Jean Elizabeth Burnett

Brief Life History of Jean Elizabeth

When Jean Elizabeth Burnett was born on 8 September 1887, in Antelope, Bingham, Idaho, United States, her father, Alexander Burnett, was 24 and her mother, Mary Jane Jones, was 30. She married Chase Addison Clark on 10 January 1906, in Mackay, Custer, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1954 and Boise, Idaho, United States in 1969. She died on 16 February 1984, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Chase Addison Clark
1883–1966
Jean Elizabeth Burnett
1887–1984
Marriage: 10 January 1906
Nathan Addison Clark
1909–1909
Jean Bethine Clark
1923–2013

Sources (27)

  • Gene Clark in household of Chase A Clark, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Jane Elizabeth Burnett, "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911"
  • Jean Burnett, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1890

1890: Reconstructed Idaho Information; population 2,311

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish (Tyrone and Antrim): descriptive nickname of Norman origin, from Old French burnete, a diminutive of brun ‘brown’ (see Brown ), or possibly in some instances a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of burnete, a high quality woolen cloth, originally dark brown in color.

Probably also an altered form of English Barnett .

In some cases also an altered form of French Burnet ; compare Burnette .

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

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