Finley Carroll Free

Brief Life History of Finley Carroll

When Finley Carroll Free was born on 7 July 1838, in Caldwell, Missouri, United States, his father, Absalom Pennington Free Sr, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Strait, was 34. He married Julia Delecta Young on 13 March 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 22 April 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 27, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Finley Carroll Free
1838–1866
Julia Delecta Young
1849–1936
Marriage: 13 March 1866

Sources (27)

  • Finley Free in household of Absalom P Free, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Findlay Free, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Findlay Free, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"

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World Events (6)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1846

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

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English: nickname or status name from Middle English fre ‘free’ (Old English frēo), with reference to either tenurial status (‘free born’) or to character (‘noble, generous, open-handed’).

Irish: variant of Freeman .

Americanized form of Swiss German and German Frei and Frey .

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

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