Ancestry of
Ken Burns

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Abraham W. Burns

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Ken Burns — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • Mar 1833 
  • Birth Location:
  • Virginia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 31 Dec 1911 
  • Death Location:
  • Burnsville, Bath, Virginia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Burnsville Cemetery, Burnsville, Bath, Virginia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Margaret J. -----
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1853 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Children:
  
  

  Emma Burns

  Robert K. Burns

  Agnes A. Burns

  Mary A. Burns

  William McLauren Burns (Ahnentafel No:8 )

  Jonathan S. Burns

  • Notes: 

  • There have been claims by some that Abraham Burns is a direct descendant of the Scottish national poet Robert Burns, but evidence to support this claim is needed.

• Sources for Abraham W. Burns

  • ¹ Federal Census, VA, Bath County, 1880, Williamsville, E.D. 28, p. 7, Image 7 of 22.
  • ² Federal Census, VA, Bath County, 1870, Williamsville, p. 2, Image 2 of 25.
  • ³ Federal Census, VA, Bath County, 1860, p. 21, Image 21 of 69.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, VA, Bath County, 1910, Williamsville, E.D. 51, Sheet 1A, Image 1 of 41.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, VA, Bath County, 1900, Williamsville, E.D. 44, Sheet 4B, Image 8 of 25.
  • ⁶ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/15/2014).
  • ⁷ U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, Record for Abraham W. Burns.
  • ⁸ Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853 - 1917, Baptism for son William Burns.

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