Brief Life History of Luther
When Luther Durant was born on 28 December 1793, in Utah, United States, his father, Joseph Durant, was 24 and his mother, Sarah Gilson, was 16. He married Susan Leland on 15 April 1818, in Chester, Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 8 February 1868, in Waitsfield, Washington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Waitsfield, Washington, Vermont, United States.
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- Luther Durant, "United States Census, 1860"
- Luther Durent, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Luther Durant, "Find A Grave Index"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) and French: variant of Durand .
English: variant of Darwent, a habitational name from Derwent in Derbyshire (now submerged by the Ladybower Reservoir) or Darwen in Lancashire, both named from rivers called Derwent, or, less frequently, from similarly named rivers in Cumbria, Durham, Northumbria, and Yorkshire, from a Celtic river name meaning ‘river where oak-trees grow abundantly’.
Altered form of French Doiron .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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