Thank you again! I believe the naturalization record is what I am looking
for! You have given me the exact source I need -- the first resource I
mentioned -- would the Indiana Historical Society have that resource? Do
you just have the index - or the actual resource?
Thank you so much for your help!
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Subject: [INDAVIES] Re: John F. Franklin-Biography
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This is no relation to me..alot of my family lived in the Veale township
area ..found this on
ancestry.com..
Passenger and Immigration Lists Indes, 1500s-1900s
name John F. Franklin
years 1845-1852
place Indiana
source publication 3434
primary immigrant; Franklin, John F.
source An Index To Indiana Naturalization Records found in Various Order
Books of the Ninety-two Local Courts Prior to 1907. Indianapolis: Family
History Section, Indiana Historical Society, 1981. 172p.
page 49
Also found John F Franklin in census records of Veale township..and
marriage records...also in the 1880 census of Veale Township Daviess Co
Ind. it shows that he and both parents where born in Heshendomstot..the
other census show Prussia and Germany..
1850 Veale Township Daviess Co..he was single living in the household of
George Houtz
1860 John Franklin was 36, married b Germany.wife Laura age 16..no
children yet living Veale Twp Daviess Co Ind.
1870 John F Franklin 42, Laura 25, Joseph 7, Jane 5, Mary 3 Susan 11
months living in Veale Twp Daviess Co Ind.
1880 John F Franklin 56, b 1824, Laura b 1846 34, Joseph D b 1863, Charity
J b 1865, Mary E b 1868, Susan A b 1870, Cora L b 1878
1900 Census for Daviess Co Ind. Washington twp..shows Laura Franklin on
Meridian St. as widowed age 57 b 1842 b Ind. parents born N.C. and S. C.
having had 9 children with 6 living, also in the house is Susan A dau 30
b Aug 1879 dressmaker, Lida S dau b Aug 1882 age 17, Milliner, Harry P
Vantrees 35 b Feb 1865 son in law, bookkeeper, wife Charity J dau 1865 35,
Charles Johnson b Oct 1873 age 26, Tel. wife Cora H Johnson dau, musician,
Melba granddau age 2 months b 1900..
Marriage records for Daviess Co
Cora Willeman married Jospeh D Franklin Aug 7, 1887
Charity J Franklin married Harry P Vantrees Aug 16, 1899
Cora H Franklin m Charles A Johnson June 21, 1899
Mary E Franklin married James conlin Feb 12, 1877
Mary E Franklin married Louis G Taylor Dec 23, 1888
Susan A Franklin m Charles M Lloyd Oct 28, 1915
John F Franklin married Laura Jane Ragsdale 19, Jan 1860 Daviess Co. Ind.
they show having these children: in the 1870 census
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