When Barbara Ann Fry was born on 13 March 1854, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Jacob Fry, was 45 and her mother, Mrs Barbara Fry, was 39. She had at least 10 sons and 2 daughters with Franklin Gower. She lived in Penn Forest Township, Carbon, Pennsylvania, United States for about 40 years. She died on 11 April 1913, in Albrightsville, Penn Forest Township, Carbon, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Penn Forest Township, Carbon, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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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