Fred Lawrence Whitaker

Brief Life History of Fred Lawrence

When Fred Lawrence Whitaker was born on 20 January 1888, in Almena, Norton, Kansas, United States, his father, Henry Summeral Whitaker, was 24 and his mother, Lou Labelle Runyan, was 20. He died on 30 December 1894, in his hometown, at the age of 6, and was buried in Farmingdale Cemetery, Norton, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Summeral Whitaker
1864–1952
Lou Labelle Runyan
1867–1971
Fred Lawrence Whitaker
1888–1894
Alda Clair Whitaker
1889–1975
Percy Graydon Whitaker
1891–1980
Harry Cecil Hal Whitaker
1893–1972
Virginia May Whitaker
1896–1995
Bessie Marie Whitaker
1898–1995
Charlotte Lucille Whitaker
1901–1981

Sources (1)

  • Fred L Whitaker, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (2)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1890 · Woman's Suffrage

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Whitacre in Warwickshire or High Whitaker in Lancashire, both of whose names derive from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + æcer ‘field’. The name may also be derived from Wheatacre in Norfolk or Whiteacre in Waltham (Kent), both of which derive from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + æcer ‘field’. Compare Whittaker .

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

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