Dorathea Durfee

Brief Life History of Dorathea

When Dorathea Durfee was born on 8 March 1816, in Lenox, Madison, New York, United States, her father, Edmund Durfee, was 27 and her mother, Magdalena Pickle, was 27. She married David Garner Jr on 18 October 1842, in Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 14 June 1885, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Garner Jr
1818–1889
Dorathea Durfee
1816–1885
Marriage: 18 October 1842
Louisa Ann Garner
1843–1930
Fannie Marilla Garner
1844–1940
David Edmund Garner
1846–1893
William Franklin Garner
1848–1922
Mary Marinda Garner
1850–1943
Nancy Jane Garner
1851–1852
Amelia Jane Garner
1853–1941
Charles Henry Garner
1856–1926
Lydia Garner
1859–1931

Sources (46)

  • Dolly Garner in household of David Garner, "United States Census, 1850"
  • LDS Membership Birth of Dorathea 'Dolly' Durfee
  • 1842 Illinois Marriage of David Garner & Dorathea "Dolly" Durfee

World Events (8)

1818

Illinois is the 21st state.

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Altered form of French Durfé: habitational name, with fused preposition d(e) ‘from’, for someone from Urfé in Loire. The surname Durfé is virtually non-existing in France.

History: The name was brought to England by Huguenot refugees in the 16th century. Thomas Durfee, the ancestor of the Durfee family in America, was born in 1643 and came to Providence, RI, in 1660.

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

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Saving the Wagon Train by speaking in tongues

On the way west, a band of Indians attacked the wagon train and Dolly Durfee Garner stood on the tongue of the wagon and talked in tongues. Those warriors sat on the ground and listened. When she fini …

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