Brief Life History of Farill Oliver
When Farill Oliver Randolph was born on 16 September 1886, in Allison, Butler, Iowa, United States, his father, Fred A. Randolph, was 34 and his mother, Caroline Oxford, was 31. He lived in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States for about 20 years.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Favill O Randolph in household of Fredrick A Randolph, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Farill Oliver Randolph - Government record: Military record or discharge: birth-name: Farill Oliver Randolph
- Farill O Randolph in household of Frederick A Randolph, "United States Census, 1910"
Parents and Siblings
1852–1920 Male
1855–1910 Female
Siblings (5)
1879–1969 Female
1885– Male
1886– Male
1888– Male
1893–1964 Female
World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 4
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
Age 27
1917
Age 31
Name Meaning
English and German: from Randolf, an ancient Germanic personal name composed of the elements rand ‘rim (of a shield), shield’ + wolf ‘wolf’. This was introduced into England by the Normans in Old French forms of two different ancient Germanic personal names which became confused with each other: Randulf (from rand ‘(shield-)edge’ + wulf ‘wolf’) and Rannulf (from hraf(a)n ‘raven’ + wulf ‘wolf’).
History: An American family bearing this surname are descended from William Randolph (c. 1651–1711), a planter and merchant, a member of a family that originally came from Sussex, England. William Randolph emigrated from Warwickshire to VA c. 1673. He was a forebear of Thomas Jefferson and Robert E. Lee. Randolph had seven sons, each of whom inherited an estate, the name of which was sometimes added to their own, such as Sir John Randolph of Tazewell. His great-grandsons included Edmund Randolph (1753–1813), first attorney general of the US and one of the framers of the US Constitution, and the diplomat and statesman John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833), who served as US minister to Russia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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