Emma Burns

24 May 1871–
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life 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 in 1901 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–
Edith Bramham
1895–1896
Charlie Bramham
1896–
William BRAMHAM
1900–
Kathleen Bramham
1902–

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
1891
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
children

(5)

Parents and Siblings

    Tom Burns

    Male1848–1883Male

    Sarah Rawson

    Female1848–Female

siblings

(8)

    Frederick Burns

    Male1869–1907Male

    Emma Burns

    Female1871–Female

    Clara Burns

    Female1874–Female

    Eliza Burns

    Female1876–Female

    Rawson Burns

    Male1877–1937Male

+3 More Children

World Events (8)

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

Age 9

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884

Age 13

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1908

Age 37

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

1 Scottish and northern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stream or streams, from the Middle English nominative plural or genitive singular of burn ( see Bourne ).2 Scottish: variant of Burnhouse, habitational name from a place named with burn ‘stream’ + house ‘house’.3 Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Broin ( see Byrne ).

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

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Sources (3)

  • Emma Bramham in household of William Bramham, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
  • Emma Bramham in household of William Bramham, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
  • William & Emma (Burns) Family: Wortley; 1911 England Census - Ancestry.com

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