Florence Alberta Burns

Brief Life History of Florence Alberta

When Florence Alberta Burns was born on 8 March 1927, in North Augusta, Augusta Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, her father, Garnet Serson Burns, was 33 and her mother, Estella Mae Alberry, was 32. She married Robert Alexander Bunyon on 25 December 1943, in Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. She lived in Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada in 1931. She died on 19 May 1995, in Prescott, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 68, and was buried in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.

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Robert Alexander Bunyon
1923–
Florence Alberta Burns
1927–1995
Marriage: 25 December 1943

Sources (2)

  • Florence Burns, "Canada Census, 1931"
  • Florence A. Burns, "BillionGraves Index"

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1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born

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1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election

George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.

1955 · General Motors Auto Workers Strike

From 1955-1956, around 17,000 workers for General Motors went on strike. They wanted a pay raise, more secure working conditions, and a health plan half paid by General Motors. The strike lasted 148 days.

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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