William Burns and his family immigrated from Canada into New York State (St. Lawrence County) in approximately 1839. Initially, they arrived in Canada from Ireland in about 1831. I would be very interested in any information on resources available for researching a family like this. Thanking everyone in advance for help with this situation. Dawna Clark

These Burns' are in the St. Patrick Records in St. Lawrence County. Burns, Elizabeth m1 Feb. 9, 1846 Hogansburg John Quinn he was from St. Anicet PQ, she was from Hogansburg Burns, Hannora b2 May 7, 1836 Malone James Burns Sally Cook born Apr. 15, 1836 and lived in Malone. Her parents were still there in 1860 Burns, James b1 June 13, 1852 Massena Michael Burns Mary Callahan(?) born May 1, 1852. Mother's last name could be Culleton or several others Burns, Joanna b1 Feb. 10, 1849 Hogansburg Nicholas Lister both were from Brasher. He was 28 and she was 25 yrs old Burns, Levi b1 Jul. 22, 1852 Massena Thomas Burns Christiana Bonheur(?) born Sep. 22, 1851 Burns, Mary m1 Feb. 25, 1854 Hogansburg Jeremiah Desmond . Burns, Nancy m2 Aug. 5, 1826 Bombay Thomas Egan he was the son of John Egan and Bridget Chenigan(?), she was the daughter of John Burns and Julia Durn. Both were from Bombay Burns, Patrick m1 Jan. 29, 1853 Hogansburg Anne Lynch . Mary Frego Coates [email protected]

Dawna, Do you have the names of the wife and children? There are more William Burnes (Byrnes) on the Ontario side of the St. Lawrence, too. Mary Frego Coates [email protected]

Hi Mary, Thanks for your response to my query! William's (who was born c.a. 1798 in Ireland) spouse's name was Nancy (aka Anne) O'Rourke. Her given names seemed to be used interchangeably......which helps a great deal with the confusion! William is buried in Waddington and I have yet to find his wife. Their nine children are: William who may have been born in either Ireland or Canada, Alice who may have been born in either Ireland or Canada, James born 1832 in Canada, Mary Anne 1834 Canada, Thomas 1836 Canada and Barney 1838 Canada. The remaining three children were all born in New York State....Edward, Michael and Franklin/Francis. In about 1839 when they came from Canada I'm uncertain if there were any records kept. It would be interesting to find that out. Dawna Clark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod & Mary Coates" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 8:28 PM Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] Burnes/ Byrnes > Dawna, > > Do you have the names of the wife and children? There are more William > Burnes (Byrnes) on the Ontario side of the St. Lawrence, too. > > Mary Frego Coates > [email protected] > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there > is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >