Esther Ferguson was born in 1806, in Ireland. She married Robert Burke in 1826, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Rural Township, Shelby, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. She died on 16 November 1881, in Shelby, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Henton, Shelby, Illinois, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Illinois is the 21st state.
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Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fergus ‘son of Fearghus’ (see Fergus ) by substituting -son for mac-.
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