James Burnett

 

 23 December 1856 to 31 October 1918

 

James-Burnett-d-1919

 

 BUR00024

 

Home Page

A screenshot of a computer

Description automatically generated

Return to the Home Page of the Farndale Family Website

The Scott Family

A screenshot of a computer

AI-generated content may be incorrect.

The Burnett Family

A screenshot of a computer

AI-generated content may be incorrect.

 

 

 

Headlines are in brown.

Dates are in red.

Hyperlinks to other pages are in dark blue.

References and citations are in turquoise.

Context and local history are in purple.

Geographical context is in green.

 

1857

James Burnett, the son of James and Christina (nee Eaton) Burnett (BUR00009), was born on 23 December 1856 at Fraserburgh (census, Scotland Births and Baptisms).

 

1861

1861 Census – 45 Mid Street, Fraserburgh

James Burnett, 34, cooper

Christina Burnett, 33

Mary Ann Burnett, 9

Christina Burnett, 6

James Burnett, 5

John Burnett, 2

William Burnett, 8 months

A screenshot of a computer

AI-generated content may be incorrect.

 

1871

1871 Census – 40 Back Street, Fraserburgh

James Burnett, 44, cooper

Christina Burnett, 43

Christina Burnett, 16

James Burnett, 14

John Burnett, 12

William Burnett, 10

Alexander Burnett, 8

George Burnett, 6

Catherine Burnett, 4

Thomas Burnett, 1

 

1875

James Burnett married Elizabeth McCondach at Birse on 14 October 1875 (Scotland Marriages). Elizabeth was from Birse, Aberdeenshire - just south of the River Dee and over a bit to the south-west of Crathes and Banchory.

A screenshot of a computer

AI-generated content may be incorrect.

Elizabeth McCondach was the daughter of High McCondach (1813 to 1887) and Maragret Ann (nee Burnett) McCondach, born at Birse on 10 February 1852.

 

1881

1881 Census – Fraserburgh

James Burnett, 24, fish curer

Eliza Burnett, 27

Thomas H Burnett, 3

Christina A Burnett, 11 months

 

1891

1891 census – 83 High Street, Fraserburgh

James Burnett, 34, cooper

Eliza Burnett, 37

Thomas H Burnett, 13

Christina A Burnett, 10

Eliza Burnett, 9

Hellena Burnett, 6

 

1901

1901 census – 8 Grattan Place, Fraserburgh

James Burnett, 43, fish carrier

Eliza Burnett, 44

Thomas Burnett, 23

Christina A Burnett, 20

Lizzie Burnett, 19

Helena Burnett, 16

A screenshot of a computer

AI-generated content may be incorrect.

1918

James Burnett died on 31 October 1918, aged 61,  and is buried at Kirkton Cemetery, Fraserburgh (monumental record). He died of the Spanish Flu and his son-in-law Dr Lewis Beaton Beddie certified the death (Gerrard Burnett).

A screenshot of a computer

AI-generated content may be incorrect.  A screenshot of a computer

AI-generated content may be incorrect.

1940

Eliza Burnett, the widow of James Burnett, fish curer, died on 10 March 1940 (Fraserburgh PR).

A screenshot of a computer

AI-generated content may be incorrect.