Brief Life History of Mahlon Brice
When Mahlon Brice Burkhart was born on 19 April 1898, in Allegheny Township, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Thomas Gabriel Burkhart, was 43 and his mother, Mary A Miller, was 39. He married Myrtle Mae Chase before 1920. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Sharpsville, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States in 1935 and Pymatuning Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died on 12 August 1960, in Grove City, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in West Side Cemetery, Sharpsville, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Mahln Burkhart, "United States Census, 1920"
- Malen Brice Burkhart, "Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976"
- Mahlon Brice Burkhart, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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Name Meaning
German: from the medieval personal name Burkhard, from ancient Germanic Burghard, composed of the elements burg ‘fort, castle’ + hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’. This form of the surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and in Czechia (compare 2 below), but it is very rare there. Compare also Borgardt , Brookhart , Burgert , Burghart , Burkart , and Burkett .
Germanized form of Polish and Czech Burkert , Czech Purkert or Purkart, and Slovenian Purkart: from a German variant and Slavicized forms of the medieval German personal name Burkhard (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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