Brief Life History of Doris
When Doris Freeman was born on 30 April 1898, in Twyning, Gloucestershire, England, her father, William Freeman, was 45 and her mother, Elizabeth Ellen Marston, was 32. She lived in Twyning, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1901.
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Sources (4)
- Doris Freeman in household of William Freeman, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
- Gloucestershire, England, Baptisms, 1813-1913
- Legacy NFS Source: Doris Freeman -
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World Events (8)
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.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1939 · Britain Enters World War II
Britain entered the Second World War as war was declared on Germany on September 3, 1939. World War II came to an end after the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people. Less than a week later, the Japanese surrendered and the war officially ended on August 15, 1945.
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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