Timothy is buried in the St. Thomas Cemetery. I'm not sure where Daniel is buried. More on his story later.
Timothy and Daniel settled in Stoughton, Massachusetts when they came to the United States. The old stories say the Burnses are from Boston, but records show that to be inaccurate. Timothy appears in the 1850 Federal Census in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, age 23, a boot crimper.
In 1852, he and Eliza Barry, show intention to marry. Records appear in the Town Records of Stoughton. This was dated November 20th. (See above).
Timothy and Eliza were married at the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul in Boston.
The oldest three children of Timothy and Eliza were born in Stoughton. They are Patrick T., Eliza Frances, and Daniel W.
In 1860, the family appears in the federal census in Tyrone, Le Sueur, Minnesota. In all, the couple had 11 known children. The other children born in Minnesota were John J., Timothy C., Ellen, Honora, William Henry, Jeremiah, Mary Jane, and Agnes. Honora died very young. The others all grew to adulthood.
Timothy died in 1872, at about 45 years old leaving Eliza a widow with many children to raise alone.
If you notice in the record above, there is a John Barry who married Hannah Mansfield on the same day as Timothy and Eliza. I believe this is Eliza's brother as both of their fathers are given as Garrett. In the 1880 census, John and Hannah and their family are living in Derrynane Township. I surmise that they may have come to Minnesota from Stoughton to help Eliza out. They later returned to Stoughton.
Eliza died in 27 April 1885.
Patrick T. Burns married Hannah Murphy in 1880. She is the daughter of Moses Murphy and Mary Shea. They had 13 children: Patrick, Mary Eliza, Ellen, Ambrose Timothy, Mary Ellen (Mae), Cecelia, Moses, Baby Boy, Thomas, Frances Cordelia, John Joseph, Agnes and George F.
Eliza Frances didn't marry until 1892 in St. Paul, I'd like to know her story. She married George Tinsley and lived in Chicago. They were married by an Episcopal priest. I couldn't find any notice of her marriage in the newspapers. She died in 1904 without children.
Daniel W. Burns married Catherine Ronayne in 1886. She is the daughter of Patrick Ronayne and Catherine Regan. Their children are: Elizabeth; Patrick C.; Timothy J.; Anastacia; Margaret; William; John; Regina, Daniel; John Francis "Bud"; and Irene.
John J. married Mary Ellen Skelly in 1897. They had 3 children: Raymond, Leo S. and Grace. John died in 1902 in St. Peter, Minnesota. Mary Ellen married again to Timothy O'Dea.
Timothy C. married Margaret McCarthy in 1890. She is the daughter of Michael McCarthy and Catherine Kehoe. Their children were: Blanche, Marion, Catherine and Timothy M. Timothy C. died in 1932 and is buried in St. Thomas.
Ellen was unmarried and died at about age 19 in 1883. Her sister Honora appears in the 1865 Minnesota State Census but does not appear in the 1870 census. She was born about 1864 in Minnesota.
William Henry Burns married Catherine W. O'Connell, daughter of Richard O'Connell and Mary Besy. They married in 1893 at St. Thomas. They had 10 children: Elizabeth, Paul, Mary Agnes, Alice, Catherine, William H., Gertrude, Cyril, Raphael, and (Cletus) Robert.
Jeremiah M. Burns was unmarried. He lived in Cottonwood County for a while. He died in Hudson, South Dakota. More on that later.
Mary Jane Burns was married to Edward J. Flaherty. She lived in Chicago and died there in 1916.
Agnes was married to Patrick McCarthy at St. Thomas in 1895. She had 6 children including: Gerald, Bertram Patrick, Elizabeth, John, William and Marian. She died in 1905.
As you can see--that's a lot of Burnses! And Daniel's family is still to be enumerated.
Father James Burns is a descendant of Timothy, his son Patrick T.; his son George and his son John G.
