Brief Life History of Royal
When Royal Burnham was born on 14 May 1814, in Hollis, York, Maine, United States, his father, Moses Collins Burnham, was 39 and his mother, Hannah Foss, was 34. He married Mary Gilpatrick on 29 June 1839, in Hollis, York, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 9 September 1850, in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, South Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
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- Royal Burnam, "United States Census, 1850"
- Royal B. Burnahm, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Royal Burnham, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
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1820
Maine is the 23rd state.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called Burnham. Those in Buckinghamshire (Burnham Beeches), Norfolk (various villages), and Essex (Burnham-on-Crouch) are named with Old English burna ‘stream’ + hām ‘homestead’. In the case of Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, however, the second element is Old English hamm ‘water meadow’, while Burnham in Lincolnshire is named from brunnum, dative plural of Old Norse brunnr ‘spring’, originally used after a preposition, i.e. ‘(at) the springs’.
History: In 1635 Robert Burnham and his two brothers came from England to Ipswich, MA, after their ship was wrecked on the coast of Maine. In the mid 18th century John Burnham and his son, also called John, were among the early settlers in what became the state of VT. In 1785, the younger John Burnham established himself at Middletown, CT.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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