Richard Burns^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1846 - 1945  (98 years)

• Name	Richard Burns  [2, 3, 4]
  Birth	16 Dec 1846	Moeraki, Otago, New Zealand
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Oct 1945	Portobello, Otago Peninsula, Otago, New Zealand   [3]
  Burial	Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand   [3]
  Person ID	I172026504643	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Richard (Riki) Byrne,   b. 1816, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia d. 30 Nov 1849, Moeraki, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Pukio Iwa,   b. Ngai Tuahuriri hapu, Ngai Tahu Ngai Tahu (Tuahiwi) South Island, New Zealand d. New Zealand
  Family ID	F2466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sylvy Ann Harwood,   b. 21 October 1853, Otakou, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand d. 23 July 1927, Portobello, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	10 Nov 1876	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   [2]
  Children	1. Janet Burns (Tini Kerei Taiaroa),   b. January 1877, Otakou, Otago, New Zealand d. Sep 1934, Ellesmere, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 57 years)   2. John Richard Burns,   b. July 1878, Otakou, Otago, New Zealand d. 1961, New Zealand (Age 82 years)   3. Catherine Mary Burns,   b. January 1882, Otakou, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand   4. Robert Burns,   b. 1886, Otakou, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand   5. Sylvy Ann Burns,   b. January 1888, New Zealand d. 10 Sep 1954, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 66 years)   6. Eva (Iwa) Burns,   b. 30 Sept 1890, Otago, New Zealand d. 7 Aug 1932, Ranfurly, Otago, New Zealand (Age 41 years)   7. Octavius Harwood Burns,   b. 19 Jan 1893, Otakou, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand d. 1988, New Zealand (Age 94 years)   8. Moana Burns,   b. 1894   9. Henry Arapata Koti Burns,   b. 08 Jan 1894, Otakou, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand d. 15 Nov 1946, Portobello, Otago Peninsula, Otago, New Zealand (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F2733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Dec 1846 - Moeraki, Otago, New Zealand Marriage - 10 Nov 1876 - Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Death - 6 Oct 1945 - Portobello, Otago Peninsula, Otago, New Zealand Burial - - Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  An Old Whaler's Birthday: Richard Burns turns 91Submitted by tertius57Description AN OLD WHALER’S BIRTHDAY. Mr Richard Burns, probably the last of the old-time whalers and a son of one of the earliest whalers at Moeraki, who celebrated his ninety-first birthday at Lower Portobello on Wednesday. Otago Daily Times, 17 Dec 1937, page 4 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ accessed 11 Apr 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S370259668] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. [S370270368] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S375278832] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S370275498] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Archives New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Series Number: 18805.