My g-grandfather was Will Cohen, b. 1875 in Russia,came to America in 1889/90, settled in Memphis, Tennessee, died 1940. Brothers Joe, Dave, and Simon came to America also (I have nothing but their names so far). Father's first name was Marion & Mother's first name was Francis (as spelled by the census taker, anyway). Family lore says that Will also had a brother with a diamond mine in Africa, but I don't know his name, even if it's true. Doubt if this could be any help at all, but since your name is Fran, who knows, maybe they were trying to honor you with your gg-grandmother's name.