Individual Details

Allen Durfee

(4 Mar 1802 - 26 Jun 1890)



Allen married Sarah Thayer 26 Jan 1825 in Palmyra. She was born 27 Dec 1802 and died 4 Jan 1862 in Livonia, Wayne Co MI. The family lived first near Waterford, Oakland Co MI circa 1825; four years later they move to Livonia.

Allen apparently kept a diary in which he recorded numerous entries of a genealogical nature concerning the Durfee family on 20 Nov 1875. These entries were copied by Nettie L. Dibble, a Notary Public, and deposited in the Plymouth Historical Museum. In 1932, the diary was in the possession of Miss. Lina Durfee of Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Telegram-Herald, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, 28 Jun 1890
"Mr. and Mrs. Allen Durfee left on the 6:25 train last eveing for Plymouth, Mich., to attend the funeral of Mr. Durfee, "Uncle Allen Durfee" a pioneer of Wayne Co, Mich. Mr. Durfee was born March 4, 1802, in Palmyra, Wayne County, NY."

Events

Birth4 Mar 1802Palmyra, Wayne County, New York
Death26 Jun 1890Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan
BurialRiverside Cemetery, Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan

Families

FatherStephen Durfee (1776 - 1854)
MotherMary Allen (1778 - 1820)
SiblingElizabeth Durfee (1798 - 1836)
SiblingWilliam Durfee (1800 - 1875)
SiblingBarton Durfee (1804 - 1886)
SiblingElihu Durfee (1806 - 1889)
SiblingChloe Durfee (1808 - 1895)
SiblingNathaniel Durfee (1811 - 1881)
SiblingEmily Durfee (1813 - 1818)
SiblingAnne Durfee (1815 - 1904)
SiblingMary Durfee (1817 - 1881)
SiblingEmily Durfee (1820 - 1846)
SiblingEmory Durfee (1820 - 1904)

Endnotes

1. "Descendants of Mary Allen" genealogy report of Ann Durfee 29 Mar 2000. Sources Cited. Much of her material from The Descendants of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth, RI by Wm. F. Feed, Vol. I c1901; Vol II c1905; (Washington, DC: Gibson Bros. Printers & Bookbinders).

2. "Descendants of Mary Allen" genealogy report of Ann Durfee 29 Mar 2000. Sources Cited. Much of her material from The Descendants of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth, RI by Wm. F. Feed, Vol. I c1901; Vol II c1905; (Washington, DC: Gibson Bros. Printers & Bookbinders).

3. "Interment.net," database, Interment.net (: Online February 2014), Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan.