Franklin LaFayette Burk

Male19 October 1878–17 June 1961

Brief Life History of Franklin LaFayette

When Franklin LaFayette Burk was born on 19 October 1878, in Bollinger, Missouri, United States, his father, John Rhodes Burk, was 48 and his mother, Susan E. Turner, was 37. He married Sarah Lula Kinder on 24 October 1900, in Bollinger, Missouri, United States. He lived in Fillmore Township, Bollinger, Missouri, United States for about 60 years. He died on 17 June 1961, in East Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Lutesville, Bollinger, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Franklin LaFayette Burk
1878–1961
Sarah Caroline Sitze
1877–1961
Marriage: 14 October 1902
Glen Franklin Burk
1903–1996
Bessie Audra Burk
1908–1994
Burk
1920–1920

Sources (13)

  • Frank Burk, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Frank Burk, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
  • Frank Lafayette Burk, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 October 1902Bollinger, Missouri, United States
  • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 3

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    1893

    Age 15

    Historical Boundaries: 1893: Madison, Illinois, United States

    1900 · Gold for Cash!

    Age 22

    This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

    Name Meaning

    South German (also Bürk): from a short form of the personal name Burkhard (see Burkhart ). Compare Buerk .

    German: habitational name from the common placenames Burk and Burg.

    Sorbian: status name or nickname from Upper Sorbian burk, a diminutive of bur ‘peasant’ (see Buhr ).

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

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