When Josephine Every was born on 10 November 1861, in Shokan, Ulster, New York, United States, her father, Andrew Perry Every Jr., was 38 and her mother, Jane Edith Barringer, was 36. She married Homer Burgher from January 1882 to December 1882, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Shandaken, Ulster, New York, United States in 1915 and Union, Broome, New York, United States for about 10 years. She died on 10 April 1930, in Endicott, Union, Broome, New York, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott, Broome, New York, United States.
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