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Chart #69, Grace Arvilla French, 1868
Granby, Hartford Co., CT

This chart updated by Mara French on 4/29/09. Numbers in brackets [ ] refer to the bibliography at the end of this chart. Send any corrections or additions to this chart to marafrench@mindspring.com. Revisions: 2009. Back to FFA Home Page

Introduction

When I first started numbering FFA charts, I included both male and female lines; hence, this female line of a former FFA member. I’ve decided to keep these female lines in place so as not to confuse the numbering system.

As soon as the FFA finds the parents of Grace, this chart will no longer be maintained, but continue with her parent’s chart. Hopefully, it will connect into another male chart. Grace French’s parents seem not to be found anywhere. If you find more data, please email marafrench@mindspring.com.

History

Grace Arvilla French, b. Sep 1868 in Hartford, CT, d. Granby, CT, m. Samuel Frazier in 1886, he was b. 3 Apr 1859, d. 25 Feb 1945 [1].

In the 1870 census of New Haven Ward 7, New Haven, CT, Grace French, age 2, is living with perhaps her grandparents, Horace D. French age 40 and a carpenter, and his wife Jane age 37 and a housekeeper, plus Emma L. French, age 18 and at home with Grace A. French, age 2. Horace was born in MA in 1830, and Jane, as well as the children were all born in CT.

In the 1850 census, Horace D. French would have been 20, born in 1830, but he is not listed. He is also not listed in 1860.

In the 1880 census of New Haven, CT, the Horace D. French mentioned above is listed as living with his wife Jane. He is still a carpenter, age 50, but not living with Grace French. Instead he is living with George A. French, age 13, his son, born in Nov 1867 in CT. In this census, Grace A. French would have been 12. George is listed as his son; thereby, Grace could have also been his daughter because of the closeness in age, but where was George A. in the 1870 census?

In the 1880 census of Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, Grace A. French was only 11 and listed as something other than a direct relationship, both parents were born in CT, she was a servant in the Baldwine household where Charles O. Baldwine was 38 and Sarah Baldwine was 39. There were no others living in the household.

In the 1900 census of Granby, Hartford Co., CT, Grace A. Frazier (30) is living with her husband, Samuel Frazier (41), and their children: Everet S. Frazier (12), Ina A. Frazier (9), Myrtle M. Frazier (8), and Eveline R. Frazier (almost 1). Both her parents were born in Massachusetts. They were married in 1886.

In the 1900 census of Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, George A. French is 32, born in Nov 1867, his parents were both born in CT, he m. Catherine in 1899, she is 28. In 1910, George is 42, corn in CT, it now says his father was born in MA and his mother in CT, his wife is Katherine E., and in 1910 they are living in Duluth Ward 5, St. Louis, MN, with his children: George A. French (9), Emma L. French (7), Katherine J. French (6), Phillis E. French (almost 2). In 1920 George A. French is still in MN, age 52, his father’s birth place is MA, his mother’s name is Jane and she was born in CT, and they have the same children as in 1910, except George’s mother is also living with them and her name is Jane French, age 87, b. in 1823.

Bibliography

[1] FFA member #147, Patricia A. Humphreys.