Frank Willard Jefferis (1869-1944)

Frank Willard Jefferis was born on 17 March 1869 in Pennsylvania. He died on 25 November 1944 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware from congestive heart failure. He married Carrie Scott McCauley on 1 October 1890 in New Castle, Delaware.

Frank Willard Jefferis' death certificate

The Morning News, 27 November 1944

Funeral services for Frank W. Jefferis, 75, who died Saturday at his home, 216 South Union Street, will be at the William E. Haines Funeral Home, Twenty-fourth and Market Streets. Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock with the Rev. Roy L. Tawes, pastor of Silverbrook Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

A plumber, Mr. Jefferis had been employed for many years by Gawthrop Brothers. Surviving him are: His wife, Mrs. Lena Hume Jefferis; two daughters, Mrs. Marian Seaver of this city, and Mrs. Mildred McAleer of Washington, D. C., and a son, Frank Jefferis of Edge Moor Terrace, as well as a step-daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Maltman of Charleston, W. Va. Eight grandchildren also survive. He was a member of the plumber's union.

PARENTS

Edward C. Jefferis

Susan Pyle

SPOUSES

Carrie Scott McCauley

Lena E. Harlan

CHILDREN

Willard Costa Jefferis

Mildred May Jefferis

infant daughter Jefferis

Marion B. Jefferis

Frank Howard Jefferis

SOURCES

• 1870 census, Kennett, Chester, Pennsylvania
• 1900 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
• 1910 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
• 1920 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
• 1930 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
• 1940 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
• The Morning News (Wilmington, Delaware) 27 November 1944