Jane Burnside

Brief Life History of Jane

When Jane Burnside was born on 6 January 1864, in Armadale, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Mason Burnside Sr, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Prentice, was 37. She married Richard Finney Walker on 12 March 1889, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1868 and lived in Mount Pleasant Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 25 January 1904, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Richard Finney Walker
1852–1927
Jane Burnside
1864–1904
Marriage: 12 March 1889
Elizabeth Ellen Walker
1892–1979
Richard Finney Walker
1894–1895
John Douglas Walker
1896–1972
Grace May Walker
1898–1900
Gladys Amanda Walker
1900–1983

Sources (19)

  • Jane Burnside in household of John Burnside, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Jane Burnside, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Jane Burnside, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1868 · The Representation of the people (Scotland) Act 1868

The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 was passed by Parliament and allowed for the creation of seven additional Scottish seats in the House of Commons. Along with the seats, Two University constituencies were created. These each returned one member to Parliament.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Scottish (central Scotland) and Irish (Ulster): habitational name from one of the many places so named (from burn- ‘stream’), especially those in Lanarkshire and West Lothian.

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

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