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John and Mavis (Warriner) Burner With Sons, Richard & John

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Title

John and Mavis (Warriner) Burner With Sons, Richard & John

Subject

Burner, John Jacob (1905-1984)
Burner, Mavis Clarissa Warriner (1917-2003)
Burner, Richard A.
Burner, John Wayne

Description

Photograph of Mavis and John J. Burner, seated, with their sons, Richard (baby on the left) and John Wayne Burner (standing).

John was from Shenandoah County but worked in Detroit, Michigan, when he met his wife. When he registered for the World War II draft in 1940, he lived with her in Detroit and worked for the U.S. Rubber Company there.

The 1950 census found the couple living in the Stonewall District of Shenandoah County where John was a farmer and Mavis was raising two sons, John W. and Richard A. Burner.

The name, "Jno J Burner", is written on the glass plate.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Labelled "Aug 1945" on box of plates.

Contributor

Identified in 2005 by Phyllis Wright, who was a neighbor of the subjects.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

John Jacob Burner appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 011795 and 028621.
Mavis C. (Warriner) Burner appears in Morrison Collection numbers 011795 and 028621.

Identifier

011795

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citationzork

Morrison Studio, “John and Mavis (Warriner) Burner With Sons, Richard & John,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/39576.

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