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George Walter Burns

Male 1887 - 1945  (58 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  George Walter Burns was born in 1887 (son of James Burns and Janet Baird Arnott); died in 1945.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: AA6F79D66E894373AAECB02EB387F700BA6A


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Burns was born on 22 Oct 1842 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (son of Walter Burns and Mary Ann Roberts); died on 22 Jan 1903 in Pilot Mound, Pilot Mound District, RM of Louise, Manitoba, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Pilot Mound, Louise, Manitoba, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 86401615
    • _UID: 662EBF517BE74F07917F451026276678ECE7

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86401615

    James married Janet Baird Arnott on 14 Jul 1876. Janet (daughter of James Horne Arnott and Janet Baird) was born on 8 Jul 1855 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Dec 1929 in Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Pilot Mound, Louise, Manitoba, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Janet Baird Arnott was born on 8 Jul 1855 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of James Horne Arnott and Janet Baird); died on 31 Dec 1929 in Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Pilot Mound, Louise, Manitoba, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 94042190
    • _UID: 7EE8D34DEC5D487FA094B57FF98C82CDD25F

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94042190

    Children:
    1. Ida Virginia Burns was born in 1877; died in 1935.
    2. Albert Mackenzie Burns was born in 1880; died in 1941.
    3. 1. George Walter Burns was born in 1887; died in 1945.
    4. Jessie Burns


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Walter Burns

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 1B909B5EE98447E38449CEA0791F973BE076

    Walter married Mary Ann Roberts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Ann Roberts

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: A049BA005F0149D1B6C6DF9285846D1494E1

    Children:
    1. 2. James Burns was born on 22 Oct 1842 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Jan 1903 in Pilot Mound, Pilot Mound District, RM of Louise, Manitoba, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Pilot Mound, Louise, Manitoba, Canada.

  3. 6.  James Horne Arnott was born in 1819 in Paisley Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland (son of James A. Arnott and Margaret Horne); died on 29 Feb 1896 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Rosetta Cemetery, Rosetta, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: KJD1-F1M
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 86392031
    • _UID: DDABA57DF91B4A45943084D20912D7449DC8

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KJD1-F1M

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86392031

    Died:
    James Horne Arnott was the son of James A. Arnott and Margaret Horne Arnott. He was first married to Janet Baird and they were parents of five children. After Janet died, James married Mary Ann Kirk in 1857 and they were parents of seven children.

    Obit: Died in Rosetta, Sat. Feb. 29th 1896, James H. Arnott. He was born in Paisley, Scotland in 1819, and emigrated to Canada with his parents in 1841. He was married twice, the first being Janet Baird of Lanark Twp. who died in 1854 and second to Mary Ann Kirk, daughter of Robert Kirk of Ramsey, who survives, in 1857. By his first wife he had one son and four daughters and by the second wife, five sons and two daughters, Maggie (Mrs. David Arnott); Jeannette (Mrs. James Burns); and Jane ( Mrs. William Garrioch), all of Manitoba; Annie (Mrs. Peter Campbell), Drummond, Martha (Mrs. Jos. A. Watt), Lanark; Robert, John, George Andrew, Thomas and Mrs. Adam Craig all of Rosetta. Burial in the Rosetta burying ground. the Lanark Era, v. 1-1895-1911

    James married Janet Baird on 1 Aug 1848 in Rosetta, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Janet (daughter of Reeve Andrew David Baird and Agness Stewart) was born in 1823 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1856 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Rosetta Cemetery, Rosetta, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Janet Baird was born in 1823 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Reeve Andrew David Baird and Agness Stewart); died in 1856 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Rosetta Cemetery, Rosetta, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: KVGH-Q94
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 86393447
    • _UID: B07810EB833C4BB5BBA94A5FEA0766D51B46

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KVGH-Q94

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86393447

    Children:
    1. James Arnott was born in Jun 1853 in Rosetta, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Jan 1895 in Manitoba, Canada; was buried in Wood Bay Cemetery, Wood Bay, Louise, Pilot Mound Census Division, Manitoba, Canada.
    2. Ann Murray Arnott was born on 13 Aug 1853 in Rosetta, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1902 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Campbell's Cemetery, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 3. Janet Baird Arnott was born on 8 Jul 1855 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Dec 1929 in Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Pilot Mound, Louise, Manitoba, Canada.
    4. Jane White Wendle Arnott was born on 13 Apr 1856 in Rosetta, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Aug 1929 in Portage la Prairie (Palp), Portage La Prairie Census Division, Manitoba, Canada; was buried in Saint Marys Anglican Cemetery, Portage la Prairie, Portage la Prairie Census Division, Manitoba, United States.
    5. Margaret "Maggie" Arnott


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  James A. Arnott was born in 1794; died in 1864.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: CEC1A579738D4831A10826BEE87829ADE937

    James married Margaret Horne. Margaret was born in 1800; died in 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Margaret Horne was born in 1800; died in 1854.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 17E07B827CD34911B9151261C35443336BA5

    Children:
    1. 6. James Horne Arnott was born in 1819 in Paisley Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 29 Feb 1896 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Rosetta Cemetery, Rosetta, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 14.  Reeve Andrew David Baird was born on 13 Nov 1803 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (son of James Baird and Janet "Jean" King); died on 13 Dec 1871 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: KV1M-THK
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 194974569
    • _UID: F80C5921E6C048C08FEF4740E8BC43AFC74B
    • Immigration-Witness: 1820, Canada; 3 sons and 4 daughters; ship Brock; Abercrombie Street - Trans Atlantic Bridgeton Society
    • Census: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Occupation: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Residence: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
    • Census: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
    • Census: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    There is a note re wife (2) Agnes McEwen b. 1903 before Andrew but all following children note wife Agness Stewart

    William's baptism indicates Con1 Lot 18 Lanark Twp.

    (Research):?i?A Place Called Motherwell, p. 163
    ?/i?One day in 1853, two sons of Andrew Baird of Lanark Co., in Ontario came to the end of a hard day of laying a stone fence. Charles put a heavy stone in place and then told his brother it would be the last stone he would lay. With emphasis he declared, 'I am going to look for a farm where they don't have stones.'. True to his word, a few days later he asked hisfather for some money to enable him to visit some of their former neighbours who had located in Perth Co. ....



    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KV1M-THK

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194974569

    Immigration-Witness:
    Role: Witness
    "Abercrombie Street - Trans Atlantic Bridgeton - sailed with 7 children; wife arrived later.
    James Baird came from Glasgow but was originally from Perthshire Scotland. He appears to have sailed with seven children but without his wife, Janet King. She appears to be buried with him at Hopetown so possibly she remained behind and joinde him in 1821. Some women, pregnant or with a sick child, did this." The Lanark Society Settlers, Carol Bennett

    Died:
    Name?tab?[Baird ] Andrew David Sr
    Gender Male
    Age 68
    Birth Date 1803
    Birth Place?tab?Scotland
    Death Date Dec 1871
    Death Place Lanark, Ontario, Canada
    Religion Church of Scotland
    Cause of Death Debility

    Buried:
    Name:?tab?Andrew Baird
    Cemetery:?tab?Hopetown
    Burial Place:?tab?Lanark, Ontario, Canada
    Notes:?tab?IN MEMORY OF ANDREW BAIRD. DIED DEC. 13, 1871 AGED 68 Y'RS & 1 MO. ALSO HIS WIFE AGNESS STEWART. DIED MAY. 13, 1879 AGED 75 Y'RS & 2 MO.

    Andrew married Agness Stewart on 25 Sep 1823 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Agness (daughter of John Stewart and Agnes MacEwen) was born on 13 Mar 1804 in Thornlibank, Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland; was christened on 3 Feb 1805 in Abbey Parish, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 13 May 1879 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Agness Stewart was born on 13 Mar 1804 in Thornlibank, Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland; was christened on 3 Feb 1805 in Abbey Parish, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (daughter of John Stewart and Agnes MacEwen); died on 13 May 1879 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: KV19-DBJ
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 194974628
    • _UID: 37946A48196946E3AE32702991D2B4D38B26
    • Alt. Birth: 1805, Thornlibank, Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    • Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Wife of Head: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Residence-Occupant: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Residence-Occupant: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KV19-DBJ

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194974628

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Residence-Occupant:
    Role: Occupant


    Census-Wife of Head:
    Role: Wife of Head


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Residence-Occupant:
    Role: Occupant


    Buried:
    Name:?tab?Andrew Baird
    Cemetery:?tab?Hopetown
    Burial Place:?tab?Lanark, Ontario, Canada
    Notes:?tab?IN MEMORY OF ANDREW BAIRD. DIED DEC. 13, 1871 AGED 68 Y'RS & 1 MO. ALSO HIS WIFE AGNESS STEWART. DIED MAY. 13, 1879 AGED 75 Y'RS & 2 MO.

    Children:
    1. 7. Janet Baird was born in 1823 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1856 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Rosetta Cemetery, Rosetta, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. James Baird was born on 12 Nov 1825 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 17 Nov 1825 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Feb 1878 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. John Stewart Baird was born on 13 May 1827 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 9 Apr 1901 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Charles B. Baird was born on 2 May 1829 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Apr 1908 in Motherwell, Fullerton Twp, Perth County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Avonbank Presbyterian Cemetery, Avonbank, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Andrew Wylie Baird was born in Dec 1830 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 31 Dec 1830 in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Lanark Village, Ontario, Canada; died on 11 Mar 1900 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Thomas Baird was born in Nov 1832 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 15 Nov 1832 in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Lanark Village, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Dec 1895; was buried on 8 Dec 1895 in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Jean King "Jane" Baird was born about 1835 in Hopetown, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died about Mar 1907 in Iowa, United States.
    8. J. Stewart Baird was born on 20 Feb 1838 in Hopetown, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Mar 1907 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Agnes Stewart Baird was born on 20 Jan 1840 in Hopetown, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 11 Mar 1910 in Marysville, Yuba County, California, United States; was buried in Marysville Cemetery, Marysville, Yuba County, California, United States.
    10. Daniel Baird, Sr. was born about 1842 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Feb 1900 in Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 1 Mar 1900 in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Euphemia Baird was born on 18 Apr 1846 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 16 Mar 1895 in Arnprior, McNab Twp, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Albert Street Cemetery Arnprior, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
    12. William Baird was born on 5 Sep 1846 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 25 Feb 1844 in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 17 Nov 1907 in Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, United States; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, United States.



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