Fred Clarence Waldo

Brief Life History of Fred Clarence

When Fred Clarence Waldo was born on 30 November 1879, in Sylvania, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Charles E Waldo, was 32 and his mother, Fannie Christiana Patchen, was 22. He married Esther H Cowen on 1 January 1907, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Columbia Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died in March 1923, in Troy, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Sylvania Cemetery, Sylvania, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Fred Clarence Waldo
1879–1923
Esther H Cowen
1887–1961
Marriage: 1 January 1907
Charles R Waldo
1908–1992

Sources (7)

  • Frederick C Waldo, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Fred Clarence Waldo, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Fred C Waldo, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Walthall . Compare Scottish Waldie .

German: habitational name from any of several places in Pomerania and Brandenburg called Waldow. This surname is very rare in Germany.

History: Cornelius Waldo was living in Ipswich, MA, in 1647. Samuel Waldo (1695–1759) was born in Boston and became a land speculator in ME.

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

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