When Richard Leo Duquette was born on 17 October 1901, in Morrisonville, Clinton, New York, United States, his father, John B Duquette, was 24 and his mother, Jennie Duquette, was 20. He married Anna Genevieve Garvey on 28 September 1922, in Clinton, New York, United States. He died on 4 April 1966, in Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States, at the age of 64.
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A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Some characteristic forenames: French Lucien, Armand, Camille, Adrien, Arsene, Fernand, Jacques, Marcel, Normand, Raoul, Achille, Amie.
Altered form of French Duquet , reflecting the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t. Compare Dukette .
History: Denis Duquet from France married Catherine Gauthier in Quebec City, QC, in 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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