When Charles Flowerdew was born on 23 February 1851, in Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Flowerdew Jr, was 38 and his mother, Martha Branton, was 35. He married Caroline Elizabeth Valentine on 2 July 1875, in Jasper, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1868 and lived in Polk, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Washington Township, Polk, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 5 October 1934, in Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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French: nickname from Old French flur (de) Dieu ‘flower of God’, probably in some metaphorical sense, though this does not appear to have yielded an extant surname in France.
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