Nathan Carter Burrill

Male20 January 1874–26 May 1944

Brief Life History of Nathan Carter

When Nathan Carter Burrill was born on 20 January 1874, in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Thomas Burrill, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Carter, was 39. He married Lillian Gertrude Goodwin on 30 June 1917, in Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 26 May 1944, in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Nathan Carter Burrill
1874–1944
Lillian Gertrude Goodwin
1874–1966
Marriage: 30 June 1917

Sources (11)

  • Nathan C Burrill in household of John Burrill, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Nathan Carter Burrill, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Nathan C Burrill, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

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  • Marriage
    30 June 1917Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 1

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

    Age 1

    During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 22

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

    English (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire): variant of Burrell .

    History: George Burrill was one of the early settlers at Lynn, MA, in 1638, and the founder of a prominent family in colonial MA. He is believed to have come from Boston in Lincolnshire, England.

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

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