When Mahala Ruth Durfee was born on 17 May 1850, in Carterville, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Abraham Durfee, was 23 and her mother, Ursula Curtis, was 23. She married Thomas Harrison Winder about 1865, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 9 July 1875, in Springdale, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in Shonesburg, Washington, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1852: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
Historical Boundaries: 1862: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1864: Kane, Utah Territory, United States 1883: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
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.
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