Barbara Jessie Burton 1927

This foundation stone is set into a building at one end of Princes Street, Cork. I never noticed it until the day I took this photo and a quick search for Barbara Jessie Burton returns information and pictures of foundation stones laid by her in the years following 1927:

Nottingham, UK
Vauxhall Gardens, UK (PDF)
stone2 Aldershot, UK
A comment on Streatham Elephants mentions her too.

Does anyone know anything else about Barbara Jessie Burton?

8 comments on ' Barbara Jessie Burton 1927 '

I think she and her husband Stanley Howard Burton were the owners/directors of Burtons gentlemen’s outfitters who had several stores in the UK and Ireland.

Written by Flickr: carrigman on May 10, 2007 at 6:14am
i have never noticed that before
off i go on a search…

Written by Flickr: arranging constellations on May 10, 2007 at 6:38am
carrigman - thanks! That’s a fascinating bit of history. I wonder who paid for the upkeep of the stone. Hopefully someone who knows will come by here some day and answer that one. Could be the council of course.

Written by Flickr: xeer on May 10, 2007 at 10:43am
A similar stone is on ‘our’ Burtons in Taunton, Somerset - same name but laid in 1930.
It gets a mention o my Daily Photo Blog today.

http://www.tauntondailyphoto.blogspot.com

Written by Flickr: mrkbrdshw on May 20, 2007 at 3:39am
I have noticed 2 stones in Glasgow one exactly as you describe but dated 1929 and the other on the oposite side of a tennament door way on dumbarton Rd Partick in Glasgow with the name Arnold Burton. I was trying to find the meaning of these when I found your site.

Written by Pat Lawlor on March 09, 2008 at 6:05pm
I am looking for some definite information about Montgue burton and his tavells through Nottingham and maybe some information on any family there may have been in nottingham if any. I believe this lady was in his family but have no idea about this stone.

Written by pamela jarvis on April 24, 2008 at 11:31pm
Looks like she was Montague’s eldest daughter. A quick bit of searching yielded the following:-

Sir Montague [Maurice] Burton (15/8/1885-21/9/1952). Formerly Moshe David Osinsky. b. Kovno province in Lithuania. Came to UK in 1900. m. Sophie Marks in 1909. Children: daughter 1910, son 1914, twin sons 1917

From the birth index, it looks like these are the sons and daughters:-

- Barbara Jessie Burton 1910 Q1 Ecclesall Bierlow
- Stanley H Burton 1914 Q3 Leeds
- Arnold J Burton 1917 Q4 Leeds
- Raymond M Burton 1917 Q4 Leeds

Anyone know how he picked the name Burton when he arrived in the UK? There was already a tailoring family with the name Burton in the Nottingham/Chesterfield area in the late 19th century.

Written by Tony Proctor on April 25, 2008 at 10:28am