Brief Life History of Charles Tilden
When Charles Tilden DeFord was born in November 1876, in Illinois, United States, his father, George Henry DeFord, was 25 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Lewman, was 21. He had at least 2 daughters with Laura Elnora Laughlin. He immigrated to Canada in 1906 and lived in Alberta, Canada for about 5 years and Battle River, County of Paintearth No. 18, Alberta, Canada in 1931. He died on 8 April 1957, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 80, and was buried in Vermilion, County of Vermilion River, Alberta, Canada.
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- Charles Deford, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Legacy NFS Source: Charles De Ford - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Charles De Ford
- Charles Tildon DeFord, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Altered form of French Dufort .
English: variant of Difford, a habitational name from one or more of the places called from a ‘deep ford’ (Middle English dep + ford, Old English dēop + ford), such as Defford (Worcestershire), Deptford (Kent), a lost Defford in Stanley (Yorkshire), and Dipper in Whitstone (Cornwall).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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