Jane C. Skeel

Brief Life History of Jane C.

When Jane C. Skeel was born on 9 January 1815, in Coxsackie, Coxsackie, Greene, New York, United States, her father, Theron Skeel, was 28 and her mother, Eliza Reed, was 23. She married Gaius Conant Burnap on 21 December 1841, in United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States for about 10 years and Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States in 1880. She died on 27 April 1891, in United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gaius Conant Burnap
1809–1896
Jane C. Skeel
1815–1891
Marriage: 21 December 1841
Burnap
1842–1842
George Skeel Burnap
1845–1891
John Howard Burnap
1848–1852
Lucy Burnap
1851–1852
Annie Skeel Burnap
1853–1935
Alice Burnap
1853–1854

Sources (18)

  • Clara S Burnap in household of Gaius C Burnap, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Jane C. in entry for Alice Barnap, "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961"
  • Jane S Burnap in household of G C Burnap, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1819 · 67 Streets in Brooklyn By 1819

A village map dated April 8, 1819 shows sixty seven streets. The widest streets measured 60 feet wide while the narrowest street, Doughty Street, measured 20 feet wide.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English (Middlesex): nickname for someone who made or sold buckets, from Middle English skele, skeyll ‘wooden bucket’.

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

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