Person Page - 994

     Charles Fancourt was born circa 1853.² He married Catherine Doyle on 16 January 1876 in Longford, Tasmania, Australia.^1,2

     Ann Louise Burness was born on 20 September 1881 in Point Sorell, Tasmania, Australia.^2,1 She was the daughter of Richard Burness and Catherine Doyle.^1,2 She married Eric Leslie George Crawford in 1908 in Tasmania, Australia.³ She died on 1 November 1976 in Tasmania, Australia, at age 95.⁴

     Margaret Ellen Burness was born on 7 December 1883 in Point Sorell, Tasmania, Australia.^2,1 She was the daughter of Richard Burness and Catherine Doyle.^2,1 She married James Sullivan on 9 October 1907 in Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia.¹ She died on 17 September 1912 in Tasmania, Australia, at age 28.¹

     Richard James Burness was born on 29 March 1888 in Mersey, Tasmania, Australia.^1,3 He was the son of Richard Burness and Catherine Doyle.^2,3,1 He married Martha Emily Deverell in 1909.² He died on 15 May 1955 in Australia at age 67.²

     Margaret Munro was born on 24 January 1874 in Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland.² She married James Burness, son of George Burness and Jessie Nelson, in 1897 in Frobisher, Saskatchewan, Canada.¹ She died on 3 April 1915 in Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada, at age 41.¹
     Maggie Burness (wife, age 27) was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1901 in Alameda, Assiniboia, North West Territories, Canada, in the household of James Burness.³ Maggie Burness (wife, age 31) was enumerated in the census on 30 June 1906 in Frobisher, Saskatchewan, Canada, in the household of James Burness.⁴ Maggie Burness (wife, age 34) was enumerated in the census on 1 June 1911 in Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada, in the household of James Burness.⁵
     She and James Burness immigrated in 1897 to Canada.¹

     George Munro Burness was born on 14 September 1895 in Bridgeland of Ardittie, Logiealmond, Perthshire, Scotland.² He was the son of James Burness and Margaret Munro.^3,4,5,2 He married Katherine Mary Tressler on 19 November 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.⁶ He died on 12 August 1981 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at age 85.¹
     George Burness (son, age 5) was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1901 in Alameda, Assiniboia, North West Territories, Canada, in the household of James Burness.³ George Burness (son, age 10) was enumerated in the census on 30 June 1906 in Frobisher, Saskatchewan, Canada, in the household of James Burness.⁴
     George Burness was enumerated in the census on 1 June 1911 in Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada, as a farm labourer, age 15.⁷ George Burness (son, age 20) was enumerated in the census on 1 June 1916 in South Street, Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada, in the household of James Burness. He was a farm labourer.⁵
     George Burness was enumerated in the census on 1 June 1921 in 45 Noble Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, as a railway machinist, age 26.⁸

     Katherine Mary Tressler was born on 9 October 1895 in Morden, Manitoba, Canada.² She married George Munro Burness, son of James Burness and Margaret Munro, on 19 November 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.² She died on 26 December 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at age 87.¹

     Jessie Nelson Burness was born on 15 March 1898 in Frobisher, Saskatchewan, Canada.¹ She was the daughter of James Burness and Margaret Munro.^1,2,3,4,5 She married Arthur Alexander Best on 6 August 1927 in Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada.⁶ She died on 20 November 1996 in Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada, at age 98.⁷
     Jessie Burness (daughter, age 3) was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1901 in Alameda, Assiniboia, North West Territories, Canada, in the household of James Burness.² J. N. Burness (daughter, age 8) was enumerated in the census on 30 June 1906 in Frobisher, Saskatchewan, Canada, in the household of James Burness.³ Jessie Burness (daughter, age 13) was enumerated in the census on 1 June 1911 in Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada, in the household of James Burness.⁴ Jessie Burness (daughter, age 18) was enumerated in the census on 1 June 1916 in South Street, Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada, in the household of James Burness.⁵
     Jessie Burness was enumerated in the census on 1 June 1921 in Cabri, Saskatchewan, Canada, as a domestic servant, age 21.⁸

     Arthur Alexander Best was born on 16 August 1898 in Madoc, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.² He married Jessie Nelson Burness, daughter of James Burness and Margaret Munro, on 6 August 1927 in Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada.³ He died on 10 May 1979 in Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada, at age 80.³