Brief Life History of Jessie
When Jessie Freshwater was born in 1876, in Ohio, United States, her father, Robert Marquis Freshwater, was 30 and her mother, Mary Isabel McCall, was 28. She lived in Center Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States in 1880.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Jessie Freshwater in household of Robert M Freshwater, "United States Census, 1880"
Parents and Siblings
1846–1931 Male
1848–1895 Female
Siblings (3)
1870– Female
1872– Male
1876– Female
World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
Age 0
1876 · The Battle of Little Bighorn
Age 0
1907 · Not for profit elections
Age 31
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a source of clear drinking water, from Middle English freis, fresche ‘fresh’ + water ‘water’ (Old French freis, of ancient Germanic origin). This may also be a habitational name from an unidentified place so called. There is a Freshwater on the Isle of Wight, though this seems not to have given rise to a surname, and the compound is also recorded as a minor placename in Dorset. However, no prepositional forms indicating a locative type have been noted among the early English bearers, and no such placename has been found in or near the counties where the surname first appears.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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