Lenard Burchet
about 1834–
North Carolina, United States
The Life of Lenard
When Lenard Burchet was born about 1834, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Green Burchett, was 29 and his mother, Priscilla Bowers, was 23. He lived in Granville, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Tally Ho Township, Granville, North Carolina, United States in 1880.
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Family Time Line
Green Burchett
1805–
Priscilla Bowers
1811–
Lenard Burchet
1834–
Anny Burchett
1835–
Katharine Burchet
1837–
Joseph Green Burchett
1848–
James Frederic "Fred" Burchett
1841–
Ellen Burchet
1847–
John Nathaniel Burchett
1849–
Parents and Siblings
1805–Male
1811–Female
siblings
(7)
1834–Male
1835–Female
1837–Female
1841–Male
1847–Female
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World Events (8)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 2
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.
1853 · First State Fair
Age 19
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
1865
Age 31
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Southern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a grove of birch trees, from Old English byrcet ‘birch copse’, a derivative of birce ‘birch’. Compare the northern English equivalent Birkett .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- Leonard Burchet in household of Green Burchet, "United States Census, 1850"
- Lenard Burchet in household of Green Burchet, "United States Census, 1860"
- Lenard Burchet in household of Joseph Burchet, "United States Census, 1880"
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