Franklin Burns

Brief Life History of Franklin

When Franklin Burns was born on 3 January 1845, in Trading Post, Linn, Kansas, United States, his father, Enoch Burns, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane Pierce, was 20. He died on 16 July 1850, in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 5, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Enoch Burns
1807–1901
Elizabeth Jane Pierce
1824–1906
Bethsinah Burns
1843–1859
Franklin Burns
1845–1850
Enoch Burns
1847–1847
Martha Jane Burns
1849–1925
Elizabeth Ann Burns
1850–1894
Mary Ellen Burns
1851–1853
John Franklin Burns
1855–1867
Ruth Burns
1857–1932
Amanda Burns
1860–1943
Jacob Armstead Burns
1863–1920
Sarah Burns
1867–1912

Sources (5)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Franklin Burns - Published information: Journal or diary: birth: 5 January 1845; Iowa, United States
  • Franklin Burns, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Franklin Burns

World Events (3)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868

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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