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1847–1868

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Birth Date
15 September 1866
Death Date
6 December 1939
Gender
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Thomas John Burnside

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  • Son of John and Elizabeth Burnside. John had immigrated to the United States before Elizabeth and the children immigrated in 1865. Elizabeth, William, John, Marion Elizabeth, and Jane emigrated from Scotland and traveled across the ocean by way of the ship United Kingdom. They were reunited with John in Pennsylvania where the two youngest children, including Thomas, were born before the Burnside family began their journey to Utah in 1868. 

William S. Seeley Company (1868)

  • Age at Departure: 1

Traveled with

  • Elizabeth Burnside (Age: 41)
  • John Mason Burnside (Age: 41)
  • William Burnside (Age: 17)
  • John Burnside (Age: 15)
  • Marion Elizabeth Burnside (Age: 10)
  • Jane Burnside (Age: 4)
  • Helen Burnside (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • 1880 Utah Census.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • "T. J. Burnside Passes Away," Mt. Pleasant Pyramid, 8 December 1939, [1].
  • Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.