William Cargill Burnett, (b. 18 Sep 1863-d. bef. 1924), son of my 2nd great grandparents William Burnett and Susan Hill Kent, had arrived in Lowell MA in the 1880′s from his hometown of Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, Canada. On 13 Dec 1884 he married Margaret M. Murtagh in Lowell with a son, Walter V. Burnett, …
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Tombstone Tuesday – John Archibald 5
Paternal 6th great grandparents, John Archibald and Margaret Wilson were both born in Ireland abt. 1691 and were there married in 1716. In the early 1720′s they arrived in New England, making their way with other Scots-Irish families to settle Londonderry (at that time called Nutfield) Rockingham, New Hampshire. They had several children, of which …
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Book, Written and Printed…Finally! 2
It’s been too long of a time since I’ve updated my site and this blog, but I’m happy to say that its been time well-spent. I had decided on writing a genealogy book for my brother compiling my research thus far of our paternal line (Youmans and Burnett) as a Christmas gift, a project I …
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John Burnett, Son of Margaret Duthie? 3
I’ve written several posts about my 3rd great-grandfather, John Burnett, the gunner and driver in the 8th & 9th Battalions of the Royal Artillery. Ever since finding the 1841 discharge papers of a John Burnett that I believe is one and the same with my John Burnett, I’ve been working hard in trying to find …
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Have I Found John Burnett’s Military Records? 4
Back in the spring, when I was researching in earnest before a fairly hectic summer intruded, I was hot on the trail of finding out whatever information I could on my 3rd great grandfather in my paternal line, John Burnett. I wrote a blog post about him back in October 2010 here: http://www.la-famille.mardistudio.com/blog/2010/10/gunner-royal-artillery/ It was …
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Sunday’s Obituary – The Untimely Death of Engineer Burnett 2
Again I must thank GeneaBloggers, and not only for the prompts that spur me on with great ideas to keep me writing! I just made a fantastic discovery and all because I had dropped by GeneaBloggers to look through today’s blogging prompts. I read through some great posts written by bloggers in the “Sunday’s Obituary” …
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Question: Which Susan Kent? 0
Which Susan Kent is the mother of Francis Burnett? Susan Hill Kent, the daughter of Alexander Kent and Martha Stewart… or Susan Kent, the daughter of Alexander Kent and Elizabeth Horton. My paternal great-grandfather was Francis (Frank) Burnett, who according to his death record was born in 1861 in Nova Scotia to Wm. Burnett and …
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Burnett-Holman Family Photos 0
Probably the most sought after items for any family tree are ancestral photos. In our family they are precious few, and of course the further back we go, the possibility of finding any likenesses of our ancestors becomes an impossibility. Back in early November as I was researching the Youmans-Burnett family, ancestors of my brother …
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Gunner, Royal Artillery 0
Last Saturday I finally received William Burnett’s naturalization papers from the National Archives… JOY! All the records relating to William that I’ve found so far give his birthplace as simply “England”. There are dozens of William Burnetts born in England in the same time frame, so not surprisingly I was no closer to learning who …
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