Miranda Burnham

Brief Life History of Miranda

When Miranda Burnham was born about 1835, in New York, United States, her father, Emerson Gilman Burnham, was 25 and her mother, Emaline Ellsworth, was 24. She lived in Cape Vincent, Cape Vincent, Jefferson, New York, United States in 1850.

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Family Time Line

Emerson Gilman Burnham
1811–1888
Emaline Ellsworth
1812–1906
Miranda Burnham
1835–
Elina M Burnham
1839–1934
Emily Florene Burnham
1849–1859
Sophia Ann Burnham
1842–
Harrison Burnham
1844–1854
Loron O. Burnham
1847–1914
Ellsworth Burnham
1853–

Sources (1)

  • Miranda Burnham in household of Emerson Burnham, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

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.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of several places called Burnham. Those in Buckinghamshire (Burnham Beeches), Norfolk (various villages), and Essex (Burnham-on-Crouch) are named with Old English burna ‘stream’ + hām ‘homestead’. In the case of Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, however, the second element is Old English hamm ‘water meadow’, while Burnham in Lincolnshire is named from brunnum, dative plural of Old Norse brunnr ‘spring’, originally used after a preposition, i.e. ‘(at) the springs’.

History: In 1635 Robert Burnham and his two brothers came from England to Ipswich, MA, after their ship was wrecked on the coast of Maine. In the mid 18th century John Burnham and his son, also called John, were among the early settlers in what became the state of VT. In 1785, the younger John Burnham established himself at Middletown, CT.

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

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