Isabella Mary Ruxton

Brief Life History of Isabella Mary

When Isabella Mary Ruxton was born on 19 September 1811, in Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Alexander Ruxton, was 32 and her mother, Isabel Mary Watt, was 24. She married David Robertson Burnett on 19 October 1832, in St Vigeans, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Douglas and Angus, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States in 1860. She died on 17 June 1864, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Robertson Burnett
1814–1894
Isabella Mary Ruxton
1811–1864
Marriage: 19 October 1832
Helen Nellie Burnett
1833–1920
David Burnett Jr.
1834–1920
Alexander Burnett
1835–1856
Jane Burnett
1837–1924
James Burnett
1840–1928
Maggie Burnett
1842–
William Burnett
1843–1845
John Burnett
1844–1845
William Van Dawson Burnett
1846–1921
John Burnett
1848–1856
Margaret Daig Burnett
1850–1923

Sources (22)

  • Ellen Bennet in household of Dabbelt Bennet, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Isabel Ruxton, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Isabel Ruxton, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"

World Events (8)

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1819 · 67 Streets in Brooklyn By 1819

A village map dated April 8, 1819 shows sixty seven streets. The widest streets measured 60 feet wide while the narrowest street, Doughty Street, measured 20 feet wide.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

English (Angus and Aberdeenshire): habitational name from Roxton Farm in Immingham (Lincolnshire), from the Old English personal name Hrōc (genitive Hrōces) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

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

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Biography Of William Van Dawson Burnett

William Van Dawson Burnett was born April 10, 1846, in Bulong, France, a son of David and Isabel Ruxton Burnett. David Burnett, his father was the son of Alexander and Margaret Robertson Burnett. …

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