Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Burns was born in 1845, in Kentucky, United States, her father, John Washington Burns, was 32 and her mother, Anna Sarah Cannon, was 32. She married Elijah Logan Black on 31 January 1866, in Pike, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Washington, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Marion Township, Pike, Indiana, United States in 1870. She died about 1872, in Velpen, Pike, Indiana, United States, at the age of 28.
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- Margaret Black, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Burnes - Individual or family possessions: birth: 24 October 1837; Booneville, Owsley, Kentucky, United States
- Margaret Burnes, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
Name Meaning
Scottish (central Scotland and northern England): habitational name from any of various places called formerly Burnis, Burnes, or Burnhouse (named with burn- ‘stream’), especially those in Kincardineshire, Renfrewshire, Dunbartonshire, and possibly Argyll.
English and Scottish: variant either of Burn , with post-medieval excrescent -s, or of Barnes .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Broin (see Byrne ), with excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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