Brief Life History of Maria
When Maria Burgess was born on 12 July 1817, in Virginia, United States, her father, West Burgess, was 27 and her mother, Hannah H. Senseney, was 22. She married Squire Swarens on 17 April 1836, in Harrison, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Whiskey Run Township, Crawford, Indiana, United States for about 30 years.
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- Mariah Swarrens, "United States Census, 1870"
- Maria Burgg, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959"
- Maria Burger in entry for David H. Swareus, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
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1818
Historical Boundaries: 1818: Crawford, Indiana, United States
1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
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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