Henry Jaynes Fonda

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==Henry Jaynes Fonda==
 
==Henry Jaynes Fonda==
 
===Early life (1905-1926)===
 
===Early life (1905-1926)===
Henry Fonda was born 16 May 1905 in Grand Island, Hall County, [[Nebraska]] to William Brace Fonda and his wife Herberta Jaynes.  His father William was a printer.  While Henry was still very young, sometime between 1905 and 1910, his father moved the family to Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska where he opened a printing shop.  The family is enumerated in the U.S. Federal Census in 1910 and in 1920 living in Omaha.
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Henry Fonda was born 16 May 1905 in Grand Island, Hall County, [[Nebraska]] to William Brace Fonda and his wife Herberta Jaynes.  His father William was a printer.  While Henry was still very young, sometime between 1905 and 1910, his father moved the family to Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska where he opened a printing shop.  The family is enumerated in the U.S. Federal Census in 1910 and in 1920 living in Omaha.  William's occupation in 1910 is "Salesman, Advertising Jobber".
  
 
Henry graduated from Omaha Central High School in 1923.  A much later newspaper mention of him [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=4564143&currentResult=3&src=search&firstvisit=true here] states that he went to the University of Minnesota and got a degree, his thesis being on communication systems. Another source states that he had been studying journalism but dropped out after about two years.
 
Henry graduated from Omaha Central High School in 1923.  A much later newspaper mention of him [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=4564143&currentResult=3&src=search&firstvisit=true here] states that he went to the University of Minnesota and got a degree, his thesis being on communication systems. Another source states that he had been studying journalism but dropped out after about two years.

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