When John Finley Free was born on 14 July 1844, in St. Clair, Illinois, United States, his father, John Belcher Free, was 23 and his mother, Emeline Stephens, was 19. He married Susanne M Norton about 1886, in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 April 1921, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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English: nickname or status name from Middle English fre ‘free’ (Old English frēo), with reference to either tenurial status (‘free born’) or to character (‘noble, generous, open-handed’).
Irish: variant of Freeman .
Americanized form of Swiss German and German Frei and Frey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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