Brief Life History of Derrel Milton
When Derrel Milton Francis was born on 31 July 1923, in Rutledge, Scotland, Missouri, United States, his father, William Preston Francis, was 25 and his mother, Lotti Ethel Tull, was 22. He lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1950. He died on 1 December 2003, in Vacaville, Solano, California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Alpine Cemetery, Alpine, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Derrel M Francis, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Derrel Milton Francis - Memory of Someone: birth: 31 July 1923; Rutledge, Scotland, Missouri, United States
- Derrel Milton Francis, "Illinois, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
Parents and Siblings
1897–1974 Male
1900–1992 Female
Siblings (2)
1921–1960 Female
1923–2003 Male
World Events (8)
1925 · The Goodman Theatre
Age 2
1927
Age 4
1944 · The G.I Bill
Age 21
Name Meaning
English: from the Old French personal name Franceis, modern French François, from Latin Franciscus, originally ‘Frank’, though later used to denote a Frenchman. The personal name owed much of its popularity during the Middle Ages to the fame of Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226), whose baptismal name was actually Giovanni but who was nicknamed Francisco because his father was absent in France at the time of his birth. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Italian Francesco and Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, and Croatian Franc , and also their derivatives, e.g. Croatian Francišković (see Francisco 4).
English: ethnic name from the Old French adjective Franceis ‘French’ (see 1 above).
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames, or an adoption of the non-Jewish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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