On her record of marriage, her maiden name is Clary and she is from County Kerry. We believe she had nine children, and she died the same year she gave birth to her last, Ellen. Ellen does not show up with the family on the 1880 census, so she may have also died.
My father made some notes about the family before he died, and he wrote that her name was Ella Johanna Burns. I have not seen "Ella" listed on any documents related to her.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7C-W7K : accessed 7 March 2016), Thomas Burns, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 127, family 918, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,601.
Source Citation
National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 04277 / 02
Source Information Ancestry.com. Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data:
Catholic Parish Registers, National Library of Ireland, Ireland. Published under the National Library of Ireland's Terms of Use of Material made available on registers.nli.ie.
"Detail Source Name: Johana Clary Baptism Age: 0 Event Type: Baptism Birth Date: 1837 Baptism Date: 19 Apr 1837 Baptism Place: Kerry, Dingle, Ireland Diocese: Kerry Father: Thomas Clary Mother: Mary Mouran"
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