Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Robert McBurney and Annie Burford




Husband Robert McBurney 1

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Wife Annie Burford 1

           Born:  - England
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Children
1 M William McBurney 1

           Born: Aug 1807 - East Liberty, Dunbar Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1
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           Died: Abt 1895 - East Liberty, Dunbar Twp, Fayette Co, PA
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         Spouse: Frances Boyer (      -      ) 1


2 M John McBurney 1

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3 M Robert McBurney 2

           Born:  - Fayette Co, PA
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         Spouse: Melissa Wilgus (      -      ) 3


4 F Nancy McBurney 1

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5 F Esther McBurney 1

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6 F Eliza McBurney 1

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General Notes: Husband - Robert McBurney


He came to East Liberty, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, from Maryland, in 1798 to visit Robert Boyd, his brother-in-law. He was a blacksmith and on the lookout for a location. He was strongly urged by Boyd and the neighboring farmers to settle in East Liberty, and as an inducement they offered to fit him up a shop. He accepted their offer, and with his bride soon afterward came permanently to East Liberty. His first shop was in an old building that had been previously occupied as a smithy, but for some time had been abandoned. There were few houses in the village then, but the farmers were coming in and he had plenty of work. He prospered, was justice of the peace, and later engaged in a mercantile business, but also retained his smithy until his death.


General Notes: Wife - Annie Burford


She was born in England, and came to America when a girl with an invalid brother William, locating at Hagerstown, Maryland. Her brother died and soon afterward she met and married Robert McBurney.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 374.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 374, 378.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 378.


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