When Rega Dent Freeman was born on 24 December 1874, in Indian Springs, Butts, Georgia, United States, his father, Thomas Francis Freeman, was 24 and his mother, Mary Susan Brown, was 22. He married Melissa Dovie Nicklas on 27 September 1897, in Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California, United States in 1930 and San Miguel Judicial Township, San Luis Obispo, California, United States in 1940. He died on 17 April 1945, in San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Paso Robles District Cemetery, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California, United States.
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English: from Middle English freman, fremon ‘freeman, free-born man’ (Old English frēomann, frīgmann), used also occasionally as a personal name. As an African American surname it was in many cases adopted as a name denoting a man freed of slavery. See also Fryman and Free .
Irish: Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Ó Saoraidhe (see Seery ).
Americanized form of French Lafrenière (see Lafreniere ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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