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Aaron S. Burns 1848–1944 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Jan 1848

Birth Location: Elkhart, Indiana

Death Date: 10 Jun 1944

Death Location: Burr Oak, Marshall, Indiana

Father: Michael Jr

Mother: Nancy Shock

Spouse(s): Almire Thornburg, Nancy (Burns)

Children(s): Russel Burns, Cora Burns, Ida Burns, Clara Burns, Maude Burns, Laura Burns, Blanche Burns, Alta Burns, Celia Burns

Aaron S. Burns was born in 1848 in Elkhart, Indiana, the child of Michael John Burns Jr And Nancy Shock. Aaron S. Burns married Almire Thornburg, Nancy Jane Hightower Burns, and had children including Alta Inez Burns, Blanche Leona Burns, Celia Ruth Burns, Clara Burns, Cora Alice Burns, Ida Marguerite Burns, Laura Burns, Maude Burns, Russel Aaron Jim Burns. Aaron S. Burns passed away in 1944 in Burr Oak, Marshall, Indiana.

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Biography

  • Aaron S. Burns was born in 1848 in Elkhart, Indiana, the child of Michael John Burns Jr And Nancy Shock.
  • Aaron S. Burns married Almire Thornburg, Nancy Jane Hightower Burns, and had children including Alta Inez Burns, Blanche Leona Burns, Celia Ruth Burns, Clara Burns, Cora Alice Burns, Ida Marguerite Burns, Laura Burns, Maude Burns, Russel Aaron Jim Burns.
  • Aaron S. Burns passed away in 1944 in Burr Oak, Marshall, Indiana.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Aaron Burns's Ancestors

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Aaron Burns
1848–1944
Birth Place: Elkhart, Indiana
Parents
Michael John Burns Jr
1818–1900
Newberry Township, Miami, Ohio, USA
Nancy Shock
1820–1898
New Lebanon, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Grandparents
Michael (Johann "John" Burn) Sr
1774–1850
Pennsylvania, USA
Hannah Deeter
1785–1864
Morrison Cove, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA
Jacob Shock
1789–1869
Woodberry, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
Esther Smith
1789–1863
Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
Johan Braun
1732–1814
Anna Gerlach
1743–1826
Johannes Sr
1747–1790
Susanna Ulrich
1755–1801
Adam Shock
1764–1843
Barbara Hoover
1775–1852
George Smith
1750–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Steffan Braun
1701–
Ursula Stanforth
1705–
John Gerlach
1699–1770
Maria Juzler
1705–1761
Johannes Teter
1722–1805
Ana Thowison
1729–1770
Daniel Ulrich
1735–1792
Christina Hölsinger
1740–1800
Johan Schuck
1723–1804
Mary Wagner
1732–1820
Martin Sr
1750–1816
Gertrude Knee
1758–1798

Aaron Burns's Descendants

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Aaron (S.) Burns (24 Jan 1848–10 Jun 1944) m. Almire Thornburg (3 Oct 1860–14 Sep 1932) m. Nancy (Jane Hightower) (Burns) (1852–)
  1. 1. Russel (Aaron Jim) Burns 1897–1981
  2. 2. Cora (Alice) Burns 1874–1945
  3. 3. Ida (Marguerite) Burns 1876–1945
  4. 4. Clara Burns 1874–
  5. 5. Maude Burns 1877–1959
  6. 6. Laura Burns 1877–
  7. 7. Blanche (Leona) Burns 1891–1910
  8. 8. Alta (Inez) Burns 1893–1960
  9. 9. Celia (Ruth) Burns 1897–1963

Aaron Burns's Timeline

2 Records

1848
24 Jan 1848
Birth of Aaron S. Burns in Elkhart, Indiana
Elkhart, Indiana
1944
10 Jun 1944
Age 96
Death of Aaron S. Burns in Burr Oak, Marshall, Indiana
Burr Oak, Marshall, Indiana

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Jan 1848
    Event Place: Elkhart, Indiana

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Jun 1944
    Event Place: Burr Oak, Marshall, Indiana

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