183. Robert BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Robert, Dec 1838, Knaresborough, 23 / 271
1841 & 1851 census: living with his parents at Sicklinghall - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT.
1861 census: RG 9/3211, folio 55, p2
Robert BURNETT, unmarried, 22, born Sicklinghall was recorded as a 'servant' in the household of farmer Richard ELSWORTH at Healthwaite Hall, near Dunkeswick in Yorkshire - working as a carter.
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1871 census: RG10/3987, folio 18, p29
15 Berwick St., Chorlton-on-Medlock, Lancashire
Mary BURNETT, head, 46, wid, Market Weighton, Yks.
William do son, 21, unm, warehouseman, York
Frederick do son, 12, errand boy, Rusholme Lancashire
Sarah Ann do dau, 9, scholar, Rusholme Lancashire
Robert BURNETT neph, 32, unm, carter, Sicklinghall
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The given age and birthplace of Mary BURNETT positively identify her as the widow of Barnabus BURNETT. The given age of Robert BURNETT suggests that he was the eldest son of Barnabus BURNETT's brother, Thomas BURNETT.
Robert BURNETT married Lucy JOHNSON at the parish church Chorlton-on-Medlock in 1878. The index to Lancashire marriages, 1878 - http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk - has Robert BURNETT's wife with two names: Lucy CROSBIE and Lucy JOHNSTON. This indicates that Lucy had been married before; one of the names being her previous married name the other being her maiden name. It is known that Lucy's maiden name was CROSBY. Her first marriage has not been found.
1881 census: RG11/3896, folio 97, p30
97 Armitage St., Ardwick, Lancashire
Robert BURNETT, head, 42, general labourer, York
Lucy do wife, 31, Liverpool, Lancashire
Lucy do dau, 9, scholar, Liverpool, Lancashire
Maud do dau, 6, scholar, Salford, Lancashire
Sarah A. do dau, 6 m, Manchester, Lancashire
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'Daughters' Lucy & Maud were children of Robert BURNETT's wife Lucy from her first marriage and Robert had adopted them as his own.
Robert & Lucy BURNETT had a daughter named Eleanor BURNETT, born in 1882, and a son named Thomas Percy BURNETT, born in 1884, before Robert tragically died in 1885. He was killed in an accident as described in the following extract from the "Manchester Evening News" of Monday 20 July 1885:
"FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CARTER - A man named Robert Burnett, carter, of 97, Armitage Street, Ardwick, who was admitted to the Royal Infirmary on Wednesday morning suffering from serious injuries received in Palmerston Street, Ancoats, that day, by being crushed by a boiler, died during the night."
Robert was buried in the Ardwick Cemetery, Manchester on 23 Jul 1885. He was just 46yrs old.
Less than 3yrs later Robert's
widow, Lucy BURNETT emigrated to the United States of America with her
children. The following note is based on information provided by Robert &
Lucy BURNETT's great-grandson Bob BURNETT in the USA which provided a starting
point for further research:
[Robert's widow Lucy BURNETT and her four children emigrated
to the United States of America in c1887 aboard the ship SS "Atlas".
Lucy settled in Massachusetts. Thomas Percy BURNETT, son of Robert & Lucy
BURNETT changed his name to Robert Thomas Percy BURNETT at some time. His
naturalization papers name him as Robert T. P. BURNETT.]
Research has shown that the SS "Atlas" arrived at Boston, USA, from Liverpool, on 15 May 1888. The passenger manifest includes the following:
Lucy BURNETT, 35, wife, intended destination Massachusetts, No.4 Stbo Amidships.
Maude do 11, child, do do
Sarah do 9, child, do do
Eleanor do 7, child, do do
William do 2, child, do do
There is no doubt that this was the widow of Robert BURNETT; the given ages for the three daughters are reasonably accurate with the exception of Maude. However, there is no mention of daughter Lucy, who would have been c17yrs old, or son Thomas Percy, who would have been approaching 4yrs old. It is possible that Lucy had died before or during the voyage to America, or she may have stayed behind in England with relatives. It is known that son Thomas Percy did accompany his mother to America and there are two possible explanations. One would be that he was incorrectly named as William on the ship's manifest the other would be that his name was inadvertently missed off the list and that William was indeed a previously unknown son of Lucy BURNETT. If Lucy was pregnant at the time of her husband's death in July 1885 then the child would have been born in the early months of 1886. Bob BURNETT in America, is confident that his grandfather did not have a brother named William and is sure that "William" BURNETT in the passenger list was in fact Thomas Percy BURNETT.
On 11 Jan 1899 Lucy BURNETT's daughter Sarah married Thomas DUNN in Boston, Massachusetts. She gave her name as Sadie BURNETT, her father was named as Robert BURNETT and her mother as Lucy CROSBY.
US Census 1900
Malden City, Ward 1, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Main Street
Lucy A BURNETTE, head, (born) Oct 1850, England, 49, widow, 9 children, 6 living,
Sadie DUNN, daughter, Sep 1880, England, 19, married, 0 children, shoe maker.
Nellie BURNETTE, daughter, Nov 1882, England, 17, single, ass. clerk rubber factory*
Thomas P do son, Nov 1884, England, 15, single, office boy rubber factory*
Thomas DUNNE, son in law, Nov 1876, Massachusetts, 23, married, picture framer
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This census return introduced yet more confusion and doubt about Lucy BURNETT's children. The birth dates given for the three children recorded with Lucy, Sadie (Sarah) 1880, Nellie (Eleanor) 1882 and Thomas P(ercy) 1884 are perfectly accurate. We know that daughter Maude came to America with her mother and it is also known that she married and moved with her husband to Texas. We are as sure as we can be that there wasn’t another son named William. If daughter Lucy, who we know did not come to America with her mother, was still alive and living in England, then we can account for only five children of Lucy BURNETT who were still alive in 1900. There must have been another child of Lucy's first marriage, to a man named JOHNSON, who did not travel to the US with her and who was still alive in 1900. However, I can find no record of Maud after 1900 in America or of Lucy JOHNSON / BURNETT or another sibling in England.
*Thomas Percy and his sister Eleanor worked at the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in Malden, Massachusetts. Established in 1908 to make rubber shoes the company later began manufacturing trainers for basketball sports and athletic shoes for tennis. Sometime after 1900 Thomas Percy BURNETT changed his name to Robert Thomas Percy BURNETT and in all records from 1900 he was recorded as Robert or Robert P. or Robert T.P BURNETT. For his US Naturalization papers, dated 26 Sep 1906, he gave his name as Robert T. P BURNETT.
US Census 1910
Everett, Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Lucy A. BARNETT (sic), head, 59, widow, [born] England, immigrated 1887
Robert P do son, 26, single, England, immigrated 1887
Eleanor B do daughter, 24, single, England, do
Thomas P DUNN son in law, 34, married, Massachusetts
Sarah S do daughter, 28, married, England
Dorothy do granddaughter, 3, Massachusetts
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Lucy's son Robert T.P BURNETT married Eva B. LANTZ in Boston, Massechusetts on 3 Apr 1912. They had two children, daughter Edna BURNETT and son Robert Lantz BURNETT, but Lucy did not live to see her grandson - she died at Everett in 1916 aged 65yrs. Robert Lantz BURNETT married and had a total of five children. Details of this family are held in my database but will not be published here.
184. Samuel BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Samuel, Dec 1839, York, xxiii 632
1841 & 1851 census: living with his parents at Sicklinghall - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT.
1861 census: RG9/3209, folio 72, p10
Cross Street, Wetherby
Samuel BURNETT, 21, unmarried, born York, was recorded as an apprentice tailor to head of household George GREAVES Jnr., woolen draper & tailor.Samuel married Jemima GREAVES in 1863. [GRO: Dec 1863, York]
1871 census: RG10/4292, folio 62
Market Place, Wetherby
Samuel BURNETT, head, 31, tailor/draper, York
Jemimadowife, 32, Wetherby
Alicedodau, 6,do
Ernestdoson, 4, do
Selinadodau, 3, do
Freddoson, 9m,do
Louisa HAUGHTON, serv,14, domestic servant, Wetherby
//1881 census: RG11/4329, folio 59, p15
Market Place, Wetherby
Samuel BURNETT, head, 40, tailor, York
Jemima dowife, 41, Wetherby
Alice M. dodau, 16, school teacher, Wetherby
Ernest doson, 14, tailor's apprentice, Wetherby
Selina dodau, 13, scholar, Wetherby
Fred doson, 10, dodo
Jemima F. dodau, 3, do do
//1891 census: RG12/3522, folio 46, p5
Market Place, Wetherby
Sam'l BURNETT, head, mar, 50, tailor, York
Jemimado, wife, mar, 51, Wetherby
Ernestdo, son, unm, 24, tailor, Wetherby
Selinado, dau, unm, 23, confectioner, Wetherby
Freddo, son, unm, 20, apprentice, do
Jemima Florence, dau, unm, 13, do
//1901 census: RG13/4056, folio 53, p19
Market Place, Wetherby
Samuel BURNETT, head, widr, 61, tailor & draper, York
Mary Hannah THOMPSON, serv, single, 45, housekeeper, Levanbank? Yks.
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A letter from Gareth Owens, dated 16 Mar 1997, gives details of his wife's BURNETT ancestors. These included Ernest BURNETT "a master grocer ... in High Street, Wetherby" and Ernest's father, Samuel BURNETT "born at York Castle in Dec 1839, the son of the Head Turnkey at the Castle". The Samuel BURNETT in the 1871 and 1881 census extracts referred to above was without doubt the one born at York Castle; the wrong birthplace [Sicklinghall] could have been given for the 1851 census - this was not unusual. The rest of Samuel's siblings were given the same birthplace in 1851, but some, if not all of them, could have been born at York. Samuel was probably baptised in one of the churches close to his birthplace in York.Gareth also provided the following information about Samuel:
"Apprenticed as a tailor to Mrs. George GREAVES of Wetherby he later started his own business in Cross St., Wetherby; where he bought a property with frontage in Market Square. He ran the business with his wife Jemima who was the sister of Mrs. GREAVES. Samuel was a keen sportsman, a 'foot follower' of Bramham Moor hounds and a well-known local cricketer. He won prizes at local flower & vegetable shows and was still cultivating his allotment at the age of 83. He and his wife regularly visited London to see the latest fashions and buy goods for the business. Taken very ill in 1927 he refused any household help. At the time of his death at the age of 89 he was one of the oldest residents of Wetherby, and was still running his tailoring business"
When Samuel died a lengthy obituary appeared in the "Wetherby News & Reporter" newspaper.
Samuel may have been a Methodist. In the book "Whatever the Wetherby" by George Stead (1985) the author describes some Methodist accounts which he had access to. One of these included a bill from Samuel Burnett, tailor of Market Place, for "cord trousers at 10/6d and a felt hat at 3/9d." The author stated "I can remember Mr. Burnett, in extreme old age...sixty years later".
GRO Index of Deaths: BURNETT, Jemima, Jun 1878, Wetherby, 9a 90, age 72
221. Alice Maud BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Alice Maud, Sep 1864, Wetherby, 9a 111
1871 & 1881 census: living with parents at Market Place, Wetherby - see notes for father Samuel BURNETT
Alice married John GILL in 1889. [GRO: Dec 1889, Wetherby]
222. Ernest BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Ernest, Jun 1866, Wetherby, 9a 105
1871, 1881 & 1891 census: living with parents at Market Place, Wetherby - see notes for father Samuel BURNETT.
1901 census: RG13/4056, folio: 55, p23
High Street, Wetherby
Ernest BURNETT, head, 33, game dealer & green grocer, Wetherby
Annie do , wife, 34, Worksop Notts
Alfred Denton BURNETT, son, 2, Wetherby **
Margaret Ann BENNISON, serv, 15, general domestic servant, Highington Durham
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**This is an enumerator error - should be Wilfred Denton BURNETTGareth Owens provided the following information:
"Known to have had a fish, game and poultry shop in Wetherby High Street [licensed dealer in game] during the 1920's, Ernest had previously been a 'master green grocer' [daughter's birth certificate] and a 'clothier' [marriage certificate]. A musical man who played double bass in a band in Wetherby. In indifferent health for some years prior to his death . Died less than 3 weeks after his father. His obituary in the 'Wetherby News & Reporter' stated that he had gone to Leeds by bus on a Saturday evening, to get fish for his fish frying business, and collapsed on his way back to the bus stop, while walking along Union Street away from the market and towards Vicar Lane. He was found in the street by Mr. William Cowan, a salesman from Leeds, and died as he was being carried into Leeds General Infirmary. Cause of death was given as heart failure. A coronor's inquest held at Leeds 29 Jul 1929 gave a verdict of natural causes".
223. Selina BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Selina, Mar 1868, Wetherby, 9a 106
1871, 1881 & 1891 census: living with parents in Wetherby - see notes for father Samuel BURNETT.
Selina married Edmund GILL in 1892. [GRO: Dec 1892, Wetherby]
224. Fred BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Fred, Sep 1870, Wetherby, 9a 112
1871, 1881 & 1891 census: living with parents in Wetherby - see notes for father Samuel BURNETT.
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Jemima Florence, Dec 1877, Wetherby, 9a 124
1881 census: with parents in Wetherby - see notes for father Samuel BURNETT.
1891 census: with parents in Wetherby - see notes for father Samuel BURNETT.
Jemima married James BEAN in 1900. [GRO: Sep 1900, Wetherby]
185. John BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, John, Mar 1842, Knaresborough, xxiii 291
1851 census: living with parents at Sicklinghall - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT.
1861 census: RG9/3218, folio 71, p11
Park Top, Norwood
Jonathan ELSWORTH, head, 53, farmer 29 acres, Sicklinghall
Catydo , aunt, 76, unm, formerly housemaid, Sicklinghall
John BURNETT nephew, 18, carter etc, Sicklinghall
George H donephew, 16, carter etc,do
Sarah KINGservant, 30, unm, housemaid, Norwood
Mary doboarder, 10m, Norwood
//1871 census: RG10/4301, folio 30, p1
Braine? Lane, Clifton with Norwood
John BURNETT, head, 29, squire's farmer and beerhouse keeper, Sicklinghall
Mary Ann do , wife, 27, Norwood
Tomdo , son, 4, do
Herbertdo , son, 2, do
//1881 census: RG11/4327, folio 8, p10
Pannal Park Farm House, Pannal Village
John BURNETThead, 39, farmer of 160 acres, Sicklinghall
Mary Ann dowife, 38, Fewston
Tom doson, 14, ag. lab., Fewston
Herbert doson, 11, scholar, do
Arthur doson, 9, dodo
Ernest doson, 5, dodo
Annie dodau, 3, do
Fred doson, 2, do
//1891 census: RG12/3523, folio 114, p14
East Keswick
John BURNETThead, mar, 48, farmer, Sicklinghall
Mary A.do wife, mar, 47, Clifton with Norwood
Tomdo son, unm, 24, do
Arthurdoson, 19, do
Ernestdoson, 15, do
Anniedodau, 13, mother's help, Clifton with Norwood
Freddoson, 12, scholardo
Johndoson, 9, scholar, Pannal
Claradodau, 6, scholardo
Florry dodau, 3, do
Hildadodau, 2,do
Thomas SIMPSON, bro/l, 63, farmer, born Clifton with Norwood
//1901 census: RG13/4058, folio 20, p13
West End Farm, East Keswick
John BURNETThead, mar, 58, farmer, Sicklinghall
Mary A.do wife, mar, 57, Clifton with Norwood
Tomdo son, sing, 34, do
Arthurdoson, sing, 28, do
Anniedodau, sing, 23,do
Freddoson, sing, 21, draper's manager, Clifton with Norwood
Johndoson, 18, draper's assistant, Pannal
Claradodau, 16, do
Florriedodau, 13, scholardo
Hildadodau, 12,dodo
William SIMPSON, bro/l, 76, sing, farmer, Clifton with Norwood
//National Probate Index:
John BURNETT of East Keswick, farmer, died 17 May 1909. Will proved at Wakefield, 21 Sep 1909, by Mary Ann BURNETT, widow, Tom BURNETT and Arthur BURNETT, farmers, and Fred BURNETT, draper....
National Probate Index:
Mary Ann Burnett of Manor Farm, East Keswick, Yorks, widow, died 14 Aug 1921. Will proved at Wakefield, 19 Sep 1921, by Arthur Burnett, farmer, and John Burnett, cloth buyer. £9245
226. Tom BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Tom, Dec 1866, Wharfedale, 9a 144
1871, 1881, 1891 & 1901 census: 'at home' with parents & siblings - see notes for father John BURNETT
1909
Tom was joint executor of his father's will with his brothers Arthur and Fred and their mother Mary.
227. Herbert BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Herbert, Mar 1869, Wharfedale, 9a 155
1871 & 1881 census: with parents & siblings - see notes for father John BURNETT
1891 census: not found
1901 census: RG13/4434, folio 87, p33
High Street, South Milford
Herbert BURNETT, head, 33, Grocers Assistan, Fewston
Rose dowife, 33, Skipwith
Ernest dobro, 26, Grocers Assistant & Groom, Pannal
//
228. Arthur BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Arthur, Mar 1872, Wharfedale, 9a 129
1881, 1891 & 1901 census: with parents & siblings - see notes for father John BURNETT.
1909
Arthur was joint executor of his father's will with his brothers Tom and Fred and their mother Mary.
229. Ernest BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Ernest, Sep 1875, Wharfedale, 9a 135
1881 & 1891 census: with parents & siblings - see notes for father John BURNETT
1901 census: living with his brother in South Milford - see notes for brother Herbert BURNETT.
230. Annie BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Annie, Sep 1877, Wharfedale, 9a 143
1881, 1891 & 1901 census: with parents & siblings - see notes for father John BURNETT
231. Fred BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Fred, Mar 1879, Wharfedale, 9a 150
1881, 1891 & 1901 census: with parents & siblings - see notes for father John BURNETT.
1909
Fred was joint executor of his father's will with his brothers Arthur and Fred and their mother Mary.Possibly the individual named in the following press cutting:
Claro Times - 8th October 1915
" - it is only a few months since Mr F Burnett, well know to Harrogate people as chairman of the ILP Branch, enlisted in the 12th West Yorkshire Regiment, but news has been received this week that he was in the famous charge which resulted in the capture of Hill 70 and Loos. He was struck in the neck by a bullet, but it is good news to hear that he is progressing so favourably that he hopes to be home in a few days."Information from Tony Cheal's web site www.harrogatepeopleandplaces.info
232. John BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, John, Mar 1882, Knaresborough, 9a 101
1891 & 1901 census: with parents & siblings at East Keswick, Yks - see notes for father John BURNETT.
233. Clara BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Clara, Mar 1885, Knaresborough, 9a 100
1891 & 1901 census: with her parents & siblings at East Keswick, Yks - see notes for father John BURNETT.
Clara married William WORTHY in 1908
Her grandson John Burnett WORTHY provided the following notes:
"Clara Worthy was my grandmother. She was born in East Keswick near Leeds and lived on the family farm there until she married my grandfather William Worthy, the local headmaster. To add a bit of local colour, it seems they eloped in order to get married! My grandfather was a widower of 44 who already had 6 children by his first wife. One can only imagine the feelings of Clara's parents about her marrying him at the age of 23. Anyway, they ran off to Scarborough to get married! My grandfather lived to have another 6 children and a golden wedding in his second marriage. I know her [Clara's] mother was a Simpson. Two of her daughters are still living and one of her sons, aged between 89 and 96. My father, sadly, died in 2000."
234. Florrie BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Florrie, Sep 1887, Knaresborough, 9a 108
1891 & 1901 census: living with parents and siblings at East Keswick - see notes for father John BURNETT
235. Hilda BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Hilda, Mar 1889, Knaresborough, 9a101
1891 & 1901 census: with parents & siblings at East Keswick - see notes for father John BURNETT
187. William BURNETT
William was almost certainly born at York Castle, where his father Barnabus BURNETT was employed as a cook
1851 census: HO107/2355, folio 616, p2
With his parents at York Castle - see notes for Barnabus BURNETT1861 census: RG9/2874, folio 71, p28
Living with his parents in Rusholme, Lancashire - see notes for father Barnabus BURNETT1871 census: RG10/3987, folio 18, p29
Living with his widowed mother and siblings at Chorlton on Medlock - see notes for mother Mary Jane HAMNETT1881 census: RG11/3913, folio 17, p32
15 Berwick St, Chorlton On Medlock, Lancashire
William BURNETT, head, 31, railway clerk, York
Mary J. dowife, 25, Lancashire
Frederick doson, 3, Lancashire
Edward doson, 2, Lancashire
Edith dodau, 3m, Lancashire
//1891 census: RG12/3184, folio 42, p42
9 Morton Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Lancashire
William BURNETT, head, 41, railway clerk, York
Mary Jdowife, 35, Altrincham [sic], Cheshire
Frederick doson, 13, Manchester
Edward doson, 12, do
Edith Mdodau, 8, do
Alicedodau, 3,do
Thomas HODGSON lodg, 46, wid, caretaker S. Mold gynasium, Auckland St. Helen, Durham
Gaythorne dolodg, 15, butcher, West Auckland, Durham
//1901 census: RG13/3695, folio 140, p5
47 Rumford Street, Cholton on Medlock, Lancashire
William BURNETT, head, 52, railway clerk, York
Mary Jdowife, 43, Altrincham, Cheshire
Frederick doson, 23, sing, velveteen warehouseman, Manchester Lancs.
Edward doson, 22, sing, pattern card maker,do
Alicedodau, 13, Manchester Lancs
Julian HALLboarder, 13, scenic artist's apprentice, Londwater [sic]
Frederick C. EARLE do28, sing, actor, Stockton on Tees, Durham
Nedda FURLONG do24, sing, musician, Scotland
Andrew MACLUORN do20, sing, do do
Ernest D. SHALLARD do34, mar, vocalist Bristol
Florence do do30, mar, doLondon
Brian E A CD do do4, London
//
William & Mary appear to have been running a boarding house for 'theatricals' as a means of supplementing his income.William was the great-great-grandfather of Miss Jean BURNETT who still lives in Manchester. Jean provided the following information:
"William Burnett was born 1850 in City of York, Yorkshire and was baptised 13 Jan 1850 at St Laurence's, York. He Married Mary Jane Hamnett {She was Born 1855 in Lancaster} on the 9th June 1876 at St Thomas in the parish of Ardwick, Manchester. Children of William Burnett and Mary Jane Hamnett. Frederick, Edward, Edith, Edith Maud and Alice."
236. Frederick BURNETT
Frederick and Jessica (Jessie) lived at 9 Balmoral Rd., Withington, Ardwick, Manchester
237. Edward BURNETT
Edward lived at 172 Brook St., Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, at the time of his marriage to Ellen MELLOR. At the time of Edward's death in 1949 the couple were living at 539 Princess Rd., Withington, Manchester.
239. Edith Maud BURNETT
Jean BURNETT provided the following information:
"Edith Maud Burnett was born on the 24th June 1882, at 7 Morton Street Chorlton on Medlock Manchester, and died on the 7th July 1973. She was one of the first 'Tiller Girls' and she never married. After being a Tiller Girl she went to live in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, where she ran a boarding house with her brother-in-law Mr Charles Frederick Brown, who married Edith Maud's younger sister Alice Burnett. When Charles died Edith Maud was the Executor of his will. She came back to live in Manchester, at 5 Central Rd, Withington - she lived there with another Tiller Girl, Clara Carruthers Fitzsimons, who had gone blind. They were both lovely ladies and I used to get told all about the Tiller Girls when I went to see them, what they did and where in the World they had been. Auntie Edith could still do the splits and kick her foot above her head when she was 91 years old"
240. Alice BURNETT
Jean BURNETT in Manchester provided the following information:
"Alice Burnett was born in Manchester in 1889 date not known. She married Charles Frederick Brown on the 28th January 1905 when she was age 16 and he was age 25 - he came from Fulham. We think they stayed in Manchester for a while, as he was a witness for Edward Burnett when he got married, but then went to live down South and Alice never came back. Charles went to live with Alice's sister Edith and my mum went to see Alice in Brighton in 1954, when she was living with a Mr Bourne. We don't think Alice and Charles ever got divorced, as when Charles Fredrick Brown died on 23rd October 1950 his wife Alice Brown paid for his grave and a headstone in Colwyn Bay cemetery. I visited the cemetery and was shown the paper-work as it was one of the first graves in the cemetery. I have not found any record of her ever having children or when she died and don't know if she ever remarried."
194. Leopold Austin Manby BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: Leopold Austin M. BURNETT, Sep 1862, Wetherby, 9a 112
Leopold's sister Sarah was registered at birth as Sarah Ann Manby BURNETT. There is no doubt that the initial letter M. in Leopold's registered name stood for Manby and that this is the name by which he was sometimes known. He was recorded as Manby BURNETT in 1881 census returns but as Leopold A. M. BURNETT in 1871 census returns [see notes for father Samuel BURNETT]
241. George Brotherton BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, George Brotherton, Sep 1888, Knaresborough, 9a 105
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Samuel Austin, Mar 1890, Knaresborough, 9a 105
GRO Index of Births: Samuel Ben BURNETT, Dec 1864, Wetherby, 9a 108
1871 census: RG10/4294, folio 67, p5
With parents in Sicklinghall - see notes for father Samuel BURNETT1881 census: RG11/4329, folio 65, p27
Recorded as *Benjamin* BURNETT and with parents at Wetherby - see notes for father Samuel BURNETT1891 census: RG12/3522, folio 174, p8
Sicklinghall
Benjamin BURNITT, head, 26, blacksmith, born Sicklinghall
Mary do, wife, 20, born Leeds
William H. do, son, 1mo, born SicklinghallRoyalene ANDERSON in Australia, a descendant of Samuel Benjamin BURNETT, provided the following notes:
"Known as Ben.
MARRIAGE: 1890-June-York-2D-7, Dringhouses, York.
Samuel Ben Burnett, 26, blacksmith, batchelor, of Sicklinghall and Caroline Mary Thompson, 18, domestic servant, spinster, of Dringhouses, were married by Banns on 21/5/1890 at Parish Church, Dringhouses by Rev. J. N. Broomehead by Rites of the Established Church. The groom's father was given as Samuel Burnett, farmer, and the bride's father as James Thompson, labourer. Witnesses to the ceremony were James Thompson and Sarah Ellen Thompson.1901 Census:RG13/4628, folio 46, p 8
5 Calf Fallow Lane, Norton, Durham
Benjamine Burnett: 31: married: blacksmith: born Sicklinghall, Yorks:
Carry Burnett: 27: wife: born Leeds, Yorks:
William H. Burnett: son: 11: born Sicklinghall, Yorks:
Horace Burnett: son: 8: born Sicklinghall, Yorks:
Norman Burnett: son: 5: born Hartlepool, Durham:
Francis Burnett: son: 2: born Hartlepool, Durham:
Hilda Burnett: dau: 9m: born Hartlepool, Durham:
John THOMPSON: lodger: single: 21: blacksmith striker: born Greatham, Durham: --#He is most likely Carry's brother.Da's father had a farm, believed to be a flower nursery. Have a photo of Mum there just before they migrated. Mum said he imported Dutch Iris bulbs. He was a blacksmith when he married. Did he take over his father's farm at some time?"
The following notes were provided by Royalene ANDERSON in Australia - a great-granddaughter of Caroline THOMPSON:
"BIRTH: Dec, 1871, 9b, 493, Leeds.
Caroline Mary Thompson, father James Thompson, general labourer, mother Hannah formerly Jackson, was born at 6 Clarkson's Buildings, on 4/12/1871. Informant was James Thompson, 6 Clarkson's Building, Woodhouse, Leeds on 11/12/1871. The registration sub district was West Leeds, district Leeds, county of York. #The registrar's name was Gilbert Jackson. Any connection??1881 British Census.
Dringhouses, York, England.
FHL, Film 1342141, PRO Ref RG11, Place 4689, Folio 65, Page 21.
James Thompson, M, 38, m, Aberford, York, England,
Hannah Thompson, M, 36, f, South Stanley, York, England,
John Henry Thompson, U, 13, m, Leeds, York, England,
Sophia Thompson, U, 15, f, Burton Leonard, York, England,
Caroline Thompson, 9, f, Leeds, York, England,
Sarah E Thompson, 5, f, York, York, England,
Clara Thompson, 2, f, York, York, England,
Edith Thompson, 4m, f, Dringhouses, York, England,
Joshua Thompson, 7, m, Pateley Bridge, York, England.
##Assume this is the correct family. The address is the same as when she married in 1890, the bride's father was James and a witness to the marriage was Sarah Ellen Thompson.MARRIAGE: 1890-June-York-2D-7, Dringhouses, York.
Samuel Ben Burnett, 26, blacksmith, batchelor, of Sicklinghall and Caroline mary Thompson, 18, domestic servant, spinster, of Dringhouses, were married by Banns on 21/5/1890 at Parish Church, Dringhouses by Rev. J. N. Broomehead. The groom's father was given as Samuel Burnett, farmer, and the bride's father as James Thompson, labourer. Witnesses to the ceremony were James Thompson and Sarah Ellen Thompson.
#The religion was not stated. The marriage was performed 'according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church', so presume this would have been C of E."
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, William Henry, Mar 1891, Wetherby, 9a 114
1891 census: RG12/3522, folio 174, p8
Living with his newly married parents at Sicklinghall, age 2mth, born Sicklinghall - see notes for father Samuel Benjamin BURNETT.1901 Census: RG13/4628, folio 46, p8
With his parents & siblings in Norton, Co.Durham - see notes for father BenjaminWilliam married Florence MACINTOSH at Hartlepool in 1915. They had five children - first a girl, then four boys.
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Thomas Horace, Jun 1894, Wetherby, 9a 111
1901 census: RG13/4628, folio 46, p8
Recorded as Horace only, with parents in Norton, Durham - see notes for father Samuel Benjamin BURNETT
GRO Index: BURNETT, Archibald Norman, Sep 1896, Hartlepool, 10a 147
1901 census: RG13/4628, folio 46, p8
Recorded as Norman only, with parents in Norton, Durham - see notes for father Samuel Benjamin BURNETT.Norman BURNETT, son of Samuel B. and Carrie BURNETT of Norton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, died on 28 Nov 1918, seventeen days after the Armistice, as a result of wounds received during the last days of the First World War. He was one of the many war casualties being looked after at the hospital centre at Le Treport, near Dieppe, in the Seine-Maritime region of France. He was buried at the Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport. [grave ref: IX. B. 7A.]
The above information was taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission "Debt of Honour" Register on the Internet. The citation reads:
"In Memory of Norman BURNETT, Private 7776, 2nd Bn., Yorkshire Regiment, who died on Thursday, 28th November 1918. Age 21."
The following notes were provided by Royalene ANDERSON, a granddaughter of Francis BURNETT, who lives in Australia:
"BAPTISM: 1898 - No.324, West Hartlepool, Durham.
Francis Pearson Burnett, father Samuel Benjamin, mother Caroline Mary, was baptised on 13/10/1898 by Rev. W. H. Proudloss at Free Methodist Chapel, Belle Vue, West Hartlepool, Durham. His birth date was given as 26/9/1898 and parents' address as 5 Southbourne Terrace. No godparents were recorded. Witness was James F. White, steward.
#Presume he would have been born at home.Mentioned in the 1901 Census as the fourth child and son.
When he was 16 he ran away from home and enlisted in the Royal Navy. When his mother found out she had him discharged (Mum). He then joined the Army on 22/11/1915 as Private No. 241811 in the Linconshire Regiment. He was wounded in the arm and the leg and he spent the remainder of the war as a POW, mostly in hospital. He told me he could remember lying on the ground while two young German soldiers, about the same age as himself, debated whether it would be kinder to take him prisoner or shoot him. Their reasoning was that he would probably lose his leg and would he want to live like that. Da could speak a little German and he begged them not to kill him. They took him prisoner and he kept his leg. He made friends with some of the local people and was given a traditional pipe when he went home. His leg always looked to me as though someone had pulled string tight below the knee. It never slowed him down in any way and if it caused him any pain he never let it show. He was discharged from the Army on 5/4/1919 after 2 years, 332 days plus 168 in the Army Reserve, as being unfit for war service.
He was sent to a Repatriation Hospital in Yorkshire where his future wife was a pastry-hand in the kitchens. The Army trained him as a stonemason. When Mum was born that was the occupation he gave on her birth certificate, so he may have worked as such in England.
MARRIAGE: 1921 - No.400, Durham.
Francis Pearson Burnett, 24, batchelor, market gardener, of 4 Calf Fallow (Lane or Farm), Norton, and Isabella Martin, 24, spinster, no occupation, of 4 Calf Fallow Lane, were married by Banns in C of E Parish Church, Norton by Rev. C.W. Thistlewaith on Dec 3, 1921. Witnesses to the marriage were Robert Smith and Aimee John. The groom's father was given as Samuel Benjamin Burnett, market gardener and the bride's father as James Martin (decd), rivetter.His wife's brother, also in the Army, was in Tasmania and decided to take his discharge there and stay in Australia. He wrote a glowing report on life here so Da left Nana and Mum with Nana's mother and joined Uncle Jim at Melbourne. They intended to go by train to Queensland but they decided to leave the train at Newcastle to have a look at their home-town's namesake. They stayed in a boarding house at Cooks Hill where they learned that BHP was looking for workers. They both got jobs, Da as a moulder and Jim as a roll turner, and lived in Newcastle for the rest of their lives.
Nana arrived in Sydney on 19/9/1924 and they went to live with Mrs. Fisher at New Lambton. Their son Norman was born there. Next they rented a house at Elizabeth Street, Tighes Hill (Joan and Beryl were born there) and bought a block of land in Ferndale Street, Islington. Da and Uncle were building the house themselves so they moved to McIsac Street, Islington, just around the corner (from their land) until the house was finished.
As he lived just over the rail line from BHP Da took an extra job as First Aid Officer as well as his job as Moulder. When the Depression came this was sufficient for him to keep his job when so many lost theirs, although he had reduced hours. Always an optimist he had taken his housing loan on maximum repayments, minimum term and could not keep up the payments. By then Jim had married and built the same house on a block of land at 401 Glebe Road, Merewether West and he stood to lose his home also, which he had taken on minimum payments, maximum term. Da could meet the payments on that house so they all moved into the one home. Uncle's wife had recently died and the family saw no reason to revert to separate housing, sharing a home all their lives. By then Da had a business buying hides and skins from the farmers in the Gloucester area and delivering fresh fruit and supplies to them on the return trip from Newcastle so it was convenient to have Uncle living with them to keep an eye on the family.
He never worked at his trade of stone mason in Australia to my knowledge although he did make some marble chip steps for Norman's house in Baker Street, New Lambton. The Glebe Road house had a marble name tablet with KARINGAL on it. There was usually a bit of marble around the shed somewhere. After he gave up the fruit/hide run he had a milk bar and produce shop at the Nine Ways, Broadmeadow. The shop was destroyed in the 1989 earthquake and a car hire business is on the site.
When I was a child he had a timber mill at Carrington and later at Rawdon Vale and Barrington. He was also a bookmaker at Newcastle Racecourse and was a heavy gambler. On one day in the 1940s he made ÐIOOO($2000.00) which was a lot of money but he gambled away Ð1500/-/-/ ($3000.00) the same day (Nana).
He was always trading. During WW2 a man came to buy something from him at the house and he made Da a very good offer for Nana's washing machine while Nana was in town. When she came home there was a terrible argument and Da had to get her another machine. Few people had a washing machine in those days and because of the war they were impossible to buy. He had one made. It was a kerosine tin for a tub working on a rocker of some sort. The wringer was on a post next to it and it was all on a timber platform with 4 castors. It was still going after I was married in 1962. He sold Mum's pushbike the same way. I can remember playing with cards of
beads and sewing tbread which was burnt, something he had got as a job lot from somewhere. He once bought the cargo of a ship which had run aground.On Wednesday, 9/6/1948 he was travelling to Sydney by train on the 'Newcastle Flyer' when it was stopped between Hawksbury River and Cowan by a faulty signal. A train behind crashed into it and he was badly injured when he went through a glass panel in a door.
#A full copy of articles written in "The Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate" is available.In 1956 he sold his timber mill to his sawyer, Alan Gibson, and on 24/4/1956 he and Nana sailed on SS 'HIMALAYA' for England. One of his brothers had already died and they wanted to see their families once more before it was too late. They were only in England a few days when he collapsed with a severe stroke. Always a heavy smoker he made signs to the ambulance men on the way to hospital for a cigarette. He died the next day. It was suspected, but never proven as there was no autopsy, that a splinter of glass from the train accident had pressed on a blood vessel in his head. The excitement of the visit caused his blood pressure to rise and the blood vessel burst.
DEATH: 1956-*273, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Francis Pearson Burnett, 58 years, of Glebe Road, Newcastle, N.S.W. Australia, timber merchant (retired), died on 6 May, 1956 at Royal
Victoria Infirmary, Leagues. Cause of death was Cerebral Haemorrhage and Cerebral Arterio Sclerosis, certified by Dr. P. Atkinson, MMB. Informant was L. Martin, brother-in-law, 4 Birch Terrace, Newcastle on 7//5/1956. He was cremated at Newcastle-on-Tyne and his ashes scattered at the memorial garden there. Have photo of this.He never had a good word to say for his (older?) brother Billy and he was the only relative not to attend the funeral (Mum). Norman said no-one had a good word to say about Uncle Billy, he was regarded by all as an 'odd bod' but that he had died before Da.
Many years later a grandson, Bradley Young, visited the Crematorium and had his photo taken with the book open at the page with Da's name in it. Brad was born several years after his death.
He did not name his wife in his Will so his marriage certificate had to be handed in with his Will for Probate. I claimed it back in June, 2000, the delay because I did not know we were entitled to have it returned to us.
His interests included gambling, we played cards every Sunday night, driving fast cars and he liked to garden and fish. He was incredibly
strong although not very tall and could work hard all day, never tiring. He did not like sitting still doing nothing. He loved to tease me when I was a child. I learned to play cards sitting on his knee and won my first money (1s/3d) when I was 5. Because I sucked my thumb I used to get the taste of nicotine from his cigarettes in my mouth at the card games and have never been tempted to smoke."
The following notes were provided by Isabella's granddaughter, Royalene ANDERSON, who lives in Australia:
"BIRTH:
No record of her birth found. She always claimed, as did her brother James, to have been born in Belfast, Ireland. There were 4 Isabella
Martins born in Belfast about the same period but none are her. Her parents were married in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.MARRIAGE: 1921-400, Durham.
Francis Pearson Burnett, 24, batchelor, market gardener, of 4 Calf Fallow Lane, Norton, and Isabella Martin, 24, spinster, no occupation, of 4 Calf Fallow Lane, were married by Banns in C of E Parish Church, Norton by Rev. C.W. Thistlewaith on Dec 3, 1921. Witnesses to the marriage were Robert Smith and Aimee John. The groom's father was given as Samuel Benjamin Burnett, market gardener and the bride's father as James Martin (decd), rivetter.During WW1 she was a pastryhand in a Rehab Hospital near Norton, Yorkshire. She met her future husband when he was a patient there.
Shortly after they married her brother, Jim, wrote from Australia saying what a great place it was and that he intended settling there. Da hated the cold of England and felt they would have a better chance in Australia. He left Nana and Mum with Nana's mother and family and joined up with Jim at Melbourne then they travelled north by train intending to go to Queensland. They left the train at Newcastle to have a look at their hometown's namesake and liked what they saw. B.H.P. was just starting so they both got jobs and stayed.She arrived in Sydney on 19/9/1924 with her daughter, Nancy. They first shared a house with a Mrs. Fisher at New Lambton where Norman was born. The two families are still friends. They then moved to Elizabeth Street, Tighes Hill where twins Joan and Beryl were born. They bought a block of land in Ferndale Street, Tighes Hill where Da and Uncle Jim were going to build a house. To be close to where they were building they rented a house around the corner in Mclsaac St. They lived in the house in Ferndale Street until the Depression when Da stood to lose the house. By then Uncle Jim had built himself an identical house at 401 Glebe Road, Merewether West and was recently widowered and also looking to lose his house. As Jim's payments were the lower they all moved to the one house, the arrangement working out so well that it lasted for the rest of their lives. Da used to travel with his work and Uncle was always there to take care of the family and house. She loved her house and cooking so looking after her brother as well was never a hardship.
While they lived in Ferndale Street they sponsored her half-sister Betty Fallon as a migrant. She lived with them for a time after her arrival in Sydney. They were very close all their lives.
On 24/3/1956 they sailed from Sydney on S.S.'HIMALAYA' for a long awaited trip to England visiting their relatives. They landed at Tilbury Docks on 24/4/1956, bought a car and drove to Newcastle-on-Tyne. Only a few days after arriving Da suffered a massive stroke, dying the following day. She returned home almost immediately following his cremation, leaving Tilbury Docks on 10/7/1956 on S. S. 'STRATHMORE' and arrived in Sydney on 15/8/1956.
She continued to live with her brother. For 2 years her youngest daughter, Joan, and her husband shared the house with them until they
left for a working holiday overseas. During the next few years she travelled to Canada (living within the Arctic Circle), New zealand and
several cities within Australia. When Jim died in 1972 her grandson, Garry, his wife and baby son moved in with her for a time.On 27/9/1964 she was injured in a bus accident near Scone, returning from a holiday to the Gold Coast with her granddaughter Christine. The followng day, Jenny's 1st birthday, she had a serious heart attack from which she made a remarkable recovery. In the late 1960s she developed cancer of the Uterus and because of her weak heart she could not have surgery so had Cobalt seeding instead. The treatment was a success. By the time Garry & Sue were ready to move to their own home she was in the early stage of Alzheimers Disease, probably brought about by the Cobalt seeding. She spent some time living with one or the other of her children but eventually she had go to a home.
She went to live at Wesley Lodge, Mayfield West. Members of the family visited her nearly every day. One day she tripped over the walking stick of another resident and broke her hip. She went to Royal Newcastle Hospital but because of her age and mental condition she never walked again. By this time she did not recognise some members of the family, myself included, which was very upsetting.
She died of Pnuemonia at the nursing home on 20/10/1890. A funeral service was held at St. Augustines Anglican Church, Merewether, followed by a private cremation. Norman held her ashes for a time, hoping to go to England and place her ashes with Da, but it never came to be. When St. Augustines Church opened a Rememberance Garden her ashes were interred there.
She was a small woman, big busted slim hipped and never ill in her younger days. Even when she had the heart attack she never seemed to have other health problems. Always generous with her family but had little or no interest outside her immediate family. Even the trip to England was not her wish. She rarely spoke of her life in England or her family there. She had 3 grandchildren over a 9 year period and then no more for 8 years. Suddenly she had 3 more grandchildren and 6 grandchildren in the next 12 years.
ADDRESSES:
From her address book, 1956. These are the addresses which do not fit into other members of the family.
Mrs. J. Lake, 26 Cabrehill Avenue, Walker.
Chrissie Hooper, 39 Langley Street, Walker.
Aunty Hannah (Smith), 14 Finsbury Avenue, Walker.
#Aunty Hannah and Chrissie Hooper were sisters and supposed to be Nana's cousins. They were supposed to have lived next door to each other at one time. She wrote to them both until her death. Have photo of Aunty Hannah as a youngish lady with 2 others. Mum thinks one is Hannah's sister Chrissie (Hooper). Don't know who the other is. Another sister perhaps?
#Also living in Finsbury Ave, No. 54, was Ethel Bell, Da's aunty."
197. Joseph BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: Joseph BURNETT, Dec 1873, Wetherby, 9a 107
1881 census: Living with parents at Wetherby. Age 7, born Sicklinghall. [see notes for father Samuel BURNETT]
1891 census: RG12/3884, folio 6, p6
Village Street, Hartington
Household headed by Thomas WAIN, blacksmith included: Joseph BURNETT, 17, apprentice blacksmith, born Wetherby.1901 census: RG13/4056, folio 63, p40
Sandringham Terrace, Wetherby
Joseph BURNETT, head, 27, blacksmith, Wetherby
Ann F. BURNETT, wife, 22, Town Moor [sic]
Frances BURNETT, dau, 1, Walton Yks
//
199. Asa BURNETT
[GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Asa, Sep 1860, Tadcaster, 9c 529]
1871 census: RG10/4288, folio 20
Living with parents at Ripley - see notes for father Robert BURNETT.1881 census: RG11/4334, folio 3
Living with parents at Rawdon - see notes for father Robert BURNETT1891 census: RG12/3525, folio 63, p12
Off Farwell Road, Rawdon
AsaBURNETT, head, mar, 29, cloth fuller, born Bilton
Elizado, wife, mar, 26, born Rawdon
Edith L.do, dau, 3, born Rawdon
Robert C.do, son, 1, born Rawdon1901 census: RG13/4232, folio 57, p1
1 Booth Pl., Leeds
Asa BURNETT, head, 39, coal dealer, Killinghall
Elisa BURNETT, wife, 36, Rawdon
Edith L. BURNETT, dau, 13, Rawdon
Robert O. BURNETT, son, 11, Rawdon
Almeda BURNETT, dau, 8, Rawdon
John BURNETT, son, 6, Rawdon
//
251. Edith Louisa BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Edith Louisa, Dec 1887, Wharfedale, 9a 129
1891 Census: RG12/3525, folio 63, p12
Daughter Edith L. living with parents Asa and Eliza BURNETT at Rawdon. Age 3, birthplace Rawdon.
252. Robert Oates BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Robert Oates, Jun 1890, Wharfedale, 9a 125
1891 census: RG12/3525, folio 63, p12
Son Robert O. living with parents Asa and Eliza BURNETT at Rawdon. Age 1, birthplace Rawdon.
253. Almeda BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Almeda, Dec 1892, Wharfedale, 9a 12(5)?
1901 census: age 8, birthplace Rawdon, living with parents and siblings in Leeds - see notes for father Asa BURNETT.
254. John BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, John, Mar 1895, Wharfedale, 9a 129
1901 census: RG13/4232, folio 57, p1
With parents and siblings in Leeds - see notes for father Asa BURNETT.John enlisted in the British Army on 1 May 1915, for "the duration of the war", and became gunner John Burnett, No.796443, of the 1st West Riding Brigade, Royal Field Artillary. He did not see active service for nearly two years. He was sent to France on 15 Jan 1917 and remained there until 5 May 1919, during which time he was awarded the Military Medal. He returned home and was discharged from the Army on 7 Jun 1919 at Charlton (London).
[Above information from British Army WWI Service Records held at the National Archive and made available online by "Ancestry"]The Military Medal was instituted by Royal Warrant on 5 Apr 1916 and was awarded for "Bravery in the Field"
255. Maggie BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Maggie, Mar 1897, Wharfedale, 9a 130
1901 census: age 4, birthplace Rawdon, living with parents and siblings in Leeds - see notes for father Asa BURNETT.
205. John William BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, John William, Dec 1865, York, 9d 16 -- probably refers to this individual.
1871 census: with his parents in York - see notes for father Robert BURNETT
1881 census: with his parents in York - see notes for father Robert BURNETT
GRO Index of Marriages: BURNETT, John William, Sep 1885, York, 9d 55 - probably the marriage of this individual.
1891 census: RG12/3893, folio 79, p3
2 Britton's Yd., Walmgate, City of York [St. Peter le Willows]
John BURNETT, head, 27, labourer, York
Emmadowife, 23, York
Georgedoson, 2m, York
//1901 census: RG13/4447, folio 61, p9 - 10
10 Willow Street, Walmgate, City of York
John BURNETT, head, 37, lamplighter, York
Emmadowife, 31, York
Georgedoson, 11, do
Marydodau, 8, do
Mariadodau, 4, do
Daviddoson, 2, do
Thomas DICKINSON, fr/lw, 54, wid, horse dealer, York
Marydo, dau, 22, sing, chocolate cocoa worker, York
//
The return enables us to deduce that John BURNETT's wife Emma was formerly Emma DICKINSON.
257. George BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, George, Jun 1890, York, 9d (8)8?
1891 census: RG12/3893, folio 79, p3
With parents in York [given age appears to be 2months but may be 12 months] - see notes for father John BURNETT
258. Mary BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Mary,Dec 1892, York, 9d 36
1901 census: RG13/4447, folio 61, p9 - 10
With parents & siblings in York - see notes for father John William BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Charlotte Maria, Dec 1896, York, 9d 57
[Birth registered with name Charlotte Maria but recorded as Maria only in census returns - see below]1901 census: RG13/4447, folio 61, p9 - 10
With parents & siblings in York - see notes for father John William BURNETT
260. David BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, David, Jun 1898, York, 9d 45
1901 census: RG13/4447, folio 61, p9 - 10
With parents & siblings in York - see notes for father John William BURNETT
206. Thomas Bickerdike BURNETT
Thomas was baptised at St. Mary's Roman Catholic church, Leeds in 1832 - his parents John & Alice BURNETT had a previous son named Thomas baptised at St. Patrick's RC, Leeds in 1827. Presumably the first Thomas died as a child.
1841 census: HO107/1349/7, folio 51, p26
Living with his aunt Jane GRAY and her husband in Leeds - see notes for father's sister Jane BURNETT.
//1851 census: HO107/2321, folio 102, p29
Working as a hairdresser and living with his aunt Jane GRAY and her husband in Leeds - see notes for father's sister Jane BURNETT.
//1861 census: RG9/3390, folio 116, p42
12 Kirkstall Rd, Leeds
Thomas B BURNETT, head, 28, hairdresser & ironmonger, Leeds
Elizabeth dowife, 30, Leeds
Walter doson, 5, scholar, Leeds
Hannah dodau, 1, Leeds
//1871 census: RG10/4563, folio 37, p9
2 Darlington St, Leeds
Thomas B. BURNETT, head, 38, ironmonger, Leeds
Elizabeth dowife, Leeds
Mary J. dodau, 17, assists mother, Leeds
Walter doson, 15, assists father in shop, Leeds
Alice dodau, 5, Leeds
Thomas doson, 4, Leeds
John William doson, 15m, Leeds
//1881 census: RG11/4534, Folio 12, p20
22 Abysinnia Street, Leeds
Thomas B. BURNETT, head, 48, ironmonger, Leeds
Elizabethdowife, 50, Leeds
Mary J. dodaur, 27, unm, Leeds
Walter doson, 25, unm, bicycle merchant, Leeds
Alice dodaur, 15, scholar, Leeds
Tom doson, 14, scholar, Leeds
John doson, 11, dodo
Elizabeth dodaur, 10, dodo
Arthur doson, 8, dodo
//1891 census: RG12/3512, folio 64, p28
Living with son Walter & his family at Bilton with Harrogate - see notes for son Walter BURNETT
261. Mary Jane BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Mary Jane, Dec 1853, Leeds, 9b 358
1861 census: RG9/3390, folio 116, p42
*Not* recorded with her parents & siblings in Leeds - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT1871 census: RG10/4563, folio 37, p9
With parents & siblings in Leeds - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT1881 census: RG11/4534, Folio 12, p20
Age 27yrs, unmarried, living with her parents in Leeds - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT.
262. Walter BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Walter, Jun 1855, Leeds, 9b 436
1861 census: RG9/3390, folio 116, p42
With parents & siblings in Leeds - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT1871 census: RG10/4563, folio 37, p9
With parents & siblings in Leeds - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT1881 census: RG11/4534, Folio 12, p20
Age 25, unmarried, bicycle manufacturer, living with his parents in Leeds - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT.1891 census: RG12/3512, folio 64, p28
"Rothsay", Grove Rd, Bilton with Harrogate
Walter BURNETT, head, 34, cycle agent, Leeds
Idadowife, 27, Bramley
Williedoson, 8, scholar, Burley
Percydoson, 7, scholar, Burley
Edgar M.doson, 4, Pool
Clifforddoson, 3, Ilkley
Amy G.dodau, 1, Ilkley
Thomas B. dofather, 58, mar, ironmonger, Leeds
Mary H. TOWNEND, serv, 17, general domestic servant, Kippax
Emily DALBY serv, 13, domestic servant (nurse), Harrogate
John E. CRAVENboard, 21, unm, shop assistant, Harrogate
//1901 census: RG13/4051, folio 100, p8
Kensington House, Pannal
Walter BURNETT, head, 44, cycle maker, Leeds
Ida BURNETT, wife, 36, Farsley
Edgar Norval BURNETT, son, 14, Pool in Wharfedale
Percy BURNETT, son, 17, articled clerk, Burley in Wharfedale
Clifford BURNETT, son, 12, Ilkley
Amy Gladys BURNETT, dau, 11, Ilkley
Vida Leonora Patricia BURNETT, dau, 2, Pannal
Eric Edmond BURNETT, son, 10m, Pannal
Margaret Teresa MULDOWNEY, serv, 24, sing, housemaid, Churwell Yks.
Emma PALLISTER, serv, 25, sing, cook, Darlington Durham.
//National Probate Index:
BURNETT, Walter of Kensington House, Pannal Ash, Harrogate died 18 Oct 1916. Admons Wakefield 30 Mar 1917 to Percy BURNETT, solicitor. Effects £3073.0s.4dHarrogate Herald - 30th May 1917
W H Breare letter.
"On Tuesday I had the pleasure of seeing the Quartermaster of the Beechwood Boys, who called in to see me. He said the boys would be very grateful for a gramophone so that they could have a little diversion when resting. ...................
... I have despatched the gramophone and records mentioned above to Lt Riley, the Quartermaster of the 2/5th West Yorks........... Also a wristlet watch to a bugler in the Navy. I have forwarded a cricket bat sent by Mr Moxon, Lancaster Road, and two balls from late Mr W Burnett, Pannal Ash to H Petty."
Newspaper extract from transcript by Tony Cheal on his "Harrogate People and Places" web site [www.harrogatepeopleandplaces.inf]
263. Alice BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Alice, Sep 1865, Leeds, 9b 542
1871 census: RG10/4563, folio 37, p9
With parents & siblings in Leeds - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT.1881 census: RG11/4534, Folio 12, p20
With parents & siblings in Leeds - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT.
264. Tom BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Thomas, Mar 1867, Leeds, 9b 491
1871 census: RG10/4563, folio 37, p9
With parents & siblings in Leeds - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT1881 census: RG11/4534, Folio 12, p20
Age 14yrs, living with parents in Leeds - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT.
265. John William BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, John William, Mar 1870, Leeds, 9b 473
1871 census: RG10/4563, folio 37, p9
With parents & siblings in Leeds - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT1881 census: RG11/4534, Folio 12, p20
With parents & siblings in Leeds - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT.1891 census: ?
1901 census: RG13/4249, folio 99. p17
24 Bexley Tce, Potter Newton, Leeds
John BURNETT, head, 30, cycle repairer, Leeds--** John's brother Walter was a cycle maker
Sarah A dowife, 30, Leeds
//N.B.
It is possible that John William BURNETT married twice and that both wifes were named Sarah A. The wife Sarah shown in the 1901 census extract has been assumed to have been Sarah A. MARSHAL who married John W. BURNETT at Holy Trinity Church, Armley Hall, in 1899. However there was another marriage between a John W. BURNETT and Sarah A. LAWRENCE at Hunslet Register Office in 1892 which may have been a first marriage for the same individual and there was a death of a Sarah Ann BURNETT registered at Bramley in 1895 which could have been this first wife. There was another John William BURNETT who was also born in 1870 in Leeds and who was recorded as a "married" member of the crew of the ship HMS "Monarch" in 1901 census returns - this John William could have been the husband of Sarah A. LAWRENCE.
266. Elizabeth BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Elizabeth, Mar 1871, Leeds, 9b 483
1881 census: RG11/4534, Folio 12, p20
Age 10yrs, living with parents in Leeds - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT.
267. Arthur BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Arthur, Mar 1873, Leeds, 9b 554
1881 census: RG11/4534, Folio 12, p20
With parents & siblings in Leeds - see notes for father Thomas BURNETT.
207. Frederick BURNETT
1841 census: HO107/1349/5, folio 52, p18
Living with his mother and step-father in Leeds - see notes for mother Alice HAIGHFrederick's mother Alice died in 1849. His step-father Fred SHEARD married again, twice, but continued to look after him.
1851 census: HO107/2321, folio 129, p24
102 West Street, Leeds (St. Philip)
Fred SHEARD, head, 35, hair dresser 7 general dealer, Mirfield
Selina do wife, 30, Holmfirth
Fred BURNETT, son in law, 15, clerk coml., Leeds
Frank LISTER, serv, 14, shop boy, Rawdon
Jonas HOOD, visitor, 47, Holmfirth
Lydia do do 43, do
//1861 census: RG9/3391, folio 106, p19
99 West Street, Leeds
Fred SHEARD, head, 45, ironmonger & general dealer, Mirfield
Harriet do wife, 41, Armley
/Frederick BURNETT, stepson, mar, 25, managing clerk, iron & wire business & IndMethodist preacher, Leeds
Hannah WALKER, serv, unm, 21, domestic servant, Leeds
//
Frederick BURNETT had married since the previous census and 1871 census returns (see below) indicate that he already had two children by the time of the 1861 census - both born in Scotland. 1861 census returns for Scotland confirm this and identify his wife as Martha :--1861 Scotland census: CSSCT1861_129
7 Drummond Street, Edinburgh (St. Cuthbert)
Martha BURNETT, wife, 41, Coldstream, Berwick
Frederica S do dau, 4, Canongate, Edinburgh
Frederick W do son, 1, do do
Margaret YOUNG, serv, 16, domestic servant, Anstruther, Fife
//No record of the marriage of a Frederick BURNETT to a Martha can be found in Scottish Statutory Register of Marriages but there was a marriage of Frederick BURNETT and Martha HART registered at Otley, Yorkshire, during the December quarter 1854. Also registered at Otley, during the same quarter, was the marriage of John LISTER and Margaret WALKER - both surnames previously found associated with Frederick BURNETT's step-father Fred SHEARD (see census returns above). This may of course be pure coincidence but 1851 census returns do include a Martha HART, age 28, unmarried, born Scotland, one of four servants living-in and working for stockbroker John Renton in Kensington, London. John RENTON, his five children and two of the other servants were also born in Scotland. It would appear that Mr. RENTON had moved his household, lock, stock and barrel, from Scotland to London - servants and all
By 1870 Frederick had 'qualified' as a physician & chemist and was running a homeopathic pharmacy business from his home in Leeds.
"Leeds Mercury" newspaper, 14 Jul 1870 - Advertisement.
HOMEOPATHY ! HOMEOPATHY !!
Leeds Homeopathic Pharmacy
19 Woodhouse Lane (next New Connexion Chapel), Leeds
Under the immedaite patronage of the Homeopathic Faculty.
FREDERICK BURNETT
Member of the Homeopathic Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
WHOLESALE and RETAIL HOMEOPATHIC CHEMIST
Medicines forwarded safely and cheaply by post or rail to any address.
Prescriptions accurately dispensed. Anthoxanthum for Hay Fever, 1s.It seems very likely that Frederick preached at the Methodist chapel next door
1871 census: RG10/4566, folio 123, p12
19 Woodhouse lane, Leeds (St. John)
Frederick BURNETT, head, mar, 35, physician & chemist, M.D. University of Frederica S. do dau, 14, scholar, Scotland Philadelphia US., Leeds
Frederick W. do son, 11, do do
Alice do dau, 8, do do
Isabella ROBINSON, serv, 28, unm, housekeeper, Edomsby?
//
Frederick had obviously spent some time in the United States of America. Though still describing himself as married, there was no wife at home with him and their now three children. Saddly wife Martha had been committed to a private mental hospital -1871 census: RG10/4283, folio 64, p32
Grove House Assylum, Acomb, York
Martha BURNETT, mar, 49, wife of a chemist, born Coldstream, Northumberland [sic] was one of the patients listed and described as a "lunatic". She did, however, recover and was at home with her husband at the time of both the 1881 census and the 1891 census."Leeds Mercury" newspaper, 25 Jun 1879:
A BULL IN A LEEDS CHEMIST'S SHOP - About six o'clock on Monday evening, the shop of Mr. F. Burnett, Woodhouse Lane, was invaded by a large bull, which had taken fright at something as it was being driven along Woodhouse Lane to a slaughter-house in Columba Street. The animal passed along the front of the counter, and turned round to go behind it. mr Burnett's son was standing behind the counter at the time, but seeing the animal approaching, he discreetly evacuated his position by jumping over the counter, and ran to fetch his father.... After nearly an hour's endevour ... during which a crowd of some hundreds of people assembled, the bull was backed out, after doing damage to the extent of £10.We've all heard the expression "a bull in a china shop" but a bull in a chemist's shop? - now that's different!
1881 census: RG11/4534, folio 108, p13
30 Mount Preston, Leeds
Frederick BURNETT, head, 45, chemist, Leeds
Martha do wife, 59, Scotland
Frederick W. do son, 21, chemist's assistant, Scotland
Alice do dau, 18, engaged at home, do
Katherine McDONAGH, serv, 19, gen. servant, Ireland
//
A pleasant surprise to find that Frederick's wife Martha had recovered enough to be living at home by the time of this census.1891 census: RG12/3703, folio 132, p25
30 Mount Preston, Leeds
Frederick BURNETT, head, 55, retired physician, Leeds
Martha do wife, 68, Scotland
Mary (blank) serv, S, 23, general serv., Doncaster
//Frederick died before the time of the 1901 census, his wife Martha was recorded as a widow in 1901 census returns (see below), but no death registration can be found for him.
1901 census: RG13/4240, folio 76, p19
1 Vernon Street, Leeds
Martha BURNETT, head, wid, 81, Scotland
Alice do sister [sic], unm, 37, housekeeper, Scotland
Ella A. COLLETT, serv, 19, general servant, Thorner.
//
Alice was obviously Martha BURNETT's *daughter* - not her sister.Neither the birth of any of the children, nor the marriage of a Frederick BURNETT and Martha, can be found in the indexes to Scottish Statutory Registers of Births & Marriages.
268. Frederica Stewart BURNETT
Frederica was born in Canongate, Edinburgh in c1856. Neither her birth registration nor her baptism have been found.
1861 Scotland census: CSSCT1861_129:
Living with her mother and younger brother in Edinburgh. Her father Frederick BURNETT was staying with his step-father in Leeds at the time of this census [see notes for father Frederick BURNETT]1871 census: RG10/4566, folio 123, p12
With her father and siblings in Leeds. Her mother was confined in a pyschiatric hospital at this time [see notes for father Frederick BURNETT].Frederica married Louis WHALLEY in 1878 at Leeds
[GRO Index of Marriages: BURNETT, Frederica Stewart, Sep 1878, Leeds, 9b 676]1881 census: RG11/4525, folio 14, p25
7 Lovell Place, Leeds
Louis WHALLEY, head, 24, commercial clerk, Leeds
Frederica S. do wife, 24, clerk's wife, Scotland
Ethel M. do dau, 8m, Leeds
Sarah HEWITT serv, 14, general serv., Gt. Preston
//
269. Frederick W. BURNETT
Frederick was born in Canongate, Edinburgh in c1860. Neither his birth registration nor his baptism have been found.
1861 Scotland census: CSSCT1861_129:
Living with his mother and elder sister in Edinburgh. Father Frederick BURNETT was staying with his step-father in Leeds at the time of this census [see notes for father Frederick BURNETT]
//1871 census: RG10/4566, folio 123, p12
With his father and siblings in Leeds. His mother was confined in a pyschiatric hospital at this time [see notes for father Frederick BURNETT].
//1881 census: RG11/4534, folio 108, p13
With his parents and younger sister in Leeds [see notes for father Frederick BURNETT]
//1891 census: RG12/3708, folio 4, p1
47 Woodhouse lane, Leeds
Frederick W. BURNETT, head, S, 32, registered medical practitioner [GP], Scotland
Alice do sister, S, 29, housekeeper, Scotland
Charlotte ROWLAND, serv, 16, domestic servant, Whittingham, Derbyshire
//1901 census: Not found.
270. Alice BURNETT
Alice was born in c1861, probably in Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland - the birthplace of both her older siblings. In successive census returns she gave her birthplace simply as Scotland.
1871 census: RG10/4566, folio 123, p12
With her parents in Leeds - see notes for father Frederick BURNETT
//1881 census: RG11/4534, folio 108, p13
With her parents in Leeds - see notes for father Frederick BURNETT
//1891 census: RG12/3708, folio 4, p1
Living with her brother in Leeds - see notes for brother Frederick W. BURNETT
//1901 census: RG13/4240, folio 76, p19
Living with her widowed mother in Leeds - see notes for father Frederick BURNETT
//
211. William BURNETT
GRO Index of Births: William BURNETT, Sep 1853, Stockton, 10a 31
1861 census:RG9/3687, folio 18, p44
Living with parents and siblings in Durham Street, Middlesbrough - see notes for father John Nicholson BURNETT1871 census: RG104890, folio 79, p46
Living with mother and step-father Isaac HODGSON in Middlesbrough - see notes for mother Hannah SMITH.1881 census: RG11/4846, folio 126, p38
35 Durham Street, Middlesbrough
William BURNETT, head, 27, butcher, born Middlesbrough
Catherine do, wife, 25, born Middlesbrough
Annie C. do, dau, 1, born Middlesbrough
Isaac E. HODGSON, brother, 11, scholar, born Middlesbrough**
Tom S. do, brother, 9, scholar, born Middlesbrough**
Edith C. BURN, sis in law, 19, dressmaker, born Middlesbrough
John Wm do, bro in law, 15, apprentice butcher, born Middlesbrough
[** Isaac and Tom HODGSON were William's step-brothers, not his brothers - see 1871 census return in notes for mother Hannah SMITH. William appears to have taken over the same butcher's shop which his step-father Isaac HODGSON had on Durham Street at the time of the 1871 census - which may in turn have been the shop his own father John Nicholson BURNETT had at the time of the 1861 census]1901 census: RG13/4570, folio 102, p71
48 Newcom [sic] Street, Coatham, Redcar
William BURNETT, head, 47, butcher, Middlesbrough
Catherine dowife, 45, Middlesbrough
Annie dodau, 21, unm, Middlesbrough
John M.doson, 18, butcher, Middlesbrough
Ethel dodau, 16, Middlesbrough
Ada dodau, 13, Middlesbrough
//
Catherine was the daughter of Adam Thompson BURN of Northumberland and his wife Anne CREASOR, who was born at Marske in Cleveland, Yorkshire.
Catherine was born in Middlesbrough, as was her husband William BURNETT whom she married in 1878. The first child of the marriage was born in Middlesbrough. It is something of a puzzle, therefore, that the marriage was registered at Bradford.
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Ann Creasor, Mar 1880, Middlesbrough, 9d 541
1881 census: age 1, born Middlesbrough, living with parents in Middlesbrough - see notes for father William BURNETT