♂ William Burress

1784

 

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William Burress
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Ruth Burress
Ruth Burress
1819 - 1878
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1784

1784 • The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Morgansborough, named for Daniel Morgan. The town is designated as the county seat for Burke County, North Carolina and is subsequently renamed "Morgantown" and later shortened to become Morganton.

1810


Age: 26y

residence


Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, USA ⇓
They are living next door to an Abraham Murphy. Also living in Elizabethtown (although not on the same page) are Joseph and Thomas Burris. Living about fifteen pages away is Tobias Hendricks, the father of Job Burris's wife.
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1810 • The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a 6-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria.

1811


Jun 22
Age: 27y
Ruth Burress - Find a Grave

marriage


Eleanor Frakes
Hardin County, Kentucky, USA ⇓
Eleanor Frakes's mother, Hannah Frakes, is present at the marriage. It only lists her name, not her relation, however it is most likely that it was her.
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1811 Battle of Anholt: The British Navy defeats Denmark.

1819


Mar 30
Age: 35y
1819 • A British Arctic expedition under William Parry comprising HMS Hecla and HMS Griper reaches longitude 112°51' W in the Northwest Passage, the furthest west which will be attained by any single-season voyage for 150 years.Journal of a Voyage to Discover a North-west Passage. 1821.

1820


Aug 7
Age: 36y
William Burress - 1820 United States Federal Census

residence


Little York, Hardin, Kentucky, USA ⇓
Also living in Little York is a Job Burris. On the same page, a Charles and David Dougherty are also living.
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1820 • 18,957 black slaves leave Luanda, Angola.

1825


Feb 10
Age: 41y
1825 • A new Combination Act in the United Kingdom makes Trades unions legal according to narrowly-defined principles.

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