The Ancestry of Henry Fonda

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'''Henry Jaynes Fonda''' (1905-82), American Actor
 
'''Henry Jaynes Fonda''' (1905-82), American Actor
  
This article should be cited as:<blockquote>"The Ancestry of Henry Fonda", by Will Johnson, professional genealogist [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], at CountyHistorian.com URL: http://www.countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php/Henry_Jaynes_Fonda, copyright 2008, all rights reserved.</blockquote>
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This article should be cited as:<blockquote>"The Ancestry of Henry Fonda", by Will Johnson, professional genealogist [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], at CountyHistorian.com URL: http://www.countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php/The_Ancestry_of_Henry_Fonda, copyright 2008, all rights reserved.</blockquote>
 
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Original article at [http://www.countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php?title=The_Ancestry_of_Henry_Fonda "The Ancestry of Henry Fonda"], at Countyhistorian.com
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A very young Henry Fonda (Credit afi.com)
 
A very young Henry Fonda (Credit afi.com)
  
This article focuses on the ancestry of Henry Fonda.  For a highly detailed biography see my article [[Henry Jaynes Fonda]].
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This article focuses on the ancestry of Henry Fonda.  For a highly detailed biography see my article [[Henry Jaynes Fonda]].  For a list of his films see [[Henry Fonda Filmography]].  
  
 
==Henry Jaynes Fonda==
 
==Henry Jaynes Fonda==
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<table><tr><td>http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/d/d0/250px-Fonda.henry.12am.JPG<br>Henry Fonda in 1957's ''12 Angry Men''<br>(Credit Answers.com)</td>
 
<table><tr><td>http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/d/d0/250px-Fonda.henry.12am.JPG<br>Henry Fonda in 1957's ''12 Angry Men''<br>(Credit Answers.com)</td>
  
Fonda married his fourth wife, "Countess" Afdera Franchetti, on 10 Mar 1957. They divorced in 1962.</td></tr></table>
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<td>Fonda married his fourth wife, "Countess" Afdera Franchetti, on 10 Mar 1957. They divorced in 1962. Henry's first Best Actor Oscar did not come until 1981 for ''On Golden Pond'' co-starring [[Katherine Hepburn]] as his wife, and his real-life daughter [[Jane Fonda]] playing his movie daughter. (Buy it [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/630273973X/102-9279843-7223326?ie=UTF8&tag=countyh-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=630273973X here].) Henry Fonda died of heart failure 12 Aug 1982 in [[Los Angeles County, California]].</td></tr></table>
 
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<table><tr><td>Henry's first Best Actor Oscar did not come until 1981 for ''On Golden Pond'' co-starring [[Katherine Hepburn]] as his wife, and his real-life daughter [[Jane Fonda]] playing his movie daughter. (Buy it [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/630273973X/102-9279843-7223326?ie=UTF8&tag=countyh-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=630273973X here].)
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Henry Fonda died of heart failure 12 Aug 1982 in [[Los Angeles County, California]].</td><td>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AGZ0XWFVL._SL500_AA280_.jpg<br>VHS cover sleeve<br>''Yours, Mine and Ours''<br>(Credit Amazon.com)</td></tr></table>
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===Primary documents for 1===
 
===Primary documents for 1===
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===Secondary sources for 1===
 
===Secondary sources for 1===
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*[http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/pedigree.aspx?pid=18307476&st=1 "Henry Fonda"] on OneWorldTree, pedigree view
 
*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0313265712/102-9279843-7223326?ie=UTF8&tag=countyh-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0313265712 ''Henry Fonda: A Bio-bibliography''], by Kevin Sweeney. Published by Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992, 296 pages
 
*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0313265712/102-9279843-7223326?ie=UTF8&tag=countyh-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0313265712 ''Henry Fonda: A Bio-bibliography''], by Kevin Sweeney. Published by Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992, 296 pages
 
*[http://www.answers.com/topic/henry-fonda "Henry Fonda"] on Answers.com citing:
 
*[http://www.answers.com/topic/henry-fonda "Henry Fonda"] on Answers.com citing:
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===See Also===
 
===See Also===
*[[The Ancestry of Henry Fonda]]
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*[[Henry Jaynes Fonda]]
 
*[[Connections:Alice Ghostley to Montgomery Clift|"Alice Ghostley to Montgomery Clift"]]
 
*[[Connections:Alice Ghostley to Montgomery Clift|"Alice Ghostley to Montgomery Clift"]]
  
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==William Brace Fonda==
 
==William Brace Fonda==
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<<-- Return to [[Henry Jaynes Fonda|the biography of Henry Fonda]]
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William Brace Fonda was born 12 Feb 1879 in Nebraska to Ten Eyck Fonda and his wife Harriet, who had moved there from their native New York.  In 1900 he was enumerated living with his parents in Omaha City, as a Salesman. He married Herberta Jaynes on 10 Jun 1903, probably in or near Omaha where they were both living.
 
William Brace Fonda was born 12 Feb 1879 in Nebraska to Ten Eyck Fonda and his wife Harriet, who had moved there from their native New York.  In 1900 he was enumerated living with his parents in Omaha City, as a Salesman. He married Herberta Jaynes on 10 Jun 1903, probably in or near Omaha where they were both living.
  
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==Herberta Jaynes==
 
==Herberta Jaynes==
Herberta Jaynes was born 26 Jun 1879 in St. Croix County, [[Wisconsin]], but by 1898 the family had moved to Omaha, NebraskaShe married William Brace Fonda on 10 Jun 1903 probably in or near Omaha.
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<<-- Return to [[Henry Jaynes Fonda|the biography of Henry Fonda]]
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Elma Herberta Jaynes was born 26 Jun 1879 in St. Croix County, [[Wisconsin]], the daughter of Henry S Jaynes and his wife Elma Lamphere.  Sometime between 1882 and 1889, the family moved to Nebraska, and by 1898 they had moved to Omaha.  Elma married William Brace Fonda on 10 Jun 1903 probably in or near Omaha.
  
The family lived briefly in Grand Island, but by 1910 they are back living in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.
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The family lived briefly in Grand Island, but by 1910 they were back living in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.
  
Henry's mother fell, broke her leg and developed a blood clot which killed her in October 1934. "I felt so bad that she didn't live to see me move ahead", he said in his biography. "...his father died two years later", states Sweeney. Her obituary states that Herberta (Jaynes) Fonda died in 5 Oct 1934, at her home in Omaha.
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Henry's mother Elma fell, broke her leg and developed a blood clot which killed her in October 1934. "I felt so bad that she didn't live to see me move ahead", he said in his biography. "...his father died two years later", states Sweeney. Her obituary states that Herberta (Jaynes) Fonda died in 5 Oct 1934, at her home in Omaha.
  
 
===Primary documents for 3===
 
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*[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/index.asp?id=2748538&record_type=b ''Wisconsin Genealogy Index''], birth certificate index entry for Elma H Jaynes
 
*[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/index.asp?id=2748538&record_type=b ''Wisconsin Genealogy Index''], birth certificate index entry for Elma H Jaynes
 
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=8099&iid=NEWS-NE-TH_NE_ST_JO.1898_12_25_0010&r=an&rc=1292,2854,1419,2883;1435,2854,1546,2883&fn=herberta&ln=jaynes&st=d&ssrc=&pid=471229450 "Social and Personal"], Dec 25, 1898, ''The Nebraska State Journal'' (Lincoln, Nebraska) :"Miss Alice Fuller will spend this week in Omaha as the guest of Miss Herberta Jaynes." - transcription courtesy of  Will Johnson, wjhonson@aol.com, Professional Genealogist, from the original image on Ancestry
 
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=8099&iid=NEWS-NE-TH_NE_ST_JO.1898_12_25_0010&r=an&rc=1292,2854,1419,2883;1435,2854,1546,2883&fn=herberta&ln=jaynes&st=d&ssrc=&pid=471229450 "Social and Personal"], Dec 25, 1898, ''The Nebraska State Journal'' (Lincoln, Nebraska) :"Miss Alice Fuller will spend this week in Omaha as the guest of Miss Herberta Jaynes." - transcription courtesy of  Will Johnson, wjhonson@aol.com, Professional Genealogist, from the original image on Ancestry
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*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&indiv=try&h=30862084 1900 Census of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska]
 
*[http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=36618544&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=1 ''The Lincoln Evening News'', 18 Aug 1900], "Miss Herberta Jaynes receives scholarship"
 
*[http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=36618544&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=1 ''The Lincoln Evening News'', 18 Aug 1900], "Miss Herberta Jaynes receives scholarship"
 
*[http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=35527638&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=3 9 Jun 1903]
 
*[http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=35527638&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=3 9 Jun 1903]

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