Agnes Smith Burness1

#8742, b. circa 1857, d. 2 November 1936
     Agnes Smith Burness was born circa 1857 in Canada West.2,1 She was the daughter of William Burness and Agnes Smith.1,3,2,4 She married George Mackay on 4 January 1883 in Fort Street, Broughty Ferry, Angus, Scotland.1,3 She died on 2 November 1936 in 12 Buntrune Terrace, Broughty Ferry, Angus, Scotland.3
     Agnes Burness (age 4) was enumerated in the census on 14 January 1861 in Sarnia, Lambton County, Canada West, in the household of William Burness.2 Agnes Burness (daughter, age 23) was enumerated in the census on 4 April 1881 in Peters Land, Brook Street, Broughty Ferry, Monifieth, Angus, Scotland, in the household of Agnes Burness. She was a dressmaker.4

Child of Agnes Smith Burness and George Mackay

Citations

  1. Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  2. 1861 Canadian Census, Canada West.
  3. Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  4. 1881 Scottish Census, Angus.
  5. Unknown compiler. Australian Vital Records Index.

Isabella Mitchell Burness

#8743, b. 1 December 1860, d. 17 May 1924
     Isabella Mitchell Burness was born on 1 December 1860 in Canada West.1,2 She was the daughter of William Burness and Agnes Smith.2,3 She married Thomas Birrell-Gray in 1892 in Western Australia, Australia.4 She died on 17 May 1924 in 62 Pendleton Place, New York City, New York, USA, at age 63.1,5
     Isabella Burness (age 1) was enumerated in the census on 14 January 1861 in Sarnia, Lambton County, Canada West, in the household of William Burness.2 Bella Burness (daughter, age 20) was enumerated in the census on 4 April 1881 in Peters Land, Brook Street, Broughty Ferry, Monifieth, Angus, Scotland, in the household of Agnes Burness. She was a milliner.3

Children of Isabella Mitchell Burness and Thomas Birrell-Gray

Citations

  1. Ancestry.com, New York Death Certificates Index, 1862-1948.
  2. 1861 Canadian Census, Canada West.
  3. 1881 Scottish Census, Angus.
  4. Unknown compiler. Australian Vital Records Index.
  5. New York Times, New York.

Christina Bisset Bell

#8747, b. 25 May 1859, d. 4 November 1930
     Christina Bisset Bell was born on 25 May 1859 in Methven, Perthshire, Scotland.1 She married George Silver Burness, son of John Burness and Catherine Donaldson, on 27 June 1879 in Salutation Hotel, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.2,3 She died on 4 November 1930 in Ingham North, Queensland, Australia, at age 71.4
     Christina Burness (wife, age 21) was enumerated in the census on 4 April 1881 in 13 Caledonia Place, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, in the household of George S. Burness. She was a shopkeeper.5

Children of Christina Bisset Bell and George Silver Burness

Citations

  1. IGI.
  2. 1881 Scottish Census Index, Aberdeenshire.
  3. Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  4. Robert Hennessey Burness, e-mail to John George Burness.
  5. 1881 Scottish Census, Perthshire.
  6. Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  7. Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  8. Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  9. Marriage Registration, unknown repository.
  10. Research of Alan Peiniger.
  11. Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Queensland Historical Index, 1829-1914.

Robert Bell Burness1

#8748, b. 13 July 1880, d. 23 June 1939
     Robert Bell Burness was born on 13 July 1880 in 13 Market Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.2,1 He was the son of George Silver Burness and Christina Bisset Bell.1,3 He married Phoebe Ellen Patience Hartley on 23 December 1905 in Queensland, Australia.2,4 He died on 23 June 1939 in Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, at age 58.4
     Robert B. Burness (son, age 8 months) was enumerated in the census on 4 April 1881 in 13 Caledonia Place, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, in the household of George S. Burness.3

Children of Robert Bell Burness and Phoebe Ellen Patience Hartley

Citations

  1. Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  2. Research of Alan Peiniger.
  3. 1881 Scottish Census, Perthshire.
  4. Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Queensland Historical Index, 1829-1914.

Stephen Burness1

#8749, b. circa 1850
     Stephen Burness was born circa 1850 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England.1
     Stephen Burness was enumerated in the census on 4 April 1881 in Birkumshaw Houses, Market Street, Clay Lane, Derbyshire, England, as a labourer, age 30.1

Citations

  1. 1881 English Census, Derbyshire.