Brief Life History of Grace Amanda
When Grace Amanda Burbeck was born on 27 May 1876, in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, John Wesley Burbeck, was 43 and her mother, Adeline Tower, was 38. She died on 8 January 1970, in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Grace A Burbeck, "United States Census, 1950"
- Grace Amanda Burbeck, "Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915"
- Burbeck, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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English: see Birkbeck .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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