Person Page - 3099

     Francis Burnet Sr. was born on 3 March 1771 at Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; Date 1769 per CemSearch - age 82 at death May 2 1851. Date Mar 3 1771 & location Earlston, Berwiskshire, England per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2 He married Margaret Dodds on 11 January 1794 at Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹ Francis Burnet Sr. appeared on the census of 1832 at Hamilton Twp., Nothumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1832 Census: Francis Burnet; 3 males over 16; 1 female over 16 (Hamilton Twp. Census.)³ He lived in 1832 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Arrival 1832 in Cobourg per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹ He lived in 1840 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; "Frank Burnet and his sons were carpenters and builders. They purchased the John Connell farm, comprising the land south of King and west of Ontario Street. Before they took it over in 1840 at a price of £700 it was a neglected farm with two small shanties fronting Ontario Street and a dilapidated barn on King, where F. W. Field's residence was later built. The Burnets had the district surveyed, and proceeded to sell many lots to their own employees and many others. On Ontario Street they built four brick cottages, two of them for Frank and David Burnet, a third for William Burnet (later purchased by Peter McCallum), and the fourth at the corner of King for Postmaster Thomas Scott later became Alfred Munson's. In the same district but across the street was the Arthur McBain house, later owned by George E. Castle, and subsequently Cedarmere Hotel; while James Grieve, long a prominent contractor, built the residence south of the Woollen Mills long called "The Hill" for Winkworth Tremaine, merchant, a home that was later the Weller and Sartoris residence and is now a Roman Catholic orphanage." page 17 of Cobourg 1798-1948.⁴ He lived in 1851 at Conc 1 Lot 18, Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; 1851 Agr. Census: Francis Burnet; Conc 1, pt. Lot 18; 35 acres total, 35 under cult, 15 in crop 20 pasture (1851 CEnsus: Hamilton Twp., Agricultural section, pg. 3 of 7, line 1 - ancestry.ca.)⁵ He died on 2 May 1851 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West, at age 80; Date May 2 1851 per CemSearch.^1,2 He was buried on 4 May 1851 at St. Andrew's Presyterian Cemetery, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; CemSearch: Name: Francis Burnet, Sr; Born: - ; Died: May 2 1851; Age: 82; ID: CBSACM10; Other names: Burnet, Margaret ( -1855); Cemetery: Cobourt St. Andrew's Presb. Cemetery (not in use), William St., Cobourg; Note: Husband of Margaret (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=CBSACM10%5E0.)²

     Margaret Dodds was born in 1774 at Scotland; Date 1770 per CemSearch - age 85 at death Dec 24 1855. Date 1774 & location Scotland per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2 She married Francis Burnet Sr., son of John Burnet and Margaret ?, on 11 January 1794 at Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹ As of 11 January 1794,her married name was Burnet.¹ Margaret Dodds died on 24 December 1855 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date Dec 24 1855 per CemSearch.² She was buried on 26 December 1855 at St. Andrew's Presb. Cemetery, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; CemSearch: Name: Margaret Burnet; Born: - ; Died: Dec 24 1855; Age: 85; ID: CBSACM10; Other names: Burnet, Francis, Sr. ( -1851); Cemetery: Cobourt St. Andrew's Presb. Cemetery (not in use), William St., Cobourg; Note: Wife of Francis Burnet (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=CBSACM10%5E1.)²

     John Burnet was born on 10 February 1797 at Earlston, Berrwickshire, Scotland; Date 1798 per CemSearch - age 37 at death Apr 30 1835. Date Feb 10 1797 & location Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2 He married Eve Lumdsen circa 1827; per Memorial & CemSearch.^2,3 John Burnet appeared on the census of 1832 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1832 Census: John Burnet; Conc A, Lot 19, 1 1/2 acre cult; 1 male over 16; 1 female over 16 (Hamilto Twp., Census.)⁴ He lived in 1832 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Arrival 1832 in Cobourg per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹ He died on 30 April 1835 at Upper Canada at age 38; Date Apr 30 1835 per CemSearch. Note: The memorial says April 31 1835, which is not a legitimate date these days.^2,3 He was buried on 2 May 1835 at The Old Kirk, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Memorial: (See Exhibit) Sacred; To the Memory of; John Burnet; Who Died; April 31 1835; Aged 37 Years; Also; Eve Lumsden; Wife of; John Burnet; Who Died; Jan 6 1835; Aged 27 Years (The Old Kirk Memorial, William St., Aug 18 2016, by Dan)
Note: This memorial would have been near the Old Kirk, on the east side of William St., south of College. That church had just been built a year before. The stone is now one of the few salvaged after years of neglect of the site, and put into a smal ldisplay behind the modern church that is there now. Lucky to have this one.
CemSearch: Name: John Burnet; Born: - ; Died: Apr 30 1835; Age: 37; ID: CBSACM7; Other names: Burnet, Eve [Lumsden]( -1835); Cemetery: St. Andrew's Presb. Cemetery, William St., Cobourg; Note: Husband of Eve Lumsden (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pID=CBSACM7%5E0.)^2,3

     Margaret Burnet was born on 17 July 1799 at Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹

     James A. Burnet was born in 1801 at Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹

     Alexander Burnet was born on 1 March 1803 at Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹ He died on 1 April 1885 at Whitton, New South Wales, Australia, at age 82; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹

     William Burnet was born in 1815 at Scotland; Date 1815 & location Scot. per 1861 Census. Date 1815 & location Scot. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2 He married Mary Christie before 1840 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹ William Burnet appeared on the census of April 1861 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 46 at 1861 Census: Burnet, William, 46, b. Scotland, F. C. Pres., Building, married; Mary, 40, b. Scotland, F. C. Pres., married; Mary, 20, b. UC; Margaret, 18, b. UC; Francis (m), 16; Jane, 14; Jessie(f), 12; William, 10; David J., 8; Elizabeth A., 5; Hugh, 2; Anderson, Jessie(f), 22, b. Scotland, F. C. Pres., single (1861 Census: Town of Cobourg, Northumberland Co., pg. 408 of 899, line 12 - ancestry.com.)² He died on 15 April 1872 at Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹

     Mary Christie was born in 1821 at Scotland; Date 1821 & location Scotland per 1861 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2 As of before 1840,her married name was Burnet.¹ She married William Burnet, son of Francis Burnet Sr. and Margaret Dodds, before 1840 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹ Mary Christie appeared on the census of April 1861 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 40 at 1861 Census: see William Burnet.²

     Mary Burnet was born in 1841 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1841 & location UC per 1861 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2 She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 20 at 1861 Census: see William Burnet.²

     Margaret Burnet was born in 1843 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1843 & location UC per 1861 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2 She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 18 at 1861 Census: see William Burnet.²

     Francis Burnet was born in 1845 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1845 & location UC per 1861 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2 He appeared on the census of April 1861 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 16 at 1861 Census: see William Burnet.²

     Jane Burnet was born in 1847 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1847 & location UC per 1861 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2 She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 14 at 1861 Census: see William Burnet.²

     Jessie Burnet was born in 1849 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1849 & location UC per 1861 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2 She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 12 at 1861 Census: see William Burnet.²

     William Burnet was born in 1851 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1856 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1851 & location UC per 1861 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2,3 He “William Burnet told the author seventeen years ago that he was on the last train to use the bridge, and that it swayed so much that the passengers feared they would never reach Harwood.” From Cobourg 1798 - 1948, Edwin C. Guillet, pg. 83 in 1860 at Cobourg & Peterborough Railway, Harwood, Northumberland Co., Canada West.⁴ He appeared on the census of April 1861 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 10 at 1861 Census: see William Burnet.² He married Margaret Mckewn Roddick on 25 June 1884 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#..; Groom: William Burnet; Age: ..; Bride: Margaret Mckeown Roddick... (Marriage Registration, # ... , ancestry.com (Minimal record??) per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,5 William Burnet appeared on the census of April 1891 at Cobourg, Northumberland West Co., Ontario; Age 35 at 1891 Census: Burnet, William, 35, b. Ont., p.b. Scotland, Pres., retail grocer, married; Margaret, 31, b. Ont., p.b. Scotland, Pres., married; William ?Ernest R.?, 5; Frederick C., 4; John D., 2; Frank L., 7/12; Rogers, Alice, 17, b. Ont., p.b. England, domestic, single (1891 Census: Cobourg, Northumberland West Co., dist. 99, sub-dist. B-4, pg. 14, line 11 - ancestry.com.)³

     Margaret Mckewn Roddick was born in 1860 at Ontario; Date 1860 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2 She married William Burnet, son of William Burnet and Mary Christie, on 25 June 1884 at Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#..; Groom: William Burnet; Age: ..; Bride: Margaret Mckeown Roddick... (Marriage Registration, # ... , ancestry.com (Minimal record??) per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,3 As of 25 June 1885,her married name was Burnet.¹ Margaret Mckewn Roddick appeared on the census of April 1891 at Cobourg, Northumberland West Co., Ontario; Age 31 at 1891 Census: see William Burnet.²

     David J. Burnet was born in 1853 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1853 & location UC per 1861 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2 He appeared on the census of April 1861 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 8 at 1861 Census: See William Burnet.²

     Elizabeth A. Burnet was born in 1856 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1856 & location Ont. per 1861 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2 She appeared on the census of April 1861 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 5 at 1861 Census: see William Burnet.²

     Hugh Burnet was born in 1859 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1859 & location UC per 1861 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2 He appeared on the census of April 1861 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 2 at 1861 Census: see William Burnet.²

     David Burnet was born in 1819 at Scotland; Date 1819 & location Scotland per 1861 Census. Date 1819 & location Scotland per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2 He married Elizabeth Richard circa 1842 at Ontario; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹ David Burnet appeared on the census of April 1861 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 42 at 1861 Census: Burnett, David, 42, b. Scotland, FC. Pres., Builder, married; Elizabeth, 41, b. Scotland, FC Pres, married; Richard, Margaret, 26, b. Scotland, FC Pres., single; Mary, 24, b. Scotland, FC Pres., single; Burnet, David, 16, b. UC, FC Pres; Thomas, 14; Duffey, Bernard, 16, b. Ireland, RC, servant, single (1861 Census: Town of Cobourg, Northumberland Co., pg. 413 of 899, line 13 - ancestry.ca)
Note: Mary A. Burnet, age 35, widow is above.² He died before 1891 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹

     Elizabeth Richard was born in 1820 at Scotland; Date 1820 & location Scotland per 1861 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.^1,2 As of circa 1842,her married name was Burnet.¹ She married David Burnet, son of Francis Burnet Sr. and Margaret Dodds, circa 1842 at Ontario; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹ Elizabeth Richard appeared on the census of April 1861 at Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 41 at 1861 Census: see David Burnet.² She died on 3 December 1892 at Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹

     John Burnet was born in May 1737 at Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹ He married Margaret ? circa 1765 at Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹

     Margaret ? was born circa 1745 at Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹ She married John Burnet circa 1765 at Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹ As of circa 1765,her married name was Burnet.¹

     Agnes Burnet was born on 5 October 1766 at Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹

     James Burnet was born in December 1766 at Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹

     Grissel Burnet was born in 1768 at Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹

     Isabell Burnet was born on 28 February 1773 at Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹

     Margaret Burnet was born on 17 August 1775 at Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹

     Alexander Burnet died at Canada; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹ He was born on 26 December 1777 at Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.¹

     Andrew MacKechnie was born in 1779 at Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland; Date 1779 & location Falkirk, Scotland per Mackechnie (DMPG91) on ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016. There are references in various documents related to the Woolen Mills in Cobourg that they were begun by the three McKechnie brothers. Stuart E. McKechnie is the most often mentioned and we know William Weller' ssecond wife, Margaret McKechnie was the daughter of a Duncan. Who was the other brother?? https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3GJDT_ontario-woollen-mills?guid=12faa3b6-a370-4c50-ae4d-1324b7717d3e.¹ He married Marjory C. Wallace, daughter of Charles Wallace and Stewart Wallace, on 4 April 1816; Date Apr 4 1816 per Mackechnie (DMPG91) on ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016. There are references in various documents related to the Woolen Mills in Cobourg that they were begun by the three McKechnie brothers. Stuart E. McKechnie is the most often mentioned and we know William Weller' ssecond wife, Margaret McKechnie was the daughter of a Duncan. Who was the other brother?? https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3GJDT_ontario-woollen-mills?guid=12faa3b6-a370-4c50-ae4d-1324b7717d3e.¹ Andrew MacKechnie married Lindesay Glass on 3 December 1844 at St. Andrews and St. Leonards, Fife, Scotland; per family tree of Eoin Dà'idh Teàrlach MacKechnie on anccestry.ca, April 12 2018.¹ Andrew MacKechnie "He retained the water rights, however, and constructed near by a large factory for the manufacture of woollens, known as Ontario Mills. In 1848 he secured a mortgage on the property for £7,960 from one Andrew
Mackechnie. Three years later the factory was reportedly the largest in the province, turning out 800 yards of cloth a day and employing up to 175 people, many of them women. For Cobourg the works was the largest single source of tax revenue and the cornerstone of its economy." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html)
Note: The Andrew Mackechnie he got the mortgage from would he his father. in 1848 at Mackechnie Woollen Mills, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West.² He died on 22 December 1854 at St. Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland; Date Dec 22 1854 & location St. Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland per Mackechnie (DMPG91) on ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016.¹

     Marjory C. Wallace was born in 1792 at Arbroath, Angus, Scotland; "Marjory C. Wallace and Agnes Wallace are sisters, dau. of Charles Wallace per family tree of David Charles Mackechnie on ancestry.ca, April 12 2018.
There are references in various documents related to the Woolen Mills in Cobourg that they were begun by the three McKechnie brothers. Stuart E. McKechnie is the most often mentioned and we know William Weller' ssecond wife, Margaret McKechnie was the daughter of a Duncan. Who was the other brother??" https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3GJDT_ontario-woollen-mills?guid=12faa3b6-a370-4c50-ae4d-1324b7717d3e
Date 1792 & location Arbroath, Angus, Scotland per family tree of Eoin Dà'idh Teàrlach MacKechnie on anccestry.ca, April 12 2018.¹ She married Andrew MacKechnie on 4 April 1816; Date Apr 4 1816 per Mackechnie (DMPG91) on ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016. There are references in various documents related to the Woolen Mills in Cobourg that they were begun by the three McKechnie brothers. Stuart E. McKechnie is the most often mentioned and we know William Weller' ssecond wife, Margaret McKechnie was the daughter of a Duncan. Who was the other brother?? https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3GJDT_ontario-woollen-mills?guid=12faa3b6-a370-4c50-ae4d-1324b7717d3e.¹ As of 4 April 1816,her married name was MacKechnie.¹ Marjory C. Wallace died on 25 June 1836 at Elham, Hythe, Kent, England; per family tree of Eoin Dà'idh Teàrlach MacKechnie on anccestry.ca, April 12 2018.¹