Edwin French

Male1870–19 February 1871

Brief Life History of Edwin

When Edwin French was born in 1870, in Shelby, Iowa, United States, his father, Thomas A. French, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Harmon, was 42. He died on 19 February 1871, in his hometown, at the age of 1, and was buried in Shelby, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas A. French
1833–1905
Elizabeth Harmon
1828–1895
Martha E. French
1857–
Thomas French
1859–
James William French
1859–1918
Mary Louise French
1862–1926
Jesse Marion French
1865–1946
George Washington French
1869–1946
Edwin French
1870–1871

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  • Edwin French, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (2)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Age 0

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1870 · Giving all the right to vote

Age 0

The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.

Name Meaning

English:

ethnic name for someone from France, from Middle English frensh, frenche ‘French’ (Old English frencisc), or in some cases, perhaps a nickname for someone who adopted French airs.

variant of Anglo-Norman French Frain .

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

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