Sydney Alexander Burnett

23 October 1895 to 10 July 1975

BUR00020

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Fraserburgh

1893

Sydney Alexander Burnett, the son of Alexander and Sarah Julia (nee Appleby) Burnett (BUR00002), was born in Fraserburgh on 23 October 1895 (census, School Admissions Register).

Wandsworth, London

1901

1901 Census – Wandsworth

Alexander Burnett, 38, cabinet maker, born Scotland

Sarah J Burnett, 38, born Lambeth

John J Burnett, 7, born Scotland

Sidney A Burnett, 5, born Scotland

Gertrude C Burnett, 3, born Scotland

Winfred E Burnett, 1, born Tooting, Surrey

Sidney Burnett, born on 23 October 1895, was admitted to Frogmore School in London on 26 August 1901, aged 5, with his sister, Gertrude (School Admissions and Discharges Register).

Aberdeen

1911

1911 Census – Rubislaw, Aberdeen

Alexander Burnett, 48, cabinet maker

Sarah Burnett, 47,

John J Burnett, 17, clerk, shipping, born Fraserburgh

Sydney A Burnett, 15, telegraph messenger with the Post Office, born Fraserburgh

Gertrude C Burnett, 13, school, born Fraserburgh

Winifred E Burnett, 11, born England

1915

635927 Driver Sydney Alexander Burnett served with the Royal Artillery in the First World War. He was enlisted on 25 October 1915 and serve until 23 May 1919. Her may also have served with the Royal Fusiliers.

1925

(North Star and Farmer’s Chronicle, 5 December 1925)

1927

(Dundee Evening Telegraph, 2 March 1927)

1928

(Buchan Observer, 8 May 1928)

1931

Sydney Burnett married Dorothy Agnes Hermann Black (1896 to 1985) in December 1931 (Aberdeen Press and Journal, 28 December 1931, Fraserburgh Herald, 29 December 1931).

1932

(Fraserburgh Herald, 13 December 1932)

1937

Sydney Alexander Burnett lived at Lauriston, King Edward Street, Aberdeen in 1937 (Electoral Register).

1944

(Fraserburgh Herald, 17 October 1944)

1956

(Fraserburgh Herald, 11 March 1958)

1975

Sydney A Burnett died on 7 July 1975 in Aberdeen (Aberdeen Evening Express, 10 July 1975).

1985

Dorothy (nee Black) Burnett died on 8 January 1985 in Aberdeen (media).

(Aberdeen Evening Express, 9 January 1985)