Jane Burness1,2

#6271, b. 17 November 1862, d. 24 December 1930
     Jane Burness was born on 17 November 1862 in Prison Building, Dundee, Angus, Scotland.2 She was the daughter of Peter Saunders Burness and Mary Whitecross.2,1,3,4 She married James Hutcheson on 19 July 1884 in Elliot Street, St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland.1,3 She died on 24 December 1930 in 107 Beatty Crescent, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, at age 68.3
     Jean Burness (daughter, age 9) was enumerated in the census on 3 April 1871 in Arbroath and St Vigeans Combination Poor House, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland, in the household of Mary Burness.4
     Jane Burness was enumerated in the census on 4 April 1881 in 12 Rose Bank, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland, as a flax reeler, age 18.5

Citations

  1. Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  2. Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  3. Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  4. 1871 Scottish Census, Angus.
  5. 1881 Scottish Census, Angus.

Mary Whitecross1

#6272, b. circa 1835, d. 1 January 1874
     Mary Whitecross was born circa 1835 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland.2 She married Peter Saunders Burness, son of William Burness and Jean Valentine, on 13 November 1858 in 6 Bog Lane, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland.3,4 She died on 1 January 1874 in Poorhouse, St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland.1
     Mary Burness was enumerated in the census on 3 April 1871 in Arbroath and St Vigeans Combination Poor House, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland, as a flax mill worker age 35 with Peter Burness, Jean Burness and William Burness in her household.2

Children of Mary Whitecross and Peter Saunders Burness

Children of Mary Whitecross

Citations

  1. Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  2. 1871 Scottish Census, Angus.
  3. Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  4. Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland, transcribed by: Lawrence Ruxton Burness.
  5. Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  6. Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.

Peter Saunders Burness1

#6273, b. July 1823, d. 14 November 1904
     Peter Saunders Burness was born in July 1823 in Guthriehill, St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland.1 He was the son of William Burness and Jean Valentine.1,2,3 He was baptized on 26 July 1823 in St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland.1 He married Mary Whitecross on 13 November 1858 in 6 Bog Lane, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland.2,4 He died on 14 November 1904 in Claremont, Western Australia, Australia, at age 81.5,6
     Peter Burness (age 15) was enumerated in the census on 6 June 1841 in Granter's Croft, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland, in the household of Jean Valentine. He was a linen hand loom weaver.3
     Peter Burness was enumerated in the census on 8 April 1861 in General Prison for Scotland, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, as a prisoner and labourer, age 38.7

Children of Peter Saunders Burness and Mary Whitecross

Citations

  1. OPR St Vigeans.
  2. Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  3. 1841 Scottish Census, Angus.
  4. Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland, transcribed by: Lawrence Ruxton Burness.
  5. Unknown compiler. Australian Vital Records Index.
  6. Metropolitan Cemetery, Western Australia.
  7. 1861 Scottish Census, Perthshire.
  8. Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  9. Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.

Richard Thomas Burness

#6274, b. September 1856
     Richard Thomas Burness was born in September 1856 in Brough under Stainmore, Westmorland, England.1 He was the son of Richard Burness and Margaret (?)1 He was baptized on 16 September 1856 in Brough under Stainmore, Westmorland, England.1

Citations

  1. IGI.

Margaret (?)1

#6275, b. circa 1831
     Margaret (?) is estimated to have been born circa 1831. She married Richard Burness.1

Child of Margaret (?) and Richard Burness

Citations

  1. IGI.

Richard Burness

#6276, b. circa 1826
     Richard Burness is estimated to have been born circa 1826. He married Margaret (?)1

Child of Richard Burness and Margaret (?)

Citations

  1. IGI.