Phoebe Burket

Brief Life History of Phoebe

When Phoebe Burket was born on 31 July 1876, in Hopewell Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Jacob Burket, was 40 and her mother, Phoebe Brallier, was 41. She married Lewis Elmer Whetstone on 12 August 1896, in Bedford Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in West Providence Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930 and Licking Creek Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. She died on 28 February 1963, at the age of 86, and was buried in Tatesville, Hopewell Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Elmer Whetstone
1871–1933
Phoebe Burket
1876–1963
Marriage: 12 August 1896
Lucy Viola Whetstone
1898–2000
Lloyd I. Whetstone
1900–1989
Grace Whetstone
1907–2002
Helen Dorothy Whetstone
1912–1997

Sources (20)

  • Phoebe Whetstone, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Phebe Burket Whetstone, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Phoebe Burket, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

World Events (8)

1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad

Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Burkett . This surname is now rare in Britain.

German: variant of Burkhart .

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

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