Brief Life History of Ann Elizabeth
When Ann Elizabeth Franklin was born on 17 November 1834, in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States, her father, David B. Franklin, was 23 and her mother, Frances James Lipscombe, was 22. She married Alexander Boisseau Archer on 8 May 1852, in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Richmond, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Fife Family Cemetery, Albemarle, Virginia, United States in 1900. She died on 21 June 1913, in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, United States.
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- A E Archer in household of W T Vandegrift, "United States Census, 1900"
- A. E., "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- Anna Elizabeth Franklin Archer, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1842
The City of Richmond was officially part of Henrico County until 1842, when it became a fully independent city.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
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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