Frederick Thomas Searle

Male29 June 1873–13 June 1955

Brief Life History of Frederick Thomas

When Frederick Thomas Searle was born on 29 June 1873, in Iowa, United States, his father, Doctor Benjamin W. Searle, was 32 and his mother, Martha M Moorman, was 28. He married Agnes Jean Rosenauer on 21 June 1917, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States. He lived in Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States in 1910 and Center Township, Wapello, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 13 June 1955, at the age of 81, and was buried in Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States.

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Frederick Thomas Searle
1873–1955
Agnes Jean Rosenauer
1889–
Marriage: 21 June 1917

Sources (7)

  • Fredrick T Searle in household of Welb B Searle, "United States Census, 1880"
  • F. T. Searle, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Fredrick Thomas Searle, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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  • Marriage
    21 June 1917Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
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    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 2

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    1884 · There is now a Capital Building

    Age 11

    The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 23

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

    English: from the Middle English personal name Serle, Serlo, Serily (ancient Germanic Sarilo, Serilo, possibly derived from a root sarw- ‘device, craft, skill, armor’ + suffix -il-), cognate with Old Norse Sǫrli. The name was frequent in Normandy and became common in England after the Conquest.

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

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