Frank Albert Tanner

Brief Life History of Frank Albert

When Frank Albert Tanner was born on 29 July 1896, in Johnson, Texas, United States, his father, William Marion Tanner, was 44 and his mother, Anna Virginia Phillips, was 33. He married Bertha Zelma Oates in June 1927, in Wichita, Texas, United States. He lived in Haskell Township, Tillman, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 29 March 1963, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Haskell, Haskell, Texas, United States.

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Frank Albert Tanner
1896–1963
Bertha Zelma Oates
1901–1997
Marriage: June 1927

Sources (16)

  • Frank Tanner, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Frank Tanner, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
  • Frank Tanner, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"

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World Events (8)

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.

1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."

1914 · Steamboat Service Established with New York

Satilla was the first Deepwater Steamship to arrive at the port of Houston. This accomplishment successfully established a steamboat service between Houston and New York City.

Name Meaning

English (southern) and Dutch: occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.

German: topographic name from Middle High German tan ‘woods, pine forest’ for someone who lived near such terrain.

German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains, Bavaria, East Prussia, Switzerland) or Tann (Hesse, Bavaria), Thann (Bavaria, Austria, Alsace), Tannen (southern Germany, Switzerland), Thannen (Bavaria).

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

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