James BURNS (BYRNE) and Elizabeth WALSH
Ireland to Lot 11, Concession 3, Osgoode Township
Manotick Station Road
May 8, 2007:
There were two Burns families on the Manotick Station Road in the 1800's.
The two families came from Ireland about twenty years apart.
Lawrence Burns, my GreatGreatGrandfather, came to Bytown
in 1828, worked on the Rideau Canal, married Margaret DOYLE in 1831 and bought 200
acres in Gloucester Township from the Canada Company in 1835. Margaret Doyle died in
1845. Lawrence Burns then married Bridget Jordan from Lot 12, Concession 3, Osgoode
Township. Lawrence and Bridget lived on Concession 3, Lot 10 (the north side of the
present day Nick Adams Road). This is my Burns family ancestors.
The other Burns family was that of James Burns and Elizabeth Walsh. This family
came from Ireland in the late 1840's (at the time of the famine) and bought land
from the first Burns family (the family of Lawrence Burns). The property of James
Burns and Elizabeth Walsh was on Lot 11, Concession 3 (the south side of the Nick
Adams Road).
Descendants of James BURNS and Elizabeth WALSH
1 James Burns
. +Elizabeth Walsh 1801 - 1875
...... 2 William Burns 1845 - 1898
.......... +Elizabeth Mulroney 1847 - 1905
.............. 3 James Burns 1866 - 1919
.................. +Catherine Ann Jordan 1868 - 1938
.............. 3 Michael Burns 1866 - 1919
.................. +Mary Sullivan 1864 - 1931
.............. 3 Timothy Burns 1869 -
.............. 3 Mary Burns 1871 -
.............. 3 Elizabeth Burns 1873 - 1961
.................. +Patrick J. Harney 1882 - 1939
.............. 3 Daniel Lawrence Burns 1874 - 1927
.................. +Susan Charles 1885 - 1932 (brothers married sisters)
.............. 3 Catherine Burns 1875 -
.............. 3 William Burns 1876 - 1946
.................. +Annie Sullivan 1877 - 1952
.............. 3 Ann Burns 1878 -
.............. 3 Thomas John Burns 1881 - 1968
.................. +Elizabeth May Charles 1890 - 1967 (brothers married sisters)
.............. 3 Margaret Burns 1884 -
.................. +William Carney / Kearney
.............. 3 Theresa Burns 1886 -
.............. 3 Sarah Burns 1887 -
.............. 3 George Burns 1888 -
.................. +Unknown Kealey
...... 2 Thomas Burns 1847 -
.......... +Ellen
...... 2 Mary Burns
...... 2 Timothy Burns
...... 2 Michael Burns
...... 2 Lawrence Burns
...... 2 James Burns
February 20, 2008:
Note: (from above)
3 Daniel Lawrence Burns 1874 - 1927
.................. +Susan Charles 1885 - 1932 (brothers married sisters)
This "Danny Burns" was NOT related to my ancestors. The above Daniel Burns, son
of William Burns and Elizabeth Mulroney, was first married to a lady named Margaret
Furlong from England. The body of this lady, "Maggie Burns", was exhumed from the
cemetery at Our Lady of the Visitation in 1907.
A sensational trial took place as to whether she had been poisoned or not.
I have all the documentation including death records, trial transcripts and
newspaper clippings regarding this event. It's in my files.
... Al
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