Brief Life History of John Frank
When John Frank Browning was born on 10 November 1905, in Helena, Telfair, Georgia, United States, his father, John Tucker Browning, was 28 and his mother, Clara Lee Coleman, was 21. He married Cordella Winn Jones on 11 January 1928, in Liberty, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in District 15, Liberty, Georgia, United States in 1940 and Gainesville, Hall, Georgia, United States in 1999. He died in November 1978, in Riceboro, Liberty, Georgia, United States, at the age of 73.
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- John F Browning, "United States Census, 1940"
- Frank Browning in entry for Cordella Jones Browning, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
- John F Browning, "United States Census, 1940"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1906 · The Atlanta Race Riot
The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 occurred on the evening of September 22 through September 24. A newspaper reported the rapes of four white women by African American men. Fueled by pre-existing racial tensions, these reports enraged white men who then arranged gangs to attack African American men. Over the next few days, several thousand white men joined in and in the end, 26 people were killed and many were injured.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Brouning (Old English Brūning), a derivative of the byname Brūn (see Brown ).
History: This name was brought independently to North America from England by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. William Browning was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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