Brief Life History of Stephen Franklin
When Stephen Franklin Duran was born in February 1843, in Charleston, Penobscot, Maine, United States, his father, Stephen Duran, was 25 and his mother, Margaret Jane Tyler, was 22. He married Ann Maria Bates on 25 June 1871, in Lagrange, Penobscot, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Lagrange, Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1880 and Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States in 1900. In 1900, at the age of 57, his occupation is listed as waiter / lunch counter in Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States. He died in 1900, at the age of 57, and was buried in Hill Crest Cemetery, Lagrange, Penobscot, Maine, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Franklin Duran in household of Daniel Duran, "United States Census, 1860"
- Stephen F. Duren, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Stephen F Duren, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · The California Gold Rush
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Jesus, Luis, Francisco, Mario, Miguel, Ramon, Raul, Ruben.
Spanish (Durán), Catalan, and southern French: from a variant of the personal name Durand .
Polish and Romanian: from a derivative of Dura .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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