John Mathias Burk

Brief Life History of John Mathias

When John Mathias Burk was born on 4 February 1793, in Fairfield, Herkimer, New York, United States, his father, Charles Burk, was 23 and his mother, Esther Bohannon, was 22. He married Abigail Fellows on 15 March 1821, in Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 2 June 1853, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Mathias Burk
1793–1853
Keziah Keturah Van Benthuysen
1796–1878
Marriage: 22 January 1835
Phoebe Jane Burk
1836–1914
Keziah Burk
1842–1850

Sources (60)

  • John M Burk, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Johan Theis Burk, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
  • John M Burke, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1796

Established in 1796.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

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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Joseph Smith letter to John Burk 1835

Copy this half and let each grade of officers have one copy. Kirtland June 1st 1835 President Burk : You will not value the postage of <a> letter I presume when you learn that thi …

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