Frances Critchley Leland

Brief Life History of Frances Critchley

When Frances Critchley Leland was born on 23 June 1894, in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Francis Barker Leland, was 23 and her mother, Clara Sophia Critchley, was 26. She married Willard Edgar Gordon on 11 June 1921, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1900. She died in 1967, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 73.

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Willard Edgar Gordon
1897–
Frances Critchley Leland
1894–1967
Marriage: 11 June 1921
Ruth Louisette Gordon
1923–1990

Sources (11)

  • Frances L Gordon in household of Willard E Gordon, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Frances C. Leland, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Frances C Leland in entry for Willard E Gordon, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

Perhaps a shortened form of Scottish or Irish McClellan or McLelland , but geographical distribution in England suggests it may have an unexplained English origin.

Norwegian: habitational name from the name of several farms, especially in Agder, a compound of le ‘barway, gate’ and land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.

Americanized form of Norwegian Liland: compound of li ‘hillside, mountainside’ and land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.

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

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