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Your connection with Scotland in the 1700s, and with pioneers in South Australia in the late 1800s
Jessie & Alexander GORDON - family tree & stories
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| Name |
Charlotte BURN [1] |
| Born |
1860 [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Notes for biography |
Janette was a dressmaker's assistant, earning six shillings a week. She decided to start out on her own and her sister Charlotte came to help. Charlotte had been in domestic service. Janette withdrew her life savings of two pound and ten shillings and bought a sewing machine. Charlotte became a designer and later held a position at Colson's - a leading fashion firm in the city. Neither of the girls married. [1] |
| Person ID |
I2016 |
Alexander & Jessie |
| Last Modified |
15 Nov 2025 |
| Father |
Robert BURN, b. 16 Mar 1817, Exeter, Devon  |
| Mother |
Caroline WESTERN, b. 1833, Topsham, Exeter, Devon , d. 25 Mar 1917 (Age 84 years) |
| Married |
11 Nov 1856 |
| Residence |
One of their daughters, Emma, married Archie Burridge who was a lodger in their home at Friar's Gate. This implies that Robert and Caroline were living in Friar's Gate and they might have taken in boarders.
This note by Don Gordoon in Nov 2025. |
| Family ID |
F653 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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- [S75] Barbara Regan, nee Wilson - scrap book - see STORIES directory, From Barbara's family history scrap book, Requires evidence.
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