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Thomas Charlton Burnhope

Male 1845 - 1922  (77 years)


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  • Name Thomas Charlton Burnhope 
    Born 22 Feb 1845  Stay-the-Voyage, Boldon, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 31 Mar 1922  Bothwell, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 3 Apr 1922  Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Isaac Burnhope,   b. 15 Nov 1808, Wharmley (near Hexham), Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1869, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Charlton,   b. 21 Sep 1806, Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1887, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 13 Aug 1831  Saint Andrew's, Hexham, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann Osborne,   b. 27 Mar 1844, Mulgrave Place, Woolwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1919, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 18 Nov 1872  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Isaac Burnhope,   b. 7 Sep 1873, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1953, Price, Carbon, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Mary Ann Burnhope,   b. 14 Oct 1876, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1955, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     3. Burnhope,   b. 6 Feb 1888, Promontory, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1888, Promontory, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Burnhope,   d. Bef 1900, Promontory, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Burnhope,   d. Bef 1900, Promontory, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Burnhope,   d. Bef 1900, Promontory, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Burnhope,   d. Bef 1900, Promontory, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F9  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. In mother's obituary of 25 May 1887, she notes 2 daughters and 4 sons alive. This confirms this individual was still alive at that time. Of the siblings, Jane Ann Burnhope Spens was the only one deceased at that time which coincides perfectly with this database.

      2. Censuses:
      1851 Eng: Whitburn, Durham, p. 16 of 20, #60, res: Stay the Voyage:
      Isaac Burnhope, 42, platelayer, b. Northumberland, Weamley.
      Elizabeth, wife, 44, b. Northumberland, Hendon-in-the-Wall.
      Wm., son, 18, sailor, b. Northumberland, Sunnyside.
      Mary Ann, dau., 16, b. Northumberland, Sunnyside.
      Jane, dau., 11, b. Durham, East Bolden.
      Isaac, son, 8, b. Durham, East Bolden.
      Thomas, son,. 6, b. Durham, East Bolden.
      Betsy, dau., 2, b. Durham, East Bolden.

      1861 England: District 21, Whitburn parish, Durham, p. 21 of 23, house: Stay the Voyage:
      Isaac Burnop, mar., 52, plate layer.
      Elizabeth, wife, mar., 54, b. Durham, Newburn.
      Isaac, son, 18, plate layer, b. Durham, Whitburn.
      Thomas, son, 16, plate layer, b. Durham, Whitburn.
      Betsy, dau., 12, b. Durham, Whitburn.
      Eliza Mitchell, visitor, sing., 20, dressmaker, b. Scotland.

      1880 US: Terrace, Box Elder, Utah, NA film T9-1335, p. 118D:
      Thomas Burnhope, laborer, M, 36, Eng Eng Eng.
      Mary Ann, keeping house, wife, M, 36, Eng Eng Eng.
      Isaac, S, 7, UT Eng Eng.
      Mary Ann, S, 4, UT Eng Eng.

      1900 US: Promontory Precinct, Box Elder, Utah, Sht. 3, B:
      Thomas Burnhope, Head, Feb 1845, 55, married 27, Eng Eng Eng, immigrated 1868, RR laborer.
      Mary A., wife, Mar 1844, 56, marr. 27 years, 7 total children 2 living, Eng Eng Eng.

      1910 US: 4th Ward, Ogden, Weber, Utah, 85A, 12 Jan 1920, 2264 Madison Ave (note next door neighbor is Cornelius Osborne at 2256 Madison and daughter Mary and her husband live in close proximity 4 pages away in same census):
      Thomas Burnhope, Head, 67, m. once for 38 years, Eng Eng Eng, emigrated 1868, naturalized, lives on income.
      Mary, wife, 66, m. once for 38 years, 2 total children both living, Eng Eng Eng, emigrated 1868.

      1920 US: 4th Ward, Ogden, Weber, Utah, 83A, 12 Jan 1920, 2264 Madison Ave:
      Peter Peterson, owns home, 49, emigrated 1880, naturalized 1892, Den Den Den, salesman in hardware store.
      Mary A., 43, UT Eng Eng.
      Carl, son, 19, UT Den UT.
      Franklin, son, 17, UT Den UT.
      Helen, dau., 15, Montana Den UT.
      Thelma, dau., 13, UT Den UT.
      Thomas Burnhope, father-in-law, 74, widower, emigrated 1868, naturalized 1915, Eng Eng Eng, no occupation.

      3. Came to Utah from England around 1868 per granddaughter Mary Lucile Burnhope.

      4. Reviewed Rootsweb.com Worldconnect Nov 2002.

      5. Residences:
      1845-Stay the Voyage, West Boldon, England
      1908- 2262 Madison Ave., Ogden, UT.

      6. Naturalization record of Thomas Burnhope: U.S. Naturalization Cert., 22 Dec 1908, U.S. Dist., Weber, Ogden, UT.

      7. Ken Burnhope in his email of 18 Oct 2002 indicates his records have notes on the birth of five stillborn babies born after Isaac and Mary Ann. The cemetery in Ogden has two graves; one with one baby and a date in the record and the other grave marker shows "Babies" and the record just shows babies with no date.

      8. The following names are found in the following document: "Names of Persons and Sureties indebted to the Perpetual Emigrating Fund company 1850 to 1877," (also known as the 1877 Debtors Index) by Richard L. Jensen and Marine C. Ward. Document in PDF form found at <http://mormonhistoricsitesfoundation.org/publications/studies_fall2000/mhs1.2JensenWardFall2000.pdf>:
      Boak, Nicholas - Elizabeth. Margaret: 1868.
      Burnhope, Isaac - Elizabeth. Thomas, Betsey: 1868.

      9. "Names of Persons and Sureties indebted to the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company 1850 to 1877," http://www.jacksonfamilyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Doc030_PEF.pdf, p. 156, accessed 23 Apr 2014:
      Isaac Burnhope -- Elizabeth, Thomas, Betsey: 1868.

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1. Sketch of the Life of Mary Ann Burnhope Wallace [see her notes for full citation]: "I was born April 24, 1835 at Hexham, Northumberland Co., England. My parents, Isaac Burnhope and Elizabeth Charlton, were of English birth and of Protestant and Catholic faith, until the year 1847 when they with their seven children were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. My father, when a young man, enlisted in the British Army. He was bought off, ran away and joined the army, served his time and then worked at freighting. After his marriage he was a section foreman on the railroad. My mother was a housekeeper in the families of the nobility for fifteen years previous to her marriage. My ancestors were foresters and brewers... My parents, with my brother, Thomas, and sister, Betsy, came to Salt Lake City from England in the summer of 1868. They lived with us and in February 1869 father died with erysipelas. Mother was very sick with the dreadful disease, but recovered..."

      2. Thomas and Mary Ann's granddaughter Mary Lucile Burnhope wrote her several very detailed and descriptive biographies of several dozen pages from June 1969 through July 1988. I have copies on file of which some details of genealogical interest I here relate. She notes the family would take the train to Ogden for Christmas at her grandparents Thomas and Mary Ann Burnhope's home of which she relates: "Their home at 2264 Madison Avenue was a two story house with an open staircase leading to the upstairs. Grandma's parlor had beautiful English furniture and trinkets from England that were not to be touched, but we could look at them with our hands behind our back. Except for Christmas and very special occasions the parlor was closed. The house was heated with coal stoves, but they did have electric lights and a real bathroom which was a new experience for me. I liked to play on the stairs most of all. My cousins, the Petersens were always there too. They lived in Ogden not far from our grandparents. My Aunt Mary Ann Petersen was my father's only sister, and father was her only brother. They were very close at this time and we always had a wonderful time when we were all at Grandma's house. One event that I always looked forward to at my grandparent's house was on Christmas Eve. After our stockings were all hung up for Santa Claus we had stories, and then Grandma treated us to their English Christmas Eve traditional ceremony. Grandma and grandpa Burnhope were both born in England and lived there until they joined the LDS church and sailed for America in 1868. They met in Ogden and were married in the LDS Endowment House in Salt Lake City on Nov. 18, 1872. There were some English traditions that they continued to enjoy. Grandma would fill a plate with large seeded raisins and pour a small amount of brandy over the top of them. Then grandpa would strike a match and set fire to the raisins and brandy. The flames would go up about a foot. Then each person had to try to get a raisin or two out of the flames. We all succeeded because the fire didn't seem to be hot. The raisins were delicious. When we finished the raisins we had English Christmas cake and a very tiny (about one inch high) glass of what Grandma called her own English wine. I don't know how she made it but it was good. Then the children were sent to bed while the parents and grandparents played checkers and chess until the wee hours. These trips to Ogden were so special. After Grandma died in May 1919 we never again had our English Chrismas Eve. Then Grandpa Burnhope came to live with us in Bothwell until he died in March 1922."

      3. "Thomas Charlton Burnhope. 22 Feb 1845-31 Mar 1922. Utah Pioneer.
      "The life of Thomas Charlton Burnhope is taken from a transcript written by his son Isaac Burnhope in January 1942, and "Sketch of the Life of my Father Isaac Burnhope," written by his daughter Lucile B Swenson (1961), US Censuses of 1880,1900,1910,1920, family research notes of Kerry Petersen (great great grandson), "Sketch of the Life of Mary Ann Burnhope Wallace" (sister), obituaries, and "The Mormon Immigration Index."
      "My father Thomas Charlton Burnhope, was born February 22, 1845, at West Bolden, Durham County, England, to Isaac and Elizabeth Charlton Burnhope, the sixth in a family of seven children. His parents, Isaac Burnhope and Elizabeth Charlton, were of English birth and Protestant and Catholic faith, until the year 1847 when they were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
      "He joined the LDS Church when he was 18 years of age. Charles Benson baptized him in November 1863.
      "He also served in the British Army and worked for the railroad as his father did. He was first a tailor working for his brother's tailor shop, but the railroad was his choice. He was a locomotive fireman and near the point of being promoted to engineer at the time, he left England for America."
      When Thomas was 23 years of age he, with his parents and his sister Elizabeth (Betsy) sailed from Liverpool, England on the sailing ship "John Bright'. Departure was on June 4, 1868 with financial assistance of the Perpetual Immigration Fund of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. On arriving in New York on 14 July 1868, the next day they were conveyed westward by railroad to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Chicago, and then to Laramie, Wyoming via Omaha. The Union Pacific Railroad had reached Laramie, Wyoming in May 1868, just a month more or less before the time the Burnhope family left England. Laramie Wyoming was the western terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad and the temporarily outfitting place for the journey across the mountains with teams. They arrived in Laramie, Wyoming, August 23, 1868. They crossed the plains from Laramie to Utah on July 27 1868 with the John R Murdoch Company wagon train pulled by mule teams, entering Salt Lake City, Utah 19 August 1868, seventy-seven days since departing England. "The fare from the railroad terminus to Salt Lake City was $29.00 which the immigrant was required to pay later."
      Mary Ann Burnhope Wallace writes: " My parents, with my brother, Thomas, and sister, Betsy, came to Salt Lake City from England in the summer of 1868. They lived with us and in February 1869 father died with erysipelas. Mother was very sick with the dreadful disease, but recovered."
      The wagon trains and ox teams were discontinued after the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroads met at Promontory, Utah, May 10, 1869.
      Thomas's father, Isaac Burnhope (born 15 November 1808 at Hexham, Northumberland, England) is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. His mother Elizabeth Charlton (born 21 September 1806 at Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland, England) remarried to Nicholas Boak, lived in Spanish Fork, Utah until her death on 13 April 1887. She is buried in Spanish Fork, Utah.
      "After arriving in Salt Lake City, Utah he did several odd jobs and when the Union Pacific Railroad started out of Ogden, Utah for San Francisco, California he got a job laying track up Promontory Hill. Then came the great day of the Golden Spike driven at Promontory, May 10, 1869. This is not the Promontory Point where the Southern Pacific runs now but over the hill. Thomas was in Promontory for the driving of the Golden Spike. From there he went back to Ogden and got a job on the Utah Central Railroad, another track-laying job.
      Thomas met Mary Ann Osborne (born 27 March 1844 at Mulgrave Place, Woolwich, Kent, England and the daughter of Cornelius and Harriet Elizabeth Morgan Osborne) in Ogden, Utah and they were married in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, November 18, 1872. They would have seven children, Isaac, 7 September 1873, Mary Ann, 14 October 1876, and five stillborn babies. "Thomas worked at the sawmills in Ogden Canyon for lumber to build a small house."
      "Then Thomas quit the mill job and went back to the railroad, this time for the Central Pacific, you see by this time, after the Golden Spike was driven, the Central Pacific came through to Ogden" About 1878 they moved to Terrace, Utah, 124 miles from Ogden, Utah, coaling engines for the Central Pacific Railroad. The method of coaling Engines at the time was a rather slow one. It was done with a derrick and buckets that held 1000 lbs. of coal each and two Chinamen wound the derrick by hand. It took about 5 minutes, to raise one bucket, another Chinaman stood on the Tender to dump the bucket when it got to him, and another stayed on the ground to pull the derrick around by means of a 20-foot rope.
      "Companies only paid every 2 months. Terrace was a railroad town with all its big shops there and a supply center for miners and ranchers, and when payday came around it was a real lively place. Gamblers would come in from everywhere, there was plenty of whiskey and guns and sometimes they did not work together so well. Terrace was a real Wild West town when the miners, cowboys, gamblers and railroad men all got together half lit up on firewater. Any where from 50 to 75 cowpunchers shooting and yelling things got hot. One time I remember the fire department got out and turned the hose on to quiet them down."
      "The spring of 1885 the family moved to Promontory, Utah, on top of the hill. Trains had to be helped over the hill both ways, there were about ten families at the station. "The 1900 census shows the Thomas Burnhope family living in Promontory, Utah and lists his occupation as Railroad Laborer. Their children were married during this time Isaac to Annie Marie Christensen 18 November 1896 (his parent's anniversary) and Mary Ann to Peter Peterson, 23 September 1897.
      The Ogden Standard Examiner (25 June 1907) lists a building permit issued to Thomas Burnhope for a frame dwelling on Madison Avenue .Lucile Burnhope Swenson describes her grandparents home . "Their home at 2264 Madison Avenue was a two story house with an open staircase leading to the upstairs. Grandma's parlor had beautiful English furniture and trinkets from England that was not to be touched. The house was heated with coal stoves but they did have electric lights and a real bathroom which was a new experience for me." The 1910 United States Census has Thomas and Mary Ann Burnhope living in Ogden, Utah at 2264 Madison Avenue, this would be their residence for the remainder of their lives together.
      Thomas Burnhope became a naturalized citizen of the United States of America on 22 December 1908 in Ogden, Utah. He worked for and retired from the Southern Pacific Railroad, he drew small pension from the Railroad. His last check, for nineteen dollars and twenty-five cents was returned to the railroad. Mary Ann Osborne died 15 May 1919 in Ogden, Utah she is buried in the Ogden City Cemetery near some of her babies.
      The 1920 census has Thomas Burnhope living in Ogden with his son-in-law Peter Petersen. For the last eighteen months of his life, he lived with his son Isaac Burnhope in Bothwell, Utah until his death, 31 March 1922, He is buried next to his wife of 50 years.
      His grandson Thomas Donald Burnhope wrote in his memoirs, "Grandfather Burnhope came to live with us, we became the best of pals, and we played horseshoes and hunted birds and rabbits. Grandpa was a quoit pitcher back in England, ('kwat, similar to horse shoes in which a ring of iron or rope is thrown towards a pin), his sight was poor so we tied a white rag on the pegs, and he never missed putting on a ringer.."
      Compiled and written by Kenneth D Burnhope, Great Grand Son. February 2009."

      BIRTH:
      1. Birth certificate on file, certified copy BXA073538, application PAS 60746/74/F/1, dated 9 Sep 1974: "Registration District: South Shields; 1845; Birth in Sub-district of Westoe in the County of Durham; No. 133; Born 22 Feb 1845 at Stay the Voyage Boldon, Thomas, boy, Isaac Burnhope father, Elizabeth Burnhope formerly Charlton mother, occupation of father: platelayer; informant: Elizabeth Burnhope living at Stay the Voyage (her mark X); registered 24 Feb 1845 by C. Johnson, registrar." May also be on FHL film 522586.

      2. Per obituary.

      3. Copy of holographic journal found by Chris Petersen; he does not note author but source of FHL film 362685 is cited. It has much information on the Isaac Burnhope family including the following for this particular individual: "Thomas Burnhope, born Feb'y 22, 1845 at Boldon, Dur. Baptised by Charles Benson, Nov. 1863."

      4. Per cemetery record.

      5. Handwritten note on the back of a commercial advertising letter dated 1895 [on file], source unknown but appears to be a child of Cornelius and Harriet Osborne:
      "Edward Lamberth, borned June 27/37
      George F., October 29/39
      Sampson D. Jany 2/42
      Mary A., March 27/44
      Cornelius, May 27/47
      Lambeth, Jany 4/53
      Dad, Aug 11/13 Arlington, Sussex
      Mother, Decr 25, 1809 Crayford, Kent
      Thomas Burnhope Feb. 22, 1845"

      DEATH:
      1. Ogden City Cemetery online: Thomas Burnhope, b. 22 Feb 1845 in England, d. 1 Apr 1922 at Ogden, UT, father is Isaac Burnhope, plot D-4-2-1E. Note there are two entries for Thomas with the second showing same plot but with a death date of 31 Mar 1922 in Tremonton, UT.

      2. Lot 2, Block 4, Plat D, Ogden, Utah. Tombstone in Ogden Utah Pioneer Cemetery shows birth as 22 Feb 1845 and death as 31 Mar 1922. Approximately 18 total relatives (Osbornes, Burnhopes, Petersens, McCarrels, and Koepkes) buried in near proximity.

      3. Per obituary.

      BURIAL:
      1. Per obituary.

      2. Per cemetery record.

      OBITUARY:
      1. "Ogden Man Dies on Visit in Tremonton. Thomas Burnhope, one of the pioneers of Ogden, died at the home of his son, Isaac Burnhope of Tremonton, aged 77 years. Mr. Burnhope was born in England, Feb. 22, 1845. He became a member of the L.D.S. church when a young man and came to Utah over 50 years ago. He made his home in Ogden until 18 months ago. Surviving are his son, Isaac Burnhope, of Tremonton, and daughter, Mrs. Peter Peterson, of Ogden. There also survive seven grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Betsy Mattensen of Payson. The body will arrive in Ogden Sunday morning and will be taken in charge by Larkin & Sons. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 o'clock in the Sixth ward meetinghouse, conducted by Bishop A.B. Foulger. The body may be viewed at his former home, 2264 Madison avenue, Sunday afternoon and evening and Monday until 12:30 o'clock. Interment in the city cemetery." Ogden Standard Examiner, Sat., 1 Apr 1922.

      2. "Long Time Resident of Ogden Laid at Rest. Ogden, April 3. - Funeral services for Thomas Burnhope, 77, were held this afternoon at the Sixth ward chapel with Bishop Arthur B. Foulger officiating. Interment was in the Ogden cemetery. Mr. Burnhope died Friday at the home of his son, Isaac Burnhope, at Tremonton. He was born in England Feb. 22, 1845, and came to Utah 50 years ago as a member of the Church. He lived in Ogden until 18 months ago. Surviving are his son and one daughter, Mrs. Peter Petersen of Ogden, and a sister, Mrs. Betsy Mattesen of Payson." Deseret News, Mon., 3 Apr 1922, p. 10.

      3. Funeral services for Thomas Burnhope, who died at the home of his son, Isaac Burnhope, in Tremonton, were held yesterday at 1 o'clock in the Sixth ward meeting house. Bishop Albert Foulger officiatied. 'O My Father' was sung by Marion Sumners; a violin solo was played by Ellen White; 'Face to Face' and 'I Know My Redeemer Lives,' were sung by by Gerald Klomp; 'Sometimes We'll undersand' was given by William S. Wright. The speakers were Bishop M.P. Jorgensen, H.B. Coles of Bothwell, E.A. Lakin and Bishop A.B. Foulger. Four granddaughters of the deceased acted as flower bearers, Miss Marguerite Burnhope, Miss Lucile Burnhope, Miss Helen Petersen and Miss Thelma Peterson. Burial was in the city cemetery with Bishop Foulger dedicating the grave." Ogden Standard Examiner, Tues., 4 Apr 1922.

      4. The newspaper "The Ogden Standard-Examiner," April 6, 1922:
      "Card of Thanks.
      The loving sympathy of relatives and friends extended during our recent bereavement in the illness and demise of our beloved father, Thomas Burnhope, was a source of great comfort and we desire hereby to express our heartfelt thanks.
      Isaac Burnhope and Family.
      Peter Petersen and Family."

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Family records compiled by Marguerite Burnhope abt 1922. South Shields Branch records (Birth 22 Feb 1845, Stay the Voyage; Baptism 5 Nov 1863). Endowment: TIB (End. House; 5 Nov 1863; Book G, Nr. 6831, Pg 233)