Emeline Emma Burt

Brief Life History of Emeline Emma

When Emeline Emma Burt was born on 6 September 1868, in Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, United States, her father, John W. Burt, was 60 and her mother, Mary Jane Jerolaman, was 30. She married Thomas Wells Hoig on 23 August 1886, in Township of Rome, Lenawee, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She lived in Township of Maple River, Emmet, Michigan, United States for about 10 years and Pellston, Township of Maple River, Emmet, Michigan, United States in 1930. She died on 9 March 1936, in Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Littlefield Township Cemetery, Alanson, Township of Littlefield, Emmet, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Wells Hoig
1853–1916
Emeline Emma Burt
1868–1936
Marriage: 23 August 1886
George Henry Hoig
1885–1920
Harris E Hoig
1887–1977
Thomas Hoig
1900–1978
Martin Hoig
1903–1903
Hoig
1909–1909

Sources (29)

  • Emma Burt, "United States, Census, 1870"
  • Emma Hoig, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • Emma Hicks, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1884

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English (southern): variant of Bird , Bright , or Burd .

German: Middle High German burt ‘that which is due or proper’, therefore a nickname for someone who has fulfilled his obligations properly.

Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine): variant of Burd .

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

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