Thomas Freer

Brief Life History of Thomas

Thomas Freer was born about 1832, in Stoke Golding, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. He married Matilda Calladine on 14 November 1858, in Old Whittington, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Old Whittington, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Freer
1832–
Matilda Calladine
1837–
Marriage: 14 November 1858
William Henry Freer
1859–1921
Robert Freer
1861–
Frederick Freer
1862–
Charlotte Freer
1864–
George Freer
1867–
Florence Freer
1869–
Elizabeth Freer
1872–
Amelia Freer
1878–1880

Sources (11)

  • Thomas Freer, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Freer - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Thomas Freer
  • Thomas Freer, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

World Events (8)

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

Name Meaning

English: sometimes from Middle English frere, frier ‘brother, friend, comrade’ (Old French frere). During the 13th century, however, the word increasingly denoted ‘member of one of the mendicant religious orders’, the usual modern sense of the word friar. The first friars arrived in England in 1224. As with Abbot , Monk , Nunn , and Prior , late medieval use of Frere as a nickname was probably uncomplimentary, for by the mid 14th century the once popular friars had become a byword in satirical literature for self-indulgent, smooth-talking hypocrisy. Friars were not allowed to marry, but some of them probably fathered children. After the Reformation former friars were free to marry, and one such is said to have been the progenitor of the Friers of Melrose parish, Roxburgh, an instance, if true, of post-medieval surname creation. The name may also be occupational, for someone who lived or worked at a friary (Middle English frere ‘house of friars’).

Americanized form of French Frère (see Frere ).

German: cognate of Friedrich .

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

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