When Harriet Ruhamah Kimball was born on 25 January 1818, in Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, her father, James Shepard Kimball, was 32 and her mother, Ruth Burnham, was 26. She married Andrew Burnham on 30 August 1837, in Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 24 July 1885, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Draper City Cemetery, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English:
habitational name from Great and Little Kimble (Buckinghamshire). The placename probably derives from Old English cyne ‘royal’ + belle ‘(bell-shaped) hill’.
variant of Kimble .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAndrew Burnham, was born 19 of May 1808, at Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. The son of John Burnham (born 1776) and Sarah, whose surname we do not know. The only identification of them is c …
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