Married Margaret Ann Gibbons in Durham in 1895.[3]
1901 census gives birthplace as Haswell Moor, Durham.[4]
1911 census states married 15 years with 8 of 11 children born to the couple then living and these 8 were shown in the family home[5]:
James Burns Head Married 1876 Haswell Durham Coal Miner Hewer
Margaret Ann Burns Wife Married1879 Houghton Le Spring
Ann Burns 1897 Durham Seaham Servant Domestic
Jennie Burns 1898 Durham Seaham School
Norah Burns 1901 Durham Seaham School
Lawrence Burns 1903 Durham Hebburn
Peter Burns 1904 Durham Hebburn
James Burns 1908 Durham Hebburn
John Burns 1909 Durham Hebburn
Martin Burns 1911 Durham Hebburn
Children of James and Margaret:
1. 1896 (Q3) Ann
2. 1897 on 20 July Jennie - not found in birth register in Durham but a Jennie Burns with no mother's name given had a birth registered in Bramley district of West Yorkshire in Q2 1897.
3. 1899 (Q1) Catherine died same year
4. 1900 (Q1) Mary
5. 1901 (Q2) Nora
6. 1902 (Q4) Laurence.[6]Baptised at St. Patrick, Sunderland in 1902.[7]
7. 1904 Peter.[8]Baptised at St. Patrick, Sunderland in 1904.[9]
↑ GRO Reference: 1902 D Quarter in SOUTH SHIELDS Volume 10A Page 914
↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J75N-D38 : 11 February 2018, Laurentius Burns, 14 Sep 1902); citing 186, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 2,046,592.
↑ GRO Reference: 1904 J Quarter in SOUTH SHIELDS Volume 10A Page 947
↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQHL-YMB : 11 February 2018, Petrus Burns, 26 Mar 1904); citing 231, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 2,046,592.
↑ GRO Reference: 1905 J Quarter in SOUTH SHIELDS Volume 10A Page 968
↑ GRO Reference: 1907 S Quarter in SOUTH SHIELDS Volume 10A Page 921
↑ GRO Reference: 1909 J Quarter in SOUTH SHIELDS Volume 10A Page 1011
↑ GRO Reference: 1911 M Quarter in SOUTH SHIELDS Volume 10A Page 935
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