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George Hubert Burnett, Jr. ^[1, 2, 3, 4] 1855 - 1940

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• Suffix	Jr. ^
  Birth	4 Oct 1855	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Census	1870	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [6]
  	He was living with his parents.
  Census	1880	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [7]
  Occupation	1880	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [7]
  	fisherman
  Residence	1880	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [7]
  	in the household of his parents, George and Frances Burnett,
  Misc	1883	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [8]
  	He was a charter member of the Union Dime Club, a community social club
  Census	1900	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [5]
  	He is living in his mother's household.
  Occupation	1900  [5]
  	carpenter
  Census	1920	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [9]
  	He was living, as a boarder in the household of William R. Seeley, an actor. The residence appears to have been near to or adjacent to the George Miller residence at South Country and Fire Place Neck Roads (it is recorded as being on South Country Rd.) George's age is recorded as 55, likely an error. He was single.
  Occupation	1920  [9]
  	house carpenter
  Living	1924	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [3]
  Census	1930	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [10]
  	He was living in the household of Florence Seeley Smith, 45, a widow, on Montauk Highway (South Country Rd.) His age was recorded as 75.
  Occupation	1930  [10]
  	servant
  Died	9 Nov 1940	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4, 11]
  Person ID	I1137	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2009

  
  

  Father	George Hubert Burnett, Sr. ^,   b. 20 Jan 1823, Southampton, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 4 Apr 1893, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Mother	Frances Mary Jagger, ^,   b. 10 Oct 1826, Westhampton, Southampton, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 15 Apr 1924, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Married	Abt 1853
  Documents		Burnett Farm South .. this document is the Site Data Sheet for the Burnett farm property situated on the south side of Beaver Dam road, opposite the Burnett homestead.
  		Burnett Homestead in Brookhaven Hamlet, NY .. this document is the Brookhaven/South Haven Historic Site Br18B data sheet for the Burnett Homestead
  Family ID	F352	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		George H., Jr., Isaac, and Theron Burnett (l. to r.)
  		George Hubert Burnett, Jr. .. Believed to be George Hubert Burnett, Jr., cropped from a group picture taken in front of the Brook Store, Brookhaven, NY. The key to the group picture indicated that this was "Hugh Burnett."  Hugh is a proper name, and apparently little used as a nickname. There is no Hugh in the Burnett family of Brookhaven. "Hugh Burnett" is only rarely found in all the US censuses, 1790-1930. The picture key was apparently made by George Perley Morse, a local historian, in the middle 20th century. It is likely that he meant George Hubert Burnett, Jr. While Bert is the usual short version of Hubert, Hubert or Hugh might have become used to distinguish him from his father.  George Hubert, Sr. would have been about 67-70 when the picture was likely taken.

  
  

  Documents		Burnett Homestead in Brookhaven Hamlet, NY .. this document is the Brookhaven/South Haven Historic Site Br18B data sheet for the Burnett Homestead
  		Union Dime Club .. the Union Dime Club was a social organization active in Brookhaven Hamlet from about 1883-1888. This article from the Patchogue Advance provides an interesting picture of the social life in the community during the late 19th century.

  
  

  Headstones

  #028.Burnett — Burnett Cemetery Plot .. There is strong evidence of a Burnett Cemetery plot at Woodland Cemetery. A cemetery deed was found in the papers of George Hubert & Francis Jagger Burnett's grand daughter, Ann. Frances Jagger Burnett purchased a large plot #227, being 28 ft. by 28 ft 6 in. containing 798 superficial feet. The date on the Deed is April 6th 1893, two days after George Hubert Burnett died. That Frances Jagger Burnett and George H. Burnett, Sr. are buried there seems very likely, and there is a good chance that children George H. Jr., Isaac, Henry Theron and Ann Frances are also buried there. However, searches of the cemetery have not found any Burnett gravestones. Status: Not yet located Plot: #227

  
  

• Sources

  [S67] Post-Morrow Newsletter, Summer 2001.. [S61] 1860 Census, p. 213.. [S74] Scrapbook: Talmadge. [S537] Burnett, Thomas Descendants: Claire Burnett. [S191] 1900 Census, Roll: T623 1165; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 748.. [S62] 1870 Census, Series: M593 Roll: 1100 Page: 375. [S42] 1880 Census, NA Film No.: T9-0935, Page 146D.. [S577] http://brookhavensouthhaven.org/history/UnionDimeClub/UnionDimeClub1883-88.htm. [S107] 1920 Census (Heritage), Ancestry.com., Roll: T625_1268; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 85; Image: 632. [S129] 1930 Census, Roll: 1650; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 422.0.. [S652] Suffolk County Deed Records, L. 2333. p. 189; Indenture, George F. Burnett heirs to C. Oliver Wellington; 20 September 1943.