Peter Burns

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Died:
Peter & Martin Burns were twins.

Peter was the caretaker at the Post Office in Almonte, Ontario, and he lived in the apartment above it with his wife Sarah, and their children, Mary, Jim and Carmel. The apartment had big windows overlooking Mill St, and even in their senior years, his children remembered how they counted the 52 steps up and down the steep staircase leading to it, as well as having carved their initials into one of those window frames. Peter navigated those stairs many times a day for 19 years, despite having a wooden leg (the result of an accident, see below), until he retired in 1928 at age 67. Shortly after his death, his wife Sarah wrote in her personal journal, "April 18, 1935. Peter Burns died. He had a kind and generous heart for everybody but such love and kindness for me and our family as I did not think existed. Lord have mercy on him." [H. Presley, g-grandson]
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The Almonte Gazette
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
Friday, April 27 1894, p. 1
A Fractured Leg.
Messrs. Peter Burns, of Huntley, and Wm. Boyle, of this town, drove to Carleton Place on Sunday last, and while they were driving in the direction of the junction, a little boy named Hallinan handling the reins, the whistle of an engine caused the horse to wheel around and run away. The boy jumped out, as did Mr. Boyle, and both were not injured; but Mr. Burns remained in the rig for a time, trying to get hold of the lines, and when he did jump he fell on a knoll, breaking some of the bones above the ankle joint. The fracture was a bad one, one of the bones protruding through the skin. It will keep Mr. Burns a prisoner for some time, and he may have a stiff leg as a reminder of the accident. Mr. W. Warren, of this town, chased the runaway horse on his bicycle, and caught it at the Appleton turn. Neither horse nor rig was injured.

Friday, May 4, 1894, p. 1
Mr. Peter Burns, whose leg was broken at Carleton Place last week, is now in an Ottawa hospital, where he is progressing favorably. It was feared that amputation would have to be performed, but we are glad to learn that that is now unnecessary.

Friday, July 27, 1894, p. 1
We regret to learn that Mr. Peter Burns, of Huntley, who had his leg broken a month or two ago, has not been making as much progress as was expected towards recovery. Since the accident he has been in the Ottawa hospital, and it has been decided to amputate the broken limb today.

NOTE: Peter's leg was amputated below the knee. He had a wooden leg for the remainder of his life, with the foot portion carved into the shape of a shoe.
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The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Saturday, September 7, 1907, p. 19

Almonte, Sept. 6. Mr. and Mrs. Moulton left yesterday for Seattle where they will make their home in the future with their sons. Mr. Peter Burns has now taken Mr. Moulton's place as caretaker of the post office.
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The Almonte Gazette
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
Thursday, April 18, 1935, p. 4

Peter Burns
The funeral of Peter Burns of Almonte, whose death occurred Friday last after a short illness, was held Monday morning to St. Mary's church where requiem mass was sung by Rev. Geo. O'Toole, P.P. Mr. Burns, who was born in Ramsay township, the son of Patrick Burns and Mary Kelly, was in his 75th year. He had made his home in Almonte for about 30 years. Besides his wife, formerly Sarah Carter of Huntley, he leaves two daughters (Mary) Mrs. Wilfred R. Colton of Kinburn, (Carmel) Mrs. C. Hilliard James of Toronto, and a son, P. J. of Kirkland Lake. The late Mr. Burns, who was of a kind and cheerful disposition, was very well known in this district and his passing in sincerely regretted here. The funeral was largely attended and interment was in St. Mary's cemetery. The pallbearers were M. J. Ryan, James Kelly, Wilfred R. Colton, Hilliard James, James Curtin and R. J. Hickey.



Buried:
Inscription
PRAY
FOR THE SOUL OF
PETER BURNS
BORN JAN 1861 DIED APR 1935
HIS WIFE
SARAH CARTER
BORN JAN 1867 DIED APRIL 1953
HIS FATHER
PATRICK BURNS
BORN OCT 1829 DIED JUNE 1867
HIS MOTHER
MARIA KELLY
BORN MAY 1834 DIED MAY 1911

Peter married Sarah Magdalen Carter on 4 May 1903 in Corkery, Huntley township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of James Carter and Elizabeth Kelly) was born on 6 Jan 1867 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Apr 1953 in Fitzroy Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 7 Apr 1953 in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Married at St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Corkery, Huntley Township

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• Name: Patrick Byrnes
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Died:
Patrick was born in Rathellin/R?th Ail?n Townland, Leighlinbridge, Carlow, Ireland.

Brothers Patrick and Martin Burns, and their widowed mother Margaret, immigrated to Ontario from Ireland abt. 1851. Margaret married Cornelius Madden (also a widower with adult children), and in the marriage settlement Madden gave Margaret's sons what would become the original Burns homestead in Ramsay Twp (East ? Lot 10, Con. 12), which was located opposite to the Madden homestead. (Concession 12 is now Golden Line Road, and Lot 10 is located where it intersects with Old Almonte Road, on what would be the southwest corner.) Patrick and Martin lived and farmed on the property, together. Patrick married in 1859, and brought his new wife Mariah there; Margaret also joined them there following Madden's death. By the 1861 Census of Canada, Martin was no longer living with Patrick on the property, his whereabouts unknown. The following notice then appeared in the The Perth Courier on March 20, 1863: "Sheriff's Sale of Land at Public Auction - Lands and tenements of Patrick Byrne at the suit of Martin Byrne, East ? Lot 10, 12th Concesion [sic] Ramsay". So, Martin sued Patrick, almost certainly for his 1/2 share of the property. The presence of the lawsuit indicates Patrick didn't recognize Martin's claim, and the fact that it was successful (resulting in the forced sale) shows that Martin was judged to be in the right. With this information, Martin's absence from the property in 1861 might indicate that the dispute over it went back at least that far. Regardless, Patrick and Martin came to an agreement and and avoided both the auction sale and any division of the land, though the details are unknown. Patrick died of sunstroke just a few years later, in 1867, while working in the fields, with his 6 year old twins, Martin and Peter, at his side. Martin returned to the property after Patrick's death and remained there for the rest of his life (another 31 years), helping Patrick's widow Mariah run the farm, and raise her 4 children. After Martin died in 1907, Mariah left the Burns homestead and moved to nearby Almonte, where she died in 1911. [H. Presley, 2g-grandson]

Buried:
Inscription
PRAY
FOR THE SOUL OF
PETER BURNS
BORN JAN 1861 DIED APR 1935
HIS WIFE
SARAH CARTER
BORN JAN 1867 DIED APRIL 1953
HIS FATHER
PATRICK BURNS
BORN OCT 1829 DIED JUNE 1867
HIS MOTHER
MARIA KELLY
BORN MAY 1834 DIED MAY 1911

Patrick married Mariah Kelly in 1859. Mariah (daughter of Michael Kelly and Bridget Lawlor) was born on 15 Aug 1837 in Newtown, County Carlo, Ireland; died on 22 May 1911 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 24 May 1911 in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Maria Kelly
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Died:
Mariah's name was most often spelled Maria; however, her granddaughter Mary (Burns) Colton knew it to always be pronounced, and spelled 'Mariah'. [H. Presley, 2g-grandson]
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The Almonte Gazette
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
Friday, May 26, 1911, p. 1

?b?Obit. - Mrs. Burns.?/b?
Mrs. Maria Burns passed away on Monday evening, in her 77th year, after an illness which lasted one week. Deceased, who was a daughter of the late Michael Kelly, was born in Ireland, and came to this country with the family when a girl of ten, her mother having died previously. She married Patrick Burns of Ramsay township, but was left a widow in 1867, and has resided until lately on the farm. Her family consisted of Peter Burns, of this town; Michael, last heard from in Washington Territory; Martin and Mrs. Samuel Drummond, deceased. The funeral took place on Wednesday morning to St. Mary's church, and was largely attended. Requiem High Mass was chanted by Rev. Father Grev of Carleton Place, after which the body was laid to rest in the ninth line cemetery, many relatives being present from Ottawa, Smiths Falls and Huntley. The pallbearers were Messrs. John McGrath, Patrick Carter, Thos. J. Bolger, Harvey and Wilbur Drummond and James Kelly.



Buried:
Inscription
PRAY
FOR THE SOUL OF
PETER BURNS
BORN JAN 1861 DIED APR 1935
HIS WIFE
SARAH CARTER
BORN JAN 1867 DIED APRIL 1953
HIS FATHER
PATRICK BURNS
BORN OCT 1829 DIED JUNE 1867
HIS MOTHER
MARIA KELLY
BORN MAY 1834 DIED MAY 1911

Michael married Margaret Walsh. Margaret was born in 1801 in Ireland; died between 1861 and 1863 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Margaret's first husband was Michael Burns; he died in Ireland. Margaret immigrated to Canada abt 1851 with her sons, Martin and Patrick Burns. Some time between 1851-1861, she married her second husband, widower Cornelius Madden. Cornelius lived literally across the road from the Burns' farm (on Con. 12, the township line, now known as Golden Line Rd); this meant the Burns farm was technically in Ramsay Twp, and Cornelius' farm in Huntley Twp. Margaret was widowed again by 1861.

Margaret died sometime between the (Jan) 1861 Census of Canada and March 1863 (when her sons were in a legal battle over ownership of the Burns farm - see Patrick or Martin's Memorial for more info). Although no official death or burial record has yet been found for Margaret, her burial was referenced twice in the personal journal of Sarah (Carter) Burns (wife of Margaret's grandson Peter Burns): once, immediately next to burial and tombstone information about Peter Burns, who was buried at Saint Mary's, she wrote "Grandma Burns grave plot 108 in cemetry [sic]", and again later, "Grandma Burns grave Lot 108". Both of Margaret's sons were also buried at Saint Mary's. [H. Presley, 3g-grandson]

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Buried:
Inscription
Pray
For the Soul of
MICHAEL KELLY
who died
May 15, 1864

Michael married Bridget Lawlor on 29 May 1823 in Rahwdon Townland, Dunleckney Parish, County Carlow, Ireland. Bridget was born in Ireland; died between 1840 and 1847 in Canada West, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Bridget died some time between 1840 (the birth of her last child) and 1847 (when her husband Michael and their children emigrated from Ireland to Canada). The obituary of her daughter Mariah [Kelly] Burns stated that she immigrated to Canada with her family, with "her mother having died previously". The obituary of her son Peter Kelly stated that he immigrated to Canada in 1847 "when a boy with his father".

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Married:
Michael Kelly & Bridget Lawlor were married 29 May 1823 in Rahedon (aka Rathedan) Townland, Dunleckney Parish, Co Carlow, Ireland. (source: Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers)