Ezra Thompson DuFresne Stevenson

Brief Life History of Ezra Thompson DuFresne

When Ezra Thompson DuFresne Stevenson was born on 29 October 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Edward Stevenson, was 44 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane Du Fresne, was 26. He married Mary Amelia Burton on 22 June 1893, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 17 July 1952, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ezra Thompson DuFresne Stevenson
1864–1952
Rhoda Richards
1878–1956
Marriage: 18 July 1901
Mary Richards Stevenson
1902–2005
Ralph Richards Stevenson
1904–1988
Ezra Richards Stevenson
1906–1943
Rhoda Richards Stevenson
1909–2007
Amelia Richards Stevenson
1912–1986
Heber John Richards Stevenson
1916–2008

Sources (79)

  • Ezra T Stevenson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ezra Thompson Du Fresne Stevenson - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Ezra Thompson DuFresne Stevenson
  • Ezra T. Stevenson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1865 · The Assassination of a President

While attending the play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South.

1887 · New Zealands's First National Park

Tongariro National Park was the sixth national park established in the world and the first in New Zealand. In the center of the park there lies three active volcanic mountains (Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro). it is home to the famed Tongariro Alpine Crossing day hike and has been recognized as a World Heritage Site for all its natural values.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Steven, Stephen (see Steven ) + -son. This surname is also very common in northern Ireland (especially Antrim and Down), where it has been interchangeable with Steenson and Stinson . In North America, this surname has also absorbed various European cognates, such as Danish, Norwegian, and North German Steffensen or Stephensen ; see also Stevens .

Scottish: variant of Stevenston, a habitational name from Stevenston (Ayrshire), Stevenson in Newlands (Peeblesshire), or Stevenson in Haddington (East Lothian). The placename in each case derives from the personal name Steven + Older Scots toun ‘farmstead, settlement’.

English: habitational name from Stevenstone (Devon), meaning ‘Stephen's farmstead’.

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

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1912, RICHARDS Family Picture Index. (see PHOTOS0 for picture)

1. James Taylor HARWOOD 16. Blanche Richards RISER 2. Harriett Richards HARWOOD 17. Alice Richards Taylor COX 3. Julia Richards Taylor MARSHALL …

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