Brief Life History of William Francis
When William Francis Fanning was born on 28 April 1908, in Oswego, Oswego, New York, United States, his father, William Calvin Fanning, was 25 and his mother, Frances Shea Armstrong, was 22. He married Anita Leanore Galloway on 15 November 1930, in Oswego, Oswego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 13 August 1963, in Alexandria Bay, Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Saint Paul Catholic Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego, New York, United States.
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- William Fanning, "United States Census, 1940"
- William Francis Fanning, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- W. Francis Fanning, "Find A Grave Index"
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1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Fenning .
Irish: from Ó Fionnáin ‘descendant of Fionnán’, a diminutive of Finn (see Fannin ). It is also a variant of the name of a Norman family in Munster, otherwise called Panin (a diminutive of Pagan ), Gaelicized as Fainín. The family was located at Fanningstown, formerly Ballyfanning, Limerick. Compare Fagan 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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