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From: Bob Matthews <>
Subject: Re: [NZ] The Presbyterian Synod of Otago and Southland 1871
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:58:29 +1200
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Hello
Thomas Burn's father Gilbert Burns is a brother to Robert Burns the bard
Bob


Roland & Alison deCaen wrote:
> Is the said Rev Thomas Burns the brother of Robbie Burns the poet ?. I
> believe that his brother (Robbies)was a clegyman and went to NZ !
>
> Alison in Calgary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Olwyn Whitehouse" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 3:05 PM
> Subject: [NZ] The Presbyterian Synod of Otago and Southland 1871
>
>
>
>> Otago Witness, 14 January 1871, Page 9
>> Papers Past
>> The Presbyterian Synod of Otago and Southland met in the First Church on
>> Wednesday. After hymns had been sung, and a sermon preached by the Rev. Mr
>> Johnstone, the retiring Moderator, on the text Gal. iv. 18, the Clerk
>> produced the following roll of ministers having charges within the bounds
>> :-
>>
>> Presbytery of Dunedin:
>> Revs. Thomas Burns, D.D., First Church, Dunedin ;
>>

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