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Personal data Frank Stanford Elwood 

  • He was born on October 5, 1886 in Floyd, Floyd Co., IA.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Source: Robbie Decker
  • He died on August 22, 1972 in Grobaven Nursing Home, Forest City, Winnebago Co., IA, he was 85 years old.
  • He is buried on August 24, 1972 in Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA (Graceland Cem.).
  • This information was last updated on May 13, 2018.

Household of Frank Stanford Elwood

He is married to Mary Schaefer.

They got married on December 19, 1906 at fortasse, somewhere in IA, he was 20 years old.


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Event (Alt. Marriage) on December 19, 1908 in fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten .


Notes about Frank Stanford Elwood

Frank Stanford Elwood

Source: Author: Decker, Robbie, Title: "Frank S. Elwood," (Publication location: Buffalo Ctr., IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxix July MMXV), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149944122/frank-s.-elwood

"Photo [of stone shared with Mary Elwood] added by ROBBIE DECKER

Frank S. Elwood Birth 1886 Death 1972 (aged 85-86) Burial Graceland Cemetery Buffalo Center, Winnebago County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 149944122

Family Members
Children

Gerald Sanford Elwood* 1922-2000

*Calculated Relationship

Created by: ROBBIE DECKER Added: 29 Jul 2015 Find A Grave Memorial 149944122"

Buffalo Center [IA] Tribune, Vol. #

Pg. 9, Col. 2

"Funeral Services Held August 24 For Frank Elwood

Funeral services for Frank Stanford Elwood, 85, were held Thursday, August 24, at 2:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Buffalo Center with Rev. Edward Tschetter officiating. Interment was in Graceland cemetery with Winter Funeral Service in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers were Randy Elwood, Duane Elwood, Gregory Elwood, Roger Elwood, Galen Elwood and Carroll Elwood.

Mr. Elwood passed away Tuesday, August 22, at Grobaven Nursing Home in Forest City where he had been a resident for a number of years.

He was born October 5, 1886 to Henry and Sarah Henderson Elwood at Floyd, Iowa. He was Married December 19, 1906 [fortasse 1908] to Mary Schaefer, who passed away in July of 1956.

He had farmed in the Buffalo Center-Thompson area most of his life until retirement. He was a member of the United Methodist Church of Buffalo Center.

Survivors include five sons, Homer of Zumbrota, Minnesota, Neil of Thompson, Robert of Joice, Gerald of Amery, Wisconsin and Verle of Buffalo Center; one daughter, Mrs. Emil (Dorothy) Kallestad of Rake; 26 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild and a sister, Mrs. Blanche Sill of Waterloo."
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Frank Stanford Elwood

Frank Stanford Elwood
1886-1972

1906

Mary Schaefer
1886-1956

Gerald Stanford Elwood
1922-2000

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Birthday October 5, 1886

  • The temperature on October 5, 1886 was about 24.1 °C. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
    • March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
    • June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
    • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
    • August 31 » The 7.0 Mw  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
    • November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.

Day of marriage December 19, 1906

  • The temperature on December 19, 1906 was between -6.1 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -3.5 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
    • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
    • June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
    • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
    • September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
    • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.

Day of death August 22, 1972

  • The temperature on August 22, 1972 was between 9.5 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
    • March 2 » The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
    • April 16 » Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
    • May 30 » The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.
    • August 22 » Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
    • November 10 » Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro.
    • November 28 » Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison.

Day of burial August 24, 1972

  • The temperature on August 24, 1972 was between 8.4 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
    • February 21 » United States President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.
    • May 4 » The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".
    • May 21 » Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth.
    • May 26 » The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
    • June 8 » Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.


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