Brief Life History of John Leonard
When John Leonard Burns was born on 11 December 1871, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, John Witman Burns, was 23 and his mother, Helen Mar Leonard, was 19. He lived in Fielding, Box Elder, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 23 February 1944, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Fielding, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- John Leonard Burns, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- John L Burns in the Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
- John L. Burns, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1877 · Logan's First Stake is Formed
Eighteen years after the first ward was established and the population of the valley increased exponentially, the first Stake was established.
1891 · The Logan Tabernacle is Dedicated
The Logan Tabernacle was dedicated by Wilford Woodruff in 1891 and has been a center piece of Logan since then. In the late 1980's, the Tabernacle underwent a restoration project that restored all the original pioneer designs. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1975.
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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