Tuesday, June 9, 2015

The Basic Genealogy of Franklin Waldron Watkins & Mary K. Vanmetre

The Basic Genealogy of Franklin Waldron Watkins & Mary K. Vanmetre

Name: Franklin Waldron WATKINS
Alias: Frank
Born: August 26, 1842 Warner Merrimack, New Hampshire
Died: September 1, 1911 French Lick, Orange, Indiana, USA
Spouse:  Mary K VANMETRE
Parents: Jason D. Watkins, Phebe Abbott
Occupation: Sergeant of Police /Undertaker
Date of Burial: September 4, 1911
Cause of Death: Hypertrophy of heart
1st Funeral W. O. Rattes
               French Lick, Orange, Indiana
2nd Funeral: Keyes Undertaker
                St. Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA
Death Certificate #: 268
Informant:  John Fuller
                     St. Louis, Missouri
Age at Death: 68 MOS: Ø DYS:  8
Findagrave.com: 141845309
Interment:  Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis County Missouri Block 179 Public lot 28 GRAVE 599, 

Familysearch.org Frank Watkins   Indiana, Death Index  
Name: Frank Watkins Event Type: Death   Event Date: 01 Sep 1911 Event Place: Fr Lick, Indiana   Age: 69   Birth Year (Estimated): 1842 Gender: Male Race: W Affiliate Repository Place: County Health Office, Paoli Source Reference: The source of this record is the book H-24 on page 57 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration. 

Citing this Record: "Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920," index, Family Search

(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ7G-9ZQ : accessed 19 April 2015), Frank Watkins, 01 Sep 1911; from "Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing Fr Lick, Indiana, County Health Office, Paoli, The source of this record is the book H-24 on page 57 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration., Indiana Words Projects Administration.


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Genweb French Lick, Orange Co Indiana—Death Notice

21 Watkins, Frank, Died 1911, age 69 years. FL-2
  St. Louis, Missouri

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Married:  25 Aug 1867 St. Louis, St. Louis County Missouri


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Civil War Draft



The family of Jason D. Watkins and Phebe Abbott

  

Name:  Mary K. Vanmetre
Born: July 1843 Lafayette County Virginia [Now West Virginia]
Died: December 4, 1924 City Infirmary St. Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri
Spouse Franklin “Frank” Watkins
Parents: Robert T. Vanmetre, Matilda S. “Mattie” McCleary
Occupation: Housewife
Cause of Death:  acute cardiac dilatation Chronic Myocarditis
Age at Death: YRS: 80
Date of Burial: December 6, 1924
Death Certificate #: 35930
Findagrave.com#: 141844382
Informant: Miss Smith
Funeral/Undertaker: Akron Undertaker
Interment: Bellefontaine Cemetery Block 179 Public lot 28 GRAVE 600, St. Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri


FINDAGRAVE.COM

Bellefontaine Burial Search


Missouri Death Records Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1963
Name Date of Death County City Certificate Number
Mary K. Watkins December 04, 1924 St. Louis City St. Louis City 35930

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Married: August 25, 1867 St. Louis County Missouri
No Issues
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Date: December 4, 1904 Page: 34
Date: December 6, 1904 Page: 9

Mary K. Watkins in the Web: Missouri, St. Louis Public Library Obituary Index, 1880-2011
Name: Mary K. Watkins Death Date:     Abt 1924 Publication Date:      1924 Notes: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1924 12/4 p34, Burial permit 12/6 p9


Watkins—Entered into res on Thursday.  Dec. 4, 1924, at 3:30 a.m. Mary K. Watkins. Dear sister of Charles Van Metre.

Due notice of funeral from the Kron Chapel, 2707 N. Grand boulevard.  Deceased was a member of Tuscan Chapter.  No. 68 O. E.S.

Source:
http://www.slpl.org/slpl/gateways/article240117800.asp?namefield3=1924&namefield1=Watkins,%20Mary%20K


The family of Robert T. Vanmetre, Matilda S. “Mattie” McCleary

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