Brief Life History of George
When George Free was born on 26 September 1785, his father, George Free, was 42 and his mother, Anna Marie Behm, was 21. He married Elizabeth Ellenberger on 22 July 1815, in Berkeley, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 28 May 1848, in Ohio, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Reedtown, Seneca, Ohio, United States.
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- Georg Adam Frueh, "Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
- George Free, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
- George Free, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: nickname or status name from Middle English fre ‘free’ (Old English frēo), with reference to either tenurial status (‘free born’) or to character (‘noble, generous, open-handed’).
Irish: variant of Freeman .
Americanized form of Swiss German and German Frei and Frey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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