Roseanna (Goodwin) Frank (1856 - 1905)

Born 7 Apr 1856 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of William Henry Frank — married 19 Sep 1875 (to 26 Jan 1905) in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Jan 1905 at age 48 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Biography

Roseanna (Goodwin) Frank was born in Massachusetts.

Birth and Parents

Roseanna, the daughter of Michael Goodwin, was born on 7 April 1856 at Taunton, Massachusetts.

Marriages and Children

Rosanna married William Henry Frank (1847-1934), the son of Sewell Alvarado and Sarah (Skillings) Frank on 19 September 1875 at Boston, Massachusetts.^[1] They had nine children:

1. Wilburn Frank (b. 1876, MA; d. )
2. William Frank (b. 1877, MA; d. 1887)
3. Ines Frank (b. 1879, MA; d. 1887)
4. Margaret I. Frank (b. 1880, MA; d. 1887, ME)
5. Henry B. Frank (b. 1881, ME; d. 1949, Westbrook ME) m. 15 Dec 1903 at Westbrook ME, Abbie M. Stokes (1885-1951)^[2]
6. Louis Joseph Frank (b. 29 Feb 1884, ME; d. 21 Apr 1942) m. 7 Nov 1908 at Allen, IN, Gertrude Marie Kuehn (1891-)^[3]
7. Edward Augustus Frank (b. 1891, ME; d. 1972) m. 12 May 1915 at Falmouth, ME, Nellie Viola Winslow (1893-)^[4]
8. Arthur Goodwin Frank (b. 1893, ME; d. 1971) m. 15 Apr 1914 at Boston, MA, Miriam C. McPherson (1893-)
9. Ida P. Frank (b. Mar 1897, ME; d. 1917) m.

Diphtheria wrought havoc on the family in December of 1887, killing two of their children during that month. Ines, an 8 year-old daughter, caught it from William, her ten year-old brother who died about three weeks before her.

Death and Burial

Rosanna (Goodwin) Frank died on 26 January 1905 in her year, and is buried in Calvary Cemetery at South Portland, Cumberland, Maine.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915, Source Information: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/16756510:2511?ssrc=pt&tid=86385110&pid=30546259192
2. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQQ-73Z : Sun Mar 10 06:57:51 UTC 2024), Entry for Frank and Wm Henry Frank, 1903.
3. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFWD-C3M : 13 January 2020), Rosanna Goodwin in entry for Louis J. Frank, 1908.
4. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-RTC8 : Sun Mar 10 17:55:40 UTC 2024), Entry for Edward Augustus Frank and William Henry Frank, 12 May 1915.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66303056/rosanna-frank: accessed March 12, 2024), memorial page for Rosanna Goodwin Frank (7 Apr 1856–26 Jan 1905), Find a Grave Memorial ID 66303056, citing Calvary Cemetery, South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Kevin Farrar-Wallace (contributor 47290731).

Census Records

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 552; Page: 107b; Enumeration District: 579. Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/44040598:6742?ssrc=pt&tid=86385110&pid=30546259192

• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLF-WJM : Wed Mar 06 11:40:50 UTC 2024), Entry for William H Frank and Rosanna Frank, 1900.

Acknowledgements

• Biography written in full with inline sourcing, connected to son and photo added following further research by Carol Baldwin on 12 March 2024.