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Ken Burns

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Ken Burns

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    William McLauren Burns

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    • Great-grandfather of Ken Burns — 4th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • Birth Date:
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    • Birth Location:
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    • Christening Date:
    • 25 Mar 1866 
    • Christening Location:
    • Red Holes, Bath, Virginia 
    • Death Date:
    • 1906 
    • Death Location:
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    • Burial Date:
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    • Burial Location:
    • McNeel Cemetery, Hillsboro, Pocahontas, West Virginia 
    • Marriage Date:
    • 26 Apr 1893 
    • Marriage Location:
    • Pocahontas County, West Virginia 
    • Notes: 
    • William Burns was a blacksmith and mechanic. In 1906 he was killed in an accident involving a horse and buggy.

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  • Sources for William McLauren Burns

    • 1 Federal Census, WV, Pocahontas County, 1900, Levels, Sheet 2B, Image 4 of 25.
    • 2 Federal Census, VA, Bath County, 1880, Williamsville, E.D. 28, p. 7, Image 7 of 22.
    • 3 Federal Census, VA, Bath County, 1870, Williamsville, p. 2, Image 2 of 25.
    • 5 Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976, Death certificate for son William Loris Burns.
    • 6 Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853 - 1917, Baptism for William Burns.
    • 7 West Virginia Births, 1853-1930, Birth record for son Robert Burns.
    • 8 West Virginia, Marriages, 1780-1970, Marriage record for Wm M Burns and Sallie E White.

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