Harris Selwyn BURNS
1896 - 1956 (59 years)
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Name Harris Selwyn BURNS Birth 30 Aug 1896 Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada 
[1] Gender Male Death 9 Aug 1956 Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Burial Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Person ID I24118 Whitewater Region Early Families Last Modified 31 Jul 2012
Father William Edward BURNS, b. 28 Mar 1867, Kildare, Rawdon, Quebec d. 12 Jun 1954, Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years) Mother Annie Elizabeth HOLDEN, b. 4 Nov 1875, Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Aug 1953, Zion Line, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years) Marriage 2 Oct 1895 Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada [2, 3] Family ID F10866 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jean Elizabeth BLACKBURN, b. 5 Jun 1898, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 1983 (Age 84 years) Marriage 1 Oct 1924 Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada [4, 5, 6] Family ID F10868 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 Jul 2012
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Photos 
Patterson, Gordon & Greta nee Ross home, Zion Line; formerly Harris Burns farm.
Photograph from the collection of Ralph MacGregorFour Whitewater Region WWII Veterans: Elmer Dobson, Harrison Burns, Stanley Wilcox and Roy Morrison.
From the photograph collection of Pauline Britney nee Morrison
Documents 
RTHx-Zion Line Telephone Company - Harris Burns & Sam McMillan retire
The Cobden Sun, Feb 11, 1954 p. 1
Burns, Harris auction sale
The Cobden Sun, Oct 8, 1953 p. 4
Burns, Mr & Mrs. Harris honored on move to Cobden
The Cobden Sun, Nov 12, 1953 p. 5
Burgess, Thomas Auctioneer Sale bill for Harris Burns, 1953
Provided by Tory Hawkins (found in former Burgess garage)
Headstones 
Gravestone-Burns, Harris S. & Jean nee Blackburn
Block 2 - Anglican
Cobden Union Cemetery
photographed by Fay Bennett, Sept 2016
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Sources - [S596] Automated Genealogy, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Westmeath Twp., - 1901, (Index to 1901 Census of Canada with Digital Images, http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/index.html).
- [S508] Ross Twp Register, BMD.
- [S779] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), # 011189 Ross Twp., Renfrew Co., Ontario (Reliability: 3).
at St. Paul's Ang Church, Cobden Name: Wm E Burns Birth Place: Kildare Que Age: 28 Father Name: John Burns Mother Name: Margaret Burns Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867 Spouse Name: Annie E Holden Spouse's Age: 19 Spouse Birth Place: Chichester Spouse Father Name: Edwd Holden Spouse Mother Name : Jane Holden Marriage Date: 2 Oct 1895 - [S871] Church, Les & Aldine, Newspaper - Births, Deaths and Marriages Abstracts From the Renfrew Mercury 1871 - 1924.
- [S779] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), 017564 (Reliability: 3).
- [S722] Presbyterian Marriages 1902-1938 (Beachburg, Ontario, Canada), Church Record - Presbyterian Marriages, Beachburg, 1902-1938 (Reliability: 3).
witness: James Bennie, Beachburg; Hannah Livingston, Beachburg
@ Manse, Beachburg
on: Oct 1, 1924 by R W McVey
- [S596] Automated Genealogy, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Westmeath Twp., - 1901, (Index to 1901 Census of Canada with Digital Images, http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/index.html).