Elvira W Towers

Brief Life History of Elvira W

When Elvira W Towers was born in 1845, in Maryland, United States, her father, Edward Towers, was 32 and her mother, Emily Heiskell Lauck, was 24. She married Edmund Burke on 16 July 1869, in District of Columbia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Washington, District of Columbia, United States in 1870. She died on 8 June 1879, at the age of 34, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edmund Burke
1844–1910
Elvira W Towers
1845–1879
Marriage: 16 July 1869
George McD. Burke
1870–1876
Clara B. Burke
1870–
Burke
1877–
Elvira Elizabeth Burke
1877–1939

Sources (8)

  • Elvira W Burke in household of Edward Towers, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Ellie Towers, "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950"
  • Elvira W. Towers Burke, "Find a Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1848 · Cornerstone of the Washington Monument

President James K. Polk laid the cornerstone for the Washington Monument on July 4, 1848. Afterwards, each of the existing states are welcomed to do the same.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English:

variant of Tower , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

habitational name for someone from Tours in Indre-et-Loire, northern France, so called from the Gaulish tribal name Turones, of uncertain etymology.

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

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