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Alexander Burns 1770–1832 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1770

Birth Location: Brackley, County Armagh, Ireland

Death Date: 1832

Death Location: County Armagh, Ireland

Father: James (MacBurney)

Mother: Jane Harshaw

Spouse(s): Mary Marks

Children(s): Alexander Burns, James Burns, Samuel Burns, Eliza Burns, Jane Burns, Mary Burns, Margaret Burns, Agnes Burns

In 1770, Alexander Burns entered the world in Brackley, County Armagh, Ireland, born to James Burns Macburney And Jane Harshaw. Alexander Burns married Mary Marks, and had children including Agnes Burns, Alexander Burns, Eliza Burns, James Burns, Jane Burns, Margaret Burns, Mary Ann Burns, Samuel Burns. Alexander Burns passed away in 1832 in County Armagh, Ireland.

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Biography

  • In 1770, Alexander Burns entered the world in Brackley, County Armagh, Ireland, born to James Burns Macburney And Jane Harshaw.
  • Alexander Burns married Mary Marks, and had children including Agnes Burns, Alexander Burns, Eliza Burns, James Burns, Jane Burns, Margaret Burns, Mary Ann Burns, Samuel Burns.
  • Alexander Burns passed away in 1832 in County Armagh, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James (MacBurney)
1738–1805
Birth Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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Jane Harshaw
1735–1807
Birth Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Mary Marks
1786–1860
Birth Location: Ireland
MM

Children(s)

Alexander Burns
1816–1883
Birth Location: Brackley, Armagh, Ireland
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James Burns
1811–1816
Birth Location: –
JB
Samuel Burns
1813–1885
Birth Location: Brackley, Armagh, Northern Ireland
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Eliza Burns
1817–1888
Birth Location: Brackley, Armagh, Ireland
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Jane Burns
1819–1898
Birth Location: Brackley, Armagh, Northern Ireland
JB
Mary Burns
1822–1912
Birth Location: Brackley, County Armagh, Ireland
MB
Margaret Burns
1826–
Birth Location: Armagh, Northern Ireland
MB
Agnes Burns
1829–1907
Birth Location: –
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Alexander Burns's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Burns
1770–1832
Birth Place: Brackley, County Armagh, Ireland
Parents
James Burns (MacBurney)
1738–1805
Ayrshire, Scotland
Jane Harshaw
1735–1807
Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James (Burns) (MacBurney)
1710–1788
Isobel Lang
–1760
Sarah Kidd
–1793
Great-Grandparents
John Burns
1681–1760
Agnes Chisholm
1696–1760
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Burns
1638–1684
Agnes Watts
1641–1681
John Chisholm
1672–1755

Alexander Burns's Descendants

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Alexander Burns (1770–1832) m. Mary Marks (1786–1860)
  1. 1. Alexander Burns 1816–1883 m. Margaret Evans 1822–1904
    1. 1. Alexander Burns 1854–1943 m. Sarah (Jane) Hamilton 1853–1915
      1. 1. Margaret (Evans) Burns 1885–1971 m. Joseph Watt 1884–1961
        1. 1. Gertrude (Jane) Hathaway 1924– m. Hilton (James) Hathawy 1926–2014
        2. 2. George (Alexander Burns) Watt 1919–2013 m. Noeline (Mary) Donsworth 1924–2010
        3. 3. John (Rainey) Watt 1921–2011
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Hamilton) Burns 1880–1953 m. Samuel Mitchell 1881–1951
      3. 3. John (Rainey) Burns 1880–1957 m. Annie (May) Crozier 1894–1974
      4. 4. Sarah (Edith) Burns 1887–1969
      5. 5. James (Alexander) Burns 1891–1977
      6. 6. Gertrude (Jane) Burns 1893–1925
      7. 7. Mary (Dorothea) Burns 1895–1972
      8. 8. Samuel (George (Larnack ?)) Burns 1898–1961 m. Ruby (Kathleen Elizabeth) Hawthorne 1907–1989
        1. 1. John (Hamilton) Burns 1926–1955
        2. 2. Edith (Elizabeth Jean) Burns 1929–2001
      9. 9. May (Dorothy) Burns 1883–1886
    2. 2. Jane Burns 1853– m. James Taylor 1850–
      1. 1. George (Alexander) Taylor 1876–
      2. 2. Margaret (Evans) Taylor 1878–
    3. 3. Joseph (Adams) Burns 1856–
    4. 4. James Burns 1858–1948 m. Margaret (Jane) McCune 1863–1899
      1. 1. Mary (Margaret Jane) Burns 1893–1988
        1. 1. Edward (Joseph) Shanks 1915–1952
      2. 2. Anna (Eliza) Burns 1894–1977 m. George Evans –1966
        1. 1. Mary (Margaret (Madge)) Evans –2018
        2. 2. William (George) Evans –1990
        3. 3. Isobel Evans 1930–2011 m. Victor McClure 1929–2018
      3. 3. Robert (Samuel McCune) Burns 1897–1964
      4. 4. Rachel (Emma) Burns 1899–
    5. 5. Margaret Burns 1860–1885
  2. 2. James Burns 1811–1816
  3. 3. Samuel Burns 1813–1885
  4. 4. Eliza Burns 1817–1888 m. Arthur Brown 1812–1865
    1. 1. William (John) Brown 1840–1875
    2. 2. Robert Brown 1836–
    3. 3. Alexander Brown 1838– m. Sarah (Margaret) Thornton 1839–
      1. 1. Brown 1867–
      2. 2. Robert (William) Brown 1868–
      3. 3. Brown 1871–
      4. 4. Brown 1873–
      5. 5. Brown 1877–
    4. 4. Mary (Martha) Brown 1845–
  5. 5. Jane Burns 1819–1898 m. Joshua Sheilds 1821–1880
    1. 1. Agnes (Jane) Shields 1854–1913 m. Philip Cooke 1844–1888
      1. 1. Agnes Cooke 1887–1889
      2. 2. Phyllis (Elizabeth) Cooke 1881–1954 m. William (Anthony) Storey 1885–
        1. 1. Phyllis (Elizabeth) Storey 1908–
        2. 2. Theresa Storey 1909–1911
        3. 3. Robert (James) Storey 1910–
        4. 4. Lesley (Elizabeth) Storey 1912–
      3. 3. Phillip (David) Cooke 1882–1931
      4. 4. Robert (Parker) Cooke 1885–1952
  6. 6. Mary (Ann) Burns 1822–1912
    1. 1. Thomas Crozier 1852–1926
    2. 2. Eliza (Jane) Crozier 1845–1913 m. Robert Falloon 1840–
      1. 1. John Falloon 1870–
      2. 2. Mary (Anne) Falloon 1872–1941 m. William (James) Hanna 1854–1949
        1. 1. Abraham (Isaac) Hanna 1899–1961 m. Marion (Nelson) Bicker 1895–1977 m. Sophia (or Sophie Jane Isabella crerar) Menzies 1903–1983
      3. 3. Eliza (Jane) Falloon 1873– m. William Falloon 1865–1917
        1. 1. M (Jane) Falloon 1890–
        2. 2. Mary (Martha) Falloon 1896–
      4. 4. William Falloon 1875–
      5. 5. Thomas Falloon 1877–
      6. 6. David (James) Falloon 1888–1910
      7. 7. Robert Faloon 1886–
    3. 3. William (Joseph) Crozier 1854–
    4. 4. Mary (Martha) Crozier 1866–1892
  7. 7. Margaret Burns 1826–
    1. 1. James (William) Bradshaw 1864–
  8. 8. Agnes Burns 1829–1907

Alexander Burns's Timeline

2 Records

1770
1770
Birth of Alexander Burns in Brackley, County Armagh, Ireland
Brackley, County Armagh, Ireland
1832
1832
Age 62
Death of Alexander Burns in County Armagh, Ireland
County Armagh, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1770
    Event Place: Brackley, County Armagh, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1832
    Event Place: County Armagh, Ireland
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