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Texas Tech University Southwest Collection
http://swco.ttu.edu/
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http://swco.ttu.edu/abstracts/0427.htm
Oral History Collection
MAIN ENTRY: Burns, George Y.
DATE OF INTERVIEW: July 29, 1982
LOCATION OF INTERVIEW: Lubbock, Texas
INTERVIEWER: Richard Mason
LENGTH OF INTERVIEW: 2 hours, 10 minutes
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: George Y. Burns, son of West Texas pioneer Rollie Burns, reminisces about his family, and West Texas life during his childhood.
TAPE ONE, SIDE ONE:
Family history
Birthday (Dec. 28, 1899)
Brothers and sisters
House fire (1914)
Emergency aid
Friends
School
Location
Morning prayer
Education
Father's advice
Mother (Emma Mary Boles)
Breakfast
Marriage
Birth place
Personality
Childhood chores
TAPE ONE, SIDE TWO: Childhood chores (continued)
Orchard work
Harvest
Milking
Entertainment
Movies
Cost
California (1925)
Huntington Park
Hughes Aircraft
Recruiting
Retirement
Buffalo Springs Lake
Location of springs
Farming
Cotton experimentation (1900)
First cotton gin (Lubbock, Texas)
County Tax Assessor
Collecting
Andy Wilson
Frank Wheelock
Restaurant
Railroad
TAPE TWO, SIDE ONE: W. D. Benson Lawyer and Abstract Co.
Western Windmill Co.
Smiley Wilson
Hardware
Craven and McWhorter Land Office
Nicolette Hotel
Penney Brothers Livery Stable
Horse and buggy rentals
Moore Saddle and Harness Co.
Davidson Feed and Grain Co.
H. A. Davidson
Personality
Gambling
Poker
Boles Family History
TAPE TWO, SIDE TWO: Father (Rollie Burns)
County Tax Assessor
Colorado City, Texas
Supply center
Brothers and sisters
Childhood deaths
George Boles
Ku Klux Klan
Father
Overton Edition
Consolidation of Lubbock
Lot distribution
A. B. Davis
Contributions to Lubbock
TAPE THREE, SIDE ONE: 1930s Depression
Employment
Austin, Texas
George Y. Burns
Children
Grandchildren
TAPE THREE, SIDE TWO: Blank
RANGE DATES: 1900-1930s
BULK DATES: 1900-1930s
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I believe this is possibly the same family, hope it's helpful for researchers.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cleyone&id=I7957
Name: Rowland C. BURNS
Surname: Burns
Given Name: Rowland C.
Sex: M
Birth: 6 Apr 1857 in Maryville,Nodaway, Missouri 1
Death: 2 Mar 1945 in Lubbuck,, Texas 1
_UID: 362A57A6CEDDF64FB12101311D4FB076E331
Change Date: 17 Jan 2004 at 17:27:51
Father: Caleb S. BURNS b: 27 Aug 1821 in , Clay, Missouri
Mother: Jerusha BEYERS b: 1827 in Woodford, Kentucky
Marriage 1 Mary Emma BOLES b: Nov 1864 in Illinois
Married: Nov 1884 in ,Coryell, Texas 1
Children
Garza BURNS b: 1885 in Texas
George BURNS b: 25 Dec 1899 in Texas
Maude BURNS
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