Mary Elizabeth Burnam

Female13 December 1921–13 December 2009

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Burnam was born on 13 December 1921, in Missouri, United States, her father, Fred William Burnam, was 32 and her mother, Bertha B Johnston, was 29. She married Clifford Otto Lovland on 6 December 1940, in Linn, Missouri, United States. She lived in Callao, Macon, Missouri, United States in 1930 and Macon, Macon, Missouri, United States in 1940. She died on 13 December 2009, at the age of 88, and was buried in Callao, Macon, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clifford Otto Lovland
1916–1999
Mary Elizabeth Burnam
1921–2009
Marriage: 6 December 1940

Sources (10)

  • Mary E Burnam in household of Fred W Burnam, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Mary E Lovland, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Mary E. Lovland in entry for David Harman Mahoney, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    6 December 1940Linn, Missouri, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

    Age 2

    Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

    1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights

    Age 2

    Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.

    1944 · The G.I Bill

    Age 23

    The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Burnham . This surname is now rare in Britain.

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

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