Francis Richard Gratton

Male7 October 1929–31 July 2012

Brief Life History of Francis Richard

When Francis Richard Gratton was born on 7 October 1929, in East Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, his father, Francis Blake Gratton, was 25 and his mother, Hazel Estelle Warren, was 20. He married Janice Wood on 1 September 1951, in Perinton, Monroe, New York, United States. He lived in Lima, Lima, Livingston, New York, United States in 1930 and West Covina, Los Angeles, California, United States in 2012. He died on 31 July 2012, in South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado, California, United States, at the age of 82.

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Francis Richard Gratton
1929–2012
Janice Wood
1930–2015
Marriage: 1 September 1951

Sources (5)

  • Francis Gratton in household of Francis Gratton, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Richard Gratton, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
  • Frances R Gratton in household of Frances B Gratton, "United States Census, 1940"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 September 1951Perinton, Monroe, New York, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1931

    Age 2

    The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

    1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary

    Age 5

    Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963. 

    1951 · The Twenty-Second Amendment

    Age 22

    Before the Twenty-second Amendment, the Presidency didn’t have a set number limit on how many times they could be elected or re-elected to the office of President of the United States. The Amendment sets that limit to two times, consecutively or not, and sets additional conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Fernand, Adelard, Armand, Aurore, Emile, Gaston, Gilles, Julien, Monique, Normand, Remi.

    English (Derbyshire and Staffordshire): habitational name from any of various places so named. Gratton in Derbyshire is from Old English grēat ‘great’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. Gratton in High Bray, Devon, is probably ‘great hill’, from Old English grēat + dūn. A number of minor places in Devon are named from the dialect word gratton, gratten ‘stubble-field’.

    French (mainly Vendée): from gratton, a noun derivative of the verb gratter ‘to scrape’, denoting a dish prepared from melted pork, goose or duck fat (ham) scraped from the bottom of the pot, probably applied as a nickname for a cook.

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

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