Tuny Elizabeth DuBois

Brief Life History of Tuny Elizabeth

When Tuny Elizabeth DuBois was born on 31 January 1861, in New York City, New York, United States, her father, Stephen Smith DuBois, was 46 and her mother, Sarah Ann Chase, was 26. She married Isaac William Parks on 24 December 1881, in Coloma, Waushara, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Hancock, Waushara, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years and Coloma, Waushara, Wisconsin, United States for about 30 years. She died on 14 March 1934, in Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Coloma, Waushara, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac William Parks
–1895
Tuny Elizabeth DuBois
1861–1934
Marriage: 24 December 1881
Myrtle Estella Parks
1882–1913
Ray Parks
1883–1886
Mabel Parks
1884–1976
Ray William Parks
1885–1970
Fay Lester Parks
1887–1971
Clayton Isaac Parks
1889–1977
Hazel Laura Jach
1891–1984
Lloyd Burton Parks
1892–1971
Gladys Marie Parks
1894–
Edith Muriel Parks
1895–1975

Sources (27)

  • Tuna Dubis in household of Stephen Dubis, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Tuny DuBois - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Tuny DuBois
  • Ginny Dubois, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867 · The First Successful Typewriter is Invented

A patent was filed on October 11, 1867, on a new direct action typewriter. The patent was filed by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule who had invented the prototype in Milwaukee.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Armand, Normand, Jacques, Pierre, Fernand, Marcel, Emile, Lucien, Michel, Alain, Luc.

French, Walloon, and English (of French Huguenot origin): topographic name, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’, for someone living or working in a wood (see Bois ), or a habitational name for someone from any of several places in various parts of France and in Belgium (Wallonia) named Le Bois. This is the most frequent surname in Wallonia. It is also found in the Flemish part of Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Haiti. In both England and North America it is sometimes translated into English as Wood . Compare Deboe , Debois , Deboy , Duboise , and Dubose .

History: This surname is listed (in the form Du Bois) in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America. One of the several Huguenot ancestors bearing this name was Chrétien Du Bois from Flanders, whose son, Louis Du Bois (born 1626 in Lille, France, died 1696 in Kingston, NY), was among the Huguenots who founded the town of New Paltz, NY 1675–78.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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