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About James Athearn Folger, II
Husband of Clara E Luning Folger
Parents:
James A. Folger (1835 - 1889)
Eleanor Laughran Folger (1837 - 1906) Founders of the Folger Coffee Company in San Francisco, Calif.
Coffee Merchant died of cancer
In about 1904 James Folger built a large estate in Woodside, California. Part of that estate including the large elaborate stable is open to the public as a part of Wunderlich Park. See Photo.
Children:
James Athearn Folger b: 5 Oct 1900
Peter Folger b: 26 Dec 1905
His ancestral great grandmother, Mary Morrill Folger (1620-1703) is mentioned by name in Chapter 24 of Herman Melville's "Moby Dick". Melville mentions that she was the grandmother of Benjamin Franklin when justifying the morality of whaling as a profession on Nantucket Island.
The DAR chapter on Nantucket Island is named after her daughter Abiah Folger (1667-1752) who was the mother Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Mary Morrill Folger is my ninth great grandmother and Benjamin Franklin is my first cousin.
Bio by Michael Ratliff Lutz
- Updated from Find A Grave Memorial by SmartCopy: Feb 14 2015, 15:38:28 UTC
Husband of Clara E Luning Folger
Parents:
James A. Folger (1835 - 1889)
Eleanor Laughran Folger (1837 - 1906) Founders of the Folger Coffee Company in San Francisco, Calif.
Coffee Merchant died of cancer
In about 1904 James Folger built a large estate in Woodside, California. Part of that estate including the large elaborate stable is open to the public as a part of Wunderlich Park. See Photo.
Children:
James Athearn Folger b: 5 Oct 1900
Peter Folger b: 26 Dec 1905
His ancestral great grandmother, Mary Morrill Folger (1620-1703) is mentioned by name in Chapter 24 of Herman Melville's "Moby Dick". Melville mentions that she was the grandmother of Benjamin Franklin when justifying the morality of whaling as a profession on Nantucket Island.
The DAR chapter on Nantucket Island is named after her daughter Abiah Folger (1667-1752) who was the mother Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Mary Morrill Folger is my ninth great grandmother and Benjamin Franklin is my first cousin.
Bio by Michael Ratliff Lutz
- Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 21 2018, 22:31:57 UTC
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James Athearn Folger, II's Timeline
| 1864 |
August 23, 1864
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Massachusetts, United States
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| 1901 |
October 5, 1901
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France
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| 1905 |
December 26, 1905
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San Francisco, California, United States
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| 1921 |
July 5, 1921
Age 56
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California, United States
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Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery (Plot: Mausoleum), Colma, San Mateo County, California, United States
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