Frank Weldon Bascom

Brief Life History of Frank Weldon

When Frank Weldon Bascom was born on 3 January 1912, in Naples, Uintah, Utah, United States, his father, John Watson Bell Bascom, was 42 and his mother, Rachel Christine Lybbert, was 36. He married Ethel Rosezella Flynt on 12 February 1937, in Columbia, Marion, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Sweet Grass, Montana, United States in 1934 and lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 1 years and World in 1960. He died on 9 July 1993, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Weldon Bascom
1912–1993
Ethel Rosezella Flynt
1922–1993
Marriage: 12 February 1937
Rachel Dolores Bascom
1938–
Gary Weldon Bascom
1949–2025

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  • Frank Weldon Bascom, "Canada Census, 1931"
  • 1912 Birth - Frank Weldon Bascom, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Mr Frank Weldon Bascom or Bascum, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"

World Events (8)

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

1919 · Oil is Discovered at Cat Creek

Located near Petroleum and Garfield counties in Montana is Cat Creek . It was here in 1919, that oil was discovered

1935 · The FBI is Established

The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

Name Meaning

English (Cornwall): habitational name from either of two places called Boscombe (in Dorset and Wiltshire), both named with Old English bors ‘spiky plant’ + cumb ‘valley’. This surname, which is rare in Britain, is also found in Guyana and in the West Indies. Compare Bascomb and Bascombe .

Possibly an altered form of French Bascon: ethnic name from Old French Bascon, denoting someone from the Basque Country.

History: The surname Bascom was first brought to North America in 1635 by Thomas Bascom (1602–82) from England, who settled in Northampton, MA. He is the ancestor of the great majority of the Bascoms in the US and is believed to be of Huguenot stock. He is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America, while the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors lists his great-grandfather, Robert Bascom (or Bascome or Bascomb or Bascombe), who reportedly fled with his son Jean from France to England c. 1537. It were two of Thomas' nephews who reportedly brought the surname Bascom or its variants to West Indies. However, proof of a French Huguenot origin for the name is difficult to substantiate.

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

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