Eliza Franklin

Brief Life History of Eliza

Eliza Franklin was born as the daughter of Ebenezer Franklin and Hanna Woodward.

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Ebenezer Franklin
1789–1855
Hanna Woodward
1792–1826
Frederic Franklin
1811–1878
Eliza Franklin
Mary Jane Franklin
1826–1904

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    Name Meaning

    English: status name from Middle English frankeleyn ‘freeman, freeholder, land-owner of free but not noble birth’ (Anglo-Norman French fraunclein). In general, he was a gentleman ranked above the main body of minor freeholders but below a knight or a member of the nobility.

    Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames, such as Frankel .

    History: The American statesman and scientist Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) was the son of Josiah Franklin, a chandler (dealer in soap and candles), who had emigrated c. 1682 from Ecton, Northamptonshire, to Boston, MA, where his son was born.

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

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