BURNITT of Knottingley - pafn06 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File

Descendants of Joseph BURNETT als BURNITT of Knottingley

Notes

GRO Index of Births: BURNITT, John Thomas, Jun 1852, Pontefract, 9c 74

John Thomas BURNITT emigrated to America as a young man. He married in America and his descendants still live there.

65. Bessie Rai BURNITT

Bessie and husband Victor had one child – a son – who was killed in an accident in 1982.

41. Joseph BURNITT

GRO Index of Births: BURNITT, Joseph, Jun 1858, Pontefract, 9c 66

Joseph became a master mariner and died at sea when his ship sank in a storm. He died intestate and administration of his 'estate' was granted to his widow.

National Probate Index:
Joseph Burnitt of Knottingley, master mariner, died on or since 6 Mar 1889 at sea. Admons granted at Principal Registry [London], to Mary Hannah Burnitt, widow and relict...

Mary Hannah BRANFORD

1891 census: RG12/3756, folio 115, p22
Canal Side, Knottingley, Yorks
Mary H. BURNITT, head, wid, 38, seamstress, born Knottingley
William         do          son, 9, Knottingley
Samuel W.    do          son, 7, Knottingley
Joseph          do          son, 5, Knottingley
James P. HORTON, boarder, single, 35, ship's carpenter, Knottingley
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1901 census: RG13/4424, folio 102, p32
36 Richard Cooper Street, Goole
Mary H. BURNITT, head, wid, 48, Knottingley
Samuel W.   do           son, 18, Apprentice Fitter Marine, Knottingley
Joseph         do           son, 16, Clerk Railway, Knottingley
Alfred         do            son, 14, Knottingley
//

66. William BURNITT

GRO Index of Births: BURNITT, William, Jun 1881, Pontefract, 9c 100

1891 census: RG12/3756, folio 115, p22
William BURNITT, son, age 9, born Knottingley was living with his widowed mother at Canal Side Knottingley - see notes for mother.

GRO Index of Deaths: BURNITT, William, Mar 1893, Goole, 9c 480, age 11

67. Samuel Wild BURNITT

GRO Index of Births: BURNITT, Samuel Wild, Jun 1883, Pontefract, 9c 107

1891 census: RG12/3756, folio 115, p22
Samuel W. BURNITT, son, age 7, born Knottingley was living with his widowed mother at Canal Side Knottingley - see notes for mother.

1901 census: RG13/4424, folio 102, p32
Living with mother & siblings in Goole - see notes for mother Mary BRANFORD

68. Joseph BURNITT

GRO Index of Births: BURNITT, Joseph, Jun 1885, Pontefract, 9c 98

1891 census: RG12/3756, folio 115, p22
Joseph BURNITT, son, age 5, born Knottingley was living with his widowed mother at Canal Side Knottingley - see notes for mother.

1901 census: RG13/4424, folio 102, p32
Living with mother & siblings in Goole - see notes for mother Mary BRANFORD

69. Alfred BURNITT

GRO Index of Births: BURNITT, Alfred, Jun 1887, Pontefract, 9c (9)6?

1901 census: RG13/4424, folio 102, p32
Living with mother & siblings in Goole - see notes for mother Mary BRANFORD

44. Samuel Wild BURNITT

GRO Index of Births: BURNITT, Samuel Wild, Jun 1864, Pontefract, 9c 65

Samuel Wild BURNITT married Mary BRAMHAM in c1888 and they had nine children - the youngest child being born in 1903. It is not certain whether Mary died or this marriage ended in divorce or separation but Samuel had a further two children with Ada Isabelle BRITTON. The children of the second relationship were given the surname BURNITT-BRITTON

71. Archie (Archibald) BURNITT

GRO Index of Births: BURNITT, Archibald , Sep 1889, Pontefract, 9c100

Archie was killed in action during the Great War - fighting in the Arras district of France. He was one of almost 35,000 casualties from British, South African and New Zealand Forces commemmorated on the Arras Memorial in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France. These casualties had no known grave.

80. Betty BURNITT-BRITTON

Betty and husband Arthur had two children.

52. Harry (Henry) BURNITT

GRO Index of Births: BURNITT, Henry, Mar 1865, Pontefract, 9c 78
Copy birth certificate, provided by descendant David James BURNITT, shows name as *Harry*

1881 census: RG11/4585, folio 123, p17
Age 16, unmarried, living with widowed mother at Low Green, Knottingley - see notes for mother, Ann Asquith GREEN.

1891 census: RG12/3756, folio 96, p2
Age 26, unmarried, living with his mother and step-father at Low Green, Knottingley - see notes for mother, Ann Asquith GREEN.

Harry became a master mariner, obtaining his certificate of competence during 1892 at Hull - as per the following extract from an index to Lloyd's "Captains Registers":
BURNITT, Harry b. Knottingley 1865, 022479, Hull 1892 - vol.44 1892-1895; vol.59 1896-1903; vol.74 1904-1911

"Harry married Sarahetta PARISH on 19 Jan 1895. He was described as "mate on a steamboat" on the marriage certificate and his address was given as Fearnley Green, Knottingley. His wife Sarahetta was a daughter of John PARISH, a ship's carpenter. The three children of this marriage, Harry, Etta and Sidney, were all born at Marsh End , Knottingley - according to their birth certificates - but some time after 1901 the family moved to Hartlepool in County Durham, where Harry Snr. continued his career as a seaman. He worked for the Pool Shipping Company, part of the Ropner Group of companies, and it was upon one of this company's ships, the Clearpool, that Harry died after a heart attack on 1 Feb 1916. He was buried at sea off the coast of Minorca - his death certificate gives the position of the ship as 39.28' N, 5.0' E. His family continued to live at Hartlepool after Harry's death - his widow Sarahetta died there in 1957 and was living with daughter Etta at the time."
[Information provided by David James BURNITT from copy certificates and other material in his possession]

1901 census: RG13/4293, folio: 88, p13
Marsh End, Knottingley
Sarahetta BURNITT, head, mar, 29, born Knottingley
Harry BURNITT, son, 2, Knottingley
Etta BURNITT, dau, 2, Knottingley
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Harry’s wife Sarahetta and their first two children - he was probably at sea when the census was taken:

Sarahetta PARISH

Sarahetta was living at "Elmcroft", Marton Moir Rd, Nunthorpe, N. Yorkshire at the time of her death in 1957. Her daughter Etta PARKER registered the death.

63. Joseph Smith BURNITT

1881 census: RG11/2152, folio 142
Vessel "Florence Miriam" at Exeter, St. Sidwell, Devon.
Joseph Smith BURNITT, master, mar, 29, born Knottingley, Yorks.
Edward Lapage BURNITT, mate, unm, 21, Lincoln
Alfred FROUDE, A.B Seaman, unm, 21, Whitechapel, London
George STRIDE, O. Seaman, unm, 19, Rotherhithe, London.

Joseph BURNITT's wife and children were living in Goole at the time of this census - see notes for wife Rachel DALTON.

The mate of the vessel "Florence Miriam", Edward Lapage BURNITT, was undoubtedly closely related to the master, Joseph BURNITT. Edward's middle name was almost certainly Lapish and Joseph had a cousin named Elizabeth Lapish BURNITT.

Rachel DALTON

1881 census: RG11/4701, folio 79, p24
72, South Street, Goole, Yorks
Rachel BURNETT, master mariner's wife, 34, born South Elkington, Lincoln
Ernest W BURNETT, son, 4, born Gt. Grimsby, Lincs
Edna M. BURNETT, dtr, 2, Goole, Yorks
Ethel B. BURNETT, dtr, 1, Goole, Yorks
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1901 census: RG13/4423, folio 142, p16
13, Jefferson Street, Goole
Rachel BURNETT, head, mar, 54, born Lincolnshire S Elkington
Edna Mildred do      dau, single, 22, Certified Assistant Teacher, Goole
Ethel Blanche do      dau, 21, Goole
Ann Elizabeth do     dau, 16, Milliners Apprentice, Goole
Josephine Irene do    dau, 12, Goole
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85. Edna Mildren BURNITT

GRO Index of Births: BURNITT, Edna Mildren, Jun 1878, Goole, 9c 798

1881 census: living with her mother and siblings in Goole - see notes for mother Rachel DALTON

86. Ethel Blanche BURNITT

GRO Index of Births: BURNITT, Ethel Blanche, Jun 1880, Goole, 9a 786

1881 census: living with her mother and siblings in Goole - see notes for mother Rachel DALTON

87. Ann Elizabeth (Bessie) BURNITT

GRO Index of Births: BURNITT, Ann Elizabeth, Dec 1884, Goole, 9c 791

1901 census: age 16, birthplace Goole, living with mother and siblings in Goole - see notes for mother Rachel DALTON

88. Josephine Irene BURNITT

GRO Index of Births: BURNITT, Josephine Irene, Sep 1888, Goole, 9c 707

64. William Jackson BURNITT

GRO Index of Births: BURNITT, William Jackson, Dec 1856, Pontefract, 9c 68

1881 census: RG11/4702, folio 39, p32
1 Back Albert St, Hook, Yorks
William BURNITT, head, 24, sailor, Knotttingley
Mary Jane    do        wife, 21, Goole
William T.    do        son, 1, Goole
Albert MASON     lodger, 16, plumber, Goole
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Albert MASON was almost certainly a relative of Mary Jane BURNITT (nee MASON).

National Probate Index: William Jackson Burnitt, of ... Kingston upon Hull, died 6 May 1912. Admons, with will, granted at Principal Registry, 1 June 1912, to Mary Jane Burnitt, widow...