Franklin John Chamberlain

Brief Life History of Franklin John

When Franklin John Chamberlain was born on 23 August 1882, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, John Marvin Chamberlain, was 38 and his mother, Louisa Margaretta Euphemia Rawlings, was 29. He married Mae Maria Elizabeth Gwilliam on 3 June 1908, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. In 1902, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as stenographer in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 24 October 1939, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Franklin John Chamberlain
1882–1939
Mae Maria Elizabeth Gwilliam
1886–
Marriage: 3 June 1908

Sources (19)

  • Frank J. Chamberlin in household of John M. Chamberlin, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Frank J. Chamberlain, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Franklin John Chamberlain, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1890

Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English: status name from Old French chambrelain, Norman French cambrelanc, cambrelen(c) ‘chamberlain’ (of ancient Germanic origin, from kamer ‘chamber, room’, Latin camera (see Chambers ) + the diminutive suffix -(l)ing). This was originally the name of an official in charge of the private chambers of his master, but is so widespread in late medieval England that it must sometimes have been used of people of more ordinary status, perhaps as a nickname for an officious or self-important person or for someone who played the role of chamberlain in a folk play, tableau, or ceremony. Compare Chancellor for a possible similar usage.

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

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