Brief Life History of Nora Frank
Lieut Nora Frank Frye was born on 22 December 1903, in Goldthwaite, Mills, Texas, United States. She married Lawrence Clifton Carwile on 2 May 1927, in Decatur, Wise, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Wilbarger, Texas, United States in 1930 and Seneca Township, Oconee, South Carolina, United States in 1940. She died on 17 February 1996, in Volusia, Florida, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Level Land, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States.
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- Nora F Carwile in household of Lawrence C Carwile, "United States Census, 1940"
- Nora Frank Fry, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Nora Frances Frye Carwile, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1914 · Florida Involvement in World War I
Florida contributed to World War I in several ways. The state's open land and warm climate made for a great military training location. Additional technological and agricultural developments took place in Florida as well. Roughly 42,030 Floridians joined the troops during 1917 and 1918.
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Fry .
North German: variant of Frey .
History: Joseph Frye (1711/12–94) was a military officer from Andover, MA, where the family had long been of local prominence. In 1762, he was granted a township in ME, later named Fryeburg after him, and moved his family there. His great-great-grandson William Pierce Frye was born in Lewiston, ME, and served in Congress, first as a member of the House of Representatives and then the Senate from 1871 until his death in 1911.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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