There is a family of Burns in Stonehouse, Lanark, Scotland with the same names. However that Hugh was born 1845 and remained in Stonehouse at least through 1881. I have the 1841 census and will check the elder John in the census. Perhaps there is a connection. Will try to do that tomorrow. Don and Mary in Wyoming >Looking for Hugh Burns aged about 4 with his father John somewhere in the Scottish 1841 Census and again in the 1851 aged about 14, his father may have been dead by then. Hugh >appears in the 1861/1871 London St Pancras censuses and gives his place of birth as Scotland and his age as 25/34. At his marriage in St Pancras 1864 he stated that his father was John Burns, gentleman,deceased. I would ignore the gentleman aspect. In 1861 he was a border with a Scottish widow and her >family (Murray born in Edinburgh) in St Pancras. There was >a family bible now lost but the embroidered bookmark survives. >On it has ' The Farewell Text Of The Rev R Montgomery.Preached in St Jude Episcopal Church Glasgow Oct 1843 Cols 3 "Christ is all and in all" Jane Kerr ' >Delighted to hear from anyone who may have come across Hugh & John or can enlighten me on the earlier appointments of >Rev R Montgomery. Terry Burns > > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >GENUKI -Main Scotland Page >http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ > >============================== >Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! >http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet! >