Lemira Elsie Burgess

Female1791–28 March 1877

Brief Life History of Lemira Elsie

Lemira Elsie Burgess was born in 1791, in Putnam, Washington, New York, United States. She married James Odell in 1811, in Warren, New York, United States. She died on 28 March 1877, in Lake George, Lake George, Warren, New York, United States, at the age of 86.

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James Odell
1791–1827
Lemira Elsie Burgess
1791–1877
Marriage: 1811

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    1811Warren, New York, United States
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    1791

    Age 0

    Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

    1806

    Age 15

    "The town of Putnam is rich in history, getting its name from Israel Putnam (January 7, 1718 - May 29, 1790) who was an American Army general and Freemason, popularly known as ""Old Put."" Putnam's famous quote ""don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes, then shoot low"" is still well known today."

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    Age 28

    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    Name Meaning

    English: status name from Middle English burge(i)s, burgis, borgeis ‘inhabitant of a borough’ (strictly one possessing full municipal rights), ‘freeman of a borough’. Burgesses generally had tenure of land or buildings from a landlord by burgage. In medieval England burgage involved the payment of a fixed money rent (as opposed to payment in kind); in Scotland it involved payment in service, guarding the town. The -eis ending is from Latin -ensis (modern English -ese as in Portuguese). Compare Burger .

    Americanized form of French Bourgeois .

    History: Thomas Burgess came from England to MA c. 1630 and eventually settled in Sandwich, MA.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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