Christine Burgess

Brief Life History of Christine

When Christine Burgess was born in 1901, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Richard Grant Burgess, was 32 and her mother, Malinda J. Sanders, was 26. She married Carter Blakeman on 8 November 1919, in Madison, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States in 1935 and Fayette, Kentucky, United States in 1950. She died on 14 June 1960, in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Carter Blakeman
1902–1962
Christine Burgess
1901–1960
Marriage: 8 November 1919
Morris Eugene Blakeman
1921–

Sources (9)

  • Christine Blakeman, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Christine Burgess, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Christine Burgess Blakeman, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961"

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World Events (8)

1904 · The Black Patch War

From 1904-1909, the Black Patch War took place. This was a war between about 30 counties in southwestern Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee. The war was mostly over the Dark Fired Tobacco that was produced in the area during this time.

1910 · Boy Scouts of America

When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.

1925 · Woman's World's Fair

The first Woman's World's Fair was held in Chicago in 1925. The idea of the completely women-run fair was to display the progress of ideas, work, and products of twentieth-century women

Name Meaning

English: status name from Middle English burge(i)s, burgis, borgeis ‘inhabitant of a borough’ (strictly one possessing full municipal rights), ‘freeman of a borough’. Burgesses generally had tenure of land or buildings from a landlord by burgage. In medieval England burgage involved the payment of a fixed money rent (as opposed to payment in kind); in Scotland it involved payment in service, guarding the town. The -eis ending is from Latin -ensis (modern English -ese as in Portuguese). Compare Burger .

Americanized form of French Bourgeois .

History: Thomas Burgess came from England to MA c. 1630 and eventually settled in Sandwich, MA.

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

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