Brief Life History of John Frederick
When John Frederick Sherwin was born on 28 March 1901, in Denver, Colorado, United States, his father, John Oscar Sherwin Jr, was 38 and his mother, Rachel Louisa Rand, was 29. He married Regina Agnes Mader on 20 December 1924, in Littleton, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States. He lived in Election Precinct 5, Fremont, Colorado, United States in 1910 and Election District I, Denver, Colorado, United States in 1940. He died on 14 January 1991, in Denver, Colorado, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Denver, Colorado, United States.
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- Fred Sherwin, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Frederick Sherwin - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: John Frederick Sherwin
- J F Sherwin, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
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1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1909 · Garden of the Gods Park
In 1879, railroad tycoon, Charles Elliott Perkins bought 240 acres whrere The Garden of the Gods is located, and planned to use it as a summer home. Perkins died in 1907 before he could establish it as a public park. Perkin's children donated the now 480 acres to the city of Colorado Springs, to become a public park.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire and Derbyshire): nickname perhaps used to denote a swift runner or a messenger, from Middle English schere(n) ‘(to) shear, cut’ + wind ‘wind’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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