Brief Life History of William
When William Burns was born on 15 May 1792, in Ayrshire, Scotland, his father, Gilbert Burns, was 31 and his mother, Jean Breckenridge, was 28. He married Jane Callanan on 19 April 1824, in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 11 June 1878, in Portarlington, Queen's County, Ireland, at the age of 86.
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Sources (2)
- William Burns in entry for Jane Burns, "Ireland Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920"
- William Burns, "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958"
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Children (6)
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Siblings (11)
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World Events (8)
1798
Battle of Antrim.
1798
The Young Ireland rebellion of 1798 failed.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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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