Burness Genealogy and Family History

Archibald Falconer¹

#1041, b. circa 1809, d. 13 December 1889

Archibald Falconer was born circa 1809 in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.^2,1 He was the son of Archibald Falconer and Catherine Burness.¹ He married Mary Milne on 31 May 1834 in Foveran, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.^3,1 He died on 13 December 1889 in Fallside, Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^1,4 He was buried in Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.⁴

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Children of Archibald Falconer and Mary Milne

Archibald Falconer+^3,5,2 b. 9 May 1835, d. 15 Dec 1910
Jane Falconer^6,7,1,5,2,8 b. 30 Aug 1836, d. 3 Oct 1919
John Falconer+^6,7,1,5,2 b. 26 Jan 1838, d. 18 Jun 1909
Mary Falconer^6,1,5,2,9,8 b. 28 Jul 1839, d. 7 Oct 1922
Robert Falconer+^6,5,2,9 b. 1 Jun 1841, d. 5 Nov 1910
Margaret Falconer⁶ b. 7 Oct 1842
Catherine Falconer^6,2,9,8 b. 8 Feb 1845, d. 22 Jul 1933
Isabella Falconer^6,1,2,9,8 b. 20 Jan 1847, d. 18 Mar 1910
Anne Falconer^6,1,2,9,8 b. 4 Dec 1849, d. 9 Dec 1907

Citations

Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1851 Scottish Census, Aberdeenshire.
OPR Foveran.
Sheila M. Spiers, The Kirkyard of Glenbervie.
1841 Scottish Census, Aberdeenshire.
OPR Ellon.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1881 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1861 Wales Census, Carmarthenshire.

Alexander Falconer¹

#1042, b. 25 October 1815

Pedigree

Alexander Falconer was baptized on 25 October 1815 in Upper Mains of Echt, Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.¹ He was the son of Archibald Falconer and Catherine Burness.¹

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Citations

OPR Echt.

Catherine Falconer¹

#1043, b. 19 January 1801

Pedigree

Catherine Falconer was baptized on 19 January 1801 in Bogjorgan, Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of Archibald Falconer and Catherine Burness.¹

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Citations

OPR Glenbervie.

Margaret Falconer¹

#1044, b. circa 1803, d. 30 December 1882

Pedigree

Margaret Falconer was born circa 1803 in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.^2,1 She was the daughter of Archibald Falconer and Catherine Burness.¹ She married Thomas Cowie on 2 December 1838 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland.^3,1 She died on 30 December 1882 in 26 Seagate Street, Montrose, Angus, Scotland.¹

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Children of Margaret Falconer and Thomas Cowie

Catherine Cowie⁴ b. 1839, d. 19 Jan 1840
Margaret Cowie^3,5 b. 19 Feb 1842
Mary Cowie+^6,1,5 b. c 1843, d. 29 Jan 1936
Jane Cowie^1,5,7,8,2 b. c 1845, d. 1 Feb 1911
Alexander Cowie+^5,7,8,2 b. c 1847

Citations

Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1881 Scottish Census, Angus.
OPR Montrose.
Angus Monumental Inscriptions (Pre-1855).
1851 Scottish Census, Angus.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1861 Scottish Census, Angus.
1871 Scottish Census, Angus.

Jane Falconer¹

#1045, b. 25 January 1812, d. 20 November 1871

Pedigree

Jane Falconer was baptized on 25 January 1812 in Upper Mains of Echt, Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of Archibald Falconer and Catherine Burness.^1,2 She married David Brand, son of James Brand and Rachel Guthrie, on 2 November 1834 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^3,4,2 She died on 20 November 1871 in Wellington Place, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, at age 59.²

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Children of Jane Falconer and David Brand

Robert Brand+^5,2,6,7 b. c 1836, d. 19 Oct 1916
Archibald Brand^2,6,7,8,9 b. c 1839, d. 2 Aug 1914
William Brand^7,8 b. c 1842, d. 19 Oct 1892
Charles Brand^2,7,8 b. c 1847, d. 30 Apr 1875
Jane Ann Brand^2,7,8,9 b. c 1849, d. 2 Mar 1874
Catherine Brand^8,9 b. c 1852, d. 9 Oct 1882
David Falconer Brand^10,2,8,9 b. 3 Dec 1856, d. 25 Dec 1882

Citations

OPR Echt.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
OPR St Cyrus.
OPR Montrose.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1841 Scottish Census, Angus.
1851 Scottish Census, Angus.
1861 Scottish Census, Angus.
1871 Scottish Census, Angus.
Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.

Isabella Falconer

#1046, b. 27 April 1817

Pedigree

Isabella Falconer was baptized on 27 April 1817 in Upper Mains of Echt, Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of Archibald Falconer and Catherine Burness.¹ She married Andrew Wilson on 21 July 1839 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland.^2,3

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Children of Isabella Falconer and Andrew Wilson

Mary Ann Wilson+^4,5,6,7 b. c 1838, d. 8 Dec 1918
Elizabeth Wilson^8,6,7 b. 19 Feb 1841
Margaret Wilson^9,7 b. 14 May 1843
Catherine Wilson^7,9 b. 7 Apr 1845
Alexander Falconer Wilson^9,7 b. 26 May 1847

Citations

OPR Echt.
OPR Montrose.
OPR Coupar Angus.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1841 Scottish Census, Perthshire.
1851 Scottish Census, Midlothian.
OPR Dunbarney.
OPR Edinburgh St Cuthberts.

John Reith^1,2

#1047, b. 25 May 1776, d. 16 October 1857

Pedigree

John Reith was baptized on 25 May 1776 in Tipperty, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.² He was the son of David Reith and Elspet Crab.^2,3 He married Jean Burness, daughter of David Burness and Katherine Milne, on 26 December 1801 in Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^1,2,3 He died on 16 October 1857 in Auchenblae, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland, at age 81.³ He was buried in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.⁴

Charts: Descendants of Walter Burness
Descendants of David Burness

Children of John Reith and Jean Burness

Catherine Reith+^2,3,4 b. 18 Feb 1802, d. 9 Jan 1883
David Reith+^2,3,4 b. 26 May 1803, d. 11 Jan 1860
Jean Reith^2,4 b. 9 Jun 1805, d. 14 Jan 1849
Elspet Reith^2,4 b. 9 Feb 1807, d. 1 Sep 1808
John Reith+^2,3,4 b. 16 Oct 1808, d. 16 Jul 1877
Alexander Reith^2,3,4 b. 21 Jul 1810, d. 10 Aug 1884
Margaret Reith+^2,3,4,5 b. 25 Feb 1812, d. 8 May 1898
James Reith+^2,6,3,5 b. 29 Apr 1814, d. 27 May 1898
Christian Reith+^2,3,5 b. 17 Mar 1816, d. 16 Mar 1909
William Reith+^2,5 b. 20 Jan 1818, d. 20 Apr 1892
George Reith^2,4,5 b. 14 May 1820, d. 13 Jun 1845
Louisa Reith^2,3,4,5,7 b. 31 Jan 1822, d. 27 Dec 1884

Citations

OPR Glenbervie.
OPR Fordoun.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Alison Mitchell, editor, Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions: An Index for Kincardineshire (The Mearns).
1841 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
OPR Kintore.
1851 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.

David Reith¹

#1048, b. 26 May 1803, d. 11 January 1860

Pedigree

David Reith was baptized on 26 May 1803 in Tipperty, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ He was the son of John Reith and Jean Burness.^1,2,3 He married Barbara Hall, daughter of David Hall and Barbara Watt, circa 1835 in Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^4,2 He died on 11 January 1860 in Auchenblae, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland, at age 56.^2,3 He was buried in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.³

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Children of David Reith and Barbara Hall

Mary Reith^5,6,7 b. 8 Oct 1836, d. 26 Jun 1851
Jane Reith^5,6,7 b. 9 Aug 1838, d. 14 Aug 1852
Barbara Reith^5,2,6,7 b. 26 Mar 1840, d. 15 Oct 1855
John Reith+^5,8,7 b. 3 Dec 1841, d. 3 Sep 1916
David Reith^5,2,7 b. 4 Dec 1843, d. 4 Aug 1856

Citations

OPR Fordoun.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Alison Mitchell, editor, Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions: An Index for Kincardineshire (The Mearns).
Frances Rowntree, e-mail to John George Burness, 23 February 2007.
OPR St Cyrus.
1841 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1851 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.

John Reith¹

#1049, b. 16 October 1808, d. 16 July 1877

Pedigree

John Reith was baptized on 16 October 1808 in Tipperty, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ He was the son of John Reith and Jean Burness.^1,2,3 He married Mary Hall, daughter of David Hall and Barbara Watt, in Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, Scotland.² He died on 16 July 1877 in Manse of Rickarton, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, at age 68.² He was buried in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland.³

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Children of John Reith and Mary Hall

Elizabeth Reith^4,5 b. 14 Feb 1838, d. Dec 1848
Mary Reith^5,6,7,8 b. 1841, d. 8 Aug 1931
John Reith+^9,2,6,7 b. 25 Nov 1842, d. 23 Feb 1923
Arthur Reith³ b. c 1844, d. 31 Aug 1845
Thomas Alexander Reith^10,6,7 b. 2 Aug 1846, d. 22 Apr 1889

Citations

OPR Fordoun.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Alison Mitchell, editor, Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions: An Index for Kincardineshire (The Mearns).
OPR Fettercairn.
1841 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1851 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1861 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1871 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
OPR Banchory-Ternan.
OPR St Cyrus.

James Reith¹

#1050, b. 29 April 1814, d. 27 May 1898

Pedigree

James Reith was born on 29 April 1814 in Tipperty, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ He was the son of John Reith and Jean Burness.^1,2,3,4 He was baptized on 18 May 1814 in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ He married Elspet Burness, daughter of George Burness and Nicholas Tait, on 24 October 1849 in Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.^2,1,3 He died on 27 May 1898 in Myreside, Marnoch, Banffshire, Scotland, at age 84.³

Charts: Descendants of David Burness (#1)
Descendants of David Burness (#2)

Children of James Reith and Elspet Burness

Nicholas Tait Reith+^1,5,3,6,7 b. 31 May 1851, d. 25 Oct 1878
George Reith^1,6,7,8 b. 31 May 1853
John Reith+^9,5,6,7 b. 8 Jun 1855, d. 18 Oct 1910
James Reith+^9,5,3,6,7,8 b. 3 Mar 1857, d. 2 Jan 1898
David Reith+^9,5,3,6,7 b. 12 Mar 1859, d. 21 Apr 1944
William Reith^9,3,6,7,8 b. 7 Jan 1861, d. 2 May 1902

Citations

OPR Fordoun.
OPR Kintore.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1841 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1861 Scottish Census, Banffshire.
1871 Scottish Census, Banffshire.
1881 Scottish Census, Banffshire.
Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.