Brief Life History of Frances Elizabeth ‘Fanny’
When Frances Elizabeth ‘Fanny’ Vaughan was born in December 1885, in Connecticut, United States, her father, Cornelius Joseph Vaughan, was 26 and her mother, Catherine A. Clibborn, was 27. She married William Fulton Emerson on 5 July 1911, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in New London, Connecticut, United States in 1920 and Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States for about 10 years.
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- Frances E Emerson in household of William F Emerson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Frances E. Vaughan, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
- Frances Vaughan in entry for Jane Emerson Medbery, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1913 · The Woolworth Building Opens as the Tallest Building in the World
At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.
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
Welsh: from fychan, a lenited form of bychan, a diminutive of bach ‘little’. This was often used to distinguish the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, typically the son of a father with the same name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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