Frances Ida Durk (1900–1992) • FamilySearch

Frances Ida Durk

7 June 1900–27 January 1992 (Age 91)
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

The Life of Frances Ida

Frances Ida Durk was born on 7 June 1900, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States as the daughter of Fred Durk and Madalin Schidlyen. She married Willard Basil Waugh on 3 October 1918, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Detroit Ward 21, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920. She died on 27 January 1992, in Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Willard Basil Waugh

1898–

Frances Ida Durk

1900–1992

Marriage: 3 October 1918

Basil Francis Waugh

1919–2013

Vivien Waugh

1921–

Fredrick Waugh

1923–

Harold Waugh

1926–

Mildred Waugh

1929–

Frederick Waugh

1923–

Harold Waugh

1925–1963

Mildred Waugh

1929–

June Ann Salyer

1935–2003

Spouse and Children

Willard Basil Waugh

Male1898–Male

Frances Ida Durk

Female1900–1992Female

MARRIAGE
3 October 1918
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

children

(9)

Basil Francis Waugh

Male1919–2013Male

Vivien Waugh

Female1921–Female

Frederick Waugh

Male1923–Male

Fredrick Waugh

Male1923–Male

Harold Waugh

Male1925–1963Male

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Parents and Siblings

Fred Durk

Male–Male

Madalin Schidlyen

Female–Female

siblings

(1)

Frances Ida Durk

Female1900–1992Female

World Events (8)

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

Age 1

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

1904 · Belle Isle Aquarium

Age 4

The Belle Isle Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Belle Isle Park in Detroit. It opened on August 18, 1904, and was the oldest continually operating public aquarium in North America when it closed on April 3, 2005. The aquarium reopened to the public on August 18, 2012, and is now run entirely by volunteers

1927

Age 27

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Durk

Frances

Ida

1 English: variant of Dark .2 German (Dürk): variant of Türk ‘Turk’, a nickname for a wild or unruly person, or sometimes for a prisoner of war (from the Turkish Wars).3 German: possibly a variant of Dirk .

Possible Related Names

Dark

Dirk

Sources (3)

Francis Waugh in household of Basil Waugh, "United States Census, 1930"
Frances I Waugh in household of Basil W Waugh, "United States Census, 1920"
Frances Durk in entry for Sheridan Dashner and Vivian Waugh, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"

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