Emsley Burkhart

Brief Life History of Emsley

When Emsley Burkhart was born on 28 September 1816, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Leonard Burkhart, was 29 and his mother, Deida Smith, was 19. He married Mary Snider on 25 October 1842. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 19 February 1877, in Pike, Indiana, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Pike, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Emsley Burkhart
1816–1877
Mary Snider
1820–1851
Marriage: 25 October 1842
Sarah J. Burkhart
1845–1918
Emily Burkhart
1847–1896
John A. Burkhart
1850–1850

Sources (10)

  • Elmsly Burkhart, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Charley Burkhart, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Emsley Burkhart, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1817

Historical Boundaries: 1817: Pike, Indiana, United States

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

German: from the medieval personal name Burkhard, from ancient Germanic Burghard, composed of the elements burg ‘fort, castle’ + hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’. This form of the surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and in Czechia (compare 2 below), but it is very rare there. Compare also Borgardt , Brookhart , Burgert , Burghart , Burkart , and Burkett .

Germanized form of Polish and Czech Burkert , Czech Purkert or Purkart, and Slovenian Purkart: from a German variant and Slavicized forms of the medieval German personal name Burkhard (see 1 above).

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

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