Complex sentence: Garland was born Frances Ethel Gumm on June 10,1922, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota; she was the youngest child of Ethel Marion (Milne, 1893--1953) and Francis Avent "Frank" Gumm (1886--1935).
Split into simpler sentences: Garland was born Frances Ethel Gumm on June 10,1922, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. She was the youngest child of Ethel Marion (Milne, 1893--1953) and Francis Avent "Frank" Gumm (1886--1935).