Talitha Elmina Burks

Brief Life History of Talitha Elmina

When Talitha Elmina Burks was born on 24 April 1888, in Chatsworth, Murray, Georgia, United States, her father, John Nathan Burks, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Valerie Pritchett, was 23. She had at least 2 sons and 7 daughters with Phillip Forrest Beamer. She lived in Bales Township, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States for about 20 years. She died on 13 June 1980, in McLoud, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Dale Cemetery, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Phillip Forrest Beamer
1883–1960
Talitha Elmina Burks
1888–1980
John Ray Beamer
1909–1983
Willena Earlene Beamer
1910–1982
Lola Jeanette Beamer
1912–2002
Edna Earl Beamer
1913–1925
Harold Royce Beamer
1914–1939
Sarah Elsie Beamer
1919–1953
Mattie Mae Beamer
1920–
Holly Jo Beamer
1923–2010
Ella Lee Denison Beamer
1927–1981

Sources (8)

  • Minnie Beamer in household of P F Beamer, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Elmina Talitha Burks Beamer, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Elminia Burks in entry for Robert Henderson Thomason and Elsie Sarah Beamer, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1906

Historical Boundaries: 1906: Murray, Georgia, United States

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

Name Meaning

English (Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire): habitational name from Birks in Cumberworth (Yorkshire) or from a minor place of this name in another county, named from Middle English birkes, berkes ‘the birches’. If from Staffordshire, the name may be a variant of Birch .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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