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Kenneth Burnett 1855 – 1925 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 OCT 1855

Birth Location: Dores Parish, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 17 JAN 1925

Death Location: Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand

Father: James Burnett

Mother: Jane McKenzie

Spouse(s): Sarah Caulfield

Children(s): James Burnett, Jean Burnett, Annie Burnett, Arthur Burnett, Ellen Burnett, Esther Burnett, Jessie Burnett

Kenneth Burnett was born in 1855 in Dores Parish, Inverness-shire, Scotland, the child of James Burnett and Jane McKenzie. Kenneth Burnett married Sarah Jane Caulfield, and had children including James Burnett, Jean Burnett, Annie Caulfield Burnett, Arthur Burnett, Ellen Burnett, Esther Elizabeth Burnett, Jessie Burnett. Kenneth Burnett passed away in 1925 in Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Kenneth Burnett was born in 1855 in Dores Parish, Inverness-shire, Scotland, the child of James Burnett and Jane McKenzie.
  • Kenneth Burnett married Sarah Jane Caulfield, and had children including James Burnett, Jean Burnett, Annie Caulfield Burnett, Arthur Burnett, Ellen Burnett, Esther Elizabeth Burnett, Jessie Burnett.
  • Kenneth Burnett passed away in 1925 in Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

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Kenneth Burnett's Ancestors

Self
Kenneth Burnett
1855 – 1925
Birth Place: Dores Parish, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Parents
James Burnett
1830 – 1904
Kintail Parish, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Jane McKenzie
1825 – 1910
Shieldaig, Lochcarron Parish, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Kenneth Burnett's Descendants

1.
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Kenneth Burnett (29 OCT 1855 – 17 JAN 1925) m. Sarah (Jane) Caulfield (11 APR 1863 – 17 SEP 1936)
  1. 1. James Burnett (17 MAY 1887 – 3 SEP 1970) m. Helen (Netta) Holmes (15 JUL 1888 – 26 FEB 1933) m. Ruby (Maud) Cash (11 FEB 1895 – 25 MAY 1982)
    1. 1. Kenneth (Oscar James) Burnett (23 JAN 1913 – 8 NOV 1978) m. Lydia (Grace) Wilson (9 JUN 1916 – 19 OCT 1995)
      1. 1. Helen (Louise) Burnett (25 OCT 1938 – 3 OCT 2018) m. Lindsay (Martin) Hawkins (18 OCT 1934 – 29 AUG 2010)
        1. 1. Lynette (Helen) Hawkins (30 JAN 1963 – ) m. Peter (Edward) Shirley
        2. 2. Glenn (James) Hawkins (10 JUN 1964 – 10 MAY 1999)
      2. 2. John (Wilson) Burnett (2 AUG 1940 – ) m. Mavis (Ida Louise) Johnson (23 DEC 1940 – )
        1. 1. David (John) Burnett (8 DEC 1959 – ) m. Joanne Miller (13 APR 1961 – )
        2. 2. Linda (Margaret) Burnett (10 JUN 1962 – ) m. McDonald
        3. 3. Christine (Helen) Burnett (5 OCT 1963 – ) m. _____ Shelds
        4. 4. Michael (Kenneth) Burnett (6 MAR 1967 – ) m. Lisa (Karen) _____
        5. 5. Joanne (Maree) Burnett (3 DEC 1970 – )
      3. 3. Kevin (James) Burnett (8 OCT 1951 – JUL 2023) m. Meirong Zhang m. Theresa (Antoinette) Campbell (16 MAY 1946 – ) m. Marlene King (ABT 1950 – )
        1. 1. Oscar Burnett
        2. 2. Quentin (Leah) Borrett
        3. 3. Che (Kenneth) Burnett (5 APR 1980 – )
        4. 4. Sean (Kevin) Burnett (19 NOV 1981 – )
      4. 4. Diane (Elizabeth) Burnett (25 APR 1956 – ) m. Paul (Herbert Walter) Alexander
        1. 1. Matthew Alexander
        2. 2. Andrew Alexander m. Kirsty _____
        3. 3. Daniel (J.) Alexander (1 OCT 1979 – )
    2. 2. Raymond (Alfred Arthur) Burnett (29 SEP 1921 – 6 MAR 2020) m. Nancy (Ellen) Clarke (14 NOV 1923 – 21 JUN 2004)
      1. 1. Cheryl (Anne) Burnett (4 AUG 1946 – ) m. Herbert (Carl) Marwood (1926 – 28 NOV 1981) m. Malcolm (Rodney) Tripp (29 MAY 1939 – 2 OCT 2014)
      2. 2. Judith (Diane) Burnett (20 AUG 1948 – ) m. Ronald (Keith) Rickman (16 NOV 1942 – )
      3. 3. William (Graeme) Burnett (7 APR 1952 – ) m. Lauren (Talei) Hancox (14 DEC 1953 – ) m. Michelle (De La) Rente
      4. 4. Robert (Arthur) Burnett (21 AUG 1956 – ) m. Catherine (Diane) Bayer (22 MAY 1957 – )
        1. 1. Jane (Marie-Louise) Dolan (31 JAN 1975 – ) m. Guillaume (Mervyn) Greffe
        2. 2. Terran (Diane) Burnett (18 AUG 1976 – ) m. Dino (Ivo) Domic (17 APR 1970 – )
        3. 3. Kristi (Ann) Burnett (10 AUG 1979 – ) m. Miles Stewart
        4. 4. Raymond (Mark) Burnett (27 DEC 1982 – )
  2. 2. Jean Burnett (7 MAY 1889 – 13 MAR 1976) m. Alexander Whitcombe (10 NOV 1886 – 24 AUG 1958)
    1. 1. Alexander (William) Whitcombe (5 NOV 1910 – 27 FEB 1996) m. Doris (Eileen Mavis) Magrath (23 MAR 1910 – 20 MAR 2001)
    2. 2. Jean (Burnett) Whitcombe (20 MAY 1912 – 20 SEP 1997) m. Raymond (Frank) Galbraith (22 MAR 1902 – 29 JUN 1990)
      1. 1. Alan (Raymond) Galbraith
    3. 3. Esther (Elizabeth Burnett) Whitcombe (27 JUN 1914 – 9 MAR 2009) m. Herbert (Taylor) Pearson (5 AUG 1910 – 15 JUN 2006)
      1. 1. Jeanette (Pamela) Pearson m. John Duff
      2. 2. Margaret (Esther) Pearson (1944 – ) m. David (Jonathon) Rowe (1942 – )
        1. 1. Geoffrey (Allan) Rowe (10 NOV 1963 – )
        2. 2. Wayne (Peter) Rowe (14 AUG 1967 – ) m. Karen (Ellen) Hunter (24 NOV 1965 – )
      3. 3. Mervyn (Charles) Pearson (16 MAR 1947 – ) m. _____ Willis
        1. 1. Anissa (Leanne) Pearson (19 JUN 1972 – ) m. Russell Wakeling
        2. 2. Michelle (Amanda) Pearson (22 MAR 1976 – ) m. Rob (David) Deerheart
  3. 3. Annie (Caulfield) Burnett (18 NOV 1890 – 29 SEP 1961) m. Alfred (Hullen) Shepherd (10 FEB 1891 – 15 DEC 1989)
    1. 1. Violet (Annie) Shepherd (7 OCT 1913 – 3 JUN 1994) m. James (Fraser) Davidson (3 MAR 1911 – 4 MAR 1979)
      1. 1. Bruce (James) Davidson (31 OCT 1934 – 4 AUG 2007) m. Mary (Patricia) Hunter (9 SEP 1926 – 27 AUG 2016)
        1. 1. Marion (Lee) Davidson (10 JUN 1960 – 26 SEP 2015)
    2. 2. Vera (Burnett) Shepherd (13 AUG 1916 – 6 MAY 2000) m. Felix (Lawrence) Winks (27 MAR 1915 – 29 NOV 1991)
      1. 1. Brian (Lawrence) Winks (10 AUG 1945 – 23 APR 2013)
      2. 2. Judith (Ann) Winks (ABT 1948 – 14 AUG 2000)
  4. 4. Arthur Burnett (21 NOV 1892 – 21 FEB 1917)
  5. 5. Ellen Burnett (OCT 1894–DEC 1894 – 23 JUN 1980)
  6. 6. Esther (Elizabeth) Burnett (1 MAR 1896 – 12 AUG 1971)
  7. 7. Jessie Burnett (24 APR 1899 – 4 JUN 1930) m. Charles (Alexander) Mayes (1 AUG 1890 – 3 MAR 1927)
    1. 1. Ivan (Francis) Mayes (7 JUL 1916 – 16 SEP 2007) m. Phyllis (Edna) Griffin (30 NOV 1915 – 1 MAR 2009)
      1. 1. Trevor (Raymond) Mayes (28 FEB 1943 – 5 MAY 2006) m. Joanne Emkean
        1. 1. Shane (Anthony Trevor) Mayes (1967 – )
        2. 2. Sacha (Matiesse Louise) Mayes (1973 – )
      2. 2. Valerie (Lynette) Mayes (1948 – ) m. _____ Solomon
        1. 1. Serena Solomon
    2. 2. Charles (Arthur Joseph) Mayes (3 FEB 1920 – 23 MAY 2008) m. Caroline (Francis) Lewko (1916 – 25 SEP 1980)
      1. 1. Patricia (Esther) Mayes (1945 – ) m. Glenn Volhoffer
        1. 1. T_____ Volhoffer
    3. 3. Lloyd (George) Mayes (6 MAY 1921 – 24 MAR 1996) m. Mildred (Violet) Godman (2 JUN 1923 – 12 JAN 1978)
      1. 1. Ronald (Lloyd) Mayes (30 OCT 1946 – ) m. Pam _____ m. Nannete (May) Glubb
      2. 2. James (Robert) Mayes (1948 – ) m. Maxine (Linda) Markham
        1. 1. Paul (Robert) Mayes (1971 – )
        2. 2. Charlene (Linda) Mayes (1974 – )
        3. 3. Joanne (Rachael) Mayes (1978 – )
      3. 3. William (Charles) Mayes (1952 – )

Kenneth Burnett's Timeline

8 Records

1855
29 OCT 1855
Birth of Kenneth Burnett in Dores Parish, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Dores Parish, Inverness-shire, Scotland
1890
BET 1890 AND 1903
Age 35
Kenneth Burnett resided here in Invercargill, Southland, Southland, New Zealand
Invercargill, Southland, Southland, New Zealand
1903
BET 1903 AND 1916
Age 48
Kenneth Burnett resided here in Aramoho, Manawatu-Whanganui, New Zealand
Aramoho, Manawatu-Whanganui, New Zealand
1916
BET 1916 AND 1920
Age 61
Kenneth Burnett resided here in Lower Kawhatau, Manawatu-Whanganui, New Zealand
Lower Kawhatau, Manawatu-Whanganui, New Zealand
1916
JAN 1916
Age 61
Kenneth Burnett - Retirement in Aramoho, Manawatu-Whanganui, New Zealand
Aramoho, Manawatu-Whanganui, New Zealand
1920
BET 1920 AND 1925
Age 65
Kenneth Burnett resided here in Matamata, Matamata-Piako, Waikato, New Zealand
Matamata, Matamata-Piako, Waikato, New Zealand
1925
17 JAN 1925
Age 70
Death of Kenneth Burnett in Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand
Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand
1925
AFT 17 JAN 1925
Age 70
Burial of Kenneth Burnett in Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand
Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 OCT 1855
    Event Place: Dores Parish, Inverness-shire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Scotland SRI index (Birth) ,, SCT-SRI(Birth); Inverness-shire; Dores; 096/45; 1855; Burnett; Kenneth; M
    [2] Scotland SRI document (Birth) ,, SCT-SRI(Birth); Inverness-shire; Dores; 1855; 9; 45; Kenneth Burnett
    [3] Scotland - Births & Baptisms, Parish B&B 1564-1929 (Findmypast): , ,, SCT-OPR(B&B); Inverness-shire; ZDores; Burnett; Kenneth; James Burnett/Jane McKenzie; 1855

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 7 APR 1861
    Event Place: Kishorn, Lochcarron Parish, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
    Record Source: Census (Scotland) - 1861:, SCT-Cen(1861); Ross and Cromarty; Applecross; 058/2; Shieldaig; 5; 13

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 2 APR 1871
    Event Place: Kishorn, Lochcarron Parish, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
    Record Source: Census (Scotland) - 1871:, SCT-Cen(1871); Ross and Cromarty; Applecross; 058/2; Shieldaig; 5; 10-11

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 3 APR 1881
    Event Place: Inverness, Inverness Parish, Inverness-shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Census (Scotland) - 1881:, SCT-Cen(1881); Inverness-shire; Inverness; 098; Inverness; 4; 39

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 9 DEC 1882–13 MAR 1883
    Record Source: <i>Emigration/Immigration</i>, NZ Assisted immigration list, 1883 page 16

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: BET 1890 AND 1903
    Event Place: Invercargill, Southland, Southland, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1896-1897; Wises; New Zealand POst Office DIrectory; NZ Towns; Invercargill; 392-393
    [2] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1896-1897; Wises; New Zealand Post Office Directory; Alphabetical; All; 896-897
    [3] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1898-1899; Wises; New Zealand Post Office Directory; Alphabetical; All; 1056-1057
    [4] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1898-1899; Wises; New Zealand Post Office Directory; NZ Towns; Invercargill; 438-439
    [5] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1900; Wises; NewZealand Post Office Directory; Alphabetical; All; 964-965
    [6] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1900; Wises; New Zealand Post Office Directory; NZ Towns; Invercargill; 438-439
    [7] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1901; Wises; New Zealand Post Office Directory; Alphabetical; All; 1046-1047
    [8] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1901; Wises; New Zealand Post Office DIrectory; NZ Towns; Invercargill; 478-479
    [9] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1902; Wises; New Zealand POst Office Directory; Alphabetical; All; 1130-1131
    [10] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1902; Wises; New Zealand Post Office Directory; NZ Towns; Invercargill; 502-503
    [11] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1903; Wises; New Zealand Post Office Directory; Alphabetical; All; 1128-1129
    [12] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1903; Wises; New Zealand Post Office Directory; NZ Towns; Invercargill; 482-483
    [13] NZ Electoral Roll:, NZ-Elect; 1887; Southland; Invercargill; Main; 4
    [14] NZ Electoral Roll:, NZ-Elect; 1890; Southland; Invercargill; Main; 4
    [15] NZ Electoral Roll:, NZ-Elect; 1893; Southland; Invercargill; Main; 10
    [16] NZ Electoral Roll:, NZ-Elect; 1896; Southland; Invercargill; Main Roll; 13
    [17] NZ Electoral Roll:, NZ-Elect; 1900; Southland; Invercargill; Main; 11
    [18] NZ Electoral Roll:, NZ-Elect; 1902; Southland; Invercargill; Main Roll; 11
    [19] NZ Electoral Roll:, NZ-Elect; 1889; Southland; Invercargill; Main; 12

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: BET 1903 AND 1916
    Event Place: Aramoho, Manawatu-Whanganui, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1909; Wises; New Zealand Post Office Directory; Alphabetical; All; 1122-1123
    [2] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1910; Wises; New Zealand Post Office Directory; Alphabetical; All; 1198-1199
    [3] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1911; Wises; NewZealand Post Office Directory; Alphabetical; All; 1198-1199
    [4] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1913; Wises; New Zealand Post Office Directory; NZ Towns; Wanganui; 956-957
    [5] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1913; Wises; New Zealand Post Office Directory; Alphabetical; All; 1196-1197
    [6] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1915; Wises; New ZEaland Post Office Directory; Alphabetical; All; 1174-1175
    [7] NZ Electoral Roll:, NZ-Elect; 1903; Manawatu-Wanganui; Wanganui; Main Roll; 14
    [8] NZ Electoral Roll:, NZ-Elect; 1911; Taranaki; Patea; Main Roll; 18
    [9] NZ Electoral Roll:, NZ-Elect; 1905; Manawatu-Wanganui; Wanganui; Main Roll; 19
    [10] NZ Electoral Roll:, NZ-Elect; 1914; Taranaki; Patea; Main Roll; 18
    [11] NZ Electoral Roll:, NZ-Elect; 1908; Manawatu-Wanhanui; Wanganui; Main Roll; 19-20

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 10 JAN 1903
    Event Place: Invercargill, Southland, Southland, New Zealand
    Record Source: <I>Newspapers.com - The Southland Times - 10 Jan 1903 - 3</i> (Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand: The Southland Times, 10 January 1903)., Notice of Auction of properties of Kenneth Burnett 10 Jan 1903

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: BET 1916 AND 1920
    Event Place: Lower Kawhatau, Manawatu-Whanganui, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] NZ City & Area Directories 1866-1954:, 1918; Wises; New Zealand Post Office Directory; New Zealand Alphabetical Directory; All; 1170-1171
    [2] NZ Electoral Roll:, NZ-Elect; 1919; Wanganui-Manawatu; Oroua; Main; 18

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Retirement
    Event Date: JAN 1916
    Event Place: Aramoho, Manawatu-Whanganui, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: BET 1920 AND 1925
    Event Place: Matamata, Matamata-Piako, Waikato, New Zealand
    Record Source: NZ Electoral Roll:, NZ-Elect; 1922; Bay of Plenty; Tauranga; Supplementary Roll 1; 6

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 JAN 1925
    Event Place: Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] NZ Death Register Entry:, NZ-DeathReg; Hamilton; Jan-Mar 1925; 19
    [2] NZ Deaths - Cemetery Records:, NZ-CemRec; Waikato; Hamilton; Hamilton East Cemetery; Headstones; 6
    [3] NZ BDM Index (Death), NZ-BDM(Death); 1925/397; Burnett; Kenneth; 69

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: AFT 17 JAN 1925
    Event Place: Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] Grave Marker or Memorial: , ,, New Zealand; Waikato; Hamilton; Hamilton East Cemetery; Row L Plot 50; Headstone; In Loving Memory of Kenneth Beloved Husband of S.J. Burnett Died 17th Jan 1925 Aged 69 Years At Rest; also Sarah Jane & Arthur
    [2] Find a Grave, 127875111; Find A Grave, Kenneth Burnett (29 Oct–17 Jan 1925)
    [3] NZ Deaths - Cemetery Records:, NZ-CemRec; Waikato; Hamilton; Hamilton East Cemetery; Headstones; 6

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source:
    [1] DNA Analysis, FTDNA; IN38955; September 2018; FTDNA Y-DNA 67; Raymond Alfred Arthur Burnett, Direct paternal ancestors will belong to the same Haplogroup
    [2] DNA Analysis, FTDNA; IN38955; September 2018; FTDNA Y-DNA 67; Raymond Alfred Arthur Burnett, Direct paternal ancestors will belong to the same Haplogroup

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source: DNA Analysis, FTDNA; IN38955; yDNA; September 2018; FTDNA Y-DNA 67; Raymond Alfred Arthur Burnett, Direct paternal ancestors will belong to the same Haplogroup

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Custom Event

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