Brief Life History of William Ross
When William Ross Burner was born on 5 November 1873, in Kansas, United States, his father, Heber Nimrod Burner, was 25 and his mother, Matilda Horn, was 25. He married Effa Lee Patterson on 20 March 1898, in Woods, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Barber, Crawford, Kansas, United States in 1895 and Ed, Västernorrland, Sweden in 1900. He died on 13 April 1918, in Tulare, Tulare, California, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Tulare Cemetery, Tulare, Tulare, California, United States.
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Sources (13)
- William Burnes, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Ross Burner - birth: 5 November 1873; La Porte, Indiana, United States
- William R Burner, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1877 · Nicodemus is Founded
The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English (Devon):
variant of Bourner, a topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, from Middle English burn ‘stream’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.
alternatively, a variant of Berner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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