Josephine Helene (Franks) Lederer (1906 - 2007)

Born 30 Nov 1906 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Julius Glaser — married about 2 Jan 1927 (to 11 Sep 1954) in Cook, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Oct 2007 at age 100 in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Josephine (Franks) Lederer has Jewish Roots.

Josephine (Franks) Lederer has Welsh ancestors.

Josephine (Franks) Lederer has German Roots.

Josephine Helene Franks was born in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, 30 Nov 1906. She was the daughter of English immigrant, Jacob Franks, and Florance "Flora" Griesheimer, the first of their three children born between 1906 and 1909.^[1][2]

Josephine lived in Illinois.

• 1910-1920: Josephine Franks in the household of her parents, Jacob Franks, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.^[3][4]

World War 1, 28 Jul 1914 - 11 Nov 1918 killed 14 million

Spanish flu, 1918 killed 17-50 million worldwide

• 1924: Murder of 17-year-old Josephine's 14-year-old brother, Robert Emanuel “Bobby” Franks, 21 May 1924.^[5]
• 1928:
  • Marriage of 31-year-old Richard J Glaser and 21-year-old Josephine H Franks, 02 Jan 1928, Cook, Illinois, United States.^[6] They eloped on Jan 1st, and then were "legally" married the following day.^[7] They were the parents of:
  1. Joyce, 1930-2021
  2. Janice, 1933-2014
  3. Jill Florence, 1936-2015
  • Death of Josephine's father, 19 Apr 1928.^[8]

Wall Street Crash, 1929

• 1930: Josephine F Glaser in the household of Richard J Glaser, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.^[9]

The Great Depression, 1929 to 1939

• 1933: Marriage of Josephine's mother to Albert S Louer, 25 Mar 1933.^[10]
• 1937: Death of Josephine's mother, Flora Griesheimer Louer, 15 Jun 1937.^[11]
• 1938: Death of Josephine's 30-year-old brother, Jack M. Franks, 11 Jul 1938.^[12]

World War 2, 1 Sep 1939 - 14 Aug 1945 killed 70-85 million

• 1940-1950: Josephine Glaser in the household of Richard Glaser, Glencoe, Cook, Illinois, United States.^[13][14]

Cold War, 12 Mar 1947 - 26 Dec 1991

Korean War, 25 Jun 1950 - 27 Jul 1953

• 1954: Widowed: Death of 59-year-old Richard J Glaser, 11 Sep 1954.^[15]

Vietnam War 1 Nov 1955 - 30 Apr 1975

• c. 1973: Josephine married Carl Lederer.^[2]
• 1980: Widowed: Death of Carl Lederer, 10 Dec 1980.^[16]

Gulf War, 17 Jan 1991 - 2 Feb 1991

War in Afghanistan, 11 Sep 2001 - 30 Aug 2021 killed 176,000

Josephine died in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois, United States, 20 Oct 2007.

• Josephine Franks Glaser Lederer (30 Nov 1906–20 Oct 2007), Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.^[17]

Sources

1. ↑ Geni
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Cari Ebert Starosta - first hand knowledge
3. ↑ United States Census, 1910
4. ↑ United States Census, 1920
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #4578: Robert Emanuel “Bobby” Franks
6. ↑ Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1928
7. ↑ As told to Cari Ebert Starosta by Josephine
8. ↑ Death of Jacob Franks
9. ↑ United States Census, 1930
10. ↑ Marriage of Flora Franks to Albert Louer
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #83709608: Flora Griesheimer Louer
12. ↑ Death of Jack Franks
13. ↑ United States Census, 1940
14. ↑ United States Census, 1950
15. ↑ Death of Richard J Glaser
16. ↑ Death of Carl Lederer
17. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #60946644