Mary Margaret Burlingame

Brief Life History of Mary Margaret

When Mary Margaret Burlingame was born on 20 January 1909, in Middleton Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, her father, Joseph Ellsworth Burlingame, was 44 and her mother, Sarah Ellen Thomas, was 43. She married Ralph Burson on 13 February 1929, in Negley, Middleton Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Middleton, Columbiana, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. She died on 25 January 1945, in Unity, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Negley, Columbiana, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ralph Burson
1898–1956
Mary Margaret Burlingame
1909–1945
Marriage: 13 February 1929
Edwin Ralph BURSON
1930–2007
Howard Albert Burson
1932–2019
Ellen Louise Burson
1934–2012
Lenora Janet BURSON
1937–1965
James Andrew Burson
1940–
John Frederick Burson
1943–2016
Floyd Burson
1945–2021
Lloyd Daniel Burson
1945–2023

Sources (11)

  • Mary Burson in household of Ralph Burson, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Mary Burson, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Mary Burlingame, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

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Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Burlingham in Norfolk ‘homestead (Old English hām) of Bærla's or Byrla's people’, or from Birlingham in Worcestershire ‘enclosure (Old English hamm) of Byrla's people’. This surname is now rare in Britain.

History: Joel Burlingame was a Methodist exhorter and lay preacher at New Berlin, NY, in the 1820s. His son Anson Burlingame, born in New Berlin in 1820, headed the first diplomatic mission to China and negotiated the Burlingame Treaty (1868).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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