Notes
The year and month of Frank's birth were taken from 1900 census information. Month and day were taken from a 1957 Louisiana Conservationist article on Frank. The article is titled 'Dean of the Louisiana Birdwatchers'. I believe the year of birth in the article (1872) was incorrect, based on a document that notes his age, indexes that note his age, census records that note his age and the death index, which has his age as 80 when he died.
Family sources say Frank's parents were never married. This could explain why Frank was born in Philadelphia. Mary may have been sent there to have him.
At some point, Frank was given or took on his father's last name. Charles Carroll was from a very prominate New Orleans family that did not approve of Frank or his mother. Charles, however, is with Mary in both the 1900 and 1910 censuses. In 1910, they state they have been married thirty-four years, which is how old Frank was in that census year.
Frank's name at birth may have been Frank Michael McDonald. The 1880 census lists him as Frank McDonald and the 1957 article about Frank calls him Frank Michael Carroll. He had a maternal uncle named Michael. By the time Frank married in 1896, his middle name was McDonald and he was using the last name of Carroll - Frank McDonald Carroll.
According to Joan Carroll Cruz, granddaughter to Frank, to her knowledge, Frank and Alice had no children together. She says they were married in the St James Major Catholic Church in New Orleans, in their later years.
An article on Frank Carroll was written in the April 1954 issue of The South Atlantic Quarterly. Reader's Digest condensed it and republished it in October 1954. The article was titled 'Nature Man of the Marshlands'.
Frank and Levie were called "Pip" and "Mim" by their grandchildren.
Pictures/Memorabilia
These pictures provided courtesy of Dawn Cannon Gonzales:
Frank McDonald Carroll
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Frank McDonald Carroll and wife Alice
House off Downman Rd in New Orleans
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Frank McDonald Carroll grave
Greenwood Cemetery
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Sources
Daniel J Carroll, grandson to Frank McDonald Carroll
Joan Carroll Cruz, granddaughter to Frank Carroll
Betty Jo Hussey Carroll, granddaughter-in-law to Frank Carroll
Sean P Carroll, great grandson to Frank Carroll
Dawn Cannon Gonzales, great granddaughter to Frank Carroll
files.usgwarchives.org - 1896 Orleans Parish Marriage Index (transcription)
Daniel Carroll birth record - bottom portion, courtesy of Dan and Betty Carroll
heritagequestonline.com - Orleans Parish, LA 1880 US Federal Census (image)
heritagequestonline.com - Orleans Parish, LA 1900 US Federal Census (image)
heritagequestonline.com - Orleans Parish, LA 1910 US Federal Census (image)
heritagequestonline.com - Orleans Parish, LA 1920 US Federal Census (image)
files.usgwarchives.net - Birth Indexes for Orleans Parish 1796 - 1900 (transcription)
archive.org - Louisiana Conservationist Dec 1957, Vol 9 No 12 - Dean of the Louisiana Birdwatchers by Steve Harmon (image)
sos.louisiana.gov - Louisiana Death Index
neworleanspubliclibrary.org - Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index
Charles Carroll obituary transcription
Mary McDonald Carroll obituary transcription
Daniel J Carroll obituary, courtesy of Joan Carroll Cruz
Frank E Carroll obituary, courtesy of Dan and Betty Carroll
Una Marie Carroll McTague obituary, courtesy of Joan Carroll Cruz
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