Frank Walter McGinnis

Brief Life History of Frank Walter

When Frank Walter McGinnis was born on 21 September 1886, in Fowler, Meade, Kansas, United States, his father, Hume L McGinnis, was 29 and his mother, Ellen Norman, was 23. He married Tirzah Hur Ulrey on 26 April 1915. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Long Beach Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940 and Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. He died on 7 June 1957, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Walter McGinnis
1886–1957
Tirzah Hur Ulrey
1892–1981
Marriage: 26 April 1915
Richard Eugene McGinnis
1917–1999
Lois Belle McGinnis
1919–1997

Sources (16)

  • Frank W McGinnis, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Frank W Mc Ginnis, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Frank Walter Mcginniss, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Aonghuis or Mag Aonghusa ‘son of Aonghus’ (see Angus ). This is the surname of a chieftain family in western County Down. Compare the Scottish form McInnis , and the variant McNeese . Compare also McGuinness .

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

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