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Dolphis Bartholomew “Duffy” Burns

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Dolphis Bartholomew “Duffy” Burns

Birth
Amherstburg, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
Death
12 Jan 1962 (aged 90)
Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Fruitland Township, Muskegon County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Muskegon Chronicle, Muskegon, Michigan, 12 January 1962, Page 8

BURNS, DOLCHIS "DUFFY" MR.   Operator of Early Lakewood Railway Dies.           WHITEHALL – Dolchis (Duffy) Burns, who operated the Lakewood Street Railways early in the century when that community was founded by Chicago promoters, died at Hackley Hospital, Muskegon, Thursday night.  He had been ill two weeks.  Mr. Burns, who lived on U.S. 31 at Lakewood, was 90.  He was born in Amherstberg, Ont., across from Detroit, Nov. 16, 1871, and came to the United States when 15 years old.  He married Marie Christiansen in Muskegon 59 years ago.  She survives him.  Mr. Burns first lived in the Maple Island area.  He was a farmer and longtime lumber jack.  He also was a carpenter.  When the Lakewood tract was laid out, a railway was built to connect with the Pere Marquette line, now the C&O, at what was then known at Sweet's Station, now Lakewood.  It was abandoned after a few years.  Mr. Burns then operated a bus line from Lakewood to Muskegon.  Besides his wife he is survived by five sons, Delbert, Washington, D. C., James, Duffy Jr., and George, all of Muskegon, Joseph, Maple Island; two daughters, Mrs. James (Anna) Pothoff, Duck Lake Road, and Mrs. Charles (Josephine) Kubon, McMilland Road; 24 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.  Funeral services will be held at Gee Chapel, Whitehall, Monday at 1 p.m., the Rev. William Humlie, First Lutheran Church, Muskegon, officiating.  Burial will be in Speed Cemetery, Fruitland Township.

Muskegon Chronicle, Muskegon, Michigan, 12 January 1962, Page 8

BURNS, DOLCHIS "DUFFY" MR.   Operator of Early Lakewood Railway Dies.           WHITEHALL – Dolchis (Duffy) Burns, who operated the Lakewood Street Railways early in the century when that community was founded by Chicago promoters, died at Hackley Hospital, Muskegon, Thursday night.  He had been ill two weeks.  Mr. Burns, who lived on U.S. 31 at Lakewood, was 90.  He was born in Amherstberg, Ont., across from Detroit, Nov. 16, 1871, and came to the United States when 15 years old.  He married Marie Christiansen in Muskegon 59 years ago.  She survives him.  Mr. Burns first lived in the Maple Island area.  He was a farmer and longtime lumber jack.  He also was a carpenter.  When the Lakewood tract was laid out, a railway was built to connect with the Pere Marquette line, now the C&O, at what was then known at Sweet's Station, now Lakewood.  It was abandoned after a few years.  Mr. Burns then operated a bus line from Lakewood to Muskegon.  Besides his wife he is survived by five sons, Delbert, Washington, D. C., James, Duffy Jr., and George, all of Muskegon, Joseph, Maple Island; two daughters, Mrs. James (Anna) Pothoff, Duck Lake Road, and Mrs. Charles (Josephine) Kubon, McMilland Road; 24 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.  Funeral services will be held at Gee Chapel, Whitehall, Monday at 1 p.m., the Rev. William Humlie, First Lutheran Church, Muskegon, officiating.  Burial will be in Speed Cemetery, Fruitland Township.

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