Frederick Tanner

1873–1961 (Age 87)
Rome, Oneida, New York, United States

The Life of Frederick

When Frederick Tanner was born on 4 March 1873, in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, William Henry Tanner, was 43 and his mother, Huldah Miller, was 34. He died on 27 January 1961, in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Stanwix Cemetery, Rome, Oneida, New York, United States.

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Frederick Tanner
1873–1961
Emma Zimmerman
1883–1971

Spouse & Children

  • Frederick Tanner

    Male1873–1961Male

  • Emma Zimmerman

    Female1883–1971Female

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 2

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.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

Age 2

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 23

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

1 English and Dutch: occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. (The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.)2 Swiss and German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains and Silesia) or Tann (southern Germany).3 Finnish: topographic or ornamental name from Finnish tanner ‘open field’.

Possible Related Names

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

Sources (3)

  • Fred Tanner, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Fred Tanner, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Fredrick Tanner in household of Henry Tanner, "United States Census, 1880"

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