Franklin

Brief Life History of Franklin

When Franklin was born on 12 May 1928, in Cleveland, Emery, Utah, United States, his father, John Roy Franklin, was 34 and his mother, Ada Shurtz, was 24. He died on 12 May 1928, in his hometown, at the age of 0.

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Family Time Line

John Roy Franklin
1894–1949
Ada Shurtz
1904–1984
Sarah Jane Franklin
1923–2008
boy Franklin
1925–1925
Mary Franklin
1926–1926
Ethel Franklin
1927–1927
Franklin
1928–1928
Leona Mae Franklin
1929–2019
Bessie Laraine Franklin
1936–2023
Lara Lu Franklin
1941–2019

Sources (1)

  • Infant Franklin, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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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