When Irene Josephine Spicer was born on 20 May 1843, in Oxford, Butler, Ohio, United States, her father, Isaac Gamble Spicer, was 34 and her mother, Cornelia Francis Vandercook, was 26. She married Joseph Solomon Burpee on 9 June 1859, in Marion, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Oxford Township, Erie, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Jacksonville, Jackson, Oregon, United States in 1860. She died on 9 August 1878, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries - 1852: Jackson, Oregon Territory, United States; 1859: Jackson, Oregon, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1853: Alameda, California, United States
English (London and Kent): occupational name from Middle English spicer ‘dealer in spices, apothecary’ (Old French espicier, especier, Late Latin speciarius, an agent derivative of species ‘spice, groceries, merchandise’). See Spice .
Jewish (from Poland): variant of Spitzer .
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