Brief Life History of Chance Frank
When Chance Frank Funk was born on 19 June 1873, in Welborn, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States, his father, Cyrus B. Funk, was 31 and his mother, Anna Catherine Hollinger, was 31. He married Josephine David on 3 June 1902, in Jackson, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1910. He died on 5 March 1929, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Mount Washington, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States.
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- Chance Funk in household of Cyrus Funk, "United States Census, 1880"
- Chance Frank Funk, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Chance F Funk, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
German: nickname for a blacksmith, or for a small and lively or irritable individual, from Middle High German vunke ‘spark’. This surname is also found Poland, Czechia, Sweden, Denmark, France (Alsace and Lorraine), and the Netherlands.
English: from Middle English funke, fonke, founck ‘spark of fire’, with the same meaning as 1 above.
History: Between 1709 and 1772 nine families bearing this name immigrated to America. See also Funck .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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