Eunice Estey

Brief Life History of Eunice

When Eunice Estey was born on 24 February 1818, in Ohio, United States, her father, David Estey, was 25 and her mother, Anna Knoop, was 25. She married Abraham Henry Diffenbaugh on 11 August 1838, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 22 November 1855, in Delphos, Washington Township, Van Wert, Ohio, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Westside Cemetery, Delphos, Washington Township, Van Wert, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Abraham Henry Diffenbaugh
1817–1908
Eunice Estey
1818–1855
Marriage: 11 August 1838
Mary Ann Deffenbaugh
1839–1936
Josephine Diffenbaugh
1844–1844
Frances Cordelia Diffenbaugh
1846–1930
Harry Taylor Diffenbaugh
1848–1930
David Diffenbaugh
1850–1853
Jotham Diffenbaugh
1853–1924
Darius Diffenbaugh
1855–1856

Sources (13)

  • Ennis Diffinbaugh in household of A Diffinbaugh, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Eunice Estey, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994"
  • Diffinbaugh, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (5)

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. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English est + hawe ‘east enclosure’ (Old English ēast + haga), denoting a dweller ‘at the east enclosure’, or from a lost minor place so named. This surname is now rare in Britain.

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

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