Henrietta Durham was born in 1799, in Scott, Virginia, United States as the daughter of Isaac Durham and Betsy Ritter. She married Tandy DeKalb Flanary on 22 February 1823, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in DeKalb District, Scott, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1880, in Virginia, United States, at the age of 81.
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habitational name from the city of Durham, recorded as Dunholm in 1056 and Duram in 1297, named from Old English dūn ‘hill’ (see Down 1) + late Old English holm (from Old Norse holmr ‘island’).
variant of Derham .
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