Michael Burns was born in April 1828 in Shanagolden, Limerick, Ireland. He was the son of John Burns and Mary Catherine Dempsey.
Like many others, Michael fled the great Irish Famine and moved to Canada with two of his brothers, Peter and James. Peter went back to Ireland where he married Margaret Barrett. His descendants still live on the ancestral Burns farm in Shanagolden.
James was born in October 1840. He married while in Canada or the United States. His wife died of cholera after four years of marriage. As far as I know, James and his wife had no children. James emigrated to the United States from Canada sometime between 1858 and 1860. In his old age he lived with his niece Grace Burns Landers. Grace's nephews and nieces recounted how James terrified them whenever they visited. At the first sight of the children James would race out of the house brandishing his shillelagh and threatening to beat the children. His niece Grace would have to intervene saying "Jimmy, Jimmy, those are Johnnie's children!" Apparently James did not like children, so it is probably just as well that he never had any.
Michael met his first wife, Mary Cagney, in Canada. Mary was born in Ballingarry, Ireland about 1835. She was the daughter of John Mascagni, an Italian immigrant to Ireland who changed his name to Cagney, and Alice Horan Cowie (or Cowhey). Mary's family had moved to Boston, so she and Michael went there to marry around 1860, the year Michael emigrated from Canada to the United States. Michael and Mary, along with several of Mary's relatives, moved to a farm in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan where Michael and Mary's only child Catherine Loretta Burns was born on
July 11, 1861.
Everyone called her Kate. She married William Edward Quinn on January 8, 1896 in Chicago, Illinois. She died on July 3, 1934 in Chicago. Her husband William was the son of John Quinn and Bridget Cowhey Quinn, the sister of Michael Burns's second wife Margaret Cowhey Cagney.
Mary Cagney Burns died of sunstroke in 1862 only a year after Kate was born. After her death, Michael moved to Chicago, Illinois in search of work, leaving Kate in the charge of his in-laws. Michael became a policeman in Chicago. After establishing himself Michael brought Kate to Chicago to live with him.
While living in Chicago, Michael met and in December 1873 married Margaret Cowhey Cagney, widow of Cornelius Cagney.
Michael and Margaret became the parents of three children:
Grace M. Burns (1874-1950). She married Robert M. Landers, also a policeman.
John Michael Burns (1876-1959), who married Eva Josephine Tillotson.
William Edward Burns (1877?) who died as an infant.
Michael Burns died in Chicago in 1907.
Like many others, Michael fled the great Irish Famine and moved to Canada with two of his brothers, Peter and James. Peter went back to Ireland where he married Margaret Barrett. His descendants still live on the ancestral Burns farm in Shanagolden.
James was born in October 1840. He married while in Canada or the United States. His wife died of cholera after four years of marriage. As far as I know, James and his wife had no children. James emigrated to the United States from Canada sometime between 1858 and 1860. In his old age he lived with his niece Grace Burns Landers. Grace's nephews and nieces recounted how James terrified them whenever they visited. At the first sight of the children James would race out of the house brandishing his shillelagh and threatening to beat the children. His niece Grace would have to intervene saying "Jimmy, Jimmy, those are Johnnie's children!" Apparently James did not like children, so it is probably just as well that he never had any.
Michael met his first wife, Mary Cagney, in Canada. Mary was born in Ballingarry, Ireland about 1835. She was the daughter of John Mascagni, an Italian immigrant to Ireland who changed his name to Cagney, and Alice Horan Cowie (or Cowhey). Mary's family had moved to Boston, so she and Michael went there to marry around 1860, the year Michael emigrated from Canada to the United States. Michael and Mary, along with several of Mary's relatives, moved to a farm in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan where Michael and Mary's only child Catherine Loretta Burns was born on
July 11, 1861.
Everyone called her Kate. She married William Edward Quinn on January 8, 1896 in Chicago, Illinois. She died on July 3, 1934 in Chicago. Her husband William was the son of John Quinn and Bridget Cowhey Quinn, the sister of Michael Burns's second wife Margaret Cowhey Cagney.
Mary Cagney Burns died of sunstroke in 1862 only a year after Kate was born. After her death, Michael moved to Chicago, Illinois in search of work, leaving Kate in the charge of his in-laws. Michael became a policeman in Chicago. After establishing himself Michael brought Kate to Chicago to live with him.
While living in Chicago, Michael met and in December 1873 married Margaret Cowhey Cagney, widow of Cornelius Cagney.
Michael and Margaret became the parents of three children:
Grace M. Burns (1874-1950). She married Robert M. Landers, also a policeman.
John Michael Burns (1876-1959), who married Eva Josephine Tillotson.
William Edward Burns (1877?) who died as an infant.
Michael Burns died in Chicago in 1907.
Michael Burns was born in April 1828 in Shanagolden, Limerick, Ireland. He was the son of John Burns and Mary Catherine Dempsey.
Like many others, Michael fled the great Irish Famine and moved to Canada with two of his brothers, Peter and James. Peter went back to Ireland where he married Margaret Barrett. His descendants still live on the ancestral Burns farm in Shanagolden.
James was born in October 1840. He married while in Canada or the United States. His wife died of cholera after four years of marriage. As far as I know, James and his wife had no children. James emigrated to the United States from Canada sometime between 1858 and 1860. In his old age he lived with his niece Grace Burns Landers. Grace's nephews and nieces recounted how James terrified them whenever they visited. At the first sight of the children James would race out of the house brandishing his shillelagh and threatening to beat the children. His niece Grace would have to intervene saying "Jimmy, Jimmy, those are Johnnie's children!" Apparently James did not like children, so it is probably just as well that he never had any.
Michael met his first wife, Mary Cagney, in Canada. Mary was born in Ballingarry, Ireland about 1835. She was the daughter of John Mascagni, an Italian immigrant to Ireland who changed his name to Cagney, and Alice Horan Cowie (or Cowhey). Mary's family had moved to Boston, so she and Michael went there to marry around 1860, the year Michael emigrated from Canada to the United States. Michael and Mary, along with several of Mary's relatives, moved to a farm in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan where Michael and Mary's only child Catherine Loretta Burns was born on
July 11, 1861.
Everyone called her Kate. She married William Edward Quinn on January 8, 1896 in Chicago, Illinois. She died on July 3, 1934 in Chicago. Her husband William was the son of John Quinn and Bridget Cowhey Quinn, the sister of Michael Burns's second wife Margaret Cowhey Cagney.
Mary Cagney Burns died of sunstroke in 1862 only a year after Kate was born. After her death, Michael moved to Chicago, Illinois in search of work, leaving Kate in the charge of his in-laws. Michael became a policeman in Chicago. After establishing himself Michael brought Kate to Chicago to live with him.
While living in Chicago, Michael met and in December 1873 married Margaret Cowhey Cagney, widow of Cornelius Cagney.
Michael and Margaret became the parents of three children:
Grace M. Burns (1874-1950). She married Robert M. Landers, also a policeman.
John Michael Burns (1876-1959), who married Eva Josephine Tillotson.
William Edward Burns (1877?) who died as an infant.
Michael Burns died in Chicago in 1907.
Like many others, Michael fled the great Irish Famine and moved to Canada with two of his brothers, Peter and James. Peter went back to Ireland where he married Margaret Barrett. His descendants still live on the ancestral Burns farm in Shanagolden.
James was born in October 1840. He married while in Canada or the United States. His wife died of cholera after four years of marriage. As far as I know, James and his wife had no children. James emigrated to the United States from Canada sometime between 1858 and 1860. In his old age he lived with his niece Grace Burns Landers. Grace's nephews and nieces recounted how James terrified them whenever they visited. At the first sight of the children James would race out of the house brandishing his shillelagh and threatening to beat the children. His niece Grace would have to intervene saying "Jimmy, Jimmy, those are Johnnie's children!" Apparently James did not like children, so it is probably just as well that he never had any.
Michael met his first wife, Mary Cagney, in Canada. Mary was born in Ballingarry, Ireland about 1835. She was the daughter of John Mascagni, an Italian immigrant to Ireland who changed his name to Cagney, and Alice Horan Cowie (or Cowhey). Mary's family had moved to Boston, so she and Michael went there to marry around 1860, the year Michael emigrated from Canada to the United States. Michael and Mary, along with several of Mary's relatives, moved to a farm in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan where Michael and Mary's only child Catherine Loretta Burns was born on
July 11, 1861.
Everyone called her Kate. She married William Edward Quinn on January 8, 1896 in Chicago, Illinois. She died on July 3, 1934 in Chicago. Her husband William was the son of John Quinn and Bridget Cowhey Quinn, the sister of Michael Burns's second wife Margaret Cowhey Cagney.
Mary Cagney Burns died of sunstroke in 1862 only a year after Kate was born. After her death, Michael moved to Chicago, Illinois in search of work, leaving Kate in the charge of his in-laws. Michael became a policeman in Chicago. After establishing himself Michael brought Kate to Chicago to live with him.
While living in Chicago, Michael met and in December 1873 married Margaret Cowhey Cagney, widow of Cornelius Cagney.
Michael and Margaret became the parents of three children:
Grace M. Burns (1874-1950). She married Robert M. Landers, also a policeman.
John Michael Burns (1876-1959), who married Eva Josephine Tillotson.
William Edward Burns (1877?) who died as an infant.
Michael Burns died in Chicago in 1907.
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