Lawrence Adamson Burness1

#6385, b. September 1801, d. 11 October 1825
     Lawrence Adamson Burness was born in September 1801 in Johnshaven, Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland.2 He was the son of Robert Burness and Janet Ritchie.2 He was baptized on 27 September 1801 in Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland.2 He died on 11 October 1825 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland, at age 24.1 He was buried in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland.1

Citations

  1. Alison Mitchell, editor, Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions: An Index for Kincardineshire (The Mearns).
  2. OPR Benholm.

Robert Burness

#6388, b. 5 June 1803, d. 8 June 1882
     Robert Burness was born on 5 June 1803 in Johnshaven, Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland.1,2 He was the son of Robert Burness and Janet Ritchie.3,4 He was baptized on 11 June 1803 in Johnshaven, Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland.4 He married Jean Hutcheon on 5 December 1830 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland.3,5 He died on 8 June 1882 in 44 Mill Street, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, at age 79.3
     Robert Burness was enumerated in the census on 6 June 1841 in Mill Street, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, as a linen hand loom weaver, age 36 with Jean Burness, Archibald Burness, Margaret Burness, Elizabeth Burness, Jean Burness and James Hutcheon in his household.6
     Robert Burness was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1851 in 32 Mill Street, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, as a linen hand loom weaver, age 46 with Jean Burness, Margaret Burness, Elizabeth Burness, Jean Burness, Jessie Burness, Robert Burness and Anne Burness in his household.7
     Robert Burness was enumerated in the census on 8 April 1861 in 30 Mill Street, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, as a linen handloom weaver, age 57 with Jean Burness, Margaret Burness, Jessie Burness, Robert Burness, Ann Burness and Elizabeth Welch in his household.8
     Robert Burness was enumerated in the census on 3 April 1871 in 30 Mill Street, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, as a linen weaver, age 67 with Jean Burness and James Fairly in his household.9
     Robert Burness was enumerated in the census on 4 April 1881 in 44 Mill Street, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, as a linen weaver, age 70 with Jean Hutcheon and James Fairly in his household.

Children of Robert Burness and Jean Hutcheon

Citations

  1. Alison Mitchell, editor, Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions: An Index for Kincardineshire (The Mearns).
  2. Carole Wilson, "Scottish GRO Death Transcriptions."
  3. Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  4. OPR Benholm.
  5. OPR Montrose.
  6. 1841 Scottish Census, Angus.
  7. 1851 Scottish Census, Angus.
  8. 1861 Scottish Census, Angus.
  9. 1871 Scottish Census, Angus.
  10. Carole Wilson, "Scottish GRO Marriage Transcriptions."
  11. Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.

Janet Burness1

#6389, b. 5 June 1803, d. 8 October 1894
     Janet Burness was born on 5 June 1803 in Johnshaven, Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland.2 She was the daughter of Robert Burness and Janet Ritchie.3,4 She was baptized on 11 June 1803 in Johnshaven, Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland.3 She married Thomas Duncan on 28 January 1826 in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland.1,4 She died on 8 October 1894 in 45 Melville Lane, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, at age 91.5,4
     Janet Duncan (wife, age 44) was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1851 in 26 Wharf Street, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, in the household of Thomas Duncan.6

Children of Janet Burness and Thomas Duncan

Citations

  1. OPR St Cyrus.
  2. Alison Mitchell, editor, Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions: An Index for Kincardineshire (The Mearns).
  3. OPR Benholm.
  4. Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  5. Angus Monumental Inscriptions (Pre-1855).
  6. 1851 Scottish Census, Angus.