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- census states born Outside Census County (1841) Address 22 Saint John Street
Listed in Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild Brethren as:
Burns, Wm, wright, B. 25 Nov 1830
wright is another name for carpenter and he was listed in the census as being a joiner.
1851 Census
Residence: Milne's Close
William Burns, joiner journeyman, aged 55 born Alva, Stirlingshire ( Alva is actually in neighbouring Clackmannanshire)
Margaret Burns, aged 53, wife, born Liberton, Midlothian
William Burns, son aged 22, unmarried, Free Church Divinity Student, born Edinburgh
Christina Burns, daughter, unmarried, aged 18, milliner, born Edinburgh
Robert Burns, son, unmarried, aged 17, Free Church Literary Student, born Edinburgh
Margaret Burns, daughter, unmarried, aged 11, scholar, born Edinburgh
William Burn was the son of James Burn above. His first marriage was to Janet Huton and they had 6 children. We stem from his second marriage to Margaret Morrison. William was also a weaver and his death certificate states that he died of a 'bloody flux'. I am yet to trace the family ofMargaret Morison , but there appears to be many Morison's in Alva at the time. Margaret's father may have been George Morison (senior) as he was a witness at William's death.
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