Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Burden, Alexander
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Alexander BURDEN, merchant tailor, Joliet; born in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, on 
the 8th day of April, 1832; he learned the trade of a tailor in his native country, 
and, when about 17 years of age, left Scotland and came to America; the first five 
years he worked at his trade in Lowell, Mass., Oneida Co., N. Y., Ottawa, Can. and 
Cincinnati, Ohio; in March, 1853, he came to Joliet and has continued in the merchant 
tailoring business here ever since. He was married March 3, 1863, to Miss Elizabeth 
JAMIESON of New York Mills, Oneida Co., N. Y,; she was a native of Loch Winnock, 
Scotland, and came to this country in 1849; she died Aug. 29, 1877, leaving four 
children; David, Jennie, Maggie and Willie.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

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