Brief Life History of Frank
When Frank Colvin was born on 23 September 1875, in Illinois, United States, his father, Richard Colvin, was 30 and his mother, Sylvia Electa Allen, was 28. He married Sophia Edna McShane on 23 March 1900, in Waukon, Allamakee, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Franklin, Lee, Iowa, United States in 1910 and Franklin Township, Allamakee, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. He died on 17 May 1944, in Allamakee, Iowa, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Waukon Junction, Allamakee, Iowa, United States.
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- Frank Colvin, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
- Legacy NFS Source: Frank Colvin - Company record: birth-name: Frank Colvin
- Frank Colvin, "Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992"
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1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish (Donegal, Antrim): variant of Colville , probably reflecting a local pronunciation. The name was taken to Ulster in the 17th century.
Manx: if not identical with 1, perhaps from the Old Norse personal name Kolbeinn, with /v/ substituted for /b/.
English: from the rare Middle English personal name Colwin, Colvin, which may be a borrowing into English of a Welsh name whose modern form is Collwyn ‘white’, or of colwyn ‘doe, puppy, pet dog’, or of the placename Colwyn (Denbighshire, Radnorshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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