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Lurena BURSLEY

Lurena BURSLEY

Female Abt 1825 - 1856  (31 years)

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  • Name Lurena BURSLEY 
    Birth Abt 1825  Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 30 Dec 1856  Brooklyn, Kings, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    News 19 Aug 1875  Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Lemuel Bursley [Jr] obituary; see notes for transcription
    Person ID I1085  Stanwood Family
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2021 

    Father Lemuel BURSLEY,   b. Abt 1773   d. 15 Nov 1854, Chesterville, Franklin, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Lavina SPENCER,   b. 1780, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1858 (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 4 Feb 1797  Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Family ID F418  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William SHAW,   b. Abt 1816, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 5 Dec 1847  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F841  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1709] DB: New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection), 3 November 2013; entry for Lurena B. Shaw death, "Bklyn, Tues 30th,” citing Barber, Gertrude A., comp. Deaths taken from the "Brooklyn Eagle ." Volumes 1-27. n.p.: n.p., 1963-66. Barber, Gertrude A., comp. Death s taken from the New York Evening Post. Volumes 1-54. n.p.: n.p., 1933- 47.

    2. [S1416] NEWS: Farmington Chronicle, Rev. J.S. Swift; Local Reminscences - The Late Col. Lemuel Bursley; obituary; 19 August 1875; Lemuel Bursley, Jr., p. 1, c. 6.
      Obituary, Col. Lemuel Bursley
      Obituary, Col. Lemuel Bursley


    3. [S1673] DB: Massachusetts: Grand Lodge of Masons Membership Cards, 1733-1990, entry for Lemuel Bursley, membership 1797-1-2, citing Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Massachusetts.
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      BURSLEY_Lemuel_b1773_freemason_003


    4. [S80] Massachusetts, Barnstable, Provincetown, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, marriage certificate, Lemuel Bursley and Lavinia Spencer m. Feb. 4, 1797, Provincetown, Massachusetts, by Rev. Samuel Parker.
      Citing Provincetown records of 1797, vol. II, p. 2, no. 6
      BURSLEY_Lemuel_b1773_marr_001
      BURSLEY_Lemuel_b1773_marr_001


    5. [S841] "Records of Provincetown, Massachusetts 1698-1859", entry for Lemuel Bursley and Lavinia Spencer.
      Citing Typescript abstraction by Harry A. Smith of original records, "Records of Provincetown, Mass.," ten vols.

    6. [S1675] DB: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, 3 November 2013; entry for William Shaw and Lurena Bursley, m. 5 Dec 1847.
      SHAW_William_b1816_marr_001
      SHAW_William_b1816_marr_001




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