Brief Life History of Franklin Richards
When Franklin Richards Gardner was born on 23 July 1888, in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Archibald Gardner, was 73 and his mother, Sidse Marie Hansen, was 38. He married Leone Angelia Rich on 8 June 1916, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Lincoln, Wyoming, United States in 1950. He died on 4 June 1972, in Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Afton Cemetery, Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States.
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- Gardner, "United States 1950 Census"
- Frank R. Gardner, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Franklin Richards Gardner, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1890
Idaho is the 43rd state.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1910
Self-governing Union of South Africa established within British Commonwealth.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name from Middle English gardener ‘gardener’, Old French gardinier, jardinier.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Gärtner or Gartner and French Desjardins .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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