Brief Life History of Franklyn Oliver
When Franklyn Oliver Dunbar was born on 3 December 1903, in Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States, his father, Edwin Pearce Dunbar, was 27 and his mother, Katheryn Uhrich Collins, was 26. He had at least 1 son with Adeline Dorothy Victor. He lived in Alhambra, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 15 years and San Gabriel Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 22 November 1960, in San Jacinto, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 56.
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Sources (6)
- Frank Dunbar, "United States Census, 1940"
- Frank O Dunbar, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
- Franklyn Oliver Dunbar in entry for Franklyn Victor Dunbar, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Dunbar, a place on the North Sea coast near Edinburgh, named with Gaelic dùn ‘fort’ + barr ‘top, summit’.
History: A family of this name were granted the lands of Dunbar by Malcolm III (1058–1093), and later acquired the earldoms of Dunbar and March. These earldoms were then withdrawn from the family by James I in 1434.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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