This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: djwebb18 Surnames: Burn, March Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.burn/156/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My 3xGreat Grandfather is Joseph Burn a Lighterman. His son My 2xGreat Grandfather is William Burn who married Mary Jane March in 1875 in Stepney. William's residence at the time is 15 South Grove, Stepney. On the 1871 census William is the head of the family living with his two sisters Jane and Sarah. Does any of this ring any bells with anyone? I have traced 8 children of a Joseph Burn and Sarah, at Saint Matthew's Bethnal Green, on the IGI and this includes a William b1840. But on the 1875 marriage certificate he is said to be 32. Joseph and Sarah's daughter Jane appears to be on the 1871 census as Neice, living with William and Hannah Burn and their 3 kids. Further tracing on the IGI plus the 1851 census gives me William married to Louisa with 2 or 3 sons (2 at St Dunstan's Stepney and 1 at St Leonards Shoreditch) and then marrying Hannah and having 7 children (all St Dunstan's). I don't know if the William and his families, icluding Neice Jane, are the same family as Joseph and Sarah and their kids. I also don't know if my William is the same one as Joseph and Sarah's. I would appreciate any help or advice or information anyone can give me. In return I can give much more details of the families I've mentioned here and the descendants of my William Burn and Mary March. Many Thanks Dan Webb Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.