Lavisa Lavicy Dean

23 November 1809–19 November 1882 (Age 73)
Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont

The Life of Lavisa Lavicy

When Lavisa Lavicy Dean was born on 23 November 1809, her father, Shubal Treadway Dean, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Robinson, was 28. She married Jasper Drury on 27 May 1827. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 19 November 1882, in Aurora, Kane, Illinois, United States, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

Jasper Drury
1805–1877
Lavisa Lavicy Dean
1809–1882
Marriage: 27 May 1827
Elbert Washington Drury
1828–1906
Edwin Jerome Drury
1830–1903
Sarah Jane Drury
1832–1899
Mary Rosetta Drury
1833–
Julia Ann Drury
1837–
Lydia A. Drury
1839–
George Irwin Drury
1841–1912

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
27 May 1827
Weathersfield, Windsor, VT
children

(7)

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Parents and Siblings

siblings

(10)

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World Events (8)

1812

Age 3

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1818

Age 9

Illinois is the 21st state.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 21

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

1 English: topographic name from Middle English dene ‘valley’ (Old English denu), or a habitational name from any of several places in various parts of England named Dean, Deane, or Deen from this word. In Scotland this is a habitational name from Den in Aberdeenshire or Dean in Ayrshire.2 English: occupational name for the servant of a dean or nickname for someone thought to resemble a dean. A dean was an ecclesiastical official who was the head of a chapter of canons in a cathedral. The Middle English word deen is a borrowing of Old French d(e)ien, from Latin decanus (originally a leader of ten men, from decem ‘ten’), and thus is a cognate of Deacon .3 Irish: variant of Deane .

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (2)

  • Dean in entry for Albert W. Drury, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
  • Harriet Palmer in entry for Edwin J Drury, "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"

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