Brief Life History of Christopher B
When Christopher B Stafford was born on 30 August 1797, in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Joseph Stafford, was 38 and his mother, Orpha Sweet, was 39. He married Laura Sophronia Eggleston in 1820, in Essex, Essex, Essex, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Sangamon, Illinois, United States for about 30 years. He died on 7 March 1870, in Rochester, Wabash, Illinois, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Rochester, Sangamon, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Christopher Stafford, "United States Census, 1830"
- Stafford in entry for Lac Stafford, "Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955"
- Christopher B Stafford, "United States Census, 1840"
Spouse and Children
1797–1870 Male
1800–1856 Female
Children (4)
1826–1911 Male
1826–1906 Male
1828– Female
1832– Female
Parents and Siblings
1759–1855 Male
1758–1816 Female
Siblings (9)
1780– Male
1782–1871 Male
1785–1863 Female
1789–1855 Male
1793–1862 Male
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 3
1811 · USS Revenge
Age 14
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 22
Name Meaning
English: habitational name principally from Stafford (Staffordshire), but occasionally from other places with similar names, such as Stafford House in Ifield (Sussex), possibly East and West Stowford in East Down (Devon), and three minor places in Devon called Stafford, in Dolton, Broadhembury, and Colyton parishes. The places are all named with Old English ford ‘ford’ as the final element, but have different initial elements. The Staffordshire placename has Old English stæth ‘river bank, shore’; Stafford in Colyton (Devon) has Old English stān ‘stone, rock’; the Sussex placename has Old English stēor ‘steer, bullock’; East and West Stowford (Devon) have Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’; Stafford in Dolton and Stafford in Broadhembury (Devon) may have Old English stæth, stān, or stæf.
Irish (Wexford): variant of Stocker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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