Frank Gould
Honor Code SignatorySigned 7 Aug 2017 | 449 contributions | 12 thank-yous | 780 connections
Signed 7 Aug 2017 | 449 contributions | 12 thank-yous | 780 connections
Frank A. Gould
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Son of Harvey Gould
and Beatrice (Darden) Gould
Brother of
[private sister (1940s - unknown)] [half], Jon Gould [half], Scott Duff [half], Kenneth Duff II [half] and [private sister (1950s - unknown)]
[children unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Aug 2017
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Biography
Frank Gould was born in Orlando Regional Medical Center because there were no hospitals in Titusville where his parents lived. As he grew up in the 1960s, he witnessed dirt roads become paved with painted lines and the NASA Vertical Assembly Building appear, across the river where he lived, on Cape Canaveral properties.
Technology was also a strength for Frank. While attending Stetson University, his computer talents materialized during classes and he became a teacher's assistant. After graduation, Frank moved to Atlanta for a little over a year then found a computer programming job and moved back to Orlando, Florida.
His career in computers lasted 25 years in major corporations (i.e. NCR, AT&T, IBM) until the "Great Recession" hit the US and he was forced to retire early, at 51 years old in 2007. To certify his Project Management abilities, he passed the Project Management Professional exam giving him qualifications as a certified PMP, in 2007. After this accomplishment, Frank learned from the job placement services that there was a 20% demand with 80% supply of PMP candidates, with few of these paying for experienced Project Managers.
Up to this point in time, Frank had traveled extensively across the globe, including Europe, Scandinavia, New Zealand, Australia, Central and South America.
After losing his career, Frank went to Valencia College to transition into a motion picture career. Unfortunately, a couple years after graduating, the Florida state legislature killed the motion picture industry in the state because the Koch brothers, wealthy oligarchs, paid lobbyists to kill the tax incentive that kept the industry financed. That is, even though Florida generated a profit from the incentive, the Koch brothers wanted to monopolize the motion picture industry by shutting down all state incentives.
That left Frank without his life savings and a student loan that he could not pay because he had no income. His remaining savings from 2014 kept his family in survival mode until Social Security income started mid-2018. During this time, the local bank attempted Grand Theft Larceny with his family's safety deposit box. This required Frank to file charges against the bank to retrieve family possessions and assets.
This is a work in progress and will be periodically updated until the end.
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DNA Connections
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Frank by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- James Gould
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-M253, FTDNA kit #407198
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