Dr William Arthur Burns

1870 - 1960  (90 years)

• Name	William Arthur Burns  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28]
  Title	Dr
  Birth	3 Jun 1870	Vernon, Lamar, Alabama, USA   [3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 28]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	943R-K5F
  Occupation	Physician  [11, 14, 19]
  Residence	1880	Lamar County, Alabama, USA   [10]
  Residence	1 Jul 1897	Vernon, Dallas, Alabama, USA   [27]
  Residence	1900	Sheffield, Colbert, Alabama, USA   [19]
  Residence	1910	Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA   [3]
  	Ward 9
  Residence	1920	Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA   [5]
  Residence	1925	Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA   [14]
  Residence	1930	Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA   [11]
  Residence	1935	Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA   [20]
  Residence	1940	Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA   [20]
  Residence	1950	Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA   [24]
  Residence	1959	Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA   [12]
  Burial	1960	Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA   [21, 23, 29]
  Death	23 Nov 1960	Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA   [13, 21, 23, 28]
  Person ID	I14260	MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son James Montgomery, William Azmon Sample and Esther Garrison
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	Anna Desiree Dezzie Montgomery,   b. 15 Nov 1875, Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox, Alabama, USA d. 20 May 1944, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	23 Jan 1894	Vernon, Lamar, Alabama, USA   [1, 8, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22]
  	Marriage performed by William A Montgomery
  Children	+ 1. Martha Kathleen Burns,   b. 13 Mar 1895, Alabama, USA d. 26 Oct 1964, Mountain Brook, Jefferson, Alabama, USA (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Margaret Degene Desiree Burns,   b. 26 Sep 1897, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA d. 18 Jun 1970, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Dorothy Burns,   b. 4 Oct 1904, Alabama, USA d. 16 Dec 1964, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Jun 1870 - Vernon, Lamar, Alabama, USA Residence - 1880 - Lamar County, Alabama, USA Marriage - 23 Jan 1894 - Vernon, Lamar, Alabama, USA Residence - 1900 - Sheffield, Colbert, Alabama, USA Residence - Ward 9 - 1910 - Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Residence - 1920 - Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Residence - 1925 - Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Residence - 1930 - Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Residence - 1935 - Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Residence - 1940 - Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Residence - 1950 - Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Residence - 1959 - Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Death - 23 Nov 1960 - Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S962] Pine, Vivian Garner, William Addison Montgomery Family Group Worksheet, (Name: Name: Yates Publishing Company; Location: San Antonio, Texas; Date: 5Mar 1989;;), William Addison Montgomery. [S3747] Moseley, Franklin S, Heros of the Cross, (Name: Central Alabama Genealogical Society Quarterly; Location: Selma, Alabama, USA; Date: Oct 2001;), Includes newspaper article from Southern Home 12-27-1956 Eutaw, Alabama Greene County Democrat, 12-27-1956, Page 1. [S3398] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Birmingham Ward 9, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T624_19; Page: 27B; Enumeration District: 0069; FHL microfilm: 1374032. Record for William A Buren http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&h=9600099&indiv=try [S3145] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Dorthy Burns Seney http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSAlabamaDeath&h=1387787&indiv=try [S3572] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T625_25; Page: 25B; Enumeration District: 97; Image: 430. Record for William A Burns http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=1201312&indiv=try [S3145] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Margaret D Burns Hitt http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSAlabamaDeath&h=1603278&indiv=try [S3145] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). 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Burnes http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=5408576&indiv=try [S4007] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 25; Page: 46A; Enumeration District: 0025; Image: 219.0; FHL microfilm: 2339760. Record for William A Burns http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=119587458&indiv=try [S2960] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for William A Burns http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=USDirectories&h=1154486099&indiv=try [S3145] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for William Arthur Burns http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSAlabamaDeath&h=1498160&indiv=try [S2960] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Dezzie Burns http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=USDirectories&h=1154538442&indiv=try [S272] Day, Kate Pickens and Monroe Pickens, Cousin Monroe's History of the Pickens Family, (Name: Hiott Press; Location: Easley, South Carolina, USA; Date: 1951;), pp 205-206 Chapter 6 William Addison Montgomery See file Pickens.pdf, 51048263. Pickens Family Genealogy (The) Book Available at California Genealogy Society [S4294] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;), Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M84.0374. Record for Anna Desire Montgomery Burns https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61266&h=90223790&indiv=try [S3145] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Anna Diziver Burns https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2543&h=508169&indiv=try [S4297] Ancestry.com, Alabama, County Marriage Records, 1805-1967, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). Record for Anna Deziree Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61365&h=901958941&indiv=try [S3845] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Sheffield, Colbert, Alabama; Roll: 10; Page: 25; Enumeration District: 0017. Record for William Buns https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7602&h=48266425&indiv=try [S4202] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: m-t0627-00093; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 68-89. Record for Doctor William A Bierns https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=65444272&indiv=try [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Anna Deziree Burns https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=217268381&indiv=try [S4297] Ancestry.com, Alabama, County Marriage Records, 1805-1967, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). Record for William Arthur Burns https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61365&h=1958941&indiv=try [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Dr William Arthur Burns https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=217267920&indiv=try [S4505] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 753; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 68-119. Record for William A Burns https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62308&h=100993743&indiv=try [S3121] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama. Record for W A Burns https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1898&h=128641&indiv=try [S4463] Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2020;), The Birmingham News; Publication Date: 14/ Apr/ 1920; Publication Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/613476091/?article=bb1b64df-48f0-495b-ad12-51d29e9bd23a&focus=0.1442085,0.19139032,0.2641508,0.3600468&xid=3398. Record for Miss Desiree Burns https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62116&h=31423883&indiv=try [S4454] Ancestry.com, U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for William Arthur Burns https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2525&h=3099786&indiv=try [S4335] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The Birmingham News; Publication Date: 25 Nov 1960; Publication Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/575115308/?article=c606fe9d-ede5-474f-97a3-14bac3bf11ea&focus=0.7352427,0.5279179,0.8468844,0.57496077&xid=3355. Record for William A Burns https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61843&h=669336611&indiv=try [S4507] Elmwood Cemetery Birmingham, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA;), Burns, William Arthur (1870-1960) Memorial #246216742 Plot Block 27 Accessed KRM 11 Jun 2025 9:26am https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/246216742/william_arthur-burns. Elmwood Cemetery Also known as Elm Leaf Cemetery 600 Martin Luther King Jr Drive Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, 35211 USA PHONE 205-251-3114 https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/22674/elmwood-cemetery https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/246216742/william_arthur-burns