Our Genealogy - Person Sheet
Our Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameGeorge Edward (Burt) Burt-Gerrans 
96, 1C3R, M
96, 1C3R, MDeath4 Sep 1950, Carnduff, Saskatchewan, Canada96
BurialCarnduff Cemetery in Carnduff, Saskatchewan
OccupationOwner and editor of the Carnduff Gazette149
ReligionPresbyterian and then United Church149
FatherGeorge Tresawna Gerrans , M (1848-ca1910)
MotherAnnie Eliza Barrow Burt , F (1854-1931)
Spouses
ChildrenAnnetta Genevieve , F (1912-1991)
Mary (Stillborn), F (ca1915-ca1915)
Notes for George Edward (Burt) Burt-Gerrans
At birth his Christian name was Burt. The FreeBMD website lists his birth registration in the first quarter of 1877 and lists his name as “Burt Gerrans”.37 The name change to George Edward came later in life (or perhaps he was baptised or confirmed as George Edward Gerrans) but he was always known as Burt.)
The FamilySearch website provided the month and date of birth and with the year 1877.96
Listed as Burt Garim (last name mistranscribed) in the 1881 census.9
Listed as Burt Gerrans also in the 1891 census at Ashburnham Village in East Peterborough, Ontario, age 15, which would put his year of birth at 1876. However, the whole family’s years of birth are off by one year on that census.132
Listed once again as Burt Gerrans in the 1906 census at Melita, Manitoba, age 29 confirming year of birth as 1877. (By that time, his mother and siblings in Toronto were already using the hyphenated surname Burt-Gerrans.) The census was a few months before his marriage there and he was living with his father. Their year of immigration was listed as 1877 (when he was an infant).134 Interestingly, by the time of his marriage a few months later in 1906 he had clearly and unambiguously adopted the name George Edward Burt-Gerrans, confirmed on the original newspaper announcement and their “Marriage Book”149 He married in Morden, Manitoba and they lived on Maple Street in Melita, Manitoba.
In 1912, probably after the death of his father, he moved to Carnduff, Saskatchewan and became editor of the Carnduff Gazette.
His granddaughter Myla Easton writes: “The name was changed by my [great]Uncle Tres & George Edward when they were young men, I don't know the date. My Mother was born in 1912 & it was the hyphenated Burt-Gerrans. I saw the headstones last summer & the names were hyphenated. I have the wedding write-up of my grandparents & I believe it was hyphenated at that time too.”149
The FamilySearch website provided the month and date of birth and with the year 1877.96
Listed as Burt Garim (last name mistranscribed) in the 1881 census.9
Listed as Burt Gerrans also in the 1891 census at Ashburnham Village in East Peterborough, Ontario, age 15, which would put his year of birth at 1876. However, the whole family’s years of birth are off by one year on that census.132
Listed once again as Burt Gerrans in the 1906 census at Melita, Manitoba, age 29 confirming year of birth as 1877. (By that time, his mother and siblings in Toronto were already using the hyphenated surname Burt-Gerrans.) The census was a few months before his marriage there and he was living with his father. Their year of immigration was listed as 1877 (when he was an infant).134 Interestingly, by the time of his marriage a few months later in 1906 he had clearly and unambiguously adopted the name George Edward Burt-Gerrans, confirmed on the original newspaper announcement and their “Marriage Book”149 He married in Morden, Manitoba and they lived on Maple Street in Melita, Manitoba.
In 1912, probably after the death of his father, he moved to Carnduff, Saskatchewan and became editor of the Carnduff Gazette.
His granddaughter Myla Easton writes: “The name was changed by my [great]Uncle Tres & George Edward when they were young men, I don't know the date. My Mother was born in 1912 & it was the hyphenated Burt-Gerrans. I saw the headstones last summer & the names were hyphenated. I have the wedding write-up of my grandparents & I believe it was hyphenated at that time too.”149
Notes for George Edward (Burt) & Sarah Genevieve (Family)
The wedding was attended by Burt’s father George Gerrans (living in Melita, Manitoba at the time) and his brother James Tresawna Burt-Gerrans of Toronto but it would appear his mother was absent, once again suggesting the parents had become estranged.149