Brief Life History of Fremont
When Fremont Frankhauser was born on 27 October 1856, in Cocalico, West Cocalico Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Frankhouser, was 24 and his mother, Maria Weaver, was 22. He married Sarah R. Shirk about 1878, in Cocalico, West Cocalico Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Cumru Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. He died on 24 May 1923, in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Fremont Frankhouser in household of John Frankhouser, "United States Census, 1860"
- F W Frankhauser, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Fremont Weaver Frankhauser, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
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.
Name Meaning
German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Frankenhausen, in Thuringia (recorded as Franchenhausen in the 12th century), Hesse, and Saxony.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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