Brief Life History of John
When John Freeman was born about 1863, in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Freeman, was 11861 and his mother, Mary Hardy, was 39. He married Mary Ann Adcock on 14 December 1884, in Stapenhill, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Stapenhill, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Tatenhill, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 11 March 1940, in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 78.
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- John Freeman, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- John Freeman, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
- John Freeman in household of John Freeman, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
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1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English freman, fremon ‘freeman, free-born man’ (Old English frēomann, frīgmann), used also occasionally as a personal name. As an African American surname it was in many cases adopted as a name denoting a man freed of slavery. See also Fryman and Free .
Irish: Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Ó Saoraidhe (see Seery ).
Americanized form of French Lafrenière (see Lafreniere ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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