Brief Life History of Ann Frances
When Ann Frances Plank was born on 29 October 1917, in Ogden, Upper Chichester Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Charles Plank, was 22 and her mother, Anna Hester Donoho, was 20. She married Howard Burns Folck on 5 June 1938, in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Auburn, Placer, California, United States in 1935 and Grass Valley Judicial Township, Nevada, California, United States in 1940. She died on 5 May 2005, in Madera, Madera, California, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Arbor Vitae Cemetery, Madera, Madera, California, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Anna F Plank in household of William H Woody, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Anna Plank - Government record: birth-name: Anna Plank
- Ann Frances Plank Pash, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1939 · Nylon Plant in Seaford
In 1939, DuPont opened a nylon plant in Seaford, Delaware. The idea came when in 1935, Dr. Wallace discovered a synthetic fiber.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (Wiltshire and London): from Middle English plank(e), plaunke ‘plank, stiff board; footbridge’ (from Late Latin planca). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived by a footbridge, or it may refer to their appearance or occupation, such as a tall, thin person or a carpenter.
North German: nickname for a cantankerous person, from Middle Low German plank ‘quarrel, discord’.
North German: metonymic occupational name from Middle Low German plank ‘measure for liquids’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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