Researching Francis Spain
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 757 people with the Spain surname? In that year Spain was ranked number 2824 for popularity in the UK. |
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Francis Spain and the Spain Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 1015 people with the Spain surname in the UK? Spain is now ranked number 3089 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Spain surname in the USA? Spain is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
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Francis Spain
Francis Jones "Frank" Spain (February 17, 1909 – June 23, 1977) was an American amateur ice hockey player who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Frank Spain was born on an ancestral plantation in Brooks County, Georgia, but later moved to Waban, Massachusetts, where he learned to play hockey on frozen ponds. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy prep school and then Dartmouth College, where he majored in philosophy and played baseball and ice hockey as a member of the class of 1934. He left Dartmouth to play for the Boston Olympics, where he was the team captain for the 1933–1934 season. After his amateur ice-hockey career, he served as a naval officer and toured Europe. Following his marriage in 1941, he settled in Rochester, New York, where he began a business and a family.
In 1936 he was a member and captain of the United States ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal. The medal currently resides at the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth, Minnesota.
He was born in Quitman, Georgia, and died in Fairport, New York.
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