Fredrick Wayne DeFord

Brief Life History of Fredrick Wayne

When Fredrick Wayne DeFord was born on 5 February 1931, in Bean Blossom Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States, his father, James Marshall Deford, was 29 and his mother, Helen Byers, was 25. He died on 10 October 2003, in Ellettsville, Richland Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Ellettsville, Richland Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Marshall Deford
1901–1986
Helen Byers
1905–1983
James Russell De Ford
1925–1945
Wilma Jean Deford
1928–1994
Fredrick Wayne DeFord
1931–2003
Rex Franklin Deford
1933–1998

Sources (9)

  • Fredrick De Ford in household of Jame M De Ford, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Frederick W Deford, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Fred Deford, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

World Events (8)

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

1932

Los Angeles, California, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1950

United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.

Name Meaning

Altered form of French Dufort .

English: variant of Difford, a habitational name from one or more of the places called from a ‘deep ford’ (Middle English dep + ford, Old English dēop + ford), such as Defford (Worcestershire), Deptford (Kent), a lost Defford in Stanley (Yorkshire), and Dipper in Whitstone (Cornwall).

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

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