Brief Life History of Ann Allston
When Ann Allston DuPre was born on 5 June 1824, in Saint James Santee Parish, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, her father, Daniel DuPre', was 30 and her mother, Sarah Margaret Hibben, was 29. She married John Adams Leland on 23 April 1845, in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States in 1870 and Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States in 1900. She died on 3 July 1903, in Mount Pleasant, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
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- Ann A Leland, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ann Allston DuPre Leland, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ann Allston Dupre in entry for Warren Allston Leland, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Antoine, Jacques, Alcee, Andre, Armand, Camille, Lucien, Pierre, Adrien, Albertine, Alcide.
French (Dupré): topographic name from pré ‘meadow’ (from Old French pred), with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’; or a habitational name for someone from any of several places in various parts of France named Le Pré. Compare Deupree and Dupree .
History: This surname is listed (in the form Du Pré) in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina. — In North America, this surname was originally also part of a title. It was Louis Lecomte, sieur Dupré, from Pouzauges in Vendée, France, whose title sieur Dupré became the surname Dupré. He married Catherine Rolland de St. Georges in Montreal, QC, in 1683. His descendants also bear the surname Terrebonne .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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