William
Frans
Born in Meade County, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Tazwell Frans
and Rhuanna (Hardin) Frans
Brother of
Sarah E. (Frans) Boone, Robert Hardin Frans, Katheryn Frans, Emaline (Frans) Cogdil, Susan Belle (Frans) Parr, Martha Frans, Nancy (Frans) Kirkman, John Mattison Frans, Benjamin R. Frans, Missouri Ellen Frans, Steve Hardin Frans and Taswell Frans
Husband of
Rebecca (Spiers) Frans
— married
8 May 1851 in Agency, Buchanan, Missouri
Descendants 
Father of
Augustus Spiers Frans, Robert Hardin Frans, Charles William Frans, Florida Frances (Frans) Sans, Rosan Dekker (Frans) Cogdill, Isabelle (Frans) Thomas, Elizabeth Hardin (Frans) Hutchinson, Lavina Jane (Frans) Wolfe, Colmore Rogers Frans, Harry Maupen Frans and Emma Clara (Frans) Cross
Died
at age 81
in Union, Cass, Nebraska, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Feb 2011
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Biography
Find A Grave Memorial
William Frans left his native state (Kentucky) at the age of 14, going with his parents to Buchanan county, Mo., where he grew up to manhood and was married to Miss Rebecca Spiers. They resided in Missouri until 1851, when they removed to Fremont county, Iowa, and in 1854 they crossed the Missouri river and settled at the town of Rock Bluffs, in this county, he being engaged in freighting across the plains to Denver. In 1862 they went back to Missouri, and in 1883 returned to this county, locating at Factoryville (at that time a small town two miles southwest of here) and engaged in the mercantile business in partnership with his son Robert H. Frans. When the town of Union was established in 1887, they moved their store and families to this place and resided here ever after. William Frans retired from business about ten years ago.
The deceased and his wife were the parents of eleven children, all of whom are living.
Sources
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV7-6WTV : 13 December 2015), William Frans, 1912; Burial, Union, Cass, Nebraska, United States of America, West Union Cemetery; citing record ID 9001696, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLWT-9LT : accessed 1 October 2017), William Frans, Liberty, Cass, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 2A, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 840; FHL microfilm 1,374,853.
- William Frans on Find A Grave: Memorial #9001696 Retrieved 11:54, 30 September 2017 (EDT).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
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