Brief Life History of Frederick James
When Frederick James Converse was born on 2 December 1860, in Andover, Henry, Illinois, United States, his father, James Augustus Converse, was 24 and his mother, Marie Sarepta Penney, was 18. He lived in Cambridge, Henry, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 30 December 1897, in Loup City, Sherman, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Loup City, Sherman, Nebraska, United States.
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Sources (4)
- James F Corwerse in household of James A Corwerse, "United States Census, 1880"
- Frederick James Converse, "Find A Grave Index"
- James T Converse in household of James Converse, "United States Census, 1870"
Parents and Siblings
1836–1920 Male
1842–1932 Female
Siblings (5)
1860–1897 Male
1862–1896 Male
1867–1897 Female
1873–1939 Female
1876–1888 Female
World Events (8)
1863
Age 3
1864
Age 4
1871
Age 11
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Old French convers literally ‘converted’, used to denote someone converted from secular to religious life in adult age, or, earlier, a lay member of a convent. The Cistercian and Augustinian conversi were men living according to a rule less strict than that of the monks or canons, engaged chiefly in manual work, with their own living quarters and their own part of the church. They were numerous among the Cistercians in the 12th and 13th centuries, often outnumbering the monks and were, by rule, illiterate. These lay brothers were employed on the monastic manors and granges, where they were liable to fall into the sin of owning private property. They acquired a reputation for violence and misbehaviour (at Neath, in 1269, they locked the abbot in his bedroom and stole his horses) and they were gradually replaced by more manageable paid servants.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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