Jean Murray1

#12501, b. 1 May 1826, d. 13 May 1853
     Jean Murray was born on 1 May 1826 in Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland.2,3 She married James Mitchell, son of David Mitchell and Elizabeth Robertson, on 6 October 1850 in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland.1 She died on 13 May 1853 in New York, USA, at age 27.3

Citations

  1. OPR Fetteresso.
  2. FamilySearch, Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.
  3. Find A Grave.

Samuel Herbert Watson1

#12506, b. 6 March 1879
     Samuel Herbert Watson was born on 6 March 1879 in Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, England.1 He married Jessie Murray Burness, daughter of James Murray Burness and Janet Thomson, on 6 November 1912 in Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa.1

Citations

  1. FamilySearch, South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930.

James Macadam Skinner1

#12507, b. 30 September 1880, d. 11 October 1944
     James Macadam Skinner was born on 30 September 1880 in New Zealand.2 He married Grace Brunton Burness, daughter of James Murray Burness and Janet Thomson, on 14 October 1908 in Durban, Natal, South Africa.1 He died on 11 October 1944 in New Zealand at age 64.3

Children of James Macadam Skinner and Grace Brunton Burness

Citations

  1. FamilySearch, South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955.
  2. John Tomkies, e-mail to John Burness.
  3. Ancestry.com, New Zealand Cemetery Records, 1800-2007.
  4. Annabelle Burness (Tomkies) Rodger, e-mail to John George Burness.

Thomas James Cooper1

#12508, b. circa 1881, d. 27 October 1948
     Thomas James Cooper was born circa 1881 in Yorkshire, England.1 He married Lena Burness, daughter of James Murray Burness and Janet Thomson, on 6 August 1913 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.1 He died on 27 October 1948 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa.2

Citations

  1. FamilySearch, South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930.
  2. FamilySearch, South Africa, Pietermaritzburgh, Estate Files, 1846-1950.