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Gift of John Dorrance Morrell, 1979.37.8, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known c…
Henry George Dorrance
Gift of John Dorrance Morrell, 1979.37.8, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Henry George Dorrance

American, 1849 - 1919
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  • Henry George Dorrance
BiographyHenry George Dorrance was born on December 10, 1849 in Andover, Connecticut, son of William Denison (1811-1879) and Hepsey (Penfield Goodrich) (1809-1871) Dorrance. In the 1870 census, Dorrance was listed as a farm laborer; by 1880, he was a farmer. In 1900, Dorrance was a grocery salesman. In 1910, he was a watchman at Goodwin-Kintz in Winchester.

Dorrance married Elizabeth Maria Thompson (1867-1956) in 1888. They had two children: Emilie May Dorrance (1890-1935) and William Henry Dorrance (1892-1962). Dorrance died on September 27, 1917, at the age of 67.
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