Brief Life History of George Freeland
When George Freeland Dubois was born on 7 April 1893, in Sheffield, Franklin, Iowa, United States, his father, Albert Wesley Dubois, was 25 and his mother, Estella Martha Metzger, was 22. He married Retha Muriel Kerr on 20 June 1936, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in School District 1 Lewistown, Fergus, Montana, United States in 1920 and Fergus, Montana, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 12 April 1965, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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- George Freeland Dubois, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- George Freeland Dubois, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- George Freeland Dubois, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1895
Historical Boundaries: 1895: Ward, North Dakota, United States 1909: Montrail, North Dakota, 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.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Armand, Normand, Jacques, Pierre, Fernand, Marcel, Emile, Lucien, Michel, Alain, Luc.
French, Walloon, and English (of French Huguenot origin): topographic name, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’, for someone living or working in a wood (see Bois ), or a habitational name for someone from any of several places in various parts of France and in Belgium (Wallonia) named Le Bois. This is the most frequent surname in Wallonia. It is also found in the Flemish part of Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Haiti. In both England and North America it is sometimes translated into English as Wood . Compare Deboe , Debois , Deboy , Duboise , and Dubose .
History: This surname is listed (in the form Du Bois) in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America. One of the several Huguenot ancestors bearing this name was Chrétien Du Bois from Flanders, whose son, Louis Du Bois (born 1626 in Lille, France, died 1696 in Kingston, NY), was among the Huguenots who founded the town of New Paltz, NY 1675–78.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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