on 22 December 1865, in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States, his father, James Washington Bobbitt, was 41 and his mother, Nancy Jane Edwards, was 41. He married Nancy Matilda Gastineau on 25 August 1886, in Lafontaine, Wilson, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Cedar Vale, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States in 1930 and Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States in 1935. He died on 10 March 1942, in Sedgwick, Kansas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Wichita Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States.
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- Frank Bobbitt, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Frank Norris Bobbitt - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Frank Norris Bobbitt
- Frank N Bobbitt, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
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1870
Historical Boundaries: 1870: Howard, Kansas, United States 1875: Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
1877 · Nicodemus is Founded
The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English (Suffolk and Somerset): perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Bobbet, which could be a diminutive of Bobbe (see Bubb ) or a rhyming form of the Middle English personal name Robet, a diminutive of Robert . However, Bob is not attested as a pet form of Robert before the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Memory of Frank Norris Bobbitt
Frank N. worked as a telegrapher for the Missouri Pacific railroad. He could use a telegraph with either hand and could actually send and receive at the same time. Taken from the book 'Our Gastineau …
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