When Barbara Burner was born in 1763, in Page, Virginia, United States, her father, Jacob Burner Sr., was 43 and her mother, Magdalena "Madle" Baumgardner, was 39. She married John Stover on 19 July 1783, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1824, at the age of 61.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
English (Devon):
variant of Bourner, a topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, from Middle English burn ‘stream’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.
alternatively, a variant of Berner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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