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Frances Amelia Childs (Burton)
Birth: 2-8-1844
Death: 12-21-1925
Nickname: Amelia
Biography
Frances "Amelia" Burton Childs was a resident of Syracuse, NY. Based on census records it appears she lived in the city her whole life. She married twice and had a number of children.
According to Fanny Seward's 1859 diary, Amelia was staying in Auburn as a boarder in May of that year. Fanny took a drawing class with Amelia, where she wrote that she had "much ill nature and ill breeding" and insulted another student.
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Frances "Amelia" Burton Childs was a resident of Syracuse, NY. Based on census records it appears she lived in the city her whole life. She married twice and had a number of children.
According to Fanny Seward's 1859 diary, Amelia was staying in Auburn as a boarder in May of that year. Fanny took a drawing class with Amelia, where she wrote that she had "much ill nature and ill breeding" and insulted another student.