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Gordon Benjamin Franklin 1920 – 1995 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Aug 1920

Birth Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 15 Jan 1995

Death Location: Portsmouth, Portsmouth City, Virginia, USA

Father: Gordon Franklin

Mother: Doris Taplin

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The story of Gordon Benjamin Franklin began in 1920 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA. Gordon Benjamin Franklin passed away in 1995 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth City, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Gordon Benjamin Franklin began in 1920 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Gordon Benjamin Franklin passed away in 1995 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth City, Virginia, USA.

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Gordon Franklin's Ancestors

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Gordon Franklin
1920 – 1995
Birth Place: Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Gordon Benjamin Franklin
1898 – 1973
Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Doris Taplin
1903 – 1981
Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
Grandparents
Gordon Franklin
1868 – 1942
Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario, Canada
Amy (Estella) Meany
1871 – 1959
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Alden (Burt) Taplin
1861 – 1957
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Florence (Hazel) Gerald
1879 – 1960
Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Joseph Franklin
1813 – 1892
Mary Gordon
1824 – 1906
John Meaney
1836 – 1912
Mary Kidney
1844 –
Horace Taplin
1825 – 1889
Comfort Titton
1825 – 1907
Bradbury Gerald
1849 – 1905
Georgia Russell
1858 – 1920
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Franklin
1793 –
Elizabeth Reading
1789 – 1878
John Taplin
1791 – 1859
Susan Taplin
1793 – 1861
John Gerald
1815 – 1884
Martha Osborn
1816 – 1904

Gordon Franklin's Timeline

2 Records

1920
17 Aug 1920
Birth of Gordon Benjamin Franklin in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
1995
15 Jan 1995
Age 75
Death of Gordon Benjamin Franklin in Portsmouth, Portsmouth City, Virginia, USA
Portsmouth, Portsmouth City, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Aug 1920
    Event Place: Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Jan 1995
    Event Place: Portsmouth, Portsmouth City, Virginia, USA

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