Charles Fancourt1

#9931, b. circa 1853
     Charles Fancourt was born circa 1853.2 He married Catherine Doyle on 16 January 1876 in Longford, Tasmania, Australia.1,2

Citations

  1. Tasmania Archives. Tasmania Archives.
  2. Unknown compiler. Australian Vital Records Index.

Ann Louise Burness1

#9933, b. 20 September 1881, d. 1 November 1976
     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

Citations

  1. Tasmania Archives. Tasmania Archives.
  2. Unknown compiler. Australian Vital Records Index.
  3. Ancestry.com, Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950.
  4. Ancestry.com, Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007.

Margaret Ellen Burness1

#9934, b. 7 December 1883, d. 17 September 1912
     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

Citations

  1. Tasmania Archives. Tasmania Archives.
  2. Unknown compiler. Australian Vital Records Index.

Richard James Burness1,2

#9935, b. 29 March 1888, d. 15 May 1955
     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

Citations

  1. Tasmania Archives. Tasmania Archives.
  2. Lawrence Ruxton Burness Correspondence.
  3. Unknown compiler. Australian Vital Records Index.

Margaret Munro1

#9936, b. 24 January 1874, d. 3 April 1915
     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

Children of Margaret Munro and James Burness

Citations

  1. Research of James Melvin Beaton.
  2. Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  3. 1901 Canadian Census, Northwest Territories.
  4. 1906 Canadian Census, Saskatchewan.
  5. 1911 Canadian Census, Saskatchewan.
  6. EHealth Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Vital Records Index.
  7. Death Registration, British Columbia Archives.

George Munro Burness1

#9937, b. 14 September 1895, d. 12 August 1981
     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

Child of George Munro Burness and Katherine Mary Tressler

Citations

  1. Research of James Melvin Beaton.
  2. Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  3. 1901 Canadian Census, Northwest Territories.
  4. 1906 Canadian Census, Saskatchewan.
  5. 1916 Canadian Census, Saskatchewan.
  6. Manitoba Vital Statistics Branch, Manitoba Vital Records Index.
  7. 1911 Canadian Census, Saskatchewan.
  8. 1921 Canadian Census, Manitoba.

Katherine Mary Tressler1

#9938, b. 9 October 1895, d. 26 December 1982
     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

Child of Katherine Mary Tressler and George Munro Burness

Citations

  1. Research of James Melvin Beaton.
  2. Manitoba Vital Statistics Branch, Manitoba Vital Records Index.

Jessie Nelson Burness1

#9939, b. 15 March 1898, d. 20 November 1996
     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

Child of Jessie Nelson Burness

Children of Jessie Nelson Burness and Arthur Alexander Best

Citations

  1. EHealth Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Vital Records Index.
  2. 1901 Canadian Census, Northwest Territories.
  3. 1906 Canadian Census, Saskatchewan.
  4. 1911 Canadian Census, Saskatchewan.
  5. 1916 Canadian Census, Saskatchewan.
  6. Research of James Melvin Beaton.
  7. Regina Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan.
  8. 1921 Canadian Census, Saskatchewan.
  9. Manitoba Vital Statistics Branch, Manitoba Vital Records Index.

Arthur Alexander Best1

#9940, b. 16 August 1898, d. 10 May 1979
     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

Children of Arthur Alexander Best and Jessie Nelson Burness

Citations

  1. Ancestral File. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
  2. Birth Registration, Archives of Ontario.
  3. Research of James Melvin Beaton.