William Burness

#7221, b. circa 1780
     William Burness is estimated to have been born circa 1780 in Scotland. He married Rachel Longmuir on 29 August 1819 in Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland.1

Citations

  1. OPR Benholm.

Rachel Longmuir

#7222, b. May 1781
     Rachel Longmuir was born in May 1781 in Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland.1 She was baptized on 1 May 1781 in Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland.1 She married William Burness on 29 August 1819 in Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland.2

Citations

  1. IGI.
  2. OPR Benholm.

William Burness1

#7223, b. circa 1790
     William Burness is estimated to have been born circa 1790 in Scotland. He married Jean Menzies on 30 January 1824 in Garvock, Kincardineshire, Scotland.2

Citations

  1. OPR Laurencekirk.
  2. OPR Garvock.

Jean Menzies1

#7224, b. circa 1795
     Jean Menzies is estimated to have been born circa 1795. She married William Burness on 30 January 1824 in Garvock, Kincardineshire, Scotland.2

Citations

  1. OPR Laurencekirk.
  2. OPR Garvock.

William Burness1,2

#7225, b. 23 July 1807, d. 13 October 1847
     William Burness was born on 23 July 1807 in Crail, Fife, Scotland.3,4 He was the son of James Burness and Agnes Chiene.3 He was baptized on 28 July 1807 in Crail, Fife, Scotland.3 He married Margaret Crichton on 5 December 1826 in Kennoway, Fife, Scotland.2 He married Elizabeth Buik on 9 September 1831 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland.1 He died on 13 October 1847 in Miller's Point, New South Wales, Australia, at age 40.
     Obituary: At his residence, Miller's Point, on the 13th October, Mr. William Burness, shipjoiner, age 38. (The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser, Saturday 16 October 1847.) He immigrated in 1837 to Australia on the "John Barry."4 He witnessed the immigration of Elizabeth Buik in 1837 in Australia.4 He witnessed the immigration of James Burness in 1837 in Australia.4

Children of William Burness and Margaret Crichton

Child of William Burness and Elizabeth Buik

Citations

  1. OPR Dundee.
  2. OPR Kennoway.
  3. IGI.
  4. Unknown compiler, New South Wales Bounty Immigrants 1828-1842.
  5. Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  6. Victoria Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Victoria Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Index.

Elizabeth Buik1

#7226, b. circa 1812
     Elizabeth Buik was born circa 1812 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland.2 She married William Burness, son of James Burness and Agnes Chiene, on 9 September 1831 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland.3
     She witnessed the immigration of William Burness in 1837 in Australia.2 She immigrated in 1837 to Australia on the "John Barry."2 She witnessed the immigration of James Burness in 1837 in Australia.2

Child of Elizabeth Buik and William Burness

Citations

  1. IGI.
  2. Unknown compiler, New South Wales Bounty Immigrants 1828-1842.
  3. OPR Dundee.
  4. Victoria Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Victoria Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Index.

William Burness1

#7227, b. circa 1801
     William Burness is estimated to have been born circa 1801 in Scotland. He married Mary Fettes on 12 December 1831 in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland.1

Citations

  1. IGI.

Mary Fettes1

#7228, b. circa 1806
     Mary Fettes is estimated to have been born circa 1806. She married William Burness on 12 December 1831 in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland.1

Citations

  1. IGI.