Louisa Hurt

Brief Life History of Louisa

When Louisa Hurt was born on 4 June 1820, in Page, Virginia, United States, her father, James Hart, was 20 and her mother, Nancy Hurt, was 21. She married Joshua Dofflemyer on 5 December 1836, in Page, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1850 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 4 February 1903, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joshua Dofflemyer
1812–1847
Louisa Hurt
1820–1903
Marriage: 5 December 1836
Henry Jefferson Dofflemyer Hortt
1839–1892
Clarinda Jane Doffelmeyer
1840–1906
George Washington Dofelmier
1844–1913
Joshua Doffelmyer
1847–1847
Waring Doffelmyer
1847–1847

Sources (35)

  • Louisa Dille, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Louisa Hurt - Published information: birth-name: Louisa Hurt/Hortt
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

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World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Hart . In Middle English, Old English heorot ‘hart’ became hurt west of a line running roughly from Dorking to Birmingham, and this has occasionally survived, though often replaced by the standard hart from hert.

German: topographic name from Middle High German hurt ‘hurdle, woven fence’.

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

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DAVID BUEL DILLE

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