Eleanor Duffield

Female5 September 1861–9 April 1934

Brief Life History of Eleanor

When Eleanor Duffield was born on 5 September 1861, in Illinois, United States, her father, Amos Duffield, was 38 and her mother, Elizabeth Castleman, was 25. She lived in Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1900. She died on 9 April 1934, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Amos Duffield
1823–1870
Elizabeth Castleman
1836–1880
Ida M Duffield
1857–
Carrie Duffield
1859–1860
Eleanor Duffield
1861–1934
Claud Duffield
1863–1864
Clarence C. Duffield
1865–1921

Sources (7)

  • Eleanor Duffield, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Eleanor Duffield - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Eleanor Duffield
  • Eleanor Duffield, "Find A Grave Index"

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Siblings (5)

World Events (8)

1863

Age 2

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

1871

Age 10

In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 20

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.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the places called Duffield in Derbyshire and Yorkshire, from Old English dūfe ‘dove’ + feld ‘open country’.

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

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