Alphonse Dufour

Brief Life History of Alphonse

Alphonse Dufour was born on 27 August 1878, in Belgium. He married Henrietta Cornet on 20 April 1905, in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Clark District, Harrison, West Virginia, United States in 1940 and Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, United States for about 5 years. He died on 28 January 1965, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Harrison, West Virginia, United States.

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Alphonse Dufour
1878–1965
Henrietta Cornet
1883–1967
Marriage: 20 April 1905
Martha Dufour
1905–1985
Desire Alfonse Dufour
1909–1976

Sources (16)

  • Alphonse Dufuor, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Alphouse Dufour, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Alphonse Dufone, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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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.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Emile, Jacques, Normand, Andre, Armand, Gaston, Pierre, Yvon, Donat, Fernand, Julien, Marcel.

French:

nickname for a baker, from du four ‘of the oven’.

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

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