Brief Life History of Walter Fletcher
When Walter Fletcher Frederick was born on 29 November 1884, in Hardy, Mercer, West Virginia, United States, his father, Samuel A. Frederick, was 25 and his mother, Julia Ann Steed, was 22. He had at least 1 son with Mamie Edna Steed. He lived in New Creek District, Mineral, West Virginia, United States in 1940 and Keyser, Mineral, West Virginia, United States in 1950. He died on 10 June 1963, in Mineral, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Keyser, Mineral, West Virginia, United States.
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- W F Frederick, "United States 1950 Census"
- Walter Frederick, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
- Walter Fletcher Frederich, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English: from the ancient Germanic personal name Frideric or Frederic, composed of the elements frid, fred ‘peace’ + rīc ‘power’, introduced into England from France by the Normans. In North America, this is also found as an altered form of a cognate name in several other languages, such as German Friedrich and Czech Bedřich (see Bedrick ). Compare Fredrick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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