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Cruthers Irvin Frantz (1866 - 1953)

Cruthers Irvin "Quinn" Frantz
Born in Duncanno, Perry Co, PAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 16 Jan 1916 in Los Angeles, CAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 87 in Los Angeles, California, United Statesmap
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Contents

Biography

This profile is part of the Frantz Name Study.

(Bold references: [1] indicate primary/reliable sources. All other source links are for research only.)

Name

Birth

NOTE: These two counties are a part of a three county metropolitan statistical area, known as the greater Harrisburg–Carlisle area, (Cumberland Co., Dauphin Co., and Perry Co). So both of these locations are technically correct, The town Duncanno, just across the Susquehanna river and upstream a few miles from the city of Harrisburg, would be his specific place of birth, as it was the most specific claim. [3]

Parents

Pre-marriage

  • 1870: Lived in Petersburgh Borough, (Post office: Duncannon), PA at age 8 (should have been age 4 based on all other sources). He lived with: [21]
    1. Father, John FRANTZ , age 33, worked as a carpenter with $800 estate
    2. Mother, Matilda FLICKINGER, age 32
    3. Brother, William FRANTZ, age 10
  • 1880: Lived in Newport, Perry, PA at age 14, of Pennsylvania. (Worked as a laborer). He lived with: [14]
    1. Father, John FRANTZ, age 43, of Pennsylvania. (Worked as a carpenter)
    2. Mother, Matilda C. FRANTZ, age 41 of Pennsylvania
    3. Brother, William S. FRANTZ, age 19 of Pennsylvania. (Worked as a stone cutter)
    4. Brother, Charles R. FRANTZ, age 9 of Pennsylvania

1st Marriage

Children

  1. Daughter, Vista FRANTZ, (1891—1893 at age 3) [16]
  2. Son, Irvin (Bud) Otis FRANTZ, (11 Nov 1893, Harrisburg, PA—3 Oct 1969, Long Beach, CA) [23][15][10][18][16]
  3. Son, Chester M. (or Ira) FRANTZ, (27 Sep 1895, Harrisburg, PA—?) [23][15][18][16]
  4. Son, Paul A. FRANTZ, (21 Oct 1897, Harrisburg, PA—9 Feb 1987, San Diego, CA) [3][23][15][18][16]

Post-1st marriage

  1. Wife, Annie FRANTZ, age 34 (Apr 1866) of Pennsylvania
  2. Son, Irwin O. FRANTZ, age 7 (6 month? 1893) of Pennsylvania
  3. Son, Chester M. FRANTZ, age 5 (4 Sept 1895) of Pennsylvania
  4. Paul A. FRANTZ , age 3 (2 Oct 1897) of Pennsylvania
5-8. Plus 4 borders (2 young married couples)
  • ????1903: Lived in San Francisco Co., CA [24]
  • 1904-05: Cruthers I. FRANTZ lived at 116 N RIo, Los Angelas, CA. He worked as a laborer at C Ganahi Lumber Co., [4]
  • 1906-07: Cruthers I. FRANTZ lived at 116 N RIo, Los Angelas, CA. He worked as a brakeman for the Southern Pacific railroad. [5]
  1. Wife, Annie E. FRANTZ, age 43 of Pennsylvania
  2. Son, Irwin O. FRANTZ, age 16 of Pennsylvania, (Worked as a pattern maker in a pattern shop)
  3. Son, Chester R. FRANTZ, age 14 of Pennsylvania, (worked as a checker in a department store)
  4. Son, Paul A. FRANTZ, age 12 of Pennsylvania,
(There was another child, no longer living).

2nd Marriage

  • Spouse #2: Bessie Alds OLDS, (DOLLIS) (FRANTZ), (1878—29 Sep 1934, Los Angeles, CA), She was aged 38 of New York, daughter of Benjamin OLDS (of Canada) and Jeane M. HARD (of Ohio). She lived in Long Beach, CA and was widowed. [6][7][9][16]
  • 2nd Marriage Date: 16 Jan 1916 (at age 49) [6]
  • 2nd Marriage Place: Los Angeles, CA. Married by Hugh WALKER, pastor of 1st Presbyterian Church [6]

Post-2nd marriage

  • 1916: Lived in Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA at time of 2nd marriage. Worked as a laborer [6]
  • 1920: Lived in Compton, Los Angeles, CA at age 53. Owned his own home, mortgage free. Worked as a laborer for the shipyard. He lived with:
  1. Wife, Bessie O. FRANTZ, age 42 of NY
  2. Border, Betsy A. THOMPSON, age 69 of NY [7]
  • 1930: Lived in 525 S. Bonnie Beach Pl, Belvadere, Montebellio, Los Angeles, CA at age 64. They owned their own home (worth $1500) and a radio.They both could read and write. He lived with:<
  1. Wife, Bessie O. FRANTZ. at age 53 of NY.[8]
  • 1940: Lived in 307 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, District 10, CA at age 73, widowed. He lived with 7 unrelated borders. Highest grade achieved: 5th. [17]
  • Occupation: Railroad [18]
  • 1942: Registered on 28 Oct. in Dauphin PA, the Delayed Birth Cert. of his son, Paul A. FRANTZ who would have been 45 at the time, Cruthers was unemployed at age 76 and lived at 675 Valencia St, Los Angeles, CA. Paul lived separate from him at 5601 E. Vis San Delarro, Los Angeles, CA. He apparently had moved to California just before the death of his 1st wife in 1914 when he was 48 years old and then married his 2nd wife. The Certificate was sighed by both Paul and Cruthers. Why Paul needed his birth cert. is unknown. [3]
  • 1950: A Cruthers T. FRANTZ, age 85 of PA and widowed, was a patient at Bay Shore Sanitorium, Manhattan Ave., Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, CA. [11]

Death

  • Death Date: 25 Oct 1953 at age 66 [12] He was living with his oldest son, Irvin O. FRANTZ at at 2201 S. Artesia St, Long Beach, CA but spent almost 2 months at County Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, Los Angeles, CA. before his death from pulmonary edema. [12]
  • Alternate Death Date: 4 Oct 1953 [13]
  • Death Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA [12][13][18]
  • Burial Place: Long Beach Municipal Cemetery on 28 Oct. 1953 [12]

Racial Makeup

Calculated based on known family tree [25]

  • ~50% German (46.875%)
  • ~25% English (12,5% English, 15.5% Irish)
  • ~25% Misc. (12.5% Swiss, 15,625% Dutch)

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1899/MarriageApplic/Jacob "Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29M-69GQ : Tue Oct 24 05:47:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Cruthers I France and Susanna E Jacobs, 28 Jul 1899.
    ALSO: "Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29M-692V : Tue Oct 24 06:57:48 UTC 2023), Entry for Cruthers I France and Susanna E Jacobs, 28 Jul 1899.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 MarriageIndex/Curthers "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJKS-GMW : 4 November 2017), Cruthers I Frantz and Jacobs, 1899; citing license number 115333, Clerk of the Orphan's Court. City Hall.
    ALSO: "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJ25-T5Z : 4 November 2017), Frantz and Susanna E Jacobs, 1899; citing license number 115333, Clerk of the Orphan's Court. City Hall.
    ALSO: "Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29M-69PR : 2 May 2023), Cruthers I Frantz and Susanna E Jacobs, 28 Jul 1899; citing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, Register of Wills Offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,276,639.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Birth/Paul "Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8771-6ZPZ : Wed Aug 16 15:41:14 UTC 2023), Entry for Paul A Frantz and Cruthers Irvin Frantz, 21 Oct 1897.
    ALSO: "Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8771-6Z6Z : Fri Oct 06 15:55:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Paul A Frantz and Cruthers Irvin Frantz, 21 Oct 1897.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Business Dir #1/Cruthers—1904-1905 "United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6MMN-H3N2 : 9 January 2022), Cruthers I. Frantz, 1904-1905.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Business Dir #2/Cruthers—1906-06 "United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68XB-VSYG : 15 February 2022), Cruthers I Frantz, 1906-1907.
  6. 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 Marriage/Cruthers#2 "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8ZY-4HN : 8 December 2017), Cruthers I Frantz and Bessie Olds Dollis, 16 Jan 1916; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,122.
    ALSO: "California Marriages, 1850-1945", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:41Z3-VPMM : 24 March 2020), Cruthers I. Frantz, 1916.
    ALSO: "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLHF-3Q7 : 17 August 2022), Cruthers I Frantz and Bessie Olds Dollis, 1916.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 1920 Census "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQ4-SJL : accessed 24 March 2018), Cruthers I Frantz, Compton, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 41, sheet 5A, line 4, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 103; FHL microfilm 1,820,103.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 1930 Census "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC8V-H2B : accessed 24 March 2018), Cruthers Frantz, Montebello, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1173, sheet 15A, line 44, family 400, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 167; FHL microfilm 2,339,902.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Death/Bessie "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4X-ZDJF : 1 March 2021), Cruthers Frantz in entry for Bessie Frantz, 1934.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Marriage/Irvin "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8FX-J4R : 8 December 2017), Cruthers I Frantz in entry for Irvin O Frantz and Adelene Averill, 13 Jan 1935; citing Orange, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,051,134.
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 1950 US Census "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XGS-H1TN : Thu Oct 05 10:43:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Christine Anderson and Gertrude F Boone, 1 April 1950.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 DeathCert/Cruthers "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG5W-14FW : 22 August 2018), Cruthers Irvin Frantz, 1953.
    ALSO: "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP7K-HPK : 26 November 2014), Cruthers Irvin Frantz, 25 Oct 1953; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento. ALSO: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5180&h=2448231&ssrc=pt&tid=28508875&pid=12054982233&usePUB=true
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 DeathCert2/Cruthers "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG66-NTSR : 22 August 2018), Cruthers Irvin Frantz, 1953.
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 1880 Census "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWN1-22B : 16 July 2017), Crithers I Frantz in household of John Frantz, Newport, Perry, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 120, sheet 95C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1165; FHL microfilm 1,255,165.
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 1910 US Census "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGWY-BZC : accessed 24 March 2018), Corothers I Frantz, Pittsburgh Ward 21, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 575, sheet 5A, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1307; FHL microfilm 1,375,320.
  16. 16.00 16.01 16.02 16.03 16.04 16.05 16.06 16.07 16.08 16.09 16.10 16.11 16.12 16.13 16.14 16.15 16.16 16.17 16.18 16.19 familysearch/KZKF-HHP https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KZKF-HHP
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 1940 Census "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CW-JWR : accessed 24 March 2018), Crothers I Frantz, Councilmanic District 10, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-792, sheet 8B, line 53, family 260, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 391.
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 18.8 18.9 Family geneology sheets recorded by unknown. Received by Marjorie COOK (FRANTZ). Held in personal archive of of David FRANTZ
  19. John Frantz Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 9 June 2020), memorial page for John Frantz (31 Mar 1837–28 May 1898), Find A Grave: Memorial #47986980, citing Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Dennis Brandt (contributor 47232334) .
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 worldconnect/Kohler https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=raykohler&id=I22579
  21. 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 1870 Census "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZG1-978 : 12 April 2016), John Frantz, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 299, family 49, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,885.
  22. familysearch/ark/MRJV-2D2 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MRJV-2D2
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 1900 US Census "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3SH-D5W : accessed 16 January 2017), Quin C. Frantz, Steeltown borough Ward 3, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 102, sheet 10B, family 190, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,403.
  24. Flickinger Families of the United States by Rev. Robert Flickinger, Success Composition and Printing. Des Moines, Iowa, 1927, Page: 211
  25. Personal knowledge of David Frantz

Other Family Trees

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  • familysearch (My Tree): [1] (20+ ancestors, 3 descendants)
  • worldconnect/Kohler: [2] (8 ancestors—mostly FLICKINGER tree, 0 descendants)
  • ancestry.com: [3]




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