Mary Frances Axman

Brief Life History of Mary Frances

When Mary Frances Axman was born on 14 September 1923, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, her father, Edward Axman, was 51 and her mother, Amelia Riedlin, was 41. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Robert Paul Morter. She died on 14 November 2010, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, at the age of 87.

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Family Time Line

Robert Paul Morter
1917–1973
Mary Frances Axman
1923–2010
Robert Paul Morter
1942–2017
Nancy Lee Morter
1947–2014

Sources (2)

  • Mary F Axmann in household of Edward H Axmann, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Mary F Morter, "United States 1950 Census"

World Events (8)

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Herschel, Mordecai, Avi, Avrohom, Avrom, Chaim, Chana, Hyman, Moishe, Reuven.

English (London): occupational name for a seller or gatherer of beeswax, from Wax + Middle English man ‘man’. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, wax-man is an obsolete term for an officer of a trade guild who collected contributions from members for wax candles to be used in processions.

Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Wachsmann , a cognate of 1 above.

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

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