Brief Life History of Jennie Thompson
When Jennie Thompson Burgess was born on 2 February 1843, in Massachusetts, United States, her father, Jonathan Burgess, was 34 and her mother, Emily Augusta Howe, was 23. She married Henry Madison Choate on 21 February 1863, in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1850 and Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1910. She died on 6 March 1936, in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Jennie T Choate, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jane Burgess - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Jane Burgess
- Jennie T. Burgess, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
English: status name from Middle English burge(i)s, burgis, borgeis ‘inhabitant of a borough’ (strictly one possessing full municipal rights), ‘freeman of a borough’. Burgesses generally had tenure of land or buildings from a landlord by burgage. In medieval England burgage involved the payment of a fixed money rent (as opposed to payment in kind); in Scotland it involved payment in service, guarding the town. The -eis ending is from Latin -ensis (modern English -ese as in Portuguese). Compare Burger .
Americanized form of French Bourgeois .
History: Thomas Burgess came from England to MA c. 1630 and eventually settled in Sandwich, MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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