Matthew Joseph Burns (1866 - 1933)

Born 21 Jul 1866 in Falls Creek, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Alice (Farrell) Burns — married 21 May 1889 in Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Jul 1933 at age 66 in Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Matthew Burns has Irish ancestors.

Matthew was born on 21 Jul 1866 in Falls Creek, Jefferson County, to Patrick and Mary Whalen Burns. He grew up in the mining region of Barclay Mountain in Bradford County.

Throughout his life, he was employed as a miner, a railroad clerk, and as a city alderman. He moved to Bradford after he became employed by the Erie Rail Road. He worked in the front house, and later transferred to railroad switching. After a year on the job, he was injured in a railroad accident and had his right arm amputated.

In 1910, he became a trainmaster's clerk, a position which he held until 1929, when he retired from active railroad work due to ill health.

In the fall of the same year, he was elected an alderman of the Fifth ward. Due to the results of the election being contested, he did not take office until 1 Mar 1930, two months after he should have.

He was extremely active in fraternal organizations. He was a member of the A.O.H., Knights of Columbus, Modern Woodmen of America, Royal Neighbors of America, and a member of the Erie Railroad Veterans' Association, due to his 25 years of service.

On 21 May 1889 in Towanda, he married Anna Alice Farrell, the daughter of Peter and Mary Ann North Farrell, of Albany Township. They had seven children, including a stillborn daughter, who died in 1907.

He died in Bradford, McKean County, of chronic myocarditis and hypotension on 10 Jul 1933 after being confined to his bed for four weeks. He was buried in St. Bernard's Cemetery in Bradford.

Sources

See also:

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZLG-PRT : 12 April 2016), Mathew Burns in household of Patrick Burns, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 1, family 4, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,810.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWX7-M26 : 16 July 2017), Mathew Barns in household of Patrick Barns, Carbon Run, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 5, sheet 95A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1104; FHL microfilm 1,255,104.
• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFWV-QXB : 25 September 2017), Matthew Burns and Annie Farrell, 1889.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3QD-228 : accessed 2 September 2018), Matthew J Burns, Bradford city Ward 5, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 98, sheet 8A, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,439.
• Birth Certificate for Baby Girl Burns, 26 Aug 1907, Certificate No. 92553, Pennsylvania (State). Birth certificates, 1906–1910. Series 11.89 (50 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
• Death Certificate for Baby Girl Burns, 26 Aug 1907, Certificate No. 74875, Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1966. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1P-KTL6 : 15 December 2015), Infant Daughter Burns, 1907; Burial, Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Saint Bernard Cemetery; citing record ID 145427514, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGDV-L1B : accessed 2 September 2018), Mathew J Burns, Bradford Ward 5, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 114, sheet 22A, family 503, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1373; FHL microfilm 1,375,386.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFYN-7L4 : accessed 2 September 2018), Mathew J Bunes, Bradford Ward 5, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 122, sheet 14A, line 44, family 337, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1600; FHL microfilm 1,821,600.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHC5-TRM : accessed 2 September 2018), Mathew Burns, Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 25A, line 17, family 647, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2079; FHL microfilm 2,341,813.
• Death Certificate for Matthew J Burns, 10 Jul 1933, Certificate No. 64977, Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1966. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1P-KYQY : 15 December 2015), Matthew Joseph Burns, 1933; Burial, Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Saint Bernard Cemetery; citing record ID 145426002, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.