John Anderson Burness1

#5751, b. 16 June 1846, d. 16 March 1939
     John Anderson Burness was born on 16 June 1846 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland.2,3 He was the son of William Burness and Margaret Anderson.4,5,3,6 He married Mary Stuart Coupar on 2 December 1872 in Dallfield Terrace, Dundee, Angus, Scotland.5,4 He died on 16 March 1939 in 33 St Alban's Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, at age 92.5
     John Burness (son, age 4) was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1851 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland, in the household of William Burness.3 John Burness (son, age 12) was enumerated in the census on 8 April 1861 in 81 Hilltown, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, in the household of William Burness.6
     John Burness was enumerated in the census on 3 April 1871 in 9 Brown Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, as a letter carrier age 23.7
     John Burness was enumerated in the census on 4 April 1881 in 8 Teviotdale Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, as a letter carrier, age 34 with Mary Burness, Grace Burness, Margaret Burness, William Burness and Mary Burness in his household.8
     John A. Burness was enumerated in the census on 5 April 1891 in 32 Regent Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, as a letter carrier age 45 with Mary Burness, Grace P. Burness, Maggie Burness, William Burness, John Burness and Agnes Burness in his household.9
     John A. Burness was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1901 in 32 Regent Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, as a postman age 54 with Mary Burness, Margaret A. Burness, William Burness, John Burness and Agnes C. Burness in his household.10
     John A. Burness was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in 33 St Alban's Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, as a retired postman, age 64, with Mary Burness, Margaret Wilson, John Burness, Agnes C. Burness and Mary B. Wilson in his household.11

Children of John Anderson Burness and Mary Stuart Coupar

Citations

  1. Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  2. Findmypast.com, Civil Service Evidence of Age.
  3. 1851 Scottish Census, Angus.
  4. Carole Wilson, "Scottish GRO Marriage Transcriptions."
  5. Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  6. 1861 Scottish Census, Angus.
  7. 1871 Scottish Census, Midlothian.
  8. 1881 Scottish Census, Midlothian.
  9. 1891 Scottish Census, Midlothian.
  10. 1901 Scottish Census, Midlothian.
  11. 1911 Scottish Census, Midlothian.
  12. Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  13. Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland, transcribed by: Lawrence Ruxton Burness.
  14. Marriage Registration, Michigan Department of Health.
  15. Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.

Christina Coutts1

#5753, b. circa 1835
     Christina Coutts is estimated to have been born circa 1835.

Child of Christina Coutts and John Thomson Burness

Citations

  1. IGI.
  2. Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.

John Burness1

#5759, b. circa 1810, d. 1 April 1853
     John Burness was born circa 1810 in Kincardineshire, Scotland.1 He was the son of John Burness and Margaret Davidson.1 He married Elizabeth Murray on 28 February 1834 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.2 He died on 1 April 1853 in in shipwreck of the Duke of Sutherland near Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.3
     John Burness was enumerated in the census on 6 June 1841 in James Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, as a labourer, age 25 with Elizabeth Burness, James Burness, William Burness, Thomas Burness and Margaret Burness in his household.1
     John Burns was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1851 in 5 Fox Lane, South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, as a stoker and widower, age 40 with James Burns, Thomas Burns and Margaret Burns in his household.4

Children of John Burness and Elizabeth Murray

Citations

  1. 1841 Scottish Census, Aberdeenshire.
  2. OPR Aberdeen St Nicholas.
  3. James Craig Watt. "The Land of the Burnesses", The Scots Magazine V (1890).
  4. 1851 Scottish Census, Midlothian.
  5. St John's Episcopal, Aberdeen.
  6. Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  7. Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  8. Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  9. IGI.