Celestia Ann Durfee

Brief Life History of Celestia Ann

When Celestia Ann Durfee was born on 21 September 1847, in Carterville, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Abraham Durfee, was 20 and her mother, Ursula Curtis, was 20. She died on 6 July 1850, in Fort Laramie, Goshen, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 2, and was buried in Fort Laramie, Goshen, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

Abraham Durfee
1826–1905
Ursula Curtis
1826–1902
Celestia Ann Durfee
1847–1850
Mahala Ruth Durfee
1850–1875
Abraham Augustus Durfee
1852–1916
John Franklin Durfee
1855–1856
Ursula Jane Durfee
1857–1933
Enos Curtis Durfee
1859–1890

Sources (7)

  • 1850 US Census (Mortality Schedule) for Celestia Ann Durfee
  • 1847 LDS Membership Birth of Celestia Ann Durfee daughter of Abraham Durfee & Ursula Curtis Durfee
  • Celestia Ann Durfee, "Find A Grave Index"

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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