Vinal, Dr. Francis Ellsworth

Male 1915 - 1973  (58 years)


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  • Name Vinal, Francis Ellsworth 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Born 2 Sep 1915  Washington, D.C., USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Oct 1973  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    • Francis died of hepatitis.
    Person ID I3213  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2009 

    Father Vinal, George Wood Merwin,   b. 17 Dec 1882, Ellington, Ellington County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1969, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Fiegenbaum, Grace Gertrude,   b. 17 Jun 1883, Washington, D.C., USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1973, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 19 Nov 1913  Washington, D.C., USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10

    •      They were married at St. Mark's Episcopal Church. The following item appeared in The Washington Post on 18 November 1913.

           Miss Grace G. Fiegenbaum, who is to become the bride of Mr. George W. Vinal tomorrow, was the guest of honor at many entertainments last week. Among these was a tea given Saturday afternoon by Miss Rawlings, at her apartment at the Marlborough. The Misses Lind held a card party and "shower" for Miss Fiegenbaum Saturday night. Sunday evening, Capt. and Mrs. William Richard Dear, entertained the bridal party at supper.
           Mr. Gordon Murphy, of New York, is to be Mr. Vinal's best man, and the ushers are Mr. Edson S. Basten, Capt. W. R. Dear, U. S. A., Mr. E. L. Wallace, and Mr. G. M. Marechal. The last two named ushers and the best man are members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, of which the groom is also a member.
           Miss Fiegenbaum's only attendants are to be her two bridesmaids, Miss Louise Hart, and Miss Ida Lind. The wedding will take place at St. Mark's Church tomorrow evening.
    Family ID F118  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Adams, Margaret Mary Lynn,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Y  [11, 12
    Children 
     1. Vinal, Anne
     2. Vinal, George Adams
     3. Vinal, Kathryn Lynn
     4. Vinal, Charles Wade
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1044  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S80] James H. Holcombe, Holcombe Family Genealogy ( http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/ ), Francis Ellsworth Vinal.
      (http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/grant/grant009.htm#id13752), (http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/grant/grant010.htm#id13974), (http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/data/p276.htm#i13752) and (http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/data/p280.htm#i13974). Accessed in November 2001 and June 2012.
           Francis Ellsworth Vinal, the son of George Wood Merwin Vinal and Grace Gertrude Fiegenbaum, was born on 2 September 1915 at Washington, D.C.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 123, 149.
      Francis Ellsworth Vinal, a child of George Wood Merwin Vinal and Grace Fiegenbaum, was born on 2 September 1915 at Washington, D.C.

    3. [S217] Book.
      Leonard, John William. Who's Who in Engineering; A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries. 2nd edition. New York, N.Y.: Who's Who Publications, 1925; page 2,158.
           "Vinal, George Wood (Merwin).... ...m. Wash, D. C., Nov. 19, 1913, Grace G. Fiegenbaum; ch: Francis Ellsworth."

    4. [S22] Obituary, "Dr. George Vinal U.S. Standards Physicist".
      Boston Globe. 8 April 1969; page 46. Digital copy (PDF) accessed through ProQuest Historical Newspapers at (http://search.proquest.com/docview/366961804?accountid=8294) in April 2013.
           "He leave his wife, Grace (Fiegenbaum); a son, Francis, of Weston; and four grandchildren."

    5. [S80] James H. Holcombe, Holcombe Family Genealogy ( http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/ ), Francis Ellsworth Vinal.
      (http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/grant/grant009.htm#id13752), (http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/grant/grant010.htm#id13974), (http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/data/p276.htm#i13752) and (http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/data/p280.htm#i13974). Accessed in November 2001 and June 2012.
           Francis Ellsworth Vinal died on 10 October 1973 of hepatitis at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He was 58 years old.

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 123, 149.
      Francis Ellsworth Vinal died on 10 October 1973 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

    7. [S80] James H. Holcombe, Holcombe Family Genealogy ( http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/ ), Vinal-Fiegenbaum marriage, 1913.
      (http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/grant/grant008.htm#id11959), (http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/data/p276.htm#i13752) and (http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/data/p280.htm#i13973). Accessed in November 2001 and June 2012.
           George Wood Merwin Vinal and Grace Gertrude Fiegenbaum were married on 19 November 1913. Place of marriage not given.

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 123.
      George Wood Merwin Vinal and Grace Fiegenbaum were married on 19 November 1913 at Washington, D.C.

    9. [S211] Article or notice, The Washington Post, 18 November 1913; page 7, column 6.
      An annoucement of "many entertainments last week" prior to Grace G. Fiegenbaum's wedding planned for the evening of 19 November 1913 at St. Mark's Church. Members of the wedding party are named.

    10. [S211] Article or notice, The Washington Post, 1 May 1916; page 14, column 6.
      Adolph H. Fiegenbaum was elected a vestryman of St. Mark's Episcopal Church.

    11. [S80] James H. Holcombe, Holcombe Family Genealogy ( http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/ ), Vinal-Adams marriage, no date.
      (http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/grant/grant010.htm#id13974). Accessed in November 2001.
           Francis Ellsworth Vinal and Margaret Mary Lynn Adams were married. No date or place of marriage given.

    12. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 149.
      Francis Ellsworth Vinal and Margaret Mary Lynn Adams were married. No date or place given.