Robert Vernon Frank b. 11 Jul 1911 Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA d. 7 Dec 1989 Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA: The Hinks Family Tree

1911 - 1989 (78 years)

Name	Robert Vernon Frank [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
Birth	11 Jul 1911	Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12]
Gender	Male
Residence	1920	Union City, De Kalb, Indiana, USA [1]
	Relation to Head: Son; Residence Marital Status: Single
Residence	1930	Union City, De Kalb, Indiana, USA [2]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
Residence	1935	Union City, De Kalb, Indiana, USA [10]
Residence	1940	Union City, De Kalb, Indiana, USA [10]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Brother
Social Security Number	310-09-1669 [5, 6, 7]
_MILT	18 May 1942 [7]
Death	7 Dec 1989	Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA [3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11]
Burial	Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA [11]
Person ID	I1372	The Hinks Family Tree

Father	Ora Vernon Frank, b. 22 Aug 1878, De Kalb, Indiana, USA d. 2 Jan 1920, Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA (Age 41 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Anna Belle Baker, b. 15 Feb 1880, Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA d. 29 Apr 1970, Tallmadge, Summit, Ohio, USA (Age 90 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	16 Nov 1901	De Kalb, Indiana, USA [13, 14, 15]
Family ID	F432	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Phyllis H. Hewitt, b. 3 May 1907, De Kalb, Indiana, USA d. 1 Jul 2001, Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA (Age 94 years)
Marriage	18 Sep 1948	Angola, Steuben, Indiana, USA [12]
Family ID	F487	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - 11 Jul 1911 - Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA
	Residence - Relation to Head: Son; Residence Marital Status: Single - 1920 - Union City, De Kalb, Indiana, USA
	Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - 1930 - Union City, De Kalb, Indiana, USA
	Residence - 1935 - Union City, De Kalb, Indiana, USA
	Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Brother - 1940 - Union City, De Kalb, Indiana, USA
	Marriage - 18 Sep 1948 - Angola, Steuben, Indiana, USA
	Death - 7 Dec 1989 - Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA
	Burial - - Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA

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Photos The Frank Children
Writing on the back of this print: Mildred, DeLoss, Russell, Harriett, Robert Frank. This scan has been slightly edited to offset fading.
Notes
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Sources

[S1] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Union, De Kalb, Indiana; Roll: T625_430; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 111.
[S15] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Union, De Kalb, Indiana; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0026; FHL microfilm: 2340320.
[S47] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1989; Roll: 18.
[S79] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Agency: Indiana State Dept. of Health; Volume Range: 371 - 383; Roll Number: 003; Certificate Number: 9264.
[S21] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Number: 310-09-1669; Issue State: Indiana; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Name: Robert V. Frank;
SSN: 310-09-1669;
Last Residence: 46706 Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA;
BORN: 12 Jul 1911;
Died: 7 Dec 1989;
State (Year) SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951)
[S12] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
Name: Robert V Frank;
Gender: Male;
Birth Date: 12 Jul 1911;
Death Date: 7 Dec 1989;
Claim Date: 7 Oct 1974;
SSN: 310091669
[S27] Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010.
Name: Robert Frank;
Gender: Male;
Birth Date: 11 Jul 1911;
Death Date: 7 Dec 1989;
SSN: 310091669;
Branch 1: ARMY;
Enlistment Date 1: 18 May 1942;
Release Date 1: 11 Nov 1945
[S112] Ancestry.com, Indiana, WPA Birth Index, 1880-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Dekalb County, Indiana; Index to Birth Records; 1882 - 1920 Inclusive; Letters A - Z Inclusive; Book: 1CH-26; Page: 24.
Name: Frank;
Father: O V;
Mother: Anna Baker;
County: Dekalb;
Gender: Male;
Birth Date: 11 Jul 1911
[S384] Ancestry.com, Web: Allen County, Indiana, Obituary Index, 1841-2010, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Web: Allen County, Indiana, Obituary Index, 1841-2010.
http://friendsofallencounty.org/search_obits1900.php
[S3] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Union, DeKalb, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01036; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 17-27.
[S16] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Robert V Frank.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147227267
[S40] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), FHL Film Number: 001887347; Page: 399.
[S640] Newspapers.com - Garrett Clipper - 8 Jan 1920, (Name: Garrett Clipper; Location: Garrett, Indiana; Date: 08 Jan 1920, Thu;), 8 Jan 1920, Page 1.
O.V. FRANK, MAIL CARRIER, KILLED BY INTERURBAN CAR
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Apparently Failed to See Danger Until Too Late; Leaves Seven Children
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O. V. Frank, of Auburn, 41 years old, mail carrier, was instantly killed and his automobile in which he was riding, ground under the wheels of the north bound Fort Wayne & Northwestern interurban car which leaves Auburn at 6:56 a. m. in an accident at the Morning Star road crossing north of that city Friday morning. He had left his home just a short distance east on the road a few moments before, to start on his mail route.

It being an unusually cold morning he had bundled up well before leaving his home and had the side curtains on the car.

The automobile was square on the track when the interurban car hit it, so centered that the radiator of the car dropped on the west side of the track while the rear wheels remained on the east side of the crossing. The automobile was overturned, rolled and tumbled down the track north in front of the car a distance of between 250 and 350 feet before the car was stopped. Mr. Franks was killed instantly and his remains strewn along the right-of-way.

Gave Proper Alarm.

According to Motorman Joseph Summergill and Conductor Gaskill who were in charge of the car, the proper alarm was given as the car neared the crossing.

Mr. Gaskill, who is the oldest conductor on the road, reports this as his first accident, and stated that he had just walked to the front of the car. He said the enclosed Ford car was right in front of them on the track. There was a crash, the cow catcher and light of the interurban were snapped off and the car pushed the Ford machine down the track until stopped. The interurban car was going at a good speed when it struck the automobile, having just left the city limits of Auburn.

Chester Hodge, who lives near the crossing, was in his yard when he saw the interurban car approaching the crossing and also Mr. Franks coming west on the road from his home. As the two neared the crossing he wondered who would stop first and was dumbfounded to see the automobile on the track directly in the path of the oncoming interurban. There came the crash and he could see the car as it turned over and over again.

Body Badly Mangled.

The Dilgard hearse was called but it was impossible to get the remains in a hearse and a basket was brought to take him to the undertaking parlors, so badly was his body mangled. He was crushed about his head and right side, his legs cut off, and his body badly mangled in other ways. The Ford car was completely demolished.

Mr. Franks had been a mail carrier for about three years on R. F. D. No. 3. He was a school teacher for years and was a good workman as an interior decorator. He had recently sold his property in Auburn and moved to his five acre plat north of Auburn which he purchased from G. A. Bassett. He formerly taught school in Garrett.

O. V. Franks was born in DeKalb county in 1878. November 16th, 1901, he married to Miss Hannah Baker who as his widow, survives him with seven children, Mildred, 16, Delos, Russell, Harriett, Robert, Cleon, and Martha. He has four brothers, Ira O. of Dubuque Ia., C. C. Franks of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, C. A. Franks of Branch Michigan, and H. H. Franks of Auburn.

His relatives think that the brakes on his car refused to work and that this was reponsible for his death. Others are of the opinion, however, that he never saw the car or if he did, could not stop in time to avoid the accident.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21592823/garrett_clipper/?xid=637
[S54] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Dekalb County, Indiana; Index to Marringe Record 1882 - 1920 Inclusive Let, W. P. A. Original Record Located County Clerk's Of; Book: 17; Page: 13.
[S174] Don and Joan Hinks Collection, Certificate of Marriage for Vernon Frank and Anna Baker.