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Robert Fergusson Franks 1807–1888 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Mar 1807

Birth Location: Jerpoint, Kilkenny, Ireland

Death Date: 12 Jan 1888

Death Location: Dublin South, Ireland

Father: Matthew Franks

Mother: Mary Fergusson

Spouse(s): Henrietta Bushe

Children(s): Emma Franks, Robert Capt, Charles Franks, Henrietta Franks, Mary Franks, Sydney Franks, Rosalie Franks, Sir Franks, Sir Franks

In 1807, Robert Fergusson Franks entered the world in Jerpoint, Kilkenny, Ireland, born to Matthew Franks And Mary Fergusson. Robert Fergusson Franks married Henrietta Sarah Bushe, and had children including Charles Kendal Bushe Franks, Emma Frances Franks, Henrietta Louisa Franks, Mary Charlotte Franks, Robert Norman Franks Capt, Rosalie Franks, Sir John Hamilton Franks, Sir Matthew Kendal St John Franks, Sydney Ellen Franks. Robert Fergusson Franks passed away in 1888 in Dublin South, Ireland.

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Biography

  • In 1807, Robert Fergusson Franks entered the world in Jerpoint, Kilkenny, Ireland, born to Matthew Franks And Mary Fergusson.
  • Robert Fergusson Franks married Henrietta Sarah Bushe, and had children including Charles Kendal Bushe Franks, Emma Frances Franks, Henrietta Louisa Franks, Mary Charlotte Franks, Robert Norman Franks Capt, Rosalie Franks, Sir John Hamilton Franks, Sir Matthew Kendal St John Franks, Sydney Ellen Franks.
  • Robert Fergusson Franks passed away in 1888 in Dublin South, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Matthew Franks
1768–1853
Birth Location: Ireland
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Mary Fergusson
1780–1856
Birth Location: Ireland
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Spouses(s)

Henrietta Bushe
1812–1887
Birth Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Children(s)

Emma Franks
1834–1894
Birth Location: Malta
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Robert Capt
1843–1923
Birth Location: –
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Charles Franks
1852–1905
Birth Location: Kilkenny, Ireland
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Henrietta Franks
1836–1925
Birth Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Mary Franks
1837–
Birth Location: –
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Sydney Franks
1839–1936
Birth Location: –
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Rosalie Franks
1841–1868
Birth Location: –
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Sir Franks
1851–1920
Birth Location: Jerpoint Hill, Kilkenny, Ireland
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Sir Franks
1848–1915
Birth Location: Tudor House, Dublin, Ireland
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Robert Franks's Ancestors

Self
Robert Franks
1807–1888
Birth Place: Jerpoint, Kilkenny, Ireland
Parents
Matthew Franks
1768–1853
Ireland
Mary Fergusson
1780–1856
Ireland
Grandparents
Thomas Franks
1729–1787
Catherine Day
1742–
Kerry, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Franks's Descendants

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Robert (Fergusson) Franks (22 Mar 1807–12 Jan 1888) m. Henrietta (Sarah) Bushe (1812–24 Dec 1887)
  1. 1. Emma (Frances) Franks 1834–1894
  2. 2. Robert (Norman Franks) Capt 1843–1923 m. Frances (Mary) Lucas-Calcroft 1846–1927
    1. 1. Norman (Robert) Franks 1885–1893
    2. 2. John (Ferguson) Franks 1888–1915
    3. 3. Mary (Henrietta) Franks 1883–1967
  3. 3. Charles (Kendal Bushe) Franks 1852–1905 m. Alice (Isabel Ida) Krohn –1939
  4. 4. Henrietta (Louisa) Franks 1836–1925
  5. 5. Mary (Charlotte) Franks 1837–
  6. 6. Sydney (Ellen) Franks 1839–1936
  7. 7. Rosalie Franks 1841–1868
  8. 8. Sir (Matthew Kendal St John) Franks 1851–1920 m. Gertrude (Jane Bromhead) Butt 1860–1896
    1. 1. Kendal (Ferguson Franks) Col. 1886–1944 m. Effie (Violet Hazel) Catania 1884–
    2. 2. Geraldine (Jane) Franks 1888–1949
    3. 3. Phillip (Hamilton) Franks 1890–1932 m. Oliva (Violet Justina) Kent 1889–1973
    4. 4. Ivan (Bromhead) Franks 1893–1960 m. Emmeline Beatrice 1884–1960
  9. 9. Sir (John Hamilton) Franks 1848–1915 m. Catherine Lumsden 1846–1932
    1. 1. Anne (Eleanor) Franks 1879–1960
    2. 2. Dorothea (Mary) Franks 1882–
    3. 3. James (Gordon) Franks 1875–1941 m. Marguerite ((Margaret)) FitzGibbon 1875–1938
      1. 1. John (Gerald (Jerry) Franks Air) Vice-Marshal 1905–1995
      2. 2. Alexander (Lumsden Franks) AFC 1908–1940
      3. 3. Anne (Catherine) Franks 1911–1937
    4. 4. Kathleen (Elizabeth) Franks 1879–1956
    5. 5. Rosalie (Henrietta) Franks 1877–1959
    6. 6. Robert (Fergusson) Franks 1885–1952 m. Aileen (Maude) Quinn 1887–1967
      1. 1. John (Fergusson) Franks 1914–1990 m. Dorothy (May) Cousins 1919–
      2. 2. Robert (Lumsden) Franks 1917–2016
      3. 3. Basil (Hamilton) Franks 1918–
      4. 4. Emma (Frances) Franks 1834–1894
      5. 5. Irvine (Fergusson) Franks 1927–2008

Robert Franks's Timeline

2 Records

1807
22 Mar 1807
Birth of Robert Fergusson Franks in Jerpoint, Kilkenny, Ireland
Jerpoint, Kilkenny, Ireland
1888
12 Jan 1888
Age 81
Death of Robert Fergusson Franks in Dublin South, Ireland
Dublin South, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Mar 1807
    Event Place: Jerpoint, Kilkenny, Ireland
    Record Source: Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Jan 1888
    Event Place: Dublin South, Ireland
    Record Source: Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
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