Died
at about age 71
in Macon Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States
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Biography
The son ofWilliam Daniel Randall and Olive A (Oliver) Randall, Francis Randall was born in Ridgeway Township, Michigan[1] in 1889, residing there with his family.[2] In 1910, Frank lived in Raisin Township, Michigan, residing in the home of his employers, John and Lulu Grey while working for John Grey as a farm laborer.[3]
Frank married Gertrude (Aten) Randall, marrying in Logan Township, Michigan on November 9, 1910[4] having five known children together:
Hazel Randall (1911-2005)
Olive Randall (1913-2005)
Ruth F Randall (1917-2013)
Billie Elizabeth Randall (1929-2004)
William Frank Randall (1932-2019)
Frank registered for the World War I draft when he was 27, registering in Tecumseh Township, Michigan on June 5, 1917.[5] He stated that he lived at 209 North Van Buren Street in Tecumseh Township and that he worked at Tecumseh Gravel Company, working there as an engineer. Frank was described as a tall, slender man with light brown hair and blue-grey eyes. He did not enlist and by 1920, lived in Macon Township, Michigan while Frank worked as a machinist, working at a garage.[6][7]
After the Great Depression hit Michigan, Frank began working at the Henry Ford Farm as a farm laborer.[8] By 1950, residing in Saline Township, Michigan, Frank worked at a farm implement company as a tractor mechanic.[9]
Frank Randall passed away around the age of 71 and is buried at Ridgeway Cemetery in Ridgeway Township, Michigan.[10]
Sources
↑Birth: "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ82-TR2 : 20 February 2021), Frank Randall, 02 Nov 1889; citing item 2 p 89 rn 2554, Ridgeway, Lenawee, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,321,100.
↑1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS93-FJ5 : Tue Mar 05 14:43:50 UTC 2024), Frank Randell in Entry for William Randell and Olive A Randell, 1900.
↑World War I Draft Registration: "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6XX-PDK : 30 December 2021), Frank Oliver Randall, 1917-1918.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80081400/frank_oliver-randall: accessed March 13, 2024), memorial page for Frank Oliver Randall (1889–1961). Ridgeway Cemetery, Ridgeway, Lenawee County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Sandra Eichner Denninger (contributor 47255694). Find A Grave: Memorial #80081400
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