Brief Life History of Wesley
When Wesley Freeman was born on 17 October 1896, in Junction, Kimble, Texas, United States, his father, William Allen Freeman, was 46 and his mother, Belvadora S Shockley, was 43. He married Lela Smitherman about 1918, in Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Kimble, Texas, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 2 March 1960, in Junction, Kimble, Texas, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Kimble, Texas, United States.
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- Wesley Freeman in household of William A Freeman, "United States Census, 1910"
- Wesley Freeman, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Wesley Freeman, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
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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