Brief Life History of Jacob H.
When Jacob H. Fry was born in 1856, in Lower Windsor Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jacob Frey, was 43 and his mother, Mary Ann RIGDON, was 33. He lived in Abingdon, Harford, Maryland, United States in 1880.
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- Jacob H Frey in household of George W Frey, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jacob H. Fry -
- Jacob H Frey in household of Jacob Frey, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English (mainly southern and southwestern): from Middle English frie ‘free’ (Old English frīo, frīg), with reference either to rank or tenurial status (‘free-born’) or to character (‘generous, open-handed’). It is synonymous with Free .
Americanized form of German Frei or Frey , or of the Dutch cognate Vrij.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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