The Burnyeat Families of Whitehaven and District

by

Nev.Ramsden

The 5th Generation of Burnyeats

The Fifth Generation

32. John BURNYEAT, son of John BURNYEAT and Margaret ROBINSON, was born in 1837 in Whitehaven. He was baptised on 22 October 1837 in Holy Trinity, Whitehaven. He was a Butcher. He married Jane GREEN in 1865 in Whitehaven. He died in 1878 in Whitehaven.

Jane GREEN, daughter of Joseph GREEN (1799- ), was born in 1835 in Whitehaven.  She and John BURNYEAT had the following children:

    +56: John BURNYEAT (1866- )

    +57: William BURNYEAT (1868- )

    +58: Joseph Robinson BURNYEAT (1870- )

    +59: Andrew Green BURNYEAT (1878- )

    +60: Harold BURNYEAT (1879- )

33. Elizabeth BURNYEAT, daughter of John BURNYEAT and Margaret ROBINSON, was born in 1842 in Whitehaven.

34. Daniel BURNYEAT, son of John BURNYEAT and Margaret ROBINSON, was born in 1844 in Whitehaven. He was a Collector of Harbour Dues. He married Isabella WALKER in June 1867 in Whitehaven. He died on 6 April 1900 in Victoria Rd., Whitehaven. He was buried on 9 April 1900 in Whitehaven Cemetery.

Isabella WALKER, daughter of William WALKER ( - ) and Isabella UNKNOWN ( - ), was born in 1844 in Silecroft. She was baptised on 18 October 1844 in Whicham.
She and Daniel BURNYEAT had the following children:

    +61: Isabell Mary BURNYEAT (1873- )

    +62: William BURNYEAT (1875-1912)

    +63: John Spencer BURNYEAT (1876- )

    +64: Ernest BURNYEAT (1881-1937)

    +65: Stanley BURNYEAT (1882- )

    +66: Thomas BURNYEAT (1886- )

35. Esther BURNYEAT, daughter of John BURNYEAT and Margaret ROBINSON, was born in 1846 in Whitehaven.

36. William BURNYEAT, son of William BURNYEAT and Sarah UDALL, was born in 1850 in Sandwith, Whitehaven. He was baptised on 27 February 1850 in Holy Trinity. He had the title 'William (II) Burnyeat'. He was a Company Director. He married Sarah Frances DALZELL in June 1873 in Whitehaven. He died in 1921 in Millgrove, Whitehaven.

“In October 1887 WilliamBurnyeat II and John Burnyeat were admitted as partners in the business of Burnyeat & Dalzell in Liverpool, though they played little part in its day to day administration.”

Sarah Frances DALZELL, daughter of Thomas DALZELL (1816-1859) and Ann UNKNOWN (1818- ), was born in 1849 in Workington. She was baptised on 14 September 1849 in Ennerdale.  She and William BURNYEAT had the following children:

    +67: William John Dalzell BURNYEAT (1874-1916)

    +68: Isabella Mary BURNYEAT (1878- )

    +69: Miles Fleming BURNYEAT (1879-1935)

    +70: Hugh Ponsonby BURNYEAT (1881-1918)

    +71: Muriel Frances S. BURNYEAT (1885- )

37. John BURNYEAT, son of William BURNYEAT and Sarah UDALL, was born in 1852 in Whitehaven. He was a Farmer. He married Rhoda Annie JACKSON in 1876 in Lancaster. He died in 1914 in Birkenhead RD..

“In October 1887John Burnyeat was admitted as partner in the Burnyeat & Dalzell of Liverpool business though he played little part in its day to day administration, He eventually moved to the Isle of Man in 1881 census and back in Liverpool for the 1901 Census.”

He was a member of the IOM House of Keys for 1887 to 1891.

He raised a family:- John, Harry, Mona and Norman L. He had marrried Rhoda Annie Jackson at Lancaster in 1876 and Harry was born in 1879, John in 1877 & Dora in 1883. They were followed by Mona & Norman - who were born in the IOM.

John is listed as a farmer in the Porter IOM Directory of 1889 at Ballaslig in Kirk Andreas. A William Burnyeat is listed as the owner of Close-e-Lough.

Rhoda Annie JACKSON was born in 1855. She died in 1937 in Crosby RD, Lancs..  
She and John BURNYEAT had the following children:

    +72: John BURNYEAT (1877-1949)

    +73: Harry Wilson BURNYEAT (1878- )

    +74: Dora BURNYEAT (1883- )

    +75: Mona BURNYEAT (1889-aft1950)

    +76: Norman Quayle BURNYEAT (1894-1917)

38. Mary Elizabeth BURNYEAT, daughter of William BURNYEAT and Sarah UDALL, was born in 1853 in Whitehaven. She was baptised. She died in 1854 in Whitehaven R.D..

39. Alfred Dalzell BURNYEAT, son of William BURNYEAT and Sarah UDALL, was born in 1855 in Whitehaven. He was a Merchant - Ships Chandler. He married Mary Steele WHITESIDE on 18 September 1879 in Lorton. He died in 1881 in Roby, Huyton, Lancs..

They were living in Huyton, Lancashire in 1881.

Mary Steele WHITESIDE, daughter of Richard WHITESIDE ( - ), was born in 1858 in Whitehaven R.D.  She and Alfred Dalzell BURNYEAT had the following children:

    +77: Alfred W. BURNYEAT (1880-1906)

40. Miles Edward BURNYEAT, son of William BURNYEAT and Sarah UDALL, was born in 1857 in Whitehaven. He was a Merchant - Ships Chandler. He married Jane Willox UNKNOWN in Scotland. He died in 1930 in Cheltenham.

Living in Huyton in Lancashire in the 1881 census, and living in Gloucestershie for the 1911 census. The Scottish Indexes have a marriage entry for a Miles Burnyeat.

Jane Willox UNKNOWN was born in 1864 in Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland. She died in 1949 in Cheltenham.  She and Miles Edward BURNYEAT had the following children:

    +78: William Maurice Brownlie BURNYEAT (1885-1952)

    +79: Mora Udall Brownlie BURNYEAT (1888- )

 
41. Sarah Jane BURNYEAT, daughter of William BURNYEAT and Sarah UDALL, was born in 1859 in Whitehaven.

Living with her brotherAlfred Burnyeat in Huyton in 1881.

42. Emily BURNYEAT, daughter of William BURNYEAT and Sarah UDALL, was born in 1860 in Dublin, Ireland. She married William John SYMONDS in June 1887 in Ormskirk, Lancs..

In 1881 Emily was registered in Huyton, Lancashire aged 20 years & living with her parents.

43. Thomas Butler BURNYEAT, son of William BURNYEAT and Sarah UDALL, was born in 1853 in St.Bees. He was a Butcher. He had the title 'Care Needed'. He married Jane YOWART in 1875 in Whiitehaven.

Jane YOWART and Thomas Butler BURNYEAT had the following children:   

    +80: Jonathon BURNYEAT (1877- )

    +81: John BURNYEAT (1878- )

    +82: Elizabeth BURNYEAT (1880- )

    +83: Henry Yowart BURNYEAT (1882- )

    +84: Martin Wilkinson BURNYEAT (1884- )

    +85 Florence BURNYEAT (1886- )

    +86 Ethel BURNYEAT (1888- )

    +87 Ruth BURNYEAT (1890- )

44. Mary S. BURNYEAT, daughter of William BURNYEAT and Sarah UDALL, was born in 1858 in Whitehaven. She had the title 'Care Needed'.

45. Tom DALZELL, son of John DALZELL and Esther BURNYEAT, was born in 1846 in Whitehaven R.D.

46. Elizabeth DALZELL, daughter of John DALZELL and Esther BURNYEAT, was born in 1848 in Whitehaven R.D.

47. Jane DALZELL, daughter of John DALZELL and Esther BURNYEAT, was born in 1849 in Whitehaven R.D.

48. William BURNYEAT, son of William BURNYEAT and Mary LANCASTER, was born in 1843 in Whitehaven. He was a Joiner. He married Mary Agnes LEA in 1865 in Whitehaven. He died in 1909 in Carlisle RD..

Mary Agnes LEA died in 1916 in Carlisle RD..

49. Jonathon BURNYEAT, son of William BURNYEAT and Mary LANCASTER, was born in 1845 in Whitehaven. He was a Bootmaker. He married Elizabeth LEECH in 1868 in Whitehaven. He married Emily GIBBS in 1872 in Stockport RD.. He died in 1881 in Whitehaven R.D..

Elizabeth LEECH died in 1871 in Whitehaven RD..  She and Jonathon BURNYEAT had the following children:

    +88: Sarah BURNYEAT (1869- )

Emily GIBBS was born in 1852 in Warwickshire. She was a Boot seller.  She and Jonathon BURNYEAT had the following children:

    +89: George T. BURNYEAT (1880- )

50. Philip BURNYEAT (also known as Phillip BURNYEAT), son of William BURNYEAT and Mary LANCASTER, was born in 1848 in St.Bees. He was a Bootmaker. He married Mary PRITT in 1870 in Whitehaven. He married Elizabeth HOPPER in 1877 in Cockermouth R.D.. He died in 1882 in Whitehaven R.D..

Info take from 1881 census for Moresby Parks.

Mary PRITT was born in 1848 in Whiitehaven RD. She died in 1876 in Whitehaven R.D..  She and Philip BURNYEAT had the following children:

    +90: Joseph Jonathon BURNYEAT (1870-1872)

    +91: Joseph William BURNYEAT (1873-1941)

Elizabeth HOPPER (also known as Betsy HOPPER) was born in 1847 in Keswick.  She and Philip BURNYEAT had the following children:

    +92: Daniel BURNYEAT (1880- )

    +93: John HOPPER (1860- )

51. Daniel BURNYEAT, son of William BURNYEAT and Mary LANCASTER, was born in 1849 in St.Bees. He married Isabella FOLDER in 1888 in Whitehaven R.D..

Isabella FOLDER was born in 1845 in Silecroft, Whicham.

52. John BURNYEAT, son of William BURNYEAT and Mary LANCASTER, was born in 1850 in St.Bees. He died in 1853 in Whitehaven R.D..

He received the majority of his fathers estate under the 1899 will.

53. Thomas BURNYEAT, son of William BURNYEAT and Mary LANCASTER, was born in 1851 in St.Bees. He was a Bootmaker. He married Sarah Jane WATERS in 1881 in Barrow in Furness.

Mentioned in his fathers Will in 1898 when he was living in Barrow in Furness when his children shared a sum of £200. The family were living at Egton cum Newlands for the 1901 census.    .

Sarah Jane WATERS and Thomas BURNYEAT had the following children:

    +94: Dora Mary E. BURNYEAT (1883- )

    +95: Gladys Lancaster BURNYEAT (1885- )

    +96: William James BURNYEAT (1887- )

    +97: Ruth Lilian BURNYEAT (1889- )

    +98: Eric Walter BURNYEAT (1892- )

54. Joseph BURNYEAT, son of William BURNYEAT and Mary LANCASTER, was born circa 1850.

55. Margaret Agnes BURNYEAT, daughter of Jonathon BURNYEAT and Elizabeth BUTLER, was born in 1851 in Whitehaven. She was baptised on 13 April 1851 in Holy Trinity.