Mary Vivian Frey

1836–3 October 1923 (Age 87)
Kentucky, United States

The Life Summary of Mary Vivian

When Mary Vivian Frey was born in 1836, in Kentucky, United States, her father, George Fry, was 36 and her mother, Susan Rosaline Bullock, was 20. She married ? in 1854, in Sumner, Tennessee, United States. She lived in Sumner, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States for about 50 years. She died on 3 October 1923, in Grayson, Texas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Richard Alexander Chapman
1829–1928
Mary Vivian Frey
1836–1923
Marriage: 1854
James E. Chapman
1858–1923
Richard Alexander Chapman Jr.
1860–1949
Rebecca Lucille "Lula" Chapman
1862–1923
Susan Fry Chapman
1867–1868
George Fry Chapman
1870–1925
Mamie Elizabeth Chapman
1878–1939

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1854Sumner, Tennessee, United States
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (5)

    World Events (8)

    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 0
    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
    1846
    Age 10
    Historical Boundaries: 1846: Grayson, Texas, United States
    1861
    Age 25
    Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

    Name Meaning

    Swiss German and German: status name for a free man, as opposed to a bondsman or serf, in the feudal system, from Middle High German vrī ‘free, independent’. This surname is also found in Hungary, Poland, and especially in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Free and Frei .English: variant of Fray .History: This surname (see 1 above) is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Frei
    Fray
    Frie
    Freye
    Free

    Sources (15)

    • Mary V Chapman in household of R A Chapman, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Mary V Fry in entry for Geo F Chapman, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
    • Mary Fry in household of Susan R Fry, "United States Census, 1850"

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