Brief Life History of Catherine Ann
When Catherine Ann Burdick was born on 1 December 1821, in Lincklaen, Chenango, New York, United States, her father, Kenyon Burdick, was 29 and her mother, Eliza Chapman, was 19. She married Isaiah Messenger about 1841, in DeRuyter, Madison, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Otselic, Otselic, Chenango, New York, United States in 1875. She died on 14 December 1886, in Cazenovia, Cazenovia, Madison, New York, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Cazenovia, Madison, New York, United States.
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- Kate Ann Messinger, "United States Census, 1850"
- Catherine Burdick Messenger, "Find A Grave Index"
- Burdick Genealogy
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1823
Established in 1823.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Middlesex): nickname from an unrecorded Middle English burre-dokke ‘burdock’, the name of a prickly plant with burrs and dock-like leaves (usually Arctium lappa), common on waste ground. It may have been given to someone of a prickly temperament or perhaps to someone with a hoarse voice.
Possibly also an Americanized form of Dutch Boerdijk: habitational name from a settlement named Boerdijk, composed of boer ‘peasant, farmer, countryman’ and dijk ‘dike’.
History: Robert Burdick was a freeman of Newport, RI, in 1655.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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