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Janet Burnett

Female 1797 - 1872  (75 years)


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  • Name Janet Burnett 
    Born 1797  , Selkirkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Name Janet Scott 
    Residence 1818  Lyne and Megget, Peebles, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-72258 
    Died 5 Sep 1872  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Cause: decay of nature (3 years) 
    Buried Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I72258  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Andrew Burnett,   b. 1760, of, Traquair, , Peebles, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1823, Traquair, , Peebles, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Isabel Nichol,   b. 1765, of, Traquair, , Peebles, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1831, Lake Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Family ID F32862  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Scott,   b. 30 Mar 1787, Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1841  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 18 Dec 1818  Lyne and Megget, Peebles, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. John B. Scott,   b. 1827, Of, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1865, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     2. Andrew Scott,   b. 8 Oct 1827, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1910, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     3. William M. Scott,   b. 1830, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1876, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     4. Isabella Scott,   b. 22 Dec 1830, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1912  (Age 81 years)
     5. Janet "Jane" Scott,   b. 13 Jan 1837, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1913, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F18884  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • " Burnet (nee Nichol), born in Traquair, Scotland in 1766. Her daughter Janet married William Scott and they immigrated to Dumfries Twp about 1824. In 1831, Isabel and several of her children immigrated to Canada, but sadly, Isabel died 3 hours before the ship landed in Hamilton. She was buried on William & Janet's farm, next two her grand-children."


      email eiscott57 Ancestry.com 2007

  • Sources 
    1. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link .
      (W) William Scott / 1787-1841 / Janet Burnett / 1797-1872 / John C. Scott / 1857-1934 / Ella McKenzie / wife of J.C. Scott / 1860-1930 / Lorenzo N Wadlin / 1884-1954 / Margaret Scott Wadlin / 1887-1964 / David W. Stevens / 1922-1948 / husband of / Marion Scott

    2. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Janet Scott d. 5 Sep 1872 Galt, aged 75 b. Selkirkshire, Scotland, cause: decay of nature (3 years)

    3. [S1788] Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910, William Scott and Janet Burnet, 18 Dec 1818; citing Lyne And Megget,Peebles,Scotland, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,067,918.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1797 - , Selkirkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1818 - Lyne and Megget, Peebles, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Dec 1818 - Lyne and Megget, Peebles, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: decay of nature (3 years) - 5 Sep 1872 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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