Brief Life History of Laura
When Laura Duce was born on 4 August 1904, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, her father, George Alfred Duce, was 28 and her mother, Viola Anne Beazer, was 22. She married Lloyd D Cahoon on 16 September 1925, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Alberta, Canada in 1916 and Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 1931. She died on 11 November 1977, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 73, and was buried in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
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- Laura Duce, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Cahoon, "Find A Grave Index"
- Laura Duce, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1905
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1914
New Zealand occupies Western Samoa during World War I and continues to administer it after the war by virtue of a League of Nations mandate (and a United Nations mandate after World War II).
1939
U.S. troops stationed in Western Samoa during World War II, but no battles are fought on the islands.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Dowse , a nickname from Middle English douce, dowce ‘sweet, pleasant’ (Old French dolz, dous, later doux). The name was sometimes used as a woman's personal name and occasionally used for a man. Alternatively, the name may arise from the Middle English personal name Douce, occasionally male but mostly female, borrowed from Old French Douce (from Latin Dulcia, derived from Latin dulcis ‘sweet’). The variant Duce is mostly pronounced to rhyme with loose, in contrast with Dowse, mostly pronounced to rhyme with house.
Italian: nickname from duce ‘leader, chief’, from Latin dux.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Laura Duce
Laura Duce Cahoon My name is Laura Duce Cahoon. I was born a few miles south of Cardston in my parents farm house which was later moved to Cardston. I was the second daughter of George Alfred Duce …
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