When Esther Dutcher was born on 25 January 1811, in Cherry Valley, Otsego, New York, United States, her father, Thomas Dutcher, was 23 and her mother, Betsey Hurlbut, was 24. She married Albert Smith on 11 May 1826, in Boylston, Oswego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 17 September 1856, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, 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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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Americanized form of Dutch Duyster or Duijster, a nickname from Middle Dutch duuster, duister ‘gloomy’, also ‘stupid’, or of Duitscher ‘German’, a cognate of 2 below.
Americanized form of German Deutscher ‘German’.
History: Many, if not the majority, of the Dutchers trace their origin to Willem Janszen de Duijster (Duyster) or De Duitscher (De Duytscher), born 1601 in the Netherlands, died 1674 in New York, NY, and his two sons, Jan and Roelof. The original name their family (Willem's father) used back in the Netherlands, was reportedly Van Heerden.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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