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George Frank Wanless^[1]
 1842 - 1927

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• Birth	28 Jul 1842	St. Andrews, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada
  Christened	2 Oct 1842	St. Andrews, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada
  Gender	Male
  IMMI	1864	United States of America   [2]
  Residence	1866	Denver, Arapahoe Co, Colorado, USA   [3]
  	Denver city directory 1866 (only Wanless in this directory): Wanless, G.F. - book keeper, Ferry, bet. 5th and 6th
  Census	1870	Denver, Arapahoe Co, Colorado, USA
  	[reel 94, p.19] Jun 4 1870 Wanless, George F. 27 male, white family, bank clerk/life insurance agent, b. Canada East, everybody's parents of foreign birth Anna 25 fem., keeping house, b. Canada East James F. 7 male, b. Canada East Clarence 5 male, b. Colorado Mary 3 fem, b. Colorado Emma Douty 19 fem, b. IL, domestic servant
  Occupation	1870	Denver, Arapahoe Co, Colorado, USA
  	bank clerk & life insurance agent
  Occupation	1873	Denver, Arapahoe Co, Colorado, USA
  	insurance agent
  	Denver City Directory, 1873: Wanless, George F. - insurance agent, pianos and organs; 5 1/2 Holladay, between F & G; residence: Champa, s.e. cor. P.
  Residence	1876	Denver, Arapahoe Co, Colorado, USA
  	Denver City Directory, 1876: Wanless, G.F. - residence: 656 Champa
  Census	1880	Denver, Arapahoe Co, Colorado, USA
  	1880 CO, Arapahoe Co, Denver - Lawrence St, 5th Ward(?) [ED 14, sh13, ln 28 - page 293A] (note: at ancestry.com, this ED is incorrectly accessed thru ED 13, then go to image 57) Wanless, George F. male 37, married, editor, b. Canada, everybody is white, all parents' birthplaces are blank Anna wife 34 b. Canada James son 17 " ", school Clarence son 15 " ", school Mary dau. 13 " ", school Willie son 10 b. Colorado Harry son 8 " " Fred son 5 " " Nellie dau. 2 " "
  Occupation	1884	Denver, Arapahoe Co, Colorado, USA   [4]
  	insurance agent
  	1884 Denver city directory: Wanless, George F., special agt. Equitable Life Assurance Society, r. 58 Pennsylvania Av.
  Residence	1890	Denver, Arapahoe Co, Colorado, USA
  	1890 Denver city directory: George F. Wanless insurance agent r. 1837 Pearl
  Census	1900	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
  	5th Ward, 31 South Seventh East Street (ED 41 sheet 1A) Wanless, Geo. F. head, wh, m, b. July 1842 in Canada Eng., age 37, married 35 yrs, father b. Scotland, mother b. Germany, agent life insurance, rents house , Annie R. wife, Feb 1844 in Canada Eng., age 36, 7 kids, [# living too faint to read], father b. Scotland [something else, maybe a county, was written earlier but is too faint to see], mother b. Scotland , Clarence E. son, April 1865, age 35, divorced one time, b. Colorado, parents b. Canada Eng, draftsman , Mary H. dau, Jan 1867, age 33, single, b. Colorado, [illegible occupation] , William F. son, June 1870, age 29, [marital status illegible and there may be something in the # of yrs column], b. Colorado, [illegible occupation, probably lawyer] , Grace M. daughter, May 1878, age 22, single, b. Colorado, parents b. Canada , Nellie C. G-daughter, Mch 1888, age 12, b. Colorado, father b. Colorado, mother's birthplace illegible , Leonora G-daughter, Nov 1889, age 10, b. Colorado, father b. Colorado, mother's birthplace illegible
  Census	1920	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
  	ED 93, Ward 1, Pct 14, sheet 7A Wanless, George F. 77 immig. 1864, Na. 1864, b. Canada (Scotch), father b. Canada (Scotch), mother b. Canada (German), agent for insurance co. , Anna R. wife, 75, same immig/nat. dates , Mary H. dau, 52, b. Colorado, schoolteacher at grade school , grace M. dau, 40, b. Colorado
  Died	8 Nov 1927	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
  Obituary	9 Nov 1927	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
  	Salt Lake Tribune, page 2 Died Nov 8th 1927: "George Frank Wanless crosses Great Divide George Frank Wanless died at his home 1130 Roosevelt Avenue, Tuesday afternoon following an illness of one month. He was born at St. Andrews, Canada July 28, 1842 and for the past twenty years has lived in this city, being especially well known in insurance circles. Surviving him are three sons and two daughters; G. H. Wanless, of Utica, N. Y.; Fred Wanless of California; C. E., Mary H. and Grace M. Wanless, all of this city. Also by ten grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Funeral services and interment will be held here, time and place to be announced later."
  Buried	12 Nov 1927	Mt. Olivet Cem., Salt Lake, Utah
  Person ID	I860	3: George Wanless & Mercime Riddell of Yetholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2008
  Father	Thomas Wanless,   b. 2 Sep 1796, Yetholm, Roxburgh, Scotland ,   d. 15 Feb 1873, Denver, Arapahoe Co, Colorado, USA
  Mother	Elizabeth Jones,   b. 25 Feb 1802, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 9 Apr 1865, St. Andrews, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada
  Married	17 Apr 1820	St. Andrews, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada
  Headstones		Thomas Wanless (1796-1873) & Elizabeth Jones, Argenteuil, Quebec Status: Located.
  Family ID	F483	Group Sheet
  Family	Annie Randall Hume,   b. 14 Feb 1844, Lachute, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 3 Feb 1926, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
  Married	5 Aug 1862	St. Andrews, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. James Fish Wanless,   b. 3 May 1863, , Canada ,   d. 21 Jul 1891, Brighton, Adams, Colorado   2. Clarence Edwin Wanless,   b. 26 Apr 1865, Denver, Arapahoe Co, Colorado, USA ,   d. 18 Mar 1949, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   3. Mary Helena Wanless,   b. 27 Jan 1867, Denver, Arapahoe Co, Colorado, USA ,   d. 3 Mar 1939, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   4. William Frank Wanless,   b. Jun 1870, Denver, Arapahoe Co, Colorado, USA ,   d. Aft 1902   5. George Harry Wanless,   b. 25 Mar 1872, , Colorado ,   d. 13 Feb 1957, Coronado, San Diego, California   6. Frederick Randall Wanless,   b. 10 Aug 1874, Denver, Arapahoe Co, Colorado, USA ,   d. 3 Dec 1960, San Diego, San Diego, California   7. Grace Muir "Nellie" Wanless,   b. 20 May 1878, Denver, Arapahoe Co, Colorado, USA ,   d. 19 Nov 1937, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
  Photos		Family of George Frank Wanless & Annie Randall Hume From left to right, standing: Clarence, James, Mary Bottom row: George H., mother Annie Hume, baby Grace, Fred, William, father George F. Wanless
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2002
  Family ID	F479	Group Sheet

• Photos		George Frank Wanless (1842-1927)
  		George Frank Wanless at his desk
  Histories	George F. Wanless, Denver, CO sustains concussion by falling off his bicycle, 1899 Salt Lake Semi-Weekly Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT) Friday, March 17, 1899; pg. 5
  	Newspaper: Ad for George F. Wanless piano tuning, Denver, CO, 1873 Daily Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Tuesday, November 25, 1873

• Notes

  !Age and place of birth from 1880 Census Arapahoe Co., Colorado p293 Census shows occupation as editor Was involved with Methodist Episcopal Church in Colorado Death information and place of birth from Utah death certificate Shown living with James Fish in Lachute, Quebec, Canada - 1851 Census Immigrated to US in 1864-Naturalized same year - from SLC 1920 Census Info from George Frank Wanless Utah death Cert. In 1851 and 1861 St. Andrews, Quebec, Canada Census Birth info from St. Andrews, Argentueil, Quebec, Canada Church of En gland records - FHL Film #1430828

• Sources

  [S24] GEDCOM from Bruce Bagnall August 1999. [S27] 1920 census, Salt Lake City, Utah census - immigrated in 1864 and became a citizen that same year (Reliability: 3). [S28] 1866 Denver city directory. [S26] 1884 Denver city directory. [S56] Parish Records of Wesleyan Methodist Congregation.