Harry Lewis Fraker

12 June 1915–24 January 1945 (Age 29)
Vincennes, Vincennes Township, Knox, Indiana, United States

The Life Summary of Harry Lewis

Harry Lewis Fraker was born on 12 June 1915, in Vincennes, Vincennes Township, Knox, Indiana, United States as the son of Robert Fraker and Flossie Stanett. He married Myra Evelyn Pickering in 1941, in Indiana, United States. He lived in Vincennes Township, Knox, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 24 January 1945, in Luzon, Pangasinan, Philippines, at the age of 29, and was buried in Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila, Philippines.

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Family Time Line

Harry Lewis Fraker
1915–1945
Myra Evelyn Pickering
1917–1983
Marriage: 1941

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1941Indiana, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    World Events (8)

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
    Age 1
    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
    1917
    Age 2
    U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
    1927
    Age 12
    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    Name Meaning

    Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor whomade dress coats, from Yiddish frak ‘dress coat’ + the agentsuffix -er.

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

    Sources (7)

    • Harry Fraker in household of Flossie Fraker, "United States Census, 1940"
    • Henry Louis Fraker, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
    • Harry L Fraker in household of Flossie M Jackson, "United States Census, 1930"

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