John J Burns 1st son of Patrick Burns & Ellen Kiernan

John J Burns, first son of Patrick Burns and Ellen Kiernan was born in 1840, in the village of Southwark, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He married Margaret O’Shea around 1863. She was born in Ireland, August 4, 1841 and died July 10, 1914. She was buried with her husband at Old Cathedral Cemetery. Margaret E. O’Shea Burns lived to her 73rd year and resided at 1115 Tree Street. She immigrated to the United States in 1854. It is unknown whom if anyone came with her. They had 11 children all natural born. He fought in the civil war with the Pennsylvania 118th Infantry. He lived in a rented house at 2120 South 10th Street from 1880 to 1890 moving to 1039 Snyder Avenue, then finally to 2336 S 11th Street. He died February 11, 1898 of Cardiac Asthma, which is similar to Congestive Heart failure. His death certificated listed Patrick and Ellen as his parents. John was buried at Old Cathedral Cemetery in the Devir Family Plot; although the owner of f 9 47 is listed as John J Byrne. Ann Dever was the first one interred in the plot in 1862. She was born 1807. The large monument has Devir on the bottom with many names on all four sides that are unreadable.