Brief Life History of Lucrecia
When Lucrecia Burns was born on 1 November 1781, in Loudoun, Virginia, United States, her father, John Burnes, was 18 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth McDermot, was 21.
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Parents and Siblings
1762–1830 Male
1760–1813 Female
Siblings (6)
1781– Female
1783– Male
1784–1863 Male
1786–1875 Male
1788–1854 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (3)
1783 · A Free America
Age 2
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 5
1788 · Becomes the 10th state
Age 7
Name Meaning
Scottish (central Scotland and northern England): habitational name from any of various places called formerly Burnis, Burnes, or Burnhouse (named with burn- ‘stream’), especially those in Kincardineshire, Renfrewshire, Dunbartonshire, and possibly Argyll.
English and Scottish: variant either of Burn , with post-medieval excrescent -s, or of Barnes .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Broin (see Byrne ), with excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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