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.
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 ).
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