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