Phoebe Burket

31 July 1876–28 February 1963 (Age 86)
Hopewell Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary 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. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Everett, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and West Providence Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. She died on 28 February 1963, at the age of 86.

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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 Whetstone
1912–1997

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Children

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Parents and Siblings

Siblings

(11)

+6 More Children

World Events (8)

1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Age 1
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
Age 5
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!
Age 24
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

Variant of English Burkett and German Burkhart .

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

Possible Related Names

Burkett
Burkhart

Sources (14)

  • Phebe Burget in household of Jacob Burget, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Pheobe Whetstone in household of Elmer L Whetstone, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Phebe Whetston in household of Elmer L Whetston, "United States Census, 1900"

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