Burness Genealogy and Family History

Flora Jane Burness¹

#9811, b. 29 January 1882, d. 14 October 1953

Flora Jane Burness was born on 29 January 1882 in Tarnash, Keith, Banffshire, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of James Burness and Ann Hird.^1,2,3 She married Robert Harold McGee, son of Hugh McGee and Elizabeth Montgomerie Blue, on 2 June 1909 in St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Battersea, London, England.² She died on 14 October 1953 in Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, England, at age 71.^4,5

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Child of Flora Jane Burness and Robert Harold McGee

Flora McGee⁶ b. 15 Feb 1913, d. 1990

Citations

Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office.
1891 Scottish Census, Aberdeenshire.
Ancestry.com, England & Wales National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations).
General Register Office, England Death Index 1916-2007.
General Register Office, England Birth Index 1837-1915.

Isles Kinloch Burness¹

#9812, b. 10 December 1894, d. 27 August 1961

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Isles Kinloch Burness was born on 10 December 1894 in Castle Terrace, Bervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ He was the son of John Sherat Burness and Ann Anderson Kinloch.^1,2,3,4 He died on 27 August 1961 in 9 Castle Terrace, Inverbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland, at age 66.²

Charts: Descendants of John Burness

Citations

Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland, transcribed by: Lawrence Ruxton Burness.
1901 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1911 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.

Elizabeth Jane Burness¹

#9813, b. 8 March 1895

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Elizabeth Jane Burness was born on 8 March 1895 in 5 David Street, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of Robert William Burness and Elizabeth Goodsman.^1,2,3,4 She married William Richard James, son of William Warder James and Emily Elizabeth (?), on 3 February 1915 in St Mary's Parish Church, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, England.²

Charts: Descendants of Robert Burness

Children of Elizabeth Jane Burness and William Richard James

Norman F. James⁵ b. 1916
Robert D. James⁵

Citations

Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office.
1901 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1911 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
General Register Office, England Birth Index 1916-2005.

Jane Scrimgeour Burness^1,2

#9814, b. 3 October 1884, d. 13 November 1956

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Jane Scrimgeour Burness was born on 3 October 1884 in 5 Gowrie Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.^1,3,2 She was the daughter of George Silver Burness and Christina Bisset Bell.^1,2 She married Daniel Ralph Peiniger, son of Friedrich Alfred Peiniger and Margaret McCallum, on 4 July 1906 in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia.¹ She died on 13 November 1956 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, at age 72.³

Charts: Descendants of John Burness

Children of Jane Scrimgeour Burness and Daniel Ralph Peiniger

Angus George Peiniger+³ b. 5 May 1907, d. 8 Aug 1993
Christina Margaret Peiniger+³ b. 11 Jul 1909, d. 24 Jun 1997
Leonard Ralph Peiniger³ b. 4 Jan 1912, d. 9 Nov 1979
Ida Florence Peiniger+^3,4 b. 18 Mar 1914
Rex Arthur Peiniger³ b. 13 May 1917, d. 17 Mar 1990
Stella Catherine Peiniger+³

Citations

Unknown repository address unknown repository Marriage Registration.
Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Research of Alan Peiniger.
Research of Ross Waters.

William Campbell¹

#9815, b. 28 April 1855

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William Campbell was born on 28 April 1855 in Glasgow, Scotland.² He was the son of John Campbell and Agnes Craig.^1,2 He married Margaret Logie Burness, daughter of James Burness and Jean Davidson, on 6 June 1879 in 12 Cobden Street, Glasgow, Scotland.^1,3

Charts: Descendants of James Burness

Child of William Campbell and Margaret Logie Burness

James Campbell⁴ b. 1880

Citations

Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
IGI.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 1881 British Census and National Index.

George Mackay¹

#9816, b. 26 January 1858

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George Mackay was born on 26 January 1858 in Banff, Banffshire, Scotland.^1,2 He was the son of George Mackay and Margaret Roy.¹ He married Agnes Smith Burness, daughter of William Burness and Agnes Smith, on 4 January 1883 in Fort Street, Broughty Ferry, Angus, Scotland.^1,3

Charts: Descendants of William Burness

Child of George Mackay and Agnes Smith Burness

Roy Burness Mackay⁴ b. 1891, d. 1891

Citations

Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
IGI.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Unknown compiler. Australian Vital Records Index.

George William Collins¹

#9817, b. 28 July 1855, d. 12 May 1926

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George William Collins was born on 28 July 1855 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.² He was the son of David Collins and Isabella Ross.^1,2 He married Margaret Burness, daughter of William Burness and Margaret Anderson, on 11 September 1883 in 117 Ann Street, Dundee, Angus, Scotland.¹ He died on 12 May 1926 in Mowbray Cottage Hospital, Rosebank, Cape Province, South Africa, at age 70.³

Charts: Descendants of James Burness

Children of George William Collins and Margaret Burness

Margaret Collins⁴ b. c 1884
Alice Edith Collins⁴ b. c 1887
George William Collins⁴ b. c 1888
William Burness Collins⁴ b. 1891, d. 12 Apr 1943

Citations

Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
IGI.
Denise McKenna, e-mail to John George Burness.
1891 Scottish Census, Angus.

Isabella K. Bruce¹

#9818, b. 24 February 1855, d. 19 June 1933

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Isabella K. Bruce was born on 24 February 1855 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland.² She was the daughter of John Bruce and Jean McNicol.^1,3 She married James Forsyth Burness, son of David Burness and Mary Graham, on 1 January 1883 in Keithock, Brechin, Angus, Scotland.^3,1 She died on 19 June 1933 in Wellfield, Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland, at age 78.³

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Children of Isabella K. Bruce and James Forsyth Burness

Jane McNicoll Burness^4,3,5,6 b. 2 Jan 1884, d. 1 May 1954
David Burness^4,5,6,7 b. 5 Aug 1885
James Forsyth Burness+^8,1,5,6 b. 10 Oct 1886, d. 13 Aug 1952
Robert Alexander Burness^4,5,6 b. 27 Sep 1890, d. 9 Apr 1917
Mary Burness^4,9,10,6 b. 16 Oct 1892, d. 15 Jun 1986
Isabella Bruce Burness+^4,9,10,6 b. 18 Aug 1895, d. 1 Dec 1957
Graham Burness^4,3,6 b. 27 Sep 1899, d. 7 Mar 1924

Citations

Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
IGI.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1891 Scottish Census, Angus.
1901 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
Marriage Registration, Archives of Ontario.
Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland, transcribed by: Lawrence Ruxton Burness.

James Forsyth Burness¹

#9819, b. 10 October 1886, d. 13 August 1952

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James Forsyth Burness was born on 10 October 1886 in 5 Cairnie Street, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland.¹ He was the son of James Forsyth Burness and Isabella K. Bruce.^1,2,3,4 He married Jane Ann Robertson Meldrum, daughter of Peter Mitchell Meldrum and Helen Robertson, on 26 January 1911 in Temperance Hotel, Wellmeadow, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.^2,5,6 He died on 13 August 1952 in 11 Whitehall Crescent, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, at age 65.⁵

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Children of James Forsyth Burness and Jane Ann Robertson Meldrum

Helen Isabella Robertson Burness^7,5 b. 4 Jan 1912, d. 29 Apr 1928
James Forsyth Burness^7,5 b. 9 Sep 1916, d. 21 Oct 1997

Citations

Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1891 Scottish Census, Angus.
1901 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland, transcribed by: Lawrence Ruxton Burness.
Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.

Janet Thomson¹

#9820, b. 15 May 1860

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Janet Thomson was born on 15 May 1860 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.^2,3 She was the daughter of David Thomson and Margaret Dobie.^2,1 She married James Murray Burness, son of John Burness and Catherine Donaldson, on 14 December 1883 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.^1,4

Charts: Descendants of John Burness

Children of Janet Thomson and James Murray Burness

Alfred West Burness^5,6,7 b. 12 Aug 1884
Kate Dobie Burness^5,6 b. 31 May 1886
Jessie Murray Burness^5,6,7 b. 2 Mar 1888, d. 30 Mar 1979
Ida Burness^5,4,6 b. 21 Jan 1890, d. 31 May 1891
Grace Brunton Burness+^5,7 b. 28 Jul 1891, d. 28 May 1931
Lena Burness^5,7 b. 25 Aug 1893, d. 28 May 1987
Madge Burness^5,4 b. 22 Mar 1895, d. 30 Mar 1899
James Thomson Burness^5,4 b. 21 Nov 1897, d. 21 Jun 1898

Citations

Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
John Tomkies, e-mail to John Burness.
IGI.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1891 Scottish Census, Midlothian.
1901 Scottish Census, Midlothian.