Mary (Long) Burden (1835 - 1904)

Born 26 Jul 1835 in Devizes St Mary, Wiltshire, England

Wife of Thomas Burden — married 7 Aug 1855 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England

Wife of Richard Byers — married 13 Jul 1878 in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 2 May 1904 at age 68 in Woodend, Victoria, Australia

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Ian Mintern [send private message] and Carolyn Turner [send private message]

Biography

Mary Long was born on 24 Jul 1835 at St Mary’s Devizes, Wiltshire, England. She married Thomas Burden on 7 Aug 1855 at the Parish Church, St Mary the Virgin, Devizes, Wiltshire. They had nine children:

1. James Burden (1857-1933) 2. Ruth Burden (1858-1931) 3. Emily Burden (1860-1943) 4. George William Burden (1863-1948) 5. Charles Edwin Burden (1864-1926) 6. Anna Jane Burden (1866-1954) 7. Sarah Jane Burden (1869-1940) 8. Mary Anne (1871-1893) 9. Oliver Thomas (1872-1919)

Mary’s husband Thomas Burden died on 26 Sep 1873 at Woodend, Victoria, Australia. Mary’s tenth child Frank Henry Burden (1876-1928) could not have been Thomas’ child even though he is listed as such on Mary’s death certificate.

On 13 Jul 1878 Mary married Richard Byers at Woodend, Victoria. She had two children with him.

11. David Byers (1879-1955) 12. Bertha Margaret Byers (1880-1895)

Mary died on 2 May 1904 at Woodend, Victoria, Australia. Her cause of death was Cholelithiases (Gallstones). She was buried on 4 May 1904 at Woodend, Victoria, Australia. Woodend Cemetary, Allotment 30, Section B, C of E Section.

Sources

• Ancestry.com.au - England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Name: Mary Long. Gender: Female. Baptism Date: 24 Jul. 1835. Baptism Place: St. Mary, Devizes, Wiltshire, England. Father: Samuel Long. Mother: Sarah. FHL Film Number: 1279447. Source information: Title: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.

• Ancestry.com.au - Australia Death Index, 1787-1985. Name: Mary Byers. Death Age: 68. Birth Date: 1836. Death Date: Abt 1904. Death Place: Prahran, Victoria. Registration Date: 1904. Registration Place: Australia. Registration Number: 6266. http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausdeathindex&h=1444020&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

• Ancestry.com.au - Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923. Name: Mary Burden. Nationality: English and Welsh. Arrival Age: 23. Birth Date: 1834. Departure Place: Liverpool. Arrival Date: 10 Jun. 1857. Arrival Place: Melbourne, Australia. Ship: Castilian. http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=victoriapl&h=3761080&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

• Ancestry.com.au - Wiltshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1916. Name: Mary Long. Gender: Female. Marriage or Bann Date: 29 Jul. 1855. Marriage or Bann Place: Devizes, St Mary the Virgin, Wiltshire. Spouse: Thomas Burden. Citation information: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Wiltshire Parish Registers; Reference Number: 1656/21

• Ancestry.com.au - Wiltshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1916. Name: Mary Long. Gender: Female. Marriage Age: Full Age. Marriage or Bann Date: 7 Aug. 1855. Marriage or Bann Place: Devizes, St Mary the Virgin, Wiltshire. Father: Samuel Long. Spouse: Thomas Burden. Citation information: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Wiltshire Parish Registers; Reference Number: 1656/14.

• Ancestry.com.au - Australia Death Index, 1787-1985. Name: James Burden. Death Age: 77. Birth Date: 1856. Death Date: Abt 1933. Death Place: Euroa, Victoria. Registration Date: 1933. Registration Place: Australia. Father: Thos Burden. Mother: Mary Long. Registration Number: 14155. http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausdeathindex&h=1887299&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

• Ancestry.com.au - Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922. Name: Ruth Burden. Birth Date: Abt 1858. Birth Place: Woodend, Victoria. Registration Year: 1858. Registration Place: Victoria, Australia. Father: Thomas Burden. Mother: Mary Long. Registration Number: 18634. http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausbirthindex&h=336936&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

• Ancestry.com.au - Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922. Name: Emily Burden. Birth Date: Abt 1861. Birth Place: Dalhousie, Victoria. Registration Year: 1861. Registration Place: Victoria, Australia. Father: Thomas Burden. Mother: Mary Long. Registration Number: 5120r. http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausbirthindex&h=336496&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

• Ancestry.com.au - Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922. Name: George William Burden. Birth Date: Abt 1863. Birth Place: Wood, Victoria. Registration Year: 1863. Registration Place: Victoria, Australia. Father: Thomas Burden. Mother: Mary Long. Registration Number: 5392. http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausbirthindex&h=336501&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

• Ancestry.com.au - Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922. Name: Charles Edwin Burden. Birth Date: Abt 1864. Birth Place: Spring Creek, Victoria. Registration Year: 1864. Registration Place: Victoria, Australia. Father: Thomas Burden. Mother: Mary Long. Registration Number: 25724. http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausbirthindex&h=336492&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

• Ancestry.com.au - Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922. Name: Anna Jane Burden. Birth Date: Abt 1866. Birth Place: Woodend, Victoria. Registration Year: 1866. Registration Place: Victoria, Australia. Father: Thomas Burden. Mother: Mary Long. Registration Number: 18779. http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausbirthindex&h=336486&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

• Ancestry.com.au - Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922. Name: Sarah Burden. Birth Date: Abt 1869. Birth Place: Woodend, Victoria. Registration Year: 1869. Registration Place: Victoria, Australia. Father: Thomas Burden. Mother: Mary Long. Registration Number: 12554. http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausbirthindex&h=336938&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

• Ancestry.com.au - Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922. Name: Mary Ann Burden. Birth Date: Abt 1871. Birth Place: Wood, Victoria. Registration Year: 1871. Registration Place: Victoria, Australia. Father: Thomas Burden. Mother: Mary Long. Registration Number: 6356. http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausbirthindex&h=336505&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

• Ancestry.com.au - Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922. Name: Oliver Thomas Burden. Birth Date: Abt 1872. Birth Place: Wood, Victoria. Registration Year: 1872. Registration Place: Victoria, Australia. Father: Thomas Burden. Mother: Mary Long. Registration Number: 27248. http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausbirthindex&h=336508&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

• Ancestry.com.au - Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922. Name: Frank Henry Burden. Birth Date: Abt 1876. Birth Place: Wood, Victoria. Registration Year: 1876. Registration Place: Victoria, Australia. Father: U Burden. Mother: Mary Long. Registration Number: 20220r. http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ausbirthindex&h=336500&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

• Vic BDM Website #3090/1878 - Record information. Event: marriages. Registration number: 3090 / 1878. Family name: BURDEN. Given name(s): Mary. Personal detail. Spouse's family name: BYERS. Spouse's given name(s): Richard.

• Ancestry.com.au - Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922. Name: David Byers. Birth Date: Abt 1879. Birth Place: Wood, Victoria. Registration Year: 1879. Registration Place: Victoria, Australia. Father: Richard Byers. Mother: Mary Long. Registration Number: 6312. http://www.ancestry.com.au/

• Ancestry.com.au - Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922. Name: Bertha Margi Byers. Birth Date: Abt 1880. Birth Place: Boodend, Victoria. Registration Year: 1880. Registration Place: Victoria, Australia. Father: Richd Byers. Mother: Mary Long. Registration Number: 19700. http://www.ancestry.com.au/