Frank Talbert Plummer

Male22 April 1885–5 January 1971

Brief Life History of Frank Talbert

When Frank Talbert Plummer was born on 22 April 1885, in Springville, Linn, Iowa, United States, his father, Casper Michael Plummer, was 33 and his mother, Mary Alice Secrist, was 32. He married Nellie Aleda Graham on 3 December 1914, in Linn, Iowa, United States. He lived in Maine Township, Linn, Iowa, United States in 1920 and Marion Township, Linn, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 5 January 1971, in Marion, Linn, Iowa, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Linn, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Talbert Plummer
1885–1971
Nellie Aleda Graham
1889–1980
Marriage: 3 December 1914

Sources (17)

  • Frank T Blummer, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Frank T. Plummer, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Frank F. (T.) Plummer, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    3 December 1914Linn, Iowa, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1886

    Age 1

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

    Age 1

    The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

    1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

    Age 23

    Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

    Name Meaning

    English:

    occupational name for a worker in lead, especially a maker of lead pipes and conduits, from Middle English plum(b)er, plom(b)er, plummer ‘worker or dealer in lead, plumber’ (Anglo-Norman French plum(m)er, plomner).

    habitational name from Plummers in Hertfordshire, which probably derives from Middle English plo(u)me ‘plum’ + mere ‘lake, pool, pond’. The name is also established in Ireland, taken there from England in the 17th century.

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

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