Brief Life History of Diodate
When Diodate Burr was born on 29 October 1824, in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, his father, Daniel Burr, was 32 and his mother, Betsey Wilcox, was 31. He married Elizabeth Ann Kelsey on 14 October 1846, in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Connecticut, United States in 1870 and Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 December 1917, in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Higganum, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (21)
- Diadet Burr, "United States Census, 1850"
- Diodate Burr in entry for Elizabeth A. Burr, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Disdate Burr in household of Wilbur H Kelsey, "United States Census, 1900"
Spouse and Children
1824–1917 Male
1825–1890 Female
Children (6)
1847–1905 Female
1850–1927 Male
1855–1935 Female
1858–1949 Female
1862–1911 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1792–1832 Male
1793–1857 Female
Siblings (13)
1807– Female
1812–1890 Male
1812– Female
1817– Male
1818– Male
+8 More Children
World Events (8)
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 1
1829 · Farmington Canal Opened
Age 5
1863
Age 39
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English burre ‘bur’ (a seed-case or flower-head with clinging prickles), used by Shakespeare to denote someone who sticks like a bur, a person difficult to ‘shake off’, a sense which may well be older.
German: topographic name from Burr(e) ‘mound, hill’, or in the south a variant of Burrer .
History: The American political leader Aaron Burr (1756–1836) was the son of a clergyman and academic, president of Princeton University. On his mother's side he was descended from the Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards; on his father's from Jehu Burr, who emigrated from England to MA with John Winthrop (see Winthrop ) in 1630.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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