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George & Barbara BURNS

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Bap V1844685 28/1844 BURNS ELEANOR - GEORGE - BARBARA

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Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St. Lawrence Sydney in the County of Cumberland in 1844
No. 78 When Baptised: Mar 31 When Born: 3 Mar 1844 Eleanor - George & Barbara Burns Abode: Strawbery Hill Quality or Profession: Joiner By whom the Ceremony was performed: C. C. Kemp

Burial V1849184 33B/1849 BURNS BARBARA AGE 33

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Burials in the Parish of St. Lawrence Sydney in the County of Cumberland in the Year 1849
No. 1019 Barbara Burns Abode: Strawberry Hill When Died: 7 April When Buried: 9 April Age: 33 Yrs Ship's Name: - Quality or Profession: Husband a Joiner By whom the Ceremony was performed: C F D Priddle

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Burial V18541411 41A/1854 BURNS GEORGE AGE 38

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Burials in the Parish of Wellington in the County of Wellington in the Year 1854
No. - George Burns Abode: Wellington When Died: January 8th 1854 When Buried: January 9th 1854 Age: 38 Ship's Name: - Quality or Profession: Constable By whom the Ceremony was performed: William Watson Off Min

New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1821-1937
George Burns
Death Year: Abt 1854
Inquest Date: 9 Jan 1854
Inquest Place: Wellington
[Accidentally killed, looks like Intemp']

Is that the correct death for George? Occupation and location don't fit.

Strawberry Hill is a very small area just south of central Sydney.

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some off a tree..
Name George Burne
Age 25
Occupation house carpenter
Year 1838
Ship COROMANDEL
Native Place Goree, Wexford
Relatives and family
Father BURNE, Simon, soldier 3rd Regt Footguards
Mother BOWLER, Ellen

NSW Bounty Immigrants has George Burne age 25 Wrexford, carpenter protestant to Mr ? Marshall with Bab age 22 Wrexford, protestant and George age 2 arriving 2 Oct 1838 on “Coromandel” – NSW Assisted Immigrant Passenger list. – son George b 27 April Kelso Scotland

They then had
John Moffitt Burns 15 Aug 1839 NSW, - died 1863 NSW

Christina Barbara Burns 1841 NSW, married 1868 John Stothard Muir – died 1926 Manly - her Orbit, SMH 21 July 1926 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/...=New+South+Wales|||l-decade=192|||l-year=1926

Eleanor in 1844 NSW, married 1864 Henry Dabourn, died 1907 Marrickville – SMH Wed 17 April 1907 - DABOURN.—The Funeral of the late Mrs. ELEANOR DABOURN will leave her late residence, Myra-road, Dulwich Hill, THIS (Wednesday) AFTERNOON, at 1.40, for Summer Hill station, thence to Methodist Cemetery, Necropolis. - DABOURN -At her late residence Myra road Dulwich Hill, Eleanor, relict of the late H Dabourn, of Canobolas Public School, Orange, aged 63.

William Moffit Burns 3 Oct 1846 NSW, - died 3 Nov 1925 NSW off Dec Estate (estate agent)

Rupert Benjamin Burns 25 March 1849 NSW – married Rosetta Neave 1876 Vic – died Oct 1886 Lemon Springs Goroke Vic
 

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If not a death, you probably wont get much closer to Strawberry Hill than this..

AMI:
George Burns
Spouse Name: Isabella Noble
Marriage Date: 1850
Registration Place: Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1850
Volume Number: V

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Thanks Geoff.

Didn't have that possible second marriage.

College st is in the centre of the city.


24/1850 V185024 79 BURNS GEORGE - NOBLE ISABELLA - QC= Presbyterian Sydney, Scots Church (Pitt Street)

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Death BURNS ISABELLA 833/1873 AGE 58 YEARS DIED SURRY HILLS SYDNEY

BURNS Isabella Funeral notice 17JUN1873 Funeral late of Surry Hills Sydney Morning Herald 17JUN1873

BURNS Isabella Death notice 15JUN1873 Death 58 late of Surry Hills The Empire 17JUN1873

George had died.

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BURNS GEORGE 373/1872 AGE 59 YEARS DIED SYDNEY SYDNEY

BURNS George Funeral notice 10MAR1872 Funeral late of Surry Hills Sydney Morning Herald 09MAR1872

THE FRIENDS of Mr. HENRY DAVOURN are
invited to attend the Funeral of his late beloved
FATHER-IN-LAW, the late Mr. George Burns ; to
move from his late residence, Crown and Cooper streets,

Ok, that's solved.

I'm going to watch the Big Bash cricket.

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The first three baptisms were at CofE Christ Church St Laurence as was Barbara's burial.

Bap V1846603 55/1846 BURNS WILLIAM GEORGE BARBARA
Bap V18491510 55/1849 BURNS BENJAMIN GEORGE BARBARA

Those two were Wesleyan in the Sydney South Circuit which included Surry Hills.
 

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