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     Agnes Schine is estimated to have been born circa 1778. She married John Burness on 1 November 1803 in Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland.¹

     Christian Marshall was born in May 1783 in Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^1,2 She was baptized on 4 May 1783 in Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ She married John Burness, son of Robert Burness and Betty Law, on 2 March 1820 in Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland.³
     Christian Burness (age 55) was enumerated in the census on 6 June 1841 in Johnshaven, Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland, in the household of John Burness.⁴ Christian Burness (wife, age 67) was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1851 in West Street, Johnshaven, Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland, in the household of John Burness.²

     John Burness is estimated to have been born circa 1794 in Scotland. He married Isobel Caird on 27 March 1824 in Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹

     Isobel Caird is estimated to have been born circa 1799. She married John Burness on 27 March 1824 in Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹

     John Burness was born circa 1811 in Kincardineshire, Scotland. He married Isabel Ley on 9 March 1834 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland.¹

     Isabel Ley was born circa 1811 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland.¹ She married John Burness on 9 March 1834 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland.²
     Isabella Burness was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1851 in 2 Hill Place, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, as a shipmaster's wife, age 39 with Mary Burness, Isabella Burness, Robina Burness, Agnes F. Burness, Catherine Burness, Jane R. Burness and Johanna Burness in her household.¹

     John Burness is estimated to have been born circa 1808 in Scotland. He married Janet Jolly on 28 December 1838 in Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹