Brief Life History of Henry Philo
When Henry Philo Burnham was born on 7 December 1862, in Salt Creek Township, Mason, Illinois, United States, his father, Henry Clark Burnham, was 36 and his mother, Angeline Currier, was 36. He married Elizabeth Ellen Maloney on 14 March 1888, in Mason, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States in 1936. He died on 17 November 1936, in Mason City, Mason, Illinois, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mason City Cemetery, Mason City, Mason, Illinois, United States.
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- Philo Birmham in household of Henry Birmham, "United States Census, 1870"
- Henry Philo Burnham, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Henry P Burnham, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
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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