Michael T Burnes (1792 - 1869)

Born Dec 1792 in County Carlow, Ireland

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1869 at about age 77 in Merton Township, Steele, Minnesota, United States

Michael Burnes was born in Ireland.

Biography

Immigration

Note the source of the Immigration record: Famine Irish Entry Project, 1846-1851. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.

New York, U.S.; Irish Immigrant Arrival Records ^[1]

• Name: Mich. Burnes
• Birth Year: abt 1791
• Age: 058
• Gender: Male
• Embarkation: Liverpool
• Ship: Roscius
• Occupation: Workman/Woman
• Passengers: 407
• Residence: Galway
• Compartment: Steerage
• Native Country: Ireland
• Destination: Toronto
• Arrival Place: New York, New York, USA
• Arrival Date: 7 Mar 1849
• Transit Type: In transit

Son Thomas lists immigration in the 1910 Census as 1844 (184?, could be 1849.) This corroborates the validity of the above record to belong to the Thomas Burnes of this profile.

New York State and Federal Naturalization Record ^[2]

• Name: Michael Burns
• Record Type: Declaration
• Birth Place: Ireland
• Declaration Date: 27 May 1852
• Declaration Place: New York, USA

Census

1860: Roxbury, Dane, WI ^[3]

• Michal Burns 63 IRE
• Mary Burns 62 IRE
• Margarett Burns 20 IRE
• Michal Burns 18 IRE

1870: Merton, Steele, MN ^[4]

• Michael Burns 78 IRE

1870 Federal Census Mortality Schedule ^[5]

• Surname: Michael Burns
• Year: 1870
• County: Steele CO.
• State: MN
• Age: None
• Gender: M (Male)
• Month of Death: Dec
• State of Birth: Ir
• ID#: 197_44566
• Occupation: FARMER

Burial

Sacred Heart Cemetery, Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota, USA ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Famine Irish Entry Project, 1846-1851. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
2. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, DC; NAI Title: Index to Petitions for Naturalizations Filed in Federal, State, and Local Courts in New York City, 1792-1906; NAI Number: 5700802; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21
3. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Roxbury, Dane, Wisconsin; Page: 846
4. ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Merton, Steele, Minnesota; Roll: T132_11
5. ↑ Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. AIS Mortality Schedules Index. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97268003/michel-burns

• Listed on death record for son Thomas Burns.