Born in Canso, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Burns
and Maria Angeline (Greencorn) Lewis
Sister of
Amelia Sophia (Burns) Jones, David William Burns, Hazel Onetta (Burns) Scott, Lavinia Annie (Burns) McPhail, James Henry Lewis [half] and William Olman Lewis [half]
Wife of
Thomas Lester Andrew Williams
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 90
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 22 May 2016
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Biography
Reta was born in 1900. She was the daughter of James Burns and Maria Greencorn. She passed away in 1991.
Sources
- 1921 Census of Canada RG 31; Folder Number: 38; Census Place: Kingsclear (Parish), York-Sunbury, New Brunswick; Page Number: 7 Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2013. Series RG31. Statistics Canada Fonds. Free Ancestry Image
- "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-RP98 : 13 March 2018), Thomas Williams and Rita Burns, 19 May 1920; citing Smithfield, York, New Brunswick, Canada, p. , Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 2,320,186.
- "New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XGZG-ZQW : 11 March 2018), Thomas Williams in entry for Mary Williams, 20 May 1925; citing Kingsclear, York, New Brunswick, certificate 051203, Provincial Archives, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 2,134,661.
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