Brief Life History of James Ransom
When James Ransom Freeman was born on 8 February 1916, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, his father, James E. Freeman, was 35 and his mother, Myrtle Powell, was 19. He lived in Fordland, Webster, Missouri, United States in 1930. He died on 12 March 1996, in Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Franklin Cemetery, Tescott, Ottawa, Kansas, United States.
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- James R Freeman, "United States Census, 1940"
- James R Freeman in the Nebraska, U.S., Birth Ledgers, 1904-1911, Birth Index, 1912-1994
- James Ranson Freeman, "Kansas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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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