John S Burns and Isabel (Arabell)

Greetings All;

While there is plenty on John S Burns and has him marrying Isabel-there isn't much at all on her. She is also referred to as Arabel and Isabel both. I found something that had her son Edward J Burns living at his granfather's farm (Peleg Pitcher) No where can I find anything with Isabel/Arabel living with her possible parents Peleg Pitcher and Persisa. No birth certificates, etc...

Carol

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Permalink Reply by Chris Dunham on October 29, 2011 at 7:32pm

The marriage records of their children indicate that Isabel/Arabel's last name was also Burns, and that she was born in Winslow, Maine, or possibly Anson or Embden.

John Burns married Isabel Burns 15 Jan. 1866 in Embden:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MDBQ-7HB/p4

I suspect that she was the daughter of Abram and Betsey Burns of Lexington, Maine, who had a daughter Isabell/Isabella born about 1843. An Abraham Burns lived in Winslow in 1840.

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Permalink Reply by Carol Ann Burns Ficorilli on October 29, 2011 at 8:31pm

I found out that Isabel Burns was the daughter of Abraham Burns and Betsy Foss-so he married a cousin born in Lexington, Somerset, Maine. Evidently back then they married distant cousins. Hard to find her birth certificate-but, the Census' has her born approx 1844.

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Permalink Reply by Carol Ann Burns Ficorilli on October 30, 2011 at 5:33pm

I just found a Record of Death for Arabel Burns-Place of Death=Anson, Date of Death= 28 Feb 1908 at which time she was 68 years, 10 months and 1 day old. She was born in Winslow, Me. Father-Abram Burns and Mother-Betsy Foss.

Birthplace of mother and father-Embden, Maine. Occupation of father is- Farmer. She was the wife of John S. Burns.

Cause of Death is: Gastro-Enteritis.