Melissa A. Burger

Sources

1. U.S., Civil War Widow’s Pensions, 1861-1910 (available at fold3.com), Benjamin B. Burger. Thirty-five pages of the application for pension by his wife, Catherine Burger (also named as Catherine Quick), living in Kerhonkson, New York. Various documents and affidavits provide vital details, including his death, and marriage dates and places, and names and birth dates for five of his children, minors at the time of the application. Several documents address the birth year for the youngest child, Pernoley, originally stated as 1859, but asserted as 1860 by the physician who delivered her. However, she is clearly shown in the 1860 census as age 8/12 [months], so she must have actually been born in 1859.
2. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Ulster County, Town of Rochester, Page 356, Benjamin Burger, 36, New York, laborer; Catharine Burger, 34, New York; William Burger, 13, New York; Hannah Burger, 12, New York; Luther Burger, 6, New York; DeWitt Burger, 4, New York; Jane Burger, 4, New York; Cornelius B. Burger, 3, New York; Melissa A. Burger, 3/12, New York.
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Ulster County, Town of Wawarsing, Page No. 147, Benjamin Burger, 47, New York, farm laborer; Catharine Burger, 43, New York; Luther Burger, 16, New York; Henry D. Burger, 14, New York; Jane Burger, 14, New York; Benjamin Burger, 12, New York; Melissa Burger, 10, New York; Sarah Burger, 8, New York; Maria Burger, 6, New York; Rachel Burger, 4, New York; Penola Burger, 8/12, New York.
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Ulster County, Town of Rochester, Page No. 52, Catharine Burger, 51, New York; Dewitt Burger, 24, New York, boatman; Malissa Burger, 19, New York, house servt [servant]; Sarah Burger, 18, New York, house servt; Marsha Burger, 17, New York, house servt; Rachel Burger, 15, New York, house servt; Penola Burger, 10, New York, house servt; Celia Burger, 2, New York.