Lucy Burgess

Brief Life History of Lucy

When Lucy Burgess was born on 30 March 1812, in Cazenovia, Cazenovia, Madison, New York, United States, her father, Levi Burges Cotton, was 40 and her mother, Ruth Sabin, was 34. She married Fordyce Card on 21 March 1842, in United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Parish, Parish, Oswego, New York, United States in 1875 and West Monroe, Oswego, New York, United States in 1880. She died on 3 January 1900, at the age of 87, and was buried in West Monroe, Oswego, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Fordyce Card
1812–1894
Lucy Burgess
1812–1900
Marriage: 21 March 1842
Warren D. Card
1843–1864
Albertus William Card
1845–1924
Lucia J Card
1850–1907

Sources (7)

  • Lucy Card, "United States, Census, 1880"
  • Lucy Burgess Card, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Lucy Card in household of Fordjes Card, "United States Census, 1870"

World Events (8)

1816

Historical Boundaries 1816: Oswego, New York, United States

1819 · Panic! of 1819

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. 

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

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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