They had four ch. surname Burns. + 6a 5b4g3f2e Donald Edmund b. 1942; m. Lorna Murray . 6b 5b4g3f2e Karolyn b. 1946; n.m. A Secretarial Arts graduate from Prince County Vocational School and lives in Charlottetown . 6c 5b4g3f2e Janet Isabel b. 1951; m. David Lloyd McCurdy . Janet has a B.Sc . and B. Ed , degree and teaches school at Ipswich, England . They have two children: 1. James Edward , 2. Sarah Jane . They live at Suffolk , England . 6d 5b4g3f2e James Stuart b. 1952; m. Daisy Beth Ross. James has B.Sc . degree and is a geologist with Omega Hydrocarbons Ltd . They have one dau. Katherine Gail and live in Calgary, Alta. + 6a5b4g3f2e Donald Burns Donald Edmund, son of Lloyd and Edna (Rogers) Burns, b. 1942; m. 11 July 1964 Lorna Bernice Murray . In June 1969, they purchased the family business. Donald was well prepared for farming. He had grown up and worked on the family farm. In 1962, he graduated from N.S. Agricultural College and held various positions with the P.E.I. Dept . of Agriculture before entering the private food processing industry in P.E.I , and Ont. He was working as a food technologist for Versa Food Services in Toronto and Lorna was employed as a school teacher until June 1969. Since acquiring the farm, they have expanded egg production to 15,000 layers housed in completely automated buildings. They produce 25,000 ready-to-lay pullets annually, distribute day old chicks and grow 10 ac. of strawberries. They have three ch. surname Burns. 7a 6a5b4g3f2e Natalie b. 1970. 7b 6a5b4g3f2e Nigel Donald b. 1973. 7c 6a5b4g3f2e Nathan Murray b. 1976. Submitted by Lorna Burns + 5c4g3f2e Robert Edmund Burns Robert E. Burns, son of Edmund and Caroline (Dammarell) Burns, b. 20 Apr. 1917 in Freetown ; m. 23 Nov. 1946 Edna Finlayson , dau. of William and Margaret Finlayson, Bangor . In 1942, Bob joined the Canadian Armed Provost Corps and worked with the Investigation Squad for four and one half years. He received his discharge in 1946. After the death of his brother, Brenton, Bob took over the operation of the family farm, where his parents lived, in Lower Freetown . In 1984, this farm, which had been in the Burns family for one hundred and seventy-four years, was sold to Melvin Birch . The dwelling house and lot were retained by Bob and Edna, where they still reside. They have three children. 6a 5c4g3f2e Shirley Wills b. 26 Aug. 1947. Employed at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Charlottetown , as a laboratory technician. 6b 5c4g3f2e Brenton Garth b. 28 Mar. 1950; m. Marie Estelle Underwood of Labrador City , Nfld. They have one son Andrew, b. 11 Feb. 1980. Garth is employed with Federal Dept . of Fisheries as a chemist in the Admin. Dept . in Dartmouth, N.S. 6c 5c4g3f2e Valerie Joyce b. 24 Jan. 1952; m. 18 Dec. 1982 Paul Murray Snodden , of Udora, Ont. They have one dau. Emily Wills , b. 21 Mar. 1984. Valerie is employed with the Dept . of Agricultural Research, as cytogenetic technician in Fredericton , N.B. Submitted by Edna Burns + 3g2e John Nelson Burns Jr. John Nelson Burns , son of John Nelson and Abigail (Bradshaw) Burns, b. 28 May 1837 in Freetown ; d. 28 Mar. 1893, in Kendrick, Idaho, U.S.A. ; m. 1. 6 Jan. 1860, Mary Gardiner , dau. of Bowdoin and Ann (Howatt) Gardiner. She d. 14 Aug. 1860 aet 22 yrs. m. 2. 25 Mar. 1868, Catherine Kirk , dau. of James and Catherine (McRae) Kirk of . She d. 30 Dec. 1922 in Kendrick, Idaho, U.S.A. John (also known as 221