Francis Bernard Ingraham

Francis Bernard Ingraham

Francis Bernard 'Red' Ingraham, 1896-

• Father: Francis Ingraham b. Feb 1861, d. bt 1930 - 1946
• Mother: Ellen A. Taylor b. Aug 1866, d. 1 Apr 1946

• Francis Bernard Ingraham was born on 13 October 1896 in Jamestown, Chautaqua County, New York.
• He was the son of Francis Ingraham and Ellen A. Taylor.
• He was known as Red.
• He and Gertrude R. Ingraham were enumerated in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in the household of Francis Ingraham and Ellen A. Taylor in Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania, at 35 Main Street.
• He and Louisa Florence Ingraham were enumerated in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in the household of Francis Ingraham and Ellen A. Taylor in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1020 Michigan Avenue.
• He registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, while living at 522 Stotten Avenue and employed by the Pere Marquette Railroad in Detroit.
• He and Louisa Florence Ingraham appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in the household of Francis Ingraham and Ellen A. Taylor in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1557 Willow Avenue.
• He was employed as a telegraph operator by US Light & Heat Company, according to the 1920 census.
• He married Dorothy Edna Gorman, daughter of John Gorman and Jane Rushton, on 7 April 1923 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
• Photographed on the back steps of the Wilson home, are Dorothy Gorman Ingraham with her husband 'Red,' and her uncles Pete Wilson and Harry Hayes, and cousin Eleanor Wright, about 1923..
• Francis Bernard Ingraham and Dorothy Edna Gorman appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 2461 Linwood Avenue. Other members of the household included Raymond Eugene Ingraham.
• He was a telegraph operator, according to the 1930 census.
• Francis Bernard Ingraham became a widower at the 1 March 1941 death of his wife Dorothy Edna Gorman.
• The following appeared on 2 April 1946 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: [Died] Suddenly at the home of her son, Mr. Frank B. Ingraham, 429 Fourth street, April 1, 1946, Ellen A. Ingraham, mother of Mrs. John Wood and Mr. Frank B. Ingraham of this city and Mrs. Frank A. Shafer, of Hornell, N. Y. Sister of Mrs. A. H. Harrison of Jamestown, N. Y. and Charles Taylor of Hampton, Virginia. Funeral from the Garner Funeral Home, Weston and Eighteenth St., Thursday at 9:30 a.m. and 10 o'clock at Sacred Heart church. Interment in Gate of Heaven cemetery.

• Last Edited: 29 Aug 2010