 Violet BURNHAM
Violet's grandmother was from the Haudenosaunee, an Onondaga tribe of Iroquois
Native Americans, so Violet was likely 1/4 Iroquois. (on her mother's side, see- Catherine Dockstader) |
b.March 1828 Dunn Twp, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada1,4
d.22 Dec 1869 Onondaga Twp.4 |
married:
- James EVERINGHAM (b.~1818)
(m. Abt 1845)
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parents:
Lyman BURNHAM (b.~1791)2
Catherine DOCHSTADER (b.~1789) NY
married ~1812 Canboro, Haldimand, Ontario |
children: EVERINGHAM
- James Henry (b.4 June 1846)
- Ira (b.16 Jun 1848)
- Adoram (b.1851)
- Alice (b.1854)
- Sarah Lucinda E. (b.1856)
- William "Henry" (b.1858)
- Eugene Delorne (b.6 Jan 1860)
- Rosally (b.1862)
- Mary (b.1864)
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siblings: BURNHAM
- Lyman (b.abt 1821)1
probably another unknown
+ several 1/2 siblings.
see parents pages
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 fact sources and writings about this individual:
1871 Census record: lived on 4 acres on Lot 44, Conc 3, Ont. Record shows James as age 57, born in the U.S., widowed
1Birth Info from "Family Search" File #1760996
2From Researcher Debbi St.Louis:
"Chauncey Burnham was married to Catharine Dochstader (your info on her parents is correct as far as I have). When Chauncey died, Catharine being Indian couldn't own land, so the Burnham family kept marrying her. first Chauncey then Lyman. (& possibly another)"
3Understanding Ontario Genealogical Records, by David K. Faux Proving Violet's Iroquois Heritage.
4 Notes about Violet's death:
All Burnham records show her date of birth as 1828 which is most likely correct or at least close. (Death Certificate) When she died in December of 1869, her son Ira listed her as 36 years, 9 months old which gives her a date of birth of March 1833. Ira was notorious for not recording the correct dates, so I believe that Violet was in fact born in 1828, but the Month of March may have been her month of birth.
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