James BURK

(b. abt. 1852 , Michigan, USA d. 29 May 1879 , Dearborn, Michigan, USA )

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James BURK was born abt. 1852 in Michigan, USA

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James BURK died 29 May 1879 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA.

Father: John Burk
Mother: Catharine Burk

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James BURK was a Laborer.

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1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

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Name: James Burk
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 29 May 1879
Death Place: Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan
Age: 27
Birth Date: 1852
Birth Place: Michigan
Occupation: Laborer
Race: W
Marital Status: Single
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Father's Name: John Burk
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Catharine Burk
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03120-3
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
GS Film number: 1377693
Reference ID: p23

'Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHCG-JV8 : 9 December 2014), James Burk, 29 May 1879; citing Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, reference p23; FHL microfilm 1,377,693.'

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