Brief Life History of Clarinda
When Clarinda Burke was born in September 1834, in Pike, Kentucky, United States, her father, Isaac Burke, was 27 and her mother, Nancy Johnson, was 21. She married George Washington Osborne on 14 December 1854, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Floyd, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Magisterial District 2, Pike, Kentucky, United States in 1900. She died before 1900, in Kentucky, United States.
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- Clarinda Burk in household of Isaac Burk, "United States Census, 1850"
- Unknown in entry for Elbert Osborne, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
- Clarinda Osborne in household of George Osborne, "United States Census, 1870"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Siobhan, Aileen, Brennan, Brigid, Donovan, Liam, Murphy, Ulick, Aidan, Dermot.
English and Irish (of Anglo-Norman origin): habitational name from Burgh (Castle) in Suffolk, England. Burk represents an Anglo-Norman pronunciation of Old English burg, Middle English burgh ‘fortification’ (see Burgh ).
German: variant of Burk .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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