Brief Life History of Burton Harry
When Burton Harry Blanchard was born on 25 July 1878, in Marion, Grant, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Charles David Blanchard, was 27 and his mother, Mary Ann Reeve, was 18. He married Edith Velma Bennett on 4 March 1908, in Mitchell, Davison, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Mount Ida, Grant, Wisconsin, United States in 1910 and Marietta, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States for about 20 years. He died on 5 November 1957, in Columbia, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Boscobel, Grant, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Burt H Blanchard in household of Wm B Frankenhoff, "United States Census, 1900"
- Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937
- Bert Harry Blanchard, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1883 · The Newhall House Hotel Fire
A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Pierre, Andre, Marcel, Emile, Monique, Camille, Dominique, Euclide, Germaine, Leonce, Lucien.
French and English (of Norman origin): from the French medieval personal name Blanchard, from an ancient Germanic name composed of the elements blank ‘white, shining’ + hard ‘strong, brave’.
French and English: derivative of Blanc .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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