Edith Isabella Fryer

Brief Life History of Edith Isabella

When Edith Isabella Fryer was born about 1875, in Canton, Lewis, Missouri, United States, her father, John Fryer, was 41 and her mother, Sarah Ann Calvert, was 37. She married William M. Veach on 27 April 1889, in Adams, Illinois, United States.

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William M. Veach
1873–1910
Edith Isabella Fryer
about 1875–
Marriage: 27 April 1889

Sources (5)

  • Isabella Fryer in household of John Fryer, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Isabella Fryer - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Isabella Fryer
  • Belle E Fryer, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

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World Events (8)

about 1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

about 1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Freer 1.

Americanized form of German Freier or Freyer .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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