Brief Life History of Arthur Ernest
When Arthur Ernest Burnham was born on 1 May 1850, in Plum Grove, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Luther Sylvester Burnham, was 33 and his mother, Charlotte Joslin, was 27. He married Cedenia Estella Sessions on 11 March 1872, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States in 1860 and Healdsburg Judicial Township, Sonoma, California, United States in 1910. He died on 6 March 1927, in Healdsburg, Sonoma, California, United States, at the age of 76.
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- Arthur E Barnham in household of L S Barnham, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Arthur Earnest Burnham - birth-name: Arthur Earnest Burnham
- Arthur E Burnham, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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1852
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Cook, Illinois, United States
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called Burnham. Those in Buckinghamshire (Burnham Beeches), Norfolk (various villages), and Essex (Burnham-on-Crouch) are named with Old English burna ‘stream’ + hām ‘homestead’. In the case of Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, however, the second element is Old English hamm ‘water meadow’, while Burnham in Lincolnshire is named from brunnum, dative plural of Old Norse brunnr ‘spring’, originally used after a preposition, i.e. ‘(at) the springs’.
History: In 1635 Robert Burnham and his two brothers came from England to Ipswich, MA, after their ship was wrecked on the coast of Maine. In the mid 18th century John Burnham and his son, also called John, were among the early settlers in what became the state of VT. In 1785, the younger John Burnham established himself at Middletown, CT.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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