Stephen Duffin

28 January 1841–after 5 June 1900 (Age 59)
Nutley, Hampshire, England

The Life Summary of Stephen

When Stephen Duffin was born on 28 January 1841, in Nutley, Hampshire, England, his father, Moses Duffin, was 24 and his mother, Eliza Payne, was 22. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1854 and lived in Preston Candover, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. He died after 5 June 1900, at the age of 59.

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Family Time Line

Moses Duffin
1816–1846
Eliza Payne
1818–1854
Stephen Duffin
1841–1900
William Duffin
1843–1924

Parents and Siblings

Siblings

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World Events (8)

1843
Age 2
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1850
Age 9
The state known as Utah began when Brigham Young led a group of LDS pilgrims seeking freedom from religious persecution into the Great Salt Lake Valley, where they established a settlement in 1847. The golden spike completing the first transcontinental railroad line was driven at Promontory, Utah, in 1869, leading to a further influx of settlers.
1863
Age 22
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

1 English: from the Old Norse personal name Dólgfinnr, composed of the elements dólgr ‘wound’, ‘scar’ + Finnr ‘Finn’.2 Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duibhchinn ( see Diffin ), Ó Duibhghinn ( see Deegan ), or perhaps Ó Daimhín ( see Devine ).

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

Possible Related Names

Diffin
Deegan
Devine
Dolphin

Sources (10)

  • S Duffin in household of George Alexander, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Stephen Duffin in household of Joseph Alexander, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Stephen Duffin, "England and Wales Census, 1841"

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