Birth Name: Barnett Frank
Date of Birth: Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.
Place of Birth: March 31, 1940
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Barney Frank is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts, from January 3, 1981 to January 3, 2013.
Barney was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, the son of Elsie (Golush) and Samuel Frank.
Barney’s paternal grandparents were Polish Jews, from a small city in Northern Poland. Barney’s paternal grandmother’s name was Margaret.
Barney’s maternal grandparents were Banet “Benny” Golush and Anna. They were from a small town near Minsk, Belarus, and spoke Yiddish at home.
Sources: Genealogy of Barney Frank – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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