Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Burdick was born on 6 March 1837, in Hornellsville, Steuben, New York, United States, her father, Joseph T Burdick, was 22 and her mother, Palmyra Matteson, was 22. She married John J Becker Sr on 10 March 1856. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Steuben, New York, United States in 1860. She died on 27 April 1878, at the age of 41.
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- Nancy Becker in household of John Becker, "United States Census, 1860"
- Burdick Genealogy
- Nancy Burdick in household of Joseph Burdick, "United States Census, 1850"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
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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