Frances L. Tomb

Brief Life History of Frances L.

When Frances L. Tomb was born on 3 March 1863, in Mendota, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, her father, Daniel David Arnold Tomb, was 29 and her mother, Agnes Peters, was 25. She married George Alexander Wilson on 24 November 1880, in Grundy, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Ophir Township, LaSalle, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 16 June 1943, in La Salle, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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George Alexander Wilson
1855–1931
Frances L. Tomb
1863–1943
Marriage: 24 November 1880
George Alexander Wilson Jr.
1881–
Arnold Jordan Wilson
1886–1975
Francis Tomb Wilson
1898–1962

Sources (24)

  • Frances Wilson in household of George A Wilson, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Francis L. Wilson, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Frankie L Tomb, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1867 · The Chicago Water Tower

The Chicago water tower was built out of Lemont limestone by William W. Boyington and was used for firefighting and also drawing clean water from Lake Michigan. The tower gained prominence after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Some believe that the tower was the only building to survive the Great Chicago Fire, but a few other buildings survived alongside the tower. The tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and how the city recovered from the fire. The tower has undergone only two renovations since 1913. 

1885 · The World's First Skyscraper

The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Thom , with excrescent -b-. Compare Tombs , Tomblin . This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.

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

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