Edmund Durfee Sr

Brief Life History of Edmund

When Edmund Durfee Sr was born on 3 October 1788, in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Perry Durfee, was 22 and his mother, Annie Martha Salisbury, was 22. He married Magdalena Pickle on 18 October 1809, in Lenox, Madison, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States in 1839 and Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1845. In 1835, at the age of 47, his occupation is listed as helped to build the kirtland temple in Kirtland Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States. He died on 15 November 1845, in Bear Creek Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edmund Durfee Sr
1788–1845
Magdalena Pickle
1788–1850
Marriage: 18 October 1809
Martha Durfee
1811–1874
Tamma Durfee
1813–1885
Edmond James Durfee
1814–1861
Dorathea Durfee
1816–1885
John Durfee
1818–1850
Delana Durfee
1821–1896
Margaret Durfee
1821–1896
William Short Durfee
1822–1845
Ephraim Durfee
1824–1827
Abraham Durfee
1826–1905
Henry Durfee
1827–1827
Jabez Durfee
1828–1883
Mary Ette Durfee
1830–1885
Nephi Durfee
1835–1880

Sources (55)

  • 1820 United States Census for Edmund Durfee
  • 1877 Rhode Island LDS Membership Birth of Edmund Durfee son of Perry Durfee & Annie Martha Salisbury, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • 1809 Rhode Island Family Data Collection Marriage of Edmund Durfee & Magdalena Pickle

World Events (8)

1789

George Washington elected first president of United States.

1803

Historical Boundaries 1803: Louisiana Purchase, United States 1812: Missouri Territory, United States 1821: Missouri, United States

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

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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Autobiography of Tamma Durfee (1813-1885) Written by Tamma Durfee Miner for the Relief Society Jubilee Box of the Utah Stake Relief Society. Opened in May 1930 and given to Frances Carter (Clark) Kni …

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