Family of William Gibson BURNS

WILLIAM GIBSON BURNS was born on 6 Feb 1801 in Oldham, Lancaster, ENGLAND, and died on 9 Dec 1879. 1801 birth taken from IGI which lists film 104150 as source. Family writings have the birth date as 6 Feb 1800, but no location.

He married ELIZABETH HERRICKS about 1820. She was born on 3 Sep 1786 in ENGLAND, and died on 17 Nov 1861. Existance of this person based on McPherson family writings.


Children of WILLIAM BURNS and ELIZABETH HERRICKS are:

  1. JABEZ BURNS, b. after 1820, New York?. Not found in either the IGI or Ancestral File in North America. Data on New York birth taken from McPherson family papers.

  2. MARY BURNS, b. 30 Jan 1822, Bolton, Lancashire, ENGLAND; d. 1 Sep 1910, Lisbon, Ransom, North Dakota. She married JAMES PETER MCPHERSON on 1842 in SCOTLAND.


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