Brief Life History of Burkie
When Burkie Owen was born on 1 August 1903, in Enid Township, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Manron Burk Owen, was 46 and her mother, Dollie Ann Stephens, was 30. She married Thomas Irvin Emigh on 17 January 1922, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Collinsville, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. She died on 29 March 1998, in Hulbert, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in New Home Cemetery, Peggs, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Burkie Emigh in household of George R Emigh, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Dollie Burkie Owen - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Burkie Dollie Owen
- Berkie Owen, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
Spouse and Children
1900–1974 Male
1903–1998 Female
Children (1)
1923–2022 Female
Parents and Siblings
1856–1946 Male
1872–1941 Female
Siblings (4)
1901–1905 Male
1903–1998 Female
1906–1992 Male
1906–2006 Female
World Events (8)
1904
Age 1
1907
Age 4
1929
Age 26
Name Meaning
Welsh: from the personal name Owain, from Latin Eugenius (see Eugene ). This Welsh personal name is cognate with Old Irish Eogán, see 2 and 3.
Scottish and Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eoghain ‘son of Eoghan’. See McEwen .
Irish: from Ó hEoghain, ‘descendant of Eoghan’. See Ewen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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