Frederick Forest Randolph

Male7 November 1888–

Brief Life History of Frederick Forest

When Frederick Forest Randolph was born on 7 November 1888, in Allison, Butler, Iowa, United States, his father, Fred A. Randolph, was 36 and his mother, Caroline Oxford, was 33. He lived in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years.

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Family Time Line

Fred A. Randolph
1852–1920
Caroline Oxford
1855–1910
Clara (Clarissa) B. Randolph
1879–1969
Randolph
1885–
Farill Oliver Randolph
1886–
Frederick Forest Randolph
1888–
Cora M Randolph
1893–1964

Sources (3)

  • Fred L Randolph in household of Frederick A Randolph, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Frederick Forest Randolph - Government record: Military record or discharge: birth-name: Frederick Forest Randolph
  • Frederick F Randolph in household of Frederick A Randolph, "United States Census, 1900"

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World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 2

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam

Age 25

The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 31

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

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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