Brief Life History of Arthur
When Arthur Freshwater was born in 1872, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Robert Marquis Freshwater, was 26 and his mother, Mary Isabel McCall, was 24. He lived in Center Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Sarpy, Nebraska, United States in 1900.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Arthur Freshwater, "United States Census, 1900"
- Arthur 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)
1872 · The First National Park
Age 0
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Age 5
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
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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