Brief Life History of Francis Rudolph
When Francis Rudolph Burnham was born on 18 March 1829, in Granby, Oswego, New York, United States, his father, Joel Burnham, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Baldwin, was 26. He married Caroline Josephine Gillette on 28 November 1867. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Election District 6 Carter, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1900 and Mountain View, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1910. He died on 5 January 1913, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Francis burnham in household of joel burnham, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Francis Rudolph Burnham - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Francis Rhudalph Burnham
- Francis R. Burnham, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1837
The Mountain View portion of the cemetery, originating in 1883,
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Montgomery, Iowa, 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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