Anne Burnham

Female1792–from about 1802 to 1905

Brief Life History of Anne

Anne Burnham was born in 1792, in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States as the daughter of Moses Collins Burnham and Hannah Foss. She died from about 1802 to 1905, at the age of 113.

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Family Time Line

Moses Collins Burnham
1775–1848
Hannah Foss
–1851
Mary Burnham
1790–1905
Anne Burnham
1792–1905
Hannah Burnham
1794–1905
William Foss Burnham
1796–1861
David Burnham
1799–1870
Susanna Burnham
1802–1896
Samuel Burnham
1804–1853
Aaron Burnham
1806–1851
Jane Burnham
1809–1873
Lucy Burnham
1811–1849
Royal Burnham
1814–1850
Olive Burnham
1815–1894
Henry C. Burnham
1821–1876
Priscilla Burnham
1825–
Collins Burnham
1826–
Hannah Burnham
1827–1898
Joel Burnham
1827–

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    World Events (3)

    1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

    Age 2

    The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    Age 8

    While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

    1804 · Whitehead Light

    Age 12

    In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson authorized the creation of a light station on Whitehead Island. The light house went into service by 1807. It is the third-oldest light house in Maine. Whitehead Light still exists as the private property of Pine Island Camp, a non-profit organization.

    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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