Frances Ann Saxton Fretwell

Brief Life History of Frances Ann Saxton

When Frances Ann Saxton Fretwell was born on 25 December 1841, in Wiota, Cass, Iowa, United States, her father, Samuel Ferris Moses Fretwell, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Jane Woods, was 22. She married Thomas Butler Allred on 22 February 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Fayette, Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States in 1850 and Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States in 1860. She died on 15 August 1866, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 24, and was buried in Spring City Cemetery, Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Butler Allred
1841–1910
Frances Ann Saxton Fretwell
1841–1866
Marriage: 22 February 1864
Thomas Butler Allred
1864–1931
Infant Daughter Allred
1866–1866

Sources (14)

  • Frances Fretwell, "United States, Census, 1860"
  • Frances Ann Fretwell, "United States, Western States Marriage Index"
  • Frances Ann Saxton Fretwell Allred, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (7)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1848

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): variant of the Norman surname de Frescheville, from an unidentified place in France named Frècheville. The English surname Freshfield is also derived from this placename. The surname Fretwell is attested in Derbyshire from the 13th century. Alternative possibilities include minor placenames in the Midlands or north of England, such as Fretwell Close in Tadcaster, Yorkshire, or the lost Frethewell in Morton, Nottinghamshire, but there is currently no evidence to support these origins.

English: habitational name from Fritwell, Oxfordshire, which is possibly derived from Old English freht, fyrht, firht ‘augury,’ and w(i)elle ‘well’, meaning ‘wishing well’. This name is recorded as Fretewell in 1203, and Fritewell in 1236.

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

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Frances Ann Saxton Fretwell

Frances Ann Saxton Fretwell Allred—Born Dec. 25, 1846, to Samuel Faris Moses Fretwell and his wife Sarah Wood Fretwell, at Wyota, Iowa County, Wisconsin. She was the third born in a family of eight c …

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