The inscription at the Crowe Cemetery reads: "Francis CROWE / Died May 23, 1903 / Aged 70 / And his Son / Burton / Lost At Sea 1879 / Aged 20"
yet Burton seems to appear on the 1881 Census:
Bertin Crow, Male, 24y, 1857, Nova Scotia, Sailor, Scottish, Baptist
Sources
"Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DM-V66), Burton Crow in household of Harvy Crow, Five Islands, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 92, line 2; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10557, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,229,145.
"Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXM-DNT), Bertin Crow in household of Frances Crow, Economy, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 36; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13174, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,810.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Burton by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Burton: