Brief Life History of James Franklin
When James Franklin Duffin was born on 2 February 1882, in Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States, his father, James Gledhill Duffin, was 21 and his mother, Mary Jane Grainger, was 18. He married Hannah Elsie Snow on 2 October 1907, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 7 October 1961, in Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- J Franklin Duffin, "United States 1950 Census"
- J Frank Duffin, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- James Franklin Duffin, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1892
Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
English (Hampshire): possibly from the Old Norse personal name Dufan, a loan from Old Irish Dubán, derived from the ancestor of Gaelic dubh ‘dark’.
Irish (Antrim): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duibhfinn, ‘descendant of Dubhfionn’, a personal name composed of dubh ‘dark’ + fionn ‘fair’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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