Brief Life History of John Burnley
When John Burnley Tanner was born on 2 January 1785, in Virginia, United States, his father, Benjaman Nathaniel Tanner, was 27 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Glass, was 18. He married Jane Irene Collins on 23 December 1813, in Culpeper, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Culpeper Court House, Culpeper, Virginia, United States in 1850. He died about 1850, at the age of 66.
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- John Tanner, "United States Census, 1850"
- John Tanner, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1943"
- John, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1788 · Becomes the 10th state
On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English (southern) and Dutch: occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.
German: topographic name from Middle High German tan ‘woods, pine forest’ for someone who lived near such terrain.
German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains, Bavaria, East Prussia, Switzerland) or Tann (Hesse, Bavaria), Thann (Bavaria, Austria, Alsace), Tannen (southern Germany, Switzerland), Thannen (Bavaria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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