Brief Life History of Charles Norman
When Charles Norman Burnworth was born on 18 September 1878, in Dola, Washington Township, Hardin, Ohio, United States, his father, George Washington Burnworth, was 44 and his mother, Amanda A. Hively, was 27. He married Bessie Leone Gillen on 28 February 1906, in Hardin, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Hardin, Ohio, United States in 1878 and Washington Township, Hardin, Ohio, United States for about 55 years. He died on 2 August 1948, in Pleasant Township, Hardin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Dola Cemetery, Dola, Hardin, Ohio, United States.
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- Charles Burnworth, "United States Census, 1930"
- Charles Burnworth, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Charles N Burnworth, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English: probably a habitational name from Burnworthy in Devon, which is named with the Old English personal name Beorna + Old English worth or worthig ‘enclosure’. The interchange between worth and worthy is common in Middle English names in the southwest. The surname has died out in the British Isles.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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