When Walter Allen Frair was born on 7 September 1930, in Oklahoma, United States, his father, Louis Stephen Frair, was 23 and his mother, Pearlie Hodges, was 29. He married Wanda Faye Riley on 2 November 1962. He lived in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 4 March 2006, in Mojave, Kern, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Arvin, Kern, California, United States.
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The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jesus, Jose, Carlos, Juan, Armando, Miguel, Alberto, Gerardo, Manuel, Roberto, Amador, Esperanza.
Spanish: from a derivative of Latin frater ‘brother’, a status name for a member of a religious order, especially a mendicant order, and possibly also a nickname for a pious person or someone who worked in a monastery.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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