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Ellen Patricia Burns 1916 – 1978 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Feb 1916

Birth Location: Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada

Death Date: 30 Jun 1978

Death Location: Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA

Father: James Burns

Mother: Ethel Dunn

Spouse(s): Wilfred Donhou

Children(s): Richard Donhou, Gail Donhou, Roger Donhou

Ellen Patricia Burns was born in 1916 in Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada, the child of James Hartley Burns and Ethel May Dunn. Ellen Patricia Burns later married Wilfred Charles (Biff) Donhou, and together they raised children including Richard Paul Donhou, Gail Elizabeth Donhou and Roger Alan Donhou. In 1978, Ellen Patricia Burns passed away in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA.

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Parents

James Burns
1887 – 1918
Birth Location: Oxford, Ontario, Canada
JB
Ethel Dunn
1888 – 1927
Birth Location: Brantford, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada
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Spouses(s)

Wilfred Donhou
1915 – 2005
Birth Location: Albermarle, Ontario, Canada
WD

Children(s)

Richard Donhou
1939 –
Birth Location: –
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Gail Donhou
1941 –
Birth Location: –
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Roger Donhou
1945 – 1997
Birth Location: Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada
RD

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 15 Feb 1916
    Event Place: Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1921 Census of Canada, Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Ontario, Canada Births, 1832-1917, Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1940, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages (8-999); Reference Number: 80-05-0-2538, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-1913; Reel: 272; Record Group: Rg 80-2

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 Jun 1921
    Event Place: Harris C Survey, Brantford Township, Brant, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1921 Census of Canada

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 Jun 1978
    Event Place: Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA
    Record Source: Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Canada, Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Edmonton Journal; Publication Date: 3 Jul 1978; Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; ,0.19982705,0.8320568,0.33467022&xid=3355

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Beechmount CemeteryEdmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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