When Jane Elizabeth Burdette was born on 18 December 1829, in Dunchurch, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Benjamin Burdette, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Lock, was 38. She married Robert Armstrong Burns on 18 April 1851, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 16 July 1911, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.