Brief Life History of Deborah French
When Deborah French Hayes was born on 7 October 1816, in Farmington, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Ichabod Hayes Jr, was 46 and her mother, Deborah French, was 37. She married John Hanson Hurd on 23 September 1849, in Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 4 April 1867, at the age of 50, and was buried in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Deborah Hurd in household of John H Hurd, "United States Census, 1860"
- Deborah Hayes, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Deborah Hayes, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
Spouse and Children
1824–1901 Male
1816–1867 Female
Children (1)
1853–1945 Male
Parents and Siblings
1770–1833 Male
1779–1824 Female
Siblings (14)
1797–1799 Male
1798–1799 Female
1800–1825 Female
1802–1866 Male
1804–1869 Female
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World Events (7)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 3
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 4
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 14
Name Meaning
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodha ‘descendant of Aodh’, a personal name meaning ‘fire’. Compare McCoy . In some cases especially in County Wexford, the surname is of English origin (see below), having been taken to Ireland by the Normans.
English: variant of Hay , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: topographic name from the plural form of Middle English hay(e), heye, heghe ‘enclosure’ (see Hay ), sometimes used as a collective noun for a farm, especially in Devon, where it is a frequent minor placename. Compare Hain .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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