Emma Burns

Brief Life History of Emma

When Emma Burns was born on 24 May 1871, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Tom Burns, was 22 and her mother, Sarah Rawson, was 23. She married William Bramham in 1891, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wortley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years and Bramley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911.

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Family Time Line

William Bramham
1868–1938
Emma Burns
1871–
Marriage: 1891
Thomas Frederick Bramham
1892–1949
Edith Bramham
1895–1896
Kathleen Bramham
1902–
Charlie Bramham
1898–
William Bramham
1900–

Sources (8)

  • Emma Burns in household of Sarah Burns, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Emma Burns, 1871, Upper Wortley; West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910 - Ancestry.com
  • William Bramham & Emma Burns, 1891, Leeds; West Yorkshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935 - Ancestry.com

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Name Meaning

Scottish (central Scotland and northern England): habitational name from any of various places called formerly Burnis, Burnes, or Burnhouse (named with burn- ‘stream’), especially those in Kincardineshire, Renfrewshire, Dunbartonshire, and possibly Argyll.

English and Scottish: variant either of Burn , with post-medieval excrescent -s, or of Barnes .

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Broin (see Byrne ), with excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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