Brief Life History of Douglas Southall
When Douglas Southall Freeman was born on 16 May 1886, in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States, his father, Gen. Walker Burford Freeman, was 42 and his mother, Bettie Allen Hamner, was 33. He married Inez Virginia Goddin on 5 February 1914, in Richmond, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States for about 1 years and Tuckahoe District, Henrico, Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 13 June 1953, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, United States.
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- Douglas Southall Freeman in entry for Mary Tyler Freeman, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1949"
- Douglas S Grennan, "United States Census, 1920"
- Douglas S Freeman in entry for Leslie Cheek and Mary Tyler Freeman, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
Spouse and Children
1886–1953 Male
1890–1974 Female
Children (3)
1917–2005 Female
1923–1994 Female
1925–2018 Male
Parents and Siblings
1843–1935 Male
1853–1909 Female
Siblings (3)
1874–1945 Male
1881–1954 Male
1886–1953 Male
World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 4
1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Age 8
1904
Age 18
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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