Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Durfee was born on 6 July 1833, in Wayne, Ohio, United States, her father, Perry Durfee Jr, was 35 and her mother, Ruth McBride, was 32. She died about 1864, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 32.
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- 1833 - Hannah Durfee in the Family Data Collection - Births
- Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993
- 1864 - Hannah Durfee in the Family Data Collection - Deaths
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Altered form of French Durfé: habitational name, with fused preposition d(e) ‘from’, for someone from Urfé in Loire. The surname Durfé is virtually non-existing in France.
History: The name was brought to England by Huguenot refugees in the 16th century. Thomas Durfee, the ancestor of the Durfee family in America, was born in 1643 and came to Providence, RI, in 1660.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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