Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Fred Phelps across 3 places, from 1929 to 1964.
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Fred Waldron Phelps Sr. (November 13, 1929 – March 19, 2014) was an American minister and disbarred lawyer who served as the pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church, worked as a civil rights attorney, and ran for statewide election in Kansas.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Fred Phelps was documented, and when
13 November 1929exact date
Meridian, Mississippiattested“Fred Waldron Phelps was born on November 13, 1929, in Meridian, Mississippi, the elder of two children of Catherine Idalette (née Johnston) and Fred Wade Phelps.”source: Wikipedia: Fred Phelps
1954year
Topeka, Kansasattested“In 1954, Phelps, his pregnant wife, and their newborn son moved to Topeka, Kansas, where he was hired by the East Side Baptist Church as an associate pastor.”source: Wikipedia: Fred Phelps
1964year
Washburn Universityattested“Phelps earned a law degree from Washburn University in 1964, and founded the Phelps Chartered law firm.”source: Wikipedia: Fred Phelps
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Places Fred Phelps is documented in
Meridian, Mississippi1 presence · 1929
Topeka, Kansas1 presence · 1954
Washburn University1 presence · 1964
Other places tied to Fred Phelps in the record
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September 1947month
Cleveland, Tennesseementioned“In September 1947, at the age of 17, he was ordained a Southern Baptist minister and moved to Cleveland, Tennessee, to attend Bob Jones College (now Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina).”source: Wikipedia: Fred Phelps
September 1947month
Greenville, South Carolinamentioned“In September 1947, at the age of 17, he was ordained a Southern Baptist minister and moved to Cleveland, Tennessee, to attend Bob Jones College (now Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina).”source: Wikipedia: Fred Phelps
September 1947month
Clevelandmentioned“In September 1947, at the age of 17, he was ordained a Southern Baptist minister and moved to Cleveland, Tennessee, to attend Bob Jones College (now Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina).”source: Wikipedia: Fred Phelps
October 1951month
Arizonamentioned“In October 1951, Phelps met Margie Marie Simms in Arizona and married her in May 1952.”source: Wikipedia: Fred Phelps
May 1952month
Arizonamentioned“Simms in May 1952, a year after the couple met at the Arizona Bible Institute.”source: Wikipedia: Fred Phelps
1988year
Kansasmentioned“Phelps and the WBC actively supported Al Gore in the 1988 Democratic Party presidential primary election, with reports stating that Phelps and his church provided housing and other support for campaign workers in Kansas.”source: Wikipedia: Fred Phelps
1991year
Gage Park, Topekamentioned“The church has been involved in actions against gay people since at least 1991, when it sought a crackdown on homosexual activity at Gage Park six blocks northwest of the church.”source: Wikipedia: Fred Phelps
2001year
Wake Forest Universitymentioned“Phelps appeared in A Union in Wait, a 2001 Sundance Channel documentary film about same-sex marriage, directed by Ryan Butler after Phelps picketed Wake Forest Baptist Church at Wake Forest University over a proposed same-sex union cerem…”source: Wikipedia: Fred Phelps
3 March 2006exact date
Iraqmentioned“Snyder, who died in combat in Iraq on March 3, 2006.”source: Wikipedia: Fred Phelps
2007year
Americamentioned“The Phelps family was the subject of the 2007 TV program The Most Hated Family in America, presented on the BBC by Louis Theroux.”source: Wikipedia: Fred Phelps
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