When Earl Devener Durand was born in 1916, his father, Dezeria Sidney Durand, was 30 and his mother, Nancy Malinda Collins, was 26. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Annie Lee Dauzat. He lived in Ward Two, Grant, Louisiana, United States in 1930 and Grant, Grant, Louisiana, United States for about 1 years. He died in 1995, at the age of 79, and was buried in Restland Memorial Gardens, Pollock, Grant, Louisiana, United States.
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Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Some characteristic forenames: French Lucien, Pierre, Jacques, Jean Claude, Michel, Andre, Marcel, Adrien, Benoit, Dominique, Gaston, Gilles.
French, Spanish, and English (of Norman origin): from a medieval French and Spanish personal name documented in the Latin(ized) form Durandus, supposedly derived from the Latin verb durare ‘to last, to endure’ (compare Italian Durante ). Compare also Durant .
History: Jean Durand dit Lafortune from Doeuil-sur-le-Mignon in Charente-Maritime, France, married Catherine Anenontha in Quebec City, QC, in 1662. Nicolas Durand from Chenommet in Charente, France, married Marie Renouard in Quebec City, QC, in 1665. Pierre Durand dit Desmarchais from Blois in Loir-et-Cher, France, married Jeanne Chartier in Quebec City, QC, in 1673. — This surname is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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