When Dorcas Ann Canfield was born on 23 February 1836, in Crawford, Ohio, United States, her father, Benjamin Canfield, was 24 and her mother, Mary Redway Colby, was 19. She married Alpheus M. Chadwick about 1855, in New Hope, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Michigan, United States in 1870 and Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States in 1880. She died on 7 April 1896, in Plymouth, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Northville, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
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Michigan is the 26th state.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
English:
habitational name from Great or Little Canfield in Essex, named with the Old English personal name Cana (see Cane 2) + feld ‘open country’.
in some cases the surname may be of Norman origin, a habitational name from Canville-les-Deux-Églises in Seine-Maritime (France).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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