When Phebe Elizabeth Burdick was born on 24 April 1837, in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Benjamin Burdick, was 38 and her mother, 'Polly' Mary Kenyon, was 33. She married Edwin L. Devoll on 29 November 1860, in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 14 October 1919, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Rose City Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: NOTE: Twality is sometimes spelled Tuality. 1845: Twality, Oregon Country, United States 1846: Twality, Oregon Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1848: Twality, Oregon Territory, United States 1849: Washington, Oregon Territory, United States 1854: Multnomah, Oregon Territory, United States 1859: Multnomah, Oregon, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Oregon became the 33rd state admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859.
English (Middlesex): nickname from an unrecorded Middle English burre-dokke ‘burdock’, the name of a prickly plant with burrs and dock-like leaves (usually Arctium lappa), common on waste ground. It may have been given to someone of a prickly temperament or perhaps to someone with a hoarse voice.
Possibly also an Americanized form of Dutch Boerdijk: habitational name from a settlement named Boerdijk, composed of boer ‘peasant, farmer, countryman’ and dijk ‘dike’.
History: Robert Burdick was a freeman of Newport, RI, in 1655.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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