The Burnyeat Families of Whitehaven and District

by

Nev.Ramsden

The 6th Generation of Burnyeats

The Sixth Generation

56. John BURNYEAT, son of John BURNYEAT and Jane GREEN, was born in 1866 in Whitehaven.

57. William BURNYEAT, son of John BURNYEAT and Jane GREEN, was born in 1868 in Whitehaven. He was a Mechanical Engineer.

58. Joseph Robinson BURNYEAT, son of John BURNYEAT and Jane GREEN, was born in 1870 in Whitehaven. He married Annie WATSON in 1909 in Whitehaven R.D..

59. Andrew Green BURNYEAT, son of John BURNYEAT and Jane GREEN, was born in 1878 in Whitehaven.

60. Harold BURNYEAT, son of John BURNYEAT and Jane GREEN, was born in 1879 in Whitehaven.

61. Isabell Mary BURNYEAT, daughter of Daniel BURNYEAT and Isabella WALKER, was born in 1873 in Whitehaven.

62. William BURNYEAT, son of Daniel BURNYEAT and Isabella WALKER, was born in 1875 in Whitehaven. He married Agnes Gowan of Whitehaven in Alaska, North America. He died in 1912 in Whitehaven. He was buried in Holy Trinity, Whitehaven.

William went to Canada in 1893 to participate in the Klondiike gold rush but stayed on for 13 years in Alaska working as a contracter in the timber trade. It was illness that forced him back home to Whitehaven in Sept. 1912. Details from the Death Notice in the local paper.

63. John Spencer BURNYEAT, son of Daniel BURNYEAT and Isabella WALKER, was born in 1876 in Whitehaven. He was a District Supervisor for Insurance Company. He married Clara PEARSON in 1908 in Northwhich, Cheshire.

Clara PEARSON was born in 1882 in Cheshire.

64. Ernest BURNYEAT, son of Daniel BURNYEAT and Isabella WALKER, was born in 1881 in Whitehaven. He was a Saddler & Leather Goods maker and dealer. He married Edith MAYOR in 1912 in Kendal RD.. He died in 1937 in Whitehaven.

He had a shop at 1 King Street in Whitehaven & later he moved on to Roper Street. This saddlers business first appears in the Whitehaven Trade Directories in about the 1924 / 1926 period.

Back in the late 19th Century, it was Roan’s (of Whitehaven), who were proving commercial pace-setters in the town. The late Mr John Roan set up the original saddlery and leather shop in Roper Street then 39 Market Place. This also included workshops, where every variety of harness and saddles (upwards of 1,000 sets being turned out annually) were manufactured together with horse clothing, portmanteau, waterproofs and footballs !

When John Roan retired through ill health shortly after the 14/18 war, the Burnyeat family took over the running of the business, first with Mr Ernest Burnyeat and, subsequently, his brother, Tom, whose widow and daughter, Mrs Marjorie Clarke, were both directors of the company.

Ernest was a great-nephew to William Burnyeat (1819 - 1894 ) the Whitehaven / Liverpool ship owner and ships chandler.

Edith MAYOR was born in 1881 in Kendal RD.

65. Stanley BURNYEAT, son of Daniel BURNYEAT and Isabella WALKER, was born in 1882 in Whitehaven. He married Mary THOMPSON in 1919 in Whitehaven R.D..

Mary THOMPSON and Stanley BURNYEAT had the following children:

    +99: Stanley W BURNYEAT (1920- )

66. Thomas BURNYEAT, son of Daniel BURNYEAT and Isabella WALKER, was born in 1886 in Whitehaven. He was a Saddler. He married Maude LOWTHER in 1936 in Cockermouth R.D..

67. William John Dalzell BURNYEAT, son of William BURNYEAT and Sarah Frances DALZELL, was born in 1874 in Whitehaven. He was a Barrister & MP & J.P. He married Hildegard RETZLAFF in 1908 in Berlin. He died on 8 May 1916 in Moresby House, Whitehaven.

He was a Barrister in the 1911 census. He was the managing director of the Distington Hematite Iron Co., Ltd., a director of the Workington Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., and was associated with other industrial enterprises in the district.

His 1916 Obituary [1]

WILLIAM JOHN DALZELL BURNYEAT died at his residence, Millgrove, near Whitehaven, on May 8, 1916, at the age of forty-two.
He was the managing director of the Distington Hematite Iron Co., Ltd., a director of the Workington Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., and was associated with other industrial enterprises in the district.
In January 1916 he was returned to Parliament as the Liberal representative of the Whitehaven division, and retired in October 1909. He represented the Benzol and Chemical Department on the West Cumberland Munitions Committee.
He was elected a member of the Iron and Steel Institute in 1912.

Hildegard RETZLAFF was born in Berlin.

68. Isabella Mary BURNYEAT, daughter of William BURNYEAT and Sarah Frances DALZELL, was born in 1878 in Whitehaven.

69. Miles Fleming BURNYEAT, son of William BURNYEAT and Sarah Frances DALZELL, was born in 1879 in Whitehaven R.D. He married Dorothy Catherine CLOUGH on 19 January 1915 in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. He died in 1935 in Whitehaven R.D..

Dorothy Catherine CLOUGH was born in 1888 in London. She died in 1945 in Crosby RD, Lancs..  She and Miles Fleming BURNYEAT had the following children:

    +100: Peter James Anthony BURNYEAT (1916-after 1983)

    +101: Philip Ponsonby BURNYEAT (1921-1977)

70. Hugh Ponsonby BURNYEAT, son of William BURNYEAT and Sarah Frances DALZELL, was born in 1881 in Whitehaven. He was a Capt.Royal Field Artillery. He married Elsie G. HARRISON in 1910 in Ecclesall, Derbyshire. He died on 30 October 1918 in Bousies, France.

They were living in London for 1911 census.

Elsie G. HARRISON was born in 1890 in Sheffield. She married Unknown DRESSER. She died in 1918 in Unknown.  She and Hugh Ponsonby BURNYEAT had the following children:

    +102: William Hugh Ponsonby BURNYEAT (1911- )

71. Muriel Frances S. BURNYEAT, daughter of William BURNYEAT and Sarah Frances DALZELL, was born in 1885 in Whitehaven. She married Mr. Moore or McNEALL in 1907 in Strand, London.

72. John BURNYEAT, son of John BURNYEAT and Rhoda Annie JACKSON, was born in 1877 in Huyton, Lancs. He was a Manager - Ship Chandlers. He married Dorothy LLOYD in 1916 in Toxteth Park RD. Liverpool. He died in 1949 in Crosby, Lancs RD..

Dorothy LLOYD died in 1945 in Crosby RD.

73. Harry Wilson BURNYEAT, son of John BURNYEAT and Rhoda Annie JACKSON, was born in 1878 in Prescot RD, Lancs. He married Margaret MCVEY in 1929 in Bolton RD..

Margaret McVEY and Harry Wilson BURNYEAT had the following children:

    +103: Jean BURNYEAT (1930- )

    +104: Alan BURNYEAT (1932- )

74. Dora BURNYEAT, daughter of John BURNYEAT and Rhoda Annie JACKSON, was born in 1883 in Grenaby, IOM. She married William TREGUNNA in 1915 in Birkenhead RD..

75. Mona BURNYEAT, daughter of John BURNYEAT and Rhoda Annie JACKSON, was born in 1889 in Grenaby. She died after 1950.

It would seem that she remained a single person.

76. Major Norman Quayle BURNYEAT, son of John BURNYEAT and Rhoda Annie JACKSON, was born in 1894 in Grenaby. He was a Soldier. He had the title 'Major' in 1916. He died on 6 August 1917 in Belgium.

IOM Roll of Honour    

“BURNYEAT, Major N. Q., R.F.A.; died of wounds on August 6th, 1917.- the son of Mr John Burnyeat, formerly M.H.K. (Member of the House of Keys), for Ayre Sheading.”

77. Alfred W. BURNYEAT, son of Alfred Dalzell BURNYEAT and Mary Steele WHITESIDE, was born in 1880 in Huyton, Lancs. He died in 1906 in City of London.

78. William Maurice Brownlie BURNYEAT, son of Miles Edward BURNYEAT and Jane Willox UNKNOWN, was born on 5 August 1885 in Maghull, Lancs. He was baptised on 28 August 1885 in St.Andrews, Maghull, Lancs.. He was a Mining Engineer. He married Lindsay Muriel NEILL in 1917 in Kensington, London. He died in 1952 in Isle of Wight, Hants..

Biography 1947:
William M.C. Burnyeat, M.C. - Educated at Shrewsbury School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A. Former Director of The New Sharlston Collieries Co. Ltd., Yorks. ; Lancaster's Steam Coal Collieries Ltd., Monmouthshire ; The Swansea Navigation Collieries Ltd., Glam. Director of Cawood Wharton & Co. Ltd., Yorks. ; and Burnyeat, Dalzell & Nicholson Ltd. General Manager of Messrs. Richard Thomas & Baldwins' Collieries and all Colliery Subsidiaries. Commenced mining in 1903 with Messrs. Burnyeat, Brown & Co. Private Address: "Beechwood," Walton, near Wakefield.

He passed through the port of Boston Massachusetts in 1903, presumably on his way to study at M.I.T.

Captain in the Monmouthshire regiment during the1914/18 war and was honoured with his MC in the 1918 birthday honours list - Captain William Maurice Brownlie Burnyeat of the Monmouthshire Regiment.

An Extract only: - "The General Staff decided that mining on a much larger scale was needed and accordingly the 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment whilst based at Steenwoorde, received orders to provide 1 Officer and party of 40 other ranks. A more suitable task could not have been chosen as the majority of men in the battalion were peace time miners. Lt G.W. Lancaster who was a peace time Mining Engineer and the other ranks made their way by motor bus from Steenwoorde to Ypres on 27th February 1915. They were joined by a similar party from the 1st Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment under the command of Lt Burnyeat also a Mining Engineer. The Monmouthshire’s were attached to the Northumbrian Field Company Royal Engineers under the command of Major Pollard D.S.O. They were billeted in the Convent School in the Rue de Lille in the shadow of the famous Cloth Hall in Ypres. On the 1st March, St David’s Day, Lt Burnyeat attempted to take a party up to the front at St Eloi, to commence mining operations but due to heavy shelling by the enemy this proved impossible. On the 3rd March Lt Lancaster led a party to the front unfortunately whilst moving up the line Pte Pat Lewis was injured. The enemy shelling continued and Lt Lancaster had no choice but to lead the men back. During the move he was seriously wounded and had to be carried to the Field Ambulance station to receive treatment. He was eventually returned to England. The men were given a few days rest after the idea of mining at St Eloi was abandoned".

Lindsay Muriel NEILL was born in 1893 in Kensington. She died in 1962 in Folkestone, Kent.  She and William Maurice Brownlie BURNYEAT had the following children:

    +105: Ann C. BURNYEAT (1920- )

    +106: Elizabeth Brownlie BURNYEAT (1923-2011)

    +107: Mary Jill BURNYEAT (1926- )

79. Mora Udall Brownlie BURNYEAT, daughter of Miles Edward BURNYEAT and Jane Willox UNKNOWN, was born in 1888 in Allerton, Lancs. She was baptised on 22 September 1888 in All Hallows, Allerton, Lancs..

80. Jonathon BURNYEAT, son of Thomas Butler BURNYEAT and Jane YOWART, was born in 1877 in Whiitehaven. He married Isabella PATTINSON in 1899 in Whiitehaven RD..

81. John BURNYEAT, son of Thomas Butler BURNYEAT and Jane YOWART, was born in 1878 in Whiitehaven.

82. Elizabeth BURNYEAT, daughter of Thomas Butler BURNYEAT and Jane YOWART, was born in 1880 in Whiitehaven. She married Joseph STEPHENSON on 14 December 1900 in St.Beghs, Whitehaven.

83. Henry Yowart BURNYEAT, son of Thomas Butler BURNYEAT and Jane YOWART, was born in 1882 in Whiitehaven. He married Isabell PRATT in 1905 in Chester le Street.

84. Martin Wilkinson BURNYEAT, son of Thomas Butler BURNYEAT and Jane YOWART, was born in 1884 in Whiitehaven. He married Alice KING in 1906 in Chester le Street. He died.

85. Florence BURNYEAT, daughter of Thomas Butler BURNYEAT and Jane YOWART, was born in 1886 in Whiitehaven. She married Thomas RUDD in 1907 in Chester le Street.

86. Ethel BURNYEAT, daughter of Thomas Butler BURNYEAT and Jane YOWART, was born in 1888 in Whiitehaven.

Did this Ethel cross the Canadian / USA border at Vermont in 1915 ?

87. Ruth BURNYEAT, daughter of Thomas Butler BURNYEAT and Jane YOWART, was born in 1890 in Unknown.

88. Sarah BURNYEAT, daughter of Jonathon BURNYEAT and Elizabeth LEECH, was born in 1869 in St.Bees.

89. George T. BURNYEAT, son of Jonathon BURNYEAT and Emily GIBBS, was born in 1880 in St.Bees.

90. Joseph Jonathon BURNYEAT, son of Philip BURNYEAT and Mary PRITT, was born in 1870 in St.Bees. He was baptised on 12 June 1870 in St.Bees. He died in 1872 in Whiitehaven RD..

91. Joseph William BURNYEAT, son of Philip BURNYEAT and Mary PRITT, was born in 1873 in St.Bees. He was baptised on 4 October 1873 in St.Bees. He died in 1941 in Whiitehaven RD..

He received a sum of money from his grandfathers Will.

92. Daniel BURNYEAT, son of Philip BURNYEAT and Elizabeth HOPPER, was born in 1880 in Moresby. He was a Postman.

Did Daniel pass through the port of Boston Massachusetts in 1906 ?

93. John HOPPER, son of Philip BURNYEAT and Elizabeth HOPPER, was born in 1860 in Dearham.

94. Dora Mary E. BURNYEAT, daughter of Thomas BURNYEAT and Sarah Jane WATERS, was born in 1883 in Barrow in Furness.

95. Gladys Lancaster BURNYEAT, daughter of Thomas BURNYEAT and Sarah Jane WATERS, was born in 1885 in Barrow in Furness.

96. William James BURNYEAT, son of Thomas BURNYEAT and Sarah Jane WATERS, was born in 1887 in Barrow in Furness.

97. Ruth Lilian BURNYEAT, daughter of Thomas BURNYEAT and Sarah Jane WATERS, was born in 1889 in Barrow in Furness.

98. Eric Walter BURNYEAT, son of Thomas BURNYEAT and Sarah Jane WATERS, was born in 1892 in Barrow in Furness.