Descendants of Philip BURNETT of
Levisham
Notes
148. Ronald BURNETT
Ronald was the President of the National Hairdressers' Federation.
[Information from Peter DAVIDSON]
156. John Ernest BURNETT
John was born in Bradford a few months
after the census in 1881.
[GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, John Ernest, Dec 1881, Bradford, 9b 77]
1882 - emigrated to Canada
with father, step-mother and siblings (except elder brother William). The
family moved into the US
about five years later and settled in Forge
Village, Westford, Massachusetts.
1900 United States Federal Census: Mass. District 992, sheet 4
With step-father, mother and siblings in Massachusetts
- see notes for step-father William BURNETT
//
John married his wife Ellen (surname unknown) in c1908
1910 United States Federal Census: Mass. District 1061, sheet 1
Westford, Massachusetts
John E. BURNETT, head, 28, born England, married 2yrs, immigrated to US 1887,
comber - woolen mill
Ellen M. do wife, 25, born Massachusetts, married 2yrs, no occupation
//
In 1918 John became a naturalized citizen of the US. An index to naturalization
records shows:
BURNETT, John Ernest, born September 16th 1881, Bradford, England,
millhand, wife Ellen. Admitted May 6th 1918. Certificate no. 903164.
In September 1918 John completed a draft registration card for the US Armed
Service. The details on the card include:
John Ernest BURNETT of 135 Main, Clinton, Worcester, Mass.
Age 36 Born September 16th 1881
Employed at the Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Company, Clinton
Nearest relative Mrs Ellen Jane (sic) BURNETT of 135 Main, Clinton, Worcester,
Mass.
1920 United States Federal Census: Mass. District 21, sheet 6
Clinton, Massachusetts
John E. BURNETT, head, 38, born England, immigrated to US 1886, 2nd hand in
worsted mill
Ellen J. do wife, 35, born Massachusetts,
no occupation
J. Leonard do son, 6, born Massachusetts
//
1930 United States Federal Census: Mass. District 4, sheet 13
Clinton, Massachusetts
John E. BURNETTE (sic), head, 48, born Bradford England, immigrated US 1887,
foreman in carpet mill
Ellen J do wife, 45, born Cambridge
Mass.
J. Leonard do son, 17, born Westford Mass,
pupil
//
John's wife Ellen died in 1936 and some time after John married for a second
time - his second wife being named Mary.
In 1942 John was once again required to complete a draft registration card
for US armed service. The card includes the following:
John Ernest BURNETT of 97 Main
Street, Hudson, Mdsx, Mass.
Age 60. Born Sept. 16 1881, Bradford, England
Mary BURNETT - same address [person who would always know John's address]
Employed by Hudson Worsted Co, 43 Broad St, Hudson, Mass.
In a letter dated 16 Apr 1957 John's son Leonard BURNETT wrote:
"Father, a retired carpetmill worker, is 74 and lives in Hudson, Mass.,
with second wife Mary (twice a widow). My mother, a Cambridge,
Mass., girl
... died in 1936; her only other child, my elder brother, had died in
infancy."
218. John Leonard BURNETT
Leonard was born on 19 Feb 1913 at Westford,
Massachusetts. His parents had
suffered the loss of a previous male child in infancy and Leonard was their
only child.
His mother did not live to see Leonard married - she died in 1936, two years
before he married Gerda STROM, daughter of Swedish parents who had emmigrated
to the US from Finland.
Leonard & Gerda had three children; two girls, Karen and Cynthia, and
then son William (known as Billy) - all were born during the 1940's but it is
not known exactly where in the US
their parents were living at the time.
In 1957 Leonard and his family were living in Concord, New Jersey
(see note below)
US telephone and address directories show that Leonard and his wife lived in
Lady Lake, Florida
during the 1990's but by 2000 they were living in Brattleboro,
Vermont and in 2001 they were in Burlington, Vermont.
Leonard died at Brattleboro,
Vermont, in 2002 aged 89 yrs.
Leonard BURNETT wrote a letter to "Dear (Distant) Cousin William"
from his home at 57 Rumford St. Concord,
New Jersey, USA
on 16 Apr 1957. The letter was amongst some family papers passed to Mike T.
BURNETT, a member of the same branch of the family in England in
2009. The contents of this letter give many useful pieces of information about
Leonard's own family and about his parents, his aunts and his grandparents.
This information provided a good foundation for further research in US records,
this in turn enabled a detailed family tree for the descendants of Leonard's
grandfather William BURNETT to be constructed. Almost all of this research was
conducted by fellow researcher “Debi” in Canada and her contribution is
gratefully acknowledged here.
A copy of Leonard BURNETT's letter is held on file.
164. Eustace BURNETT
Eustace married Mabel SCAIFE at York
in 1905
1911 census index shows following household in Easingwold district:
Surname BURNETT
Barbara, 4
Custace (sic), 30
Elsie Elizabeth, 5
George, 4 months
Mabel, 27
William Henry, 2
172. William BURNETT
The grandfather of Mike T. Burnett (contact made 10 Nov 2002)
Mike has provided further information about this branch of BURNETT including
the fact that his grandfather was - "Farrier Sergeant & Journeyman
Blacksmith - Royal Field Artillery - retired c1927"
William's rank and regiment are confirmed on a commemorative tablet to those
who served during the 1st World War inside Coxwold parish church.
(Nov 2009) Mike also provided a copy of a letter, received by his
grandfather William in 1957, from a "distant cousin" named Leonard
BURNETT who lived in America [Leonard's father, John Ernest BURNETT, was
William's 1st cousin]. The contents of the letter provided a starting point for
further research in US records and enabled a comprehensive family tree for the
American branch to be compiled.
230. Rebecca BEALE\BURNETT
Rebecca and husband Arthur JENVEY have five children: Vera, Jean, Elizabeth, Alan and one
other [name unknown]
234. Robert James BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Robert J., Dec
1920, Newcastle
T, 10b 232. Mother nee BEALE
Robert was killed in action during World War II. He is commemmorated in the Commonwealth War
Graves Commission Debt of Hounour Register as follows:
BURNETT, Robert James, private, 2nd Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment, age 23,
service no.6141725, died 10/10/1944, buried Haverlee
War Cemetery,
Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. Son of William and L.C. BURNETT, Chertsey, Surrey.
177. John (Jack) BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, John, Mar 1892, Easingwold, 9d 381
Monumental Inscription, Coxwold Churchyard:
"In loving memory of ... John BURNETT. Died 3rd Sept. 1961 aged 69 years
... Also Annie, wife of the above. Died 28th Nov. 1995 aged 103 years."
[age at death confirms birth in 1892]
Annie ATKINSON
"Easingwold Advertiser and Weekly News" - Saturday 16th December
1995:
Funeral of Mrs Annie Burnett
The funeral took place at Coxwold
Parish Church
on December 5th 1995 of Mrs Annie Burnett. The Revd David Johnson conducted the
service and the organist was Mrs Jean Cobb.
From Gladstone
to Major
Annie Burnett (15.09.1892 - 28.11.1995) was born at Wass, daughter of George
Atkinson (stone mason) and Jane (nee Richardson).
Annie's life spanned the reign of 6 monarchs, the first being Queen Victoria; also several
Prime Ministers, including Gladstone, Lloyd George, MacDonald, Churchill and
Thatcher.
When Annie was a girl the British were fighting the Boers for control of
South Africa, she was 11 years when Orville & Wilbur Wright made their
historic aeroplane flight, 16 years when Henry Ford started production of his
'Model T' and had already passed her 21st birthday before WW1 broke out.
Despite these historical milestones, matters of a greater personal
significance held sway - at the age of 16 Annie was charged with looking after her
father and 3 younger sisters and a brother when her mother died. When 23 years
she left Wass to marry (at Kilburn
Church) Jack Burnett,
farrier and blacksmith of Coxwold. On their smallholding at Ivy Lea (now the
Forge) life was hard, everything was done manually - washing, milking cows,
butter making, mucking out byres and stables, shoeing horses etc. They also
accommodated paying guests, meeting them at Coxwold Railway Station with a
horse and trap.
During their time at Coxwold Annie and Jack had three children, John (Les),
Robert and Mary. Her two sons served in WW2 and Annie was greatly distressed
when Les was reported missing but two years later he was known to be a Japanese
prisoner of War. They both returned home in 1945. Jack died of Cancer in 1961
and in 1972, following a serious operation, Annie moved to Linton-On-Ouse to
live near her daughter.
[Information provided by Deb Burnett, a great-granddaughter, from a
newspaper cutting in her possession]
201. Annie Hornsey BURNETT
1871 census returns show Ann HORNSEY living with Joseph BURNETT and his wife
Mary, formerly HORNSEY, at Sowerby near Thirsk.
1881 census returns show Annie Hornsey BURNETT living with the same couple. In
both returns Ann(ie) was described as Joseph BURNETT's daughter, however, while
it is very likely that she was Mary HORNSEY's illegitimate daughter it is less
likely that she was the natural daughter of Joseph BURNETT.
238. Charles Herbert R. PALLISER
1891 and 1901 census returns show Charles living with Joseph BURNETT and his
wife Mary at Sowerby near Thirsk. He is identified in these returns as Joseph's
adopted son.
206. Philip Stephen BURNETT Rev.
Newspaper clippings
[Dated 7 Jan 1936]
KIRBYMOORSIDE MAN'S SUCCESS
First Class Honours in Law Examination
In the Honours Examination of the Law Society, Philip Stephen Burnett, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Burnett, of North Holme,
Kirbymoorside, was awarded First Class Honours and, with one other candidate,
was bracketed first in order of merit. There were 184 candidates at the
examination. The Council of the Law Society have awarded to Mr Burnett the
Clements Inn Prize (value about £21) and Mr Burnett has also won the Clabon Prize,
a special prize awarded to the candidate at the Honours Examinations held in
1935 who has shown himself best acquainted with the Principles of Equity. Mr.
Burnett was educated at Scarborough
College, passing the
Cambridge School Certificate examination with honours and distinction in Latin
in 1929, and the London University Intermediate B.A. in 1930. Since leaving
school he has served his articles with Mr. Arthur Kitching, Solicitor,
Pickering. He passed the Law Society's Intermediate Examination in March 1933,
and in 1934, at an external student, graduated Bachelor of Arts of the University of London, taken English, Latin and Law.
Mr. Burnett is now 21 years of age. He will be admitted on the Roll of
Solicitors in March.
[Dated 21 Nov 1947]
THE REV. S. BURNETT
Salton residents will be pleased to hear of the ordination of Mr. Stephen
Burnett, son of the late Mr. Philip Burnett, formerly of Red House, Salton. The
Rev. Burnett, now in his early thirties, was before the war secretary of
Salton's parochial Church Council and well known in the village until he went
to Canada.
There he travelled far and wide through the rolling prairie land as a lay
worker, and it was not until 1939, when war broke out, that he returned to this
country. He joined the Army and was in India for some time. In 1945 he was
demobilised and commenced studies at Westcott House, Cambridge, completing them
last year, and being ordained Clerk in Holy Orders shortly afterwards. He is
working in Ely Diocese at Cambridge,
on special work with the Student Christian Movement.
[Above information from Johanna Cotter - source not quoted]
Philip Stephen BURNETT rated an entry in "Who's Who":
BURNETT, Rev. Canon (Philip) Stephen
Born 8 Jan. 1914; s of late Philip Burnett and Mrs Burnett, Salton, York; m
1954, Joan Hardy, e d of C. F. Hardy, Sheffield; one s one d ; died 13 Dec.
1991
Church of England Board of Education, 1970–80
Education
Scarborough Coll.; Balliol Coll., Oxford;
Westcott House, Cambridge
Career
Admitted Solicitor, 1936; Lay Missionary, Dio. Saskatchewan,
Canada,
1939–41. Intelligence Corps, 1942–44; Staff Capt., GHQ, New Delhi, 1944–45.
Deacon, 1947, priest, 1948; Curate of St Andrew’s, Chesterton, Cambridge, and
Staff Sec., Student Christian Movement, 1947–49; Asst Gen. Sec., SCM, 1949–52;
Vicar of St Mary, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, 1952–61; Rural Dean of Ecclesall,
1959–65; Canon Residentiary of Sheffield Cathedral, and Educn Secretary,
Diocese of Sheffield, 1961–70, Canon Emeritus 1970–. Hon. Sec., Fellowship of
the Maple Leaf, 1965–