My ggg-grandfather, Alexander Burness was a flaxdresser in Stonehaven. My gg-grandfather, Alexander Burness
(1810-1894) was an agricultural labourer on various farms in Glenbervie, Durris and Banchory-Ternan, Kincardineshire.
My g-grandfather, John Burness (1831-1924) was a saddler in Banchory, Kincardineshire and later in Elgin, Moray.
My grandfather, John Masson Burness (1871-1948) was a Private in the 16th Lancers in India and in South Africa during
the Boer War, before emigrating to Canada in 1908 and establishing a harness business in Wadena, Saskatchewan.
For much more on the Burness family, please see Burness One Name Study.
Christian Brown
b. 20 Aug 1786, d. 23 Apr 1859
Alexander Burness
b. 25 Apr 1810, d. 6 Feb 1894
Margaret Masson
b. c 1809, d. 23 Nov 1880
John Burness
b. Sep 1831, d. 11 Sep 1924
Christian Gordon
b. 30 Nov 1837, d. 14 Sep 1915
Margaret Burness
b. 23 May 1864, d. 9 Feb 1865
Nicholson Burness
b. 4 Dec 1865, d. 27 Sep 1867
Jessie Burness
b. 4 Dec 1867, d. 17 Dec 1943
John Clarke
b. 15 Feb 1862, d. 29 Sep 1939
Christine L. Clarke
b. 11 Jan 1895, d. 15 Sep 1969
Jeannie B. Clarke
b. 2 Nov 1896, d. 30 Sep 1986
Williamina L. Clarke
b. 19 Nov 1898, d. 8 Jul 1989
John Clarke
b. 26 Dec 1900, d. 21 Jan 1989
Maud A. E. Howells
b. 16 Feb 1903, d. 1 Nov 1990
James Clarke
b. 25 Sep 1903, d. 21 Feb 1986
Elsie A. Innes
b. 15 Apr 1923, d. 21 Jan 2021
Annie Clarke
b. 25 Jun 1906, d. 7 Jul 1986
George A. Edwards
b. 6 Nov 1901, d. 27 Apr 1990
Jane G. Burness
b. 25 Aug 1869, d. 17 Nov 1921
George R. Brown
b. 19 May 1861, d. Mar 1948
Jean B. Brown
b. c 1902
Samuel H. Edwards
b. 2 Feb 1898
Dorothy M. Brown
b. c 1904, d. 15 Nov 1962
John K. Cloud
b. 23 Sep 1895, d. 6 Oct 1979
Gilbert Lincoln
b. 28 Feb 1923, d. 6 Jan 2007
John M. Burness
b. 25 Jun 1871, d. 14 Mar 1948
Henrietta Deas
b. 27 Dec 1873, d. 17 Apr 1954
Margaret D. Burness
b. 20 Aug 1903, d. 28 Nov 1985
John W. Berg
b. 10 May 1893, d. 19 Feb 1958
Christian G. Burness
b. 24 May 1907, d. 9 Aug 1994
Gideon S. Cranston
b. 19 Jan 1902, d. 1 Feb 1997
Henrietta K. Burness
b. 27 Aug 1911, d. 15 Oct 2003
Walter W. Hassett
b. 9 Jan 1907, d. 12 Dec 2002
John A. Burness
b. 3 Feb 1914, d. 25 Dec 2000
Rena A. Eastham
b. 8 Aug 1916, d. 28 Apr 2004
Unnamed Burness
b. 29 Apr 1916, d. 29 Apr 1916
Gordon L. Burness
b. 29 Apr 1916, d. 1 Aug 1997
Pearl L. Runnels
b. 3 May 1918, d. 3 Sep 1995
Alexander W. Burness
b. 22 Apr 1873, d. 12 Sep 1878
Nicholson A. Burness
b. 22 Apr 1873, d. 6 Jun 1873
Ann G. Burness
b. 14 Apr 1875, d. 24 Dec 1950
Peter B. Henderson
b. 2 Nov 1871, d. 26 Sep 1958
Andrew J. Burness
b. 5 Mar 1877, d. 9 Jan 1880
Christian Burness
b. 29 Oct 1878, d. 3 Jan 1880
Nicholson Burness
b. 12 Sep 1833, d. 1 Apr 1910
Susan H. Allan
b. c 1830, d. 14 Feb 1888
Margaret C. Smith
b. 3 Jan 1853, d. 29 Jan 1923
Alexander Burness
b. 31 Jul 1836, d. c 1837
Elspet Burness
b. 2 Apr 1839, d. 14 Nov 1927
George Burness
b. 6 Feb 1841, d. 21 Feb 1915
Mary J. Fury
b. Sep 1826, d. 19 Nov 1883
George A. Burness
b. 5 Sep 1871, d. 19 Sep 1872
William Burness
b. 6 Feb 1843, d. 6 Apr 1919
Jane Duguid
b. 19 Jul 1843, d. 4 Aug 1918
Jane Burness
b. 14 Apr 1866, d. 10 Jun 1884
William A. Burness
b. 27 Jan 1868, d. 21 Dec 1887
Unnamed Burness
b. 20 Sep 1869, d. 21 Sep 1869
Alexander Burness
b. 26 Apr 1845, d. 23 Dec 1921
Elizabeth E. Belcher
b. 23 May 1851, d. 1 Feb 1921
Edward Burness
b. 30 Dec 1873
Edith M. Burness
b. 14 Jul 1876, d. 4 Oct 1945
Frederick W. Pook
b. 1 Nov 1874, d. 24 Feb 1934
Florence M. Burness
b. 9 Jul 1879, d. 9 Sep 1966
Arthur J. Ayearst
b. 6 Mar 1874, d. 5 May 1937
Robert Burness
b. 28 Jan 1849, d. 6 Dec 1933
Marion Brown
b. c 1851, d. 19 Sep 1932
Alexander Burness
b. 17 Apr 1877, d. 11 Sep 1920
Jessie M. Eadie
b. 13 Mar 1880, d. 21 Sep 1937
Margaret Burness
b. 23 Jun 1878, d. 30 Oct 1964
Neil S. Cunningham
b. 28 Jan 1879, d. 30 Aug 1934
Mabel A. B. Cunningham
b. 15 Jun 1904, d. 28 Feb 1965
Helen Rae
b. c 1790
George Burness
b. 2 Aug 1810