Brief Life History of James William
When James William Burrell was born on 12 October 1851, in Attala, Mississippi, United States, his father, Pvt James Henry Burell, was 20 and his mother, Lucinda Myers, was 21. He had at least 6 sons and 5 daughters with Rebecca Mae Porter. He lived in Beat 4, Holmes, Mississippi, United States for about 20 years. He died on 29 February 1936, in Holmes, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Harlands Creek Cemetery, Coxburg, Holmes, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (5)
- J W Burell, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: james william burrell - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: james william burrell
- Jim, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English:
nickname from Middle English, Old French burel, borel (also birel) ‘reddish brown’, referring perhaps to complexion or hair color. This was occasionally used by Normans as a personal name, perhaps a nickname substituted for the personal name. The word also denoted a coarse woollen cloth of this color, so the surname may sometimes refer to dress, or it may be a nickname for a maker of the cloth, a bureller.
habitational name from Burwell in Lincolnshire, see Burwell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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