Frederick Barfuss

Brief Life History of Frederick

Frederick Barfuss was born on 18 August 1879, in Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland. He married Rosa Spring on 2 June 1911, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to World in 1908 and lived in Election District 5, Laramie, Wyoming, United States in 1940. He died on 14 October 1958, in Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Bern, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frederick Barfuss
1879–1958
Rosa Spring
1877–1922
Marriage: 2 June 1911
Belva Elizabeth Barfuss
1912–2003
Roxy Barfuss
1914–1990
Floyd Spring Barfuss
1916–1944
Emer Frederick Barfuss
1918–1996

Sources (33)

  • Fred Barfuss, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Frederick Barfuss, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Fred Barfuss, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1894 · The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed.

The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed. - A precursor society to FamilySearch, the GSU was organized on November 13,1894, in the Church Historian's Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Manfred.

German: nickname for someone who was in the habit of going unshod, from Middle High German bar ‘bare, naked’ + vuoz ‘foot’, or perhaps for a member of the monastic order of the Barefoot Monks.

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

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