Balsar "Boss" Burnett Lee Burnett was step-father to Balsar Burnett, husband of Catherine Amanda (Ross) Burnett
Charles Burnett b. in Ohio or Va. per 1900 census per Rasha Cunnignham rashac@yahoo.com
married Liza Whitman b. in Ohio or Va. per 1900 census
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|-Leroy "Lee " Burnett b Oct. 16,1848 in Oh d. Feb. 12, 1920 in Ky.
LEE BURNETT 015 07162 20 02 12 071
married Margaret Newman "Maggie" b. Oct 15, 1848 in Prussia
"married first John Maddix Aug 26, 1874"
both parents born in Germany per 1900 census
d/o Balthasar Neumann (Americanized to Balsar Newman) &
Eliza Eifort Balthasar Neumann (Americanized to
Balsar Newman) was born circa 1811 in Waldeck, Hesse Cassel,
Germany. According to family tradition, Balsar emigrated from
Germany in 1828, when at the age of 17 he hid in a
large bin of potatoes on board a ship bound for America. Several days
out to sea, he revealed himself, but it was to latefor the ship to put him
off or turn around, so Balsar found himself in Pennsylvania, America. Balsar
married Eliza Eifort born May 16 1818 in Neustadt, Hesse Cassel, Germany,
the d/o Henry (Henrich) and Catherine Eifort, and sister of Sebastian
Eifort (see picture herein below). Eliza died Jan 23 1884 at Mt. Savage
and was buried in Olive Hill. Balsar, like many of the German immigrants was
trained in the iron furnace trade and followed the development of the iron
furnaces along the Ohio River. 1880 census,Carter Co.,Ky.,Precinct #9,page 615A:
Leroy Burnet,31,VA,Teamster,VA; Margaret,31,PRUSSIA,HESSE-
DARMSTADT,HESSE-DARMSTADT; Henry,8, KY; Bansen,5,KY; Eliza,1,KY
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|-Nicklas Burnett "Nickee" b. Oct. 1880 in Ky. Per 1900
| census or ca1900 per 1910 census (per Avanell Burnett)
| (these may be Balsar’s children)
| 1900 census Carter Co, Ky, Olive Hill, ED #29,
| 1910 census, Carter Co., Ky, : Nickolas
| Burnett,30,Ky,Ky,Ky,farmer cannot locate on 1920 census
| married Lucy Armstrong and/or Myrtle Eden possibly: LUCY
| BURNETT 025 12466 14 05 20 034
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| |-Norma Burnett b. ca1903 in Ky. per 1910 census
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| |-Lee R. Burnett b. ca 1898(?) in Oh. Per 1920
| | census or Ky per 1910 census
| | living in household of John W. Clutter at 1920 census
| | 1920 census, Carter Co. Ky., Olive Hill, ED #62, : Lee
| | Burnett,brother-in-law,22(?), Oh,Va,Va
| | living near Harlan Ross at 1920 census
| |
| |-Emma Burnett b. 1909 per 1910 census
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|-Henry Burnett b. ca1872 in Ky. per 1880 census
| married (unk) Carroll per Vivian Burnett
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|-Herbert Burnett b. Sept. 1889 in Ky. per 1900 census or ca1901
| per 1920 census "never married" (per Avanell Burnett)
| living with brother-in-law at 1930 census ("Hubert Burnet")
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|-Eliza Burnett b. ca1878 in Ky. per 1920 census or ca1879 per 1880 census
| (per Avanell Burnett)
| married John W. Clutter b. ca1876 in Oh. per 1920 census
| 1920 census, Olive Hill., Ky, : John E. Clutter,44,Oh,Oh,Oh,farmer;
| Liza,42,Ky,Oh,Pa living near Harlan Ross at 1920 census
| 1930 census, Boyde Co.,Ky.,Ashland: J. W.
| Clutter,54,Oh,Penn,Penn,hatchery laborer; Eliza,51,Ky,Oh,Ky;
| Estil,29,Ky,city jitney;
| Irene Dixon,daughter,24,Ky,hotel operator; Allene
| Dixon,22,Ky,laborer; Henry Dixon22,Ky,Ky,Ky;
| Hubert Burnet,brother-in-law,30,Ky,Ky,Ky,proprietor
| |
| |-Robert E. Clutter b. ca1901 in Ky. per 1920 census
| |-Irene Clutter b. ca1906 in Ky. per 1920 census
| |-Aleen Clutter b. ca1909 in Ky. per 1920 census
| |-Clyde H. Clutter b. 1919 in Ky. age 1 2/12 per 1920 census
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|-Balsar Maddix (Burnett) "Boss" adopted by Leroy Burnett "Bansen" on 1880
census b. May 5, 1875 at Iron Hill, Carter Co., Ky.
d. May 1, 1958 buried at Grayson Cem., Carter Co, Ky.
1900 Olive Hill, Carter Co., Ky. census Ancestry.com image #34 (living
with his father)
1900 census Carter Co, Ky,Olive Hill: Balsar Maddix,25,Ky,Ky,Pa,day
laborer; Nichee, Oct. 1880, 19 cannot locate on 1920 census
1910 census, Carter Co, Ky.: Boss Burnett, 34, Ky,Oh, Pa., butcher -
retail meats; Amanda,23, Ky; Vivian 4/12, Ky.
m2. Amanda Catherine Ross May 25, 1907 book 12, page 12 "Amanda"
b. July 25, 1885 or 1886 (per. Avanell Burnett)
d. Aug. 17,1916 "no stone" buried at Armstrong Cem photo
| MANDA BURNETT 041 20120 16 08 17 030
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cannot be correct=> |-infant daughter b. Nov 16,1903 d. Nov 16,1903 buried at Tabor
| Cem., Carter Co., Ky.
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|-Winston Estille Burnett b. Dec. 17, 1915 or Dec. 12, 1915 in
| Carter Co.,Ky per Birth Cert. 128-63932 d. Dec. 2, 1917 in Ky.
| ESTELL W BURNETT 065 32374 17 12 02 001
| photo
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|-Bernice Burnett b. July 20, 1908 d. Oct. 2, 1908
| buried at Three Pine Ridge Cemetery, Carter Co., Ky.
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|-Avanell Francis Burnett b. Sept. 24, 1911 in Carter Co.,Ky.
| Certificate #: 11-144-57368
| PO Box 503, Olive Hill, Ky. 41164 606-286-8168
| "had furniture that belonged to Reuben Ross"
| 1920 census, Carter Co., Ky, Olive Hill: Avanell
| Burnett,granddaughter,8,Ky,Ky,Ky
| living in household of Lucy Ross at 1920 census
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|-Vivian Burnett b. Nov 28, 1909 Olive Hill, Carter Co., Ky.
d.Dec. 4, 1985 (Dec. 5, per Avanell)
died at King's Daughters' Medical Center, Ashland, Boyd
Co., Ky. and is buried in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery,
Carter Co., Ky. Vivian was a member of the
Eastern Ky. Genealogical Society, She never married and
remained very close to her sister, Avanell, to whom she left her
entire estate upon her death. She taught in the Carter County
School system for 33 years
1920 census, Carter Co., Ky, Olive Hill, ED #62, Ancestry image
#5:Vivian Burnett,granddaughter,10,Ky,Ky,Ky living in
household of Lucy Ross at 1920 census
m1. Geneva M. Tabor b. Nov 12,1876 d. Aug 5/6,1903 buried at
Tabor Cem., Carter Co., Ky.
m3. Maud C. Elliott Clevenger Feb. 8, 1921 "widow lady" b. ca1889 in Ky.
1920 census, Carter Co., Ky, Grayson Twp.:
Maud Clevenger,31,Ky,Ky,Ky,farmer; Ruis,dau,10,Ky;
Carrie, 7,Ky; Wayne,6,Ky; Lucy Fay,??,Ky