| LC control no. | n 80132976 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Calamity Jane, 1856-1903 |
| Variant(s) | Canary, Martha, 1856-1903 Cannary, Martha Jane, 1856-1903 Burk, Martha Jane Canary, 1856-1903 Burke, Martha Jane Canary, 1856-1903 Canarie, Martha Jane, 1856-1903 Burke, Jane Canary, 1856-1903 Hickok, Jane Cannary, 1856-1903 Hickok, Martha Jane Cannary, 1856-1903 Jane, Calamity, 1856-1903 Calamity Jane, 1852-1903 |
| Biography/History note | Calamity Jane (1852-1903) was an American frontierswoman and scout. |
| Birth date | 1856-05-01 |
| Death date | 1903-08-01 |
| Place of birth | Princeton (Mo.) |
| Place of death | Deadwood (S.D.) |
| Profession or occupation | Frontiersman Scout |
| Found in | Buel, J.W. The true story of "Wild Bill" Hickok, 1946. Email from NCH, Mar. 27, 2006 (James McLaird in his biog. of Calamity Jane, 2005, claims that the birth date was 1856; "The census report of 1860 for Mercer County, Missouri ... clearly indicates that she was born in 1856, for she was four years old when the census was taken.") Encyclopedia britannica, via WWW, Nov. 30, 2012 (Calamity Jane; Martha Jane Burke; Martha Jane Cannary; b. May 1, 1852?, near Princeton, Mo.?; d. Aug. 1, 1903 in Terry, S.D.; legendary American frontierswoman; claimed marriage to Wild Bill Hickok, 1870; m. 1891 to Clinton (Charley) Burke) Wikipedia, via WWW, Nov. 30, 2012 (Calamity Jane; Martha Jane Canary; b. May 1, 1852 in Princeton, Mo.; d. Aug. 1, 1903 in Terry, S.D.; American frontierswoman, and professional scout) Etulain, R.W. The life and legends of Calamity Jane, 2014: ECIP galley (according to the 1860 census Martha Canary was born 1856) |
| Associated language | eng |
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