When Henry Duce was born on 16 March 1810, in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Duce, was 47 and his mother, Mary Riley, was 44. He married Esther Higginson on 19 October 1834, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1860 and Litchurch, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died on 9 August 1887, in Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
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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