Robert James Burns, b: 1847 - St. Pancras, London.

^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}
^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}


^{Frank A. Burns}^{b. d.}

^{Robert James Burns}^{b.1867 d.1936}		^{Robert Burns}^{b.1825 d.1894}

^{Charles William Burns}^b.1869 d.	^{Robert James Burns}^{b.1847 St. Pancras, London. d.1931 Broadoak, London.}

^{Frances Harriette Burns}^b.1870 d.		^{Harriette Thwaites}^{b.1830 d.1902}

^{Henry W. Burns}^b.1874 d.

^{Arthur G. Burns}^b.1875 d.

^{Alfred J. Burns}^b.1879 d.	^{Fanny Susan Barrett}^{b.1844 d.1895}

^{Herbert T. Burns}^b.1880 d.

^{Ernest A. Burns}^b.1880 d.

^{Louise Isabel Burns}^{b.1883 HOLBORN.LONDON. d.1912}