caption death_place birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
the globe tavern close , dumfries scotland edinburgh , scotland 1770 the globe inn close.jpg ann park
 ann park barmaid and domestic servant
ann park

` helen anne ' , ` anna ' or ann park , later ann park was baptised on 16 december 1770 in edinburgh , scotland .
she was the daughter of joseph park , an edinburgh coachmaker and jean dick .
the record of ann 's baptism gives her mother 's name as ann dick , but the parents marriage record states her name to be jean dick .
the records of all of ann 's subsequent siblings also give their mother 's name as jean dick .
ann married john greenshiels , or greenshields , on 11 november 1794 in edinburgh , scotland .
she bore the poet robert burns an illegitimate child named elizabeth `` betty '' burns .
her name is given as ` ann hislop ' on her daughter 's death certificate of 13 june 1873 .
