Francis Marian Twidwell

Male7 September 1851–10 June 1933

Brief Life History of Francis Marian

When Francis Marian Twidwell was born on 7 September 1851, in Lamoine Township, McDonough, Illinois, United States, his father, John Thomas Twidwell, was 33 and his mother, Henrietta Elizabeth Shelton, was 29. He married Caroline Lacretia Marvin on 18 April 1875. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Tennessee, McDonough, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 10 June 1933, in Lamoine Township, McDonough, Illinois, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Birmingham, Schuyler, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Francis Marian Twidwell
1851–1933
Caroline Lacretia Marvin
1856–1937
Marriage: 18 April 1875
Maude Gertrude Twidwell
1878–1958
Charles Nelson Twidwell
1886–1967
Nora Belle Twidwell
1889–1966

Sources (11)

  • G F M Twidwell in household of John Twidwell, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Francis Marion Twidwell, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Francis Marion Twidwell, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 April 1875
  • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1856

    Age 5

    Historical Boundaries: 1856: McDonough, Illinois, United States

    1863

    Age 12

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 24

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    Possibly English: habitational name, possibly from Twydall in Kent, named from Old English twī ‘two’ + dāl ‘portion of land’. This surname is not found in current English sources.

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

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