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Edith Jackson

Female 1892 - 1982  (89 years)


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  1. 1.  Edith Jackson was born on 5 Jul 1892 in Ohio; died on 14 Jan 1982 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan.

    Edith married Walter Hamilton France on 18 Jun 1915 in Bark River, Delta County, Michigan. Walter was born on 2 Mar 1891 in Michigan; died on 30 May 1979 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Charles Jackson "Jack" France  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Feb 1917 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 5 Oct 1992 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan.
    2. 3. Robert France  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 May 1922 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 3 Jul 1945; was buried in White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland County, Michigan.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Jackson "Jack" FranceCharles Jackson "Jack" France Descendancy chart to this point (1.Edith1) was born on 21 Feb 1917 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 5 Oct 1992 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan.

    Other Events:

    • Military: World War II. US Navy medical officer in the Pacific.
    • Occupation: physician
    • Census: 1950, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

    Notes:

    C. Jackson France, 75, a Detroit native who served the metro area as a surgeon for more than 40 years, died of heart disease Monday at his Grosse Pointe Park home.
    Dr. France graduated from the Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1942 and served as a Navy medical officer for two years in the Pacific during World War II.
    He trained at Detroit Receiving Hospital and spent most of his career as a general surgeon at St. John Hospital in Detroit, from which he retired in 1988. He served as chief of staff at St. John from 1967-68 and after his retirement trained doctors as a volunteer.
    Dr. France taught medicine as a clinical professor at Wayne State University from 1953-88, and also served on the school’s admissions committee for several years during the 1970s.
    He was a member of the Detroit Medical Club, Detroit Surgical Society, member and past president of the Wayne County Medical Society and a regular contributor to the Michigan State Medical Society’s newspaper.
    Dr. France is survived by his wife, Audrey; daughters Margaret Rao and Karen Unruh; sons Robert and John; and nine grandchildren.
    Visitation is 3-9 p.m. today at Verheyden Funeral Home, 16300 Mack, Grosse Pointe Park. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gross Pointe Memorial Church, 16 Lake Shore, Grosse Pointe Farms.
    Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan. Friday, 9 October 1992.

    Family/Spouse: Audrey Isabelle Olson. Audrey was born on 3 Dec 1919 in Kerkhoven, Swift County, Minnesota ; died on 18 Feb 2007 in Macomb County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Robert Jackson France  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Mar 1947 in Michigan; died on 5 Feb 2012 in Saint Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan.
    2. 5. John Marshall France  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1948 in Idaho; died on 30 Sep 2015.
    3. 6. Charles A. France  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Oct 1952; died on 14 Dec 1978 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

  2. 3.  Robert France Descendancy chart to this point (1.Edith1) was born on 14 May 1922 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 3 Jul 1945; was buried in White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland County, Michigan.

    Notes:

    US headstone applications for military veterans.
    Name: Robert A France
    Birth Date: 14 May 1922
    Service Number: 36547413
    Unit: a/s USAGF Co B, Cap of Corp, 164 Engrs Bn
    Company: 164th Engineers
    Enlistment Date: 24 Nov 1942
    Death Date: 3 Jul 1945

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152785236/robert-a.-france



Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert Jackson France Descendancy chart to this point (2.Charles2, 1.Edith1) was born on 17 Mar 1947 in Michigan; died on 5 Feb 2012 in Saint Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan.

  2. 5.  John Marshall France Descendancy chart to this point (2.Charles2, 1.Edith1) was born in 1948 in Idaho; died on 30 Sep 2015.

  3. 6.  Charles A. France Descendancy chart to this point (2.Charles2, 1.Edith1) was born on 21 Oct 1952; died on 14 Dec 1978 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

    Notes:

    Slain cabby laughed off risk
    by Eric Sharp, Free Press Staff Writer
    Charles A. France’s father pleaded with him not to drive a taxi during the Christmas holidays. But the University of Michigan graduate student laughed off the danger, saying hack driving would earn him more Christmas cash than anything else available.
    “He was the finest young man in the world, an honors student with a brilliant mind,” Dr. Charles J. France of Gross Pointe Park said Sunday, a day after he buried the 26-year-old son who was murdered during an apparent robbery attempt in his cab in Detroit.
    “I pleaded with him not to take that job. I said it was too dangerous,” Dr. France said.
    “Friends tried to persuade him too, and offered him other jobs, but he said we should not worry. He said he was making more money than in the other jobs and he only had one more week to go.”
    Young France saw the job advertised by the East Side Cab Co. in the weekly Grosse Pointe News, his father said, and had been driving a taxi for two weeks.
    Just after midnight Thursday, a woman who lives on Kitchener in Detroit heard what sounded like gunshots.
    She told police she looked out her window and saw a taxi drive over a curb and into a field near Kitchener and Essex, on Detroit’s east side.
    Sgt. Tim Dowd of the Detroit homicide squad said young France had dropped a customer off in the Jefferson-St. Jean area about 10 minutes before he was shot approximately a mile away.
    Dowd said it was not known if he had picked up another fare on Jefferson or was flagged down on Kitchener.
    Dowd said the killer stood outside the car. France apparently sat inside with the car in neutral gear. Police believe his body fell forward and put the car in gear at the first shot.
    The killer apparently fled without robbing the young man, Dowd said, since more than $40 was found in France’s pockets.
    Police said Sunday they had no suspects.
    Dr. France said his son was trying to earn enough money over the Christmas break to buy gifts and save some money to take back to Ann Arbor.
    “He was studying biology. He wanted to be a teacher, and would have started teaching” after receiving his master’s degree in June.
    “He worked in a gas station over Christmas last year,” Dr. France said. “I thought that was dangerous because of the robberies. I was appalled when he told me he was going to drive a cab.
    Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan. Monday, 18 December 1978, page 3.


    Barefoot taxicab driver killed
    Detroit (AP) – Police are puzzled over why a taxi driver found shot to death in his cab was barefoot, and still carrying $40 in his wallet and pockets.
    The driver, found dead early Thursday, was identified as Charles France, 26, of suburban Grosse Pointe Park.
    Police said one of his shoes was found on the ground near the cab.
    The driver may have been shot during an attempted robbery, police said.
    Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Michigan. Friday, 15 December 1978, page 15.


    France, Charles. Services 1 p.m. at Grosse Point Memorial Church. Arrangements by the Verheyden Funeral Home.
    Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan. Saturday, 16 December 1978.



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