Brief Life History of John Jacob
John Jacob Burns was born on 27 June 1844, in Carroll, Maryland, United States as the son of Jacob Burns. He married Delilah Rohrbaugh about 1867, in York, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, United States in 1900 and Hellam Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. He died on 12 December 1928, in York, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Codorus Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- John J Burns, "United States Census, 1920"
- John Jacob Barns, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
- John Jacob Burns, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
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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