Brief Life History of Sophia Cornelia
When Sophia Cornelia Freeman was born in 1829, in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United States, her father, Rev Nathaniel Freeman, was 51 and her mother, Mary Baron Fox, was 44. She lived in New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1850. She died in 1886, at the age of 57.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Sophia C Freeman in household of Joel Blackmer, "United States Census, 1850"
Parents and Siblings
1778–1854 Male
1785–1837 Female
Siblings (11)
1810–1875 Female
1812–1876 Male
1813–1837 Male
1816–1838 Male
1818–1836 Female
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1829 · Farmington Canal Opened
Age 0
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 1
1846
Age 17
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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