Leonard Gaskill Burr

Male30 October 1894–1 November 1971

Brief Life History of Leonard Gaskill

When Leonard Gaskill Burr was born on 30 October 1894, in Hopedale, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Henry Melvin Burr, was 42 and his mother, Cora Elsie Gaskill, was 38. He lived in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States for about 20 years. He died on 1 November 1971, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Melvin Burr
1852–1933
Cora Elsie Gaskill
1855–1936
Nina Marion Burr
1890–1952
Leslie Melvin Burr
1893–
Leonard Gaskill Burr
1894–1971

Sources (12)

  • Leonard G Bun in household of Henry M Bun, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Leonard Gaskill Burr, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
  • Leonard G Burr, "Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 2

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 4

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 22

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

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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