Brief Life History of May Denman
When May Denman Burns was born in 1873, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, her father, Samuel Burns, was 35 and her mother, Mary Esther Denman, was 25. She married Charles Thomas Kountze on 5 February 1896, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 21 October 1922, in White Sulphur District, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States.
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- May B Kountz in household of Charles F Kountz, "United States Census, 1920"
- May Denman Burns Kountze, "Find A Grave Index"
- May B Kountz in household of Charles N Kountz, "United States Census, 1910"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish (central Scotland and northern England): habitational name from any of various places called formerly Burnis, Burnes, or Burnhouse (named with burn- ‘stream’), especially those in Kincardineshire, Renfrewshire, Dunbartonshire, and possibly Argyll.
English and Scottish: variant either of Burn , with post-medieval excrescent -s, or of Barnes .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Broin (see Byrne ), with excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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