flag male ancestor  Charles Frank  DURFEE

  (b. 21 February 1847 ,  Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA   d. 2 October 1883 ,  Rhode Island, USA )  

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Charles Frank DURFEE was born 21 February 1847 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

Charles Frank DURFEE was the child of Gideon Gifford DURFEE   and   Pamelia FRANCIS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  George DURFEE and Sarah COGGESHALL (maternal)  William FRANCIS and Patience NEGUS

Charles Frank DURFEE died 2 October 1883 in Rhode Island, USA.





Charles Frank married Nancy Emeline Chace

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birth1847 Birth
21 February 1847
Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA
Invention 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)
U.S. President1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States
1850 - Tiverton, Rhode Island
Name: Charles F Durfee
Age: 4
Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Home in 1850: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 130
Household Members:
Name Age
Joel Wood 26
Hannah Wood 25
Alice Wood 5
Mary Wood 3
John Wood 2
Thomas Wood 0
Joseph Westgate 35
Fanny Westgate 30
Joseph C Westgate 5
Gideon G Durfee 50
Parmelia Durfee 42
Mary Durfee 20
Lydia F Durfee 18
Bradford H Durfee 16
Rhoda M Durfee 13
Lovica Durfee 11
Laura R Durfee 9
Malvina M Durfee 7
Ariadna Durfee 5
Charles F Durfee 4
Leander Durfee 1
Euoch Woodman 55
Mary Woodman 45
Jonathan Earle 12
1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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U.S. President1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
Invention 1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)
News1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
U.S. President1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.
death1883 Death
2 October 1883
Rhode Island, USA

He died at the age of 36.
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