Brief Life History of Lyman G
When Lyman G Burr was born about 1843, in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, his father, Andrew W. Burr, was 25 and his mother, Mary J Rutty, was 21. He married Ellen E Brockway about 1868, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870. He died about 1876, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 35.
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Sources (7)
- Lyman G Burr, "United States Census, 1870"
- U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
- U.S. City Directories (Beta)
Spouse and Children
1843–1876 Male
1843–1916 Female
Children (2)
1869–1900 Male
1876–1929 Female
Parents and Siblings
1819–1912 Male
1823–1876 Female
Siblings (2)
1843–1876 Male
1847–1916 Male
World Events (6)
1846
Age 3
1848 · Slavery is Abolished
Age 5
1863
Age 20
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English burre ‘bur’ (a seed-case or flower-head with clinging prickles), used by Shakespeare to denote someone who sticks like a bur, a person difficult to ‘shake off’, a sense which may well be older.
German: topographic name from Burr(e) ‘mound, hill’, or in the south a variant of Burrer .
History: The American political leader Aaron Burr (1756–1836) was the son of a clergyman and academic, president of Princeton University. On his mother's side he was descended from the Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards; on his father's from Jehu Burr, who emigrated from England to MA with John Winthrop (see Winthrop ) in 1630.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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