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William Burns (1911 - 1942)

William Burns
Born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1936 in Barnsley Registration District, Englandmap
Father of [private daughter (1940s - unknown)]
Died at about age 31 in Barnsley Main Colliery, Barnsley, Yorkshiremap
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Biography

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William Burns was born in England.
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William Burns died in a coal mine explosion at Barnsley Main Colliery on 17 February 1942

William was born in 1911. His parents were Aaron Burns and Mary Emma Jacques.[1]

William married Emma Goulding in 1936 at Barnsley, Yorkshire[2]

William was killed in an exposion at Barnsley Main Colliery on 17 February 1942.[3]

Census

1911 - 2 Crt 8 Wood Street Barnsley[4]
Burns Aaron 20 1891 Male Head Married 0 Pony Driver Coal Mine Barnsley, Yorkshire
Burns Mary Emma 17 1894 Female Wife Married 0 Barnsley, Yorkshire
Burns William 2 1909 Male Son Single 0 Barnsley, Yorkshire
1921 - 2, Ct 4, Wood Street, Barnsley, Yorkshire [5]
Aaron Burns Head Male 1890 31 Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Tailor Apprentice F Harrison Tailor 6 Queen Street
Mary Emma Burns Wife Female 1893 27 Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
William Burns Son Male 1911 10 Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
Thomas Burns Son Male 1914 7 Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
Clara Burns Daughter Female 1918 2 Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
1939 register - 47 Brinckman Street, Barnsley Yorkshire[6]
Florence Goulding 27 Oct 1879 Female Unpaid Domestic Duti Widowed 143 1
William Burns 31 Jan 1911 Male Colly Coal Hewer (Bel Married 143 2
Emma Count (Burns) 17 Feb 1910 Female Unpaid Domestic Duti Married 143 3

Sources

  1. General Register office online index BURNS, WILLIAM - JACQUES GRO Reference: 1911 M Quarter in BARNSLEY Volume 09C Page 280
  2. "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV8D-94TH : 8 October 2014), William Burns and null, 1936; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1936, quarter 2, vol. 9C, p. 572, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
  3. General Register office online index BURNS, WILLIAM 31 GRO Reference: 1942 J Quarter in BARNSLEY Volume 09C Page 292
  4. UK census 1911 - 2 Crt 8 Wood Street, Barnsley
  5. 1921 Census Of England & Wales. 2, Ct 4, Wood Street, Barnsley, Yorkshire (West Riding), England. ([www.findmypast.co.uk] accessed 7 July 2023)
  6. 1939 register - 47 Brinckman Street , Barnsley C.B., Yorkshire (West Riding), England




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