Julia Elizabeth LeFevre

18 August 1852–6 August 1919 (Age 66)
New Paltz, New Paltz, Ulster, New York, United States

The Life Summary of Julia Elizabeth

When Julia Elizabeth LeFevre was born on 18 August 1852, in New Paltz, New Paltz, Ulster, New York, United States, her father, David LeFever, was 31 and her mother, Rachel Ann Deyo, was 29. She married Henry DeGarmo Relyea on 28 February 1871, in New Paltz, New Paltz, Ulster, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Lloyd, Lloyd, Ulster, New York, United States in 1880 and Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States for about 10 years. She died on 6 August 1919, in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 66, and was buried in New Paltz Rural Cemetery, New Paltz, New Paltz, Ulster, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry DeGarmo Relyea
1846–1927
Julia Elizabeth LeFevre
1852–1919
Marriage: 28 February 1871
Eva Relyea
1872–1959
Minnie H Relyea
1882–1940
Walter H Relyea
1885–1886
Erastus Bevier Relyea
1895–1966

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    28 February 1871New Paltz, New Paltz, Ulster, New York, United States
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (4)

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 11
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
    Age 11
    The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
    Age 18
    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

    Name Meaning

    French (Lefèvre): occupational name for an ironworker or smith, Old French fevre. One of the most common names in France from an early date, this was taken to Britain and Ireland by the Normans, by the French to Canada, and by the Huguenots (with the variant form Lefebre) to colonial America and elsewhere.In Canada, there were so many bearers of this name that many nicknames and epithets (secondary surnames or ‘dit’ names) were employed to distinguish between one family and another. Thus, for example, the Lefevre called Descoteaux became Hill by translation, and the Lefevre called Boulanger became Baker . Since fevre ‘smith’ had ceded as a general vocabulary word to forgeron in French, the meaning of the name was no longer understood; in some cases it was reconstructed as Lafeve (Latin faba) and translated as Bean .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Hill
    Baker
    Bean
    Faivre
    Faver
    Fawver
    Forge
    Lafary
    Lafave
    Lafaver
    Lafavor
    Lafever
    Lefave
    Lefebre
    Lefebvre
    Lefever
    Offer

    Sources (11)

    • Julia E Leferer in household of David Leferer, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Julia Lefevre in household of David Lefevre, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Julia Relyea in household of Henry Relyea, "New York State Census, 1875"

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