Person Page - 1627

     Margaret Helen Brown was born on 8 May 1909.² She married Edward Burness, son of George Burness and Elizabeth Archer, on 28 November 1931 in Gateshead, Durham, England.³ She died on 8 May 1984 in 10 Fossdyke, Felling, Gateshead, Durham, England, at age 75.²

     Edward Burness was the son of Edward Burness and Margaret Helen Brown.^1,2

     Thomas Joseph Pearson Burness was born on 15 May 1904 in St Pancras, London, England.^1,2 He was the son of Charles Burness and Jane Stapleton.^3,2 He married Doris May Cook on 19 July 1930 in Kingston on Thames, Surrey, England.³ He died on 4 August 1980 in Chisipite, Zimbabwe, at age 76.⁴
     Thomas Joseph Pearson (adopted son, age 6) was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in 6 Spring Lane, Croydon, Surrey, England, in the household of Charles Burness.²
     T. J. Burness (engineer, age 49) was listed as a passenger aboard SS Stirling Castle which departed on 11 June 1953 from Southampton bound for Cape Town, South Africa. He was accompanied by Mrs. Burness.¹ T. J. P. Burness (automobile engineer, born 15 May 1904) was listed as a passenger aboard SS City of Durban which departed on 6 January 1959 from London bound for Beira, Mozambique. He was accompanied by Mrs. D. M. Burness.¹

     Doris May Cook was born on 28 November 1905.^2,3 She married Thomas Joseph Pearson Burness, son of Charles Burness and Jane Stapleton, on 19 July 1930 in Kingston on Thames, Surrey, England.¹ She died in 2004 in East Dereham, Norfolk, England.³
     Mrs. Burness (age 47) was listed as a relative traveling with T. J. Burness aboard SS Stirling Castle which departed from Southampton on 11 June 1953 bound for Cape Town, South Africa.² Mrs. D. M. Burness (housewife, born 28 November 1905) was listed as a relative traveling with T. J. P. Burness aboard SS City of Durban which departed from London on 6 January 1959 bound for Beira, Mozambique.²

     Peter Thomas Pearson Burness is the son of Thomas Joseph Pearson Burness and Doris May Cook.¹

     Jean Margaret Burness is the daughter of Alexander Burness and Florence Scattergood.¹

     Joan Burness is the daughter of William Burness and Ivy Gwendoline Peel.¹

     Annie Sheila Burness is the daughter of Archibald Burness and Ann Brook.¹

     Florence Helen Emma Weatherley was born on 6 September 1901 in Greenwich, London, England.^2,1,3 She married Henry John Burness, son of Hugh Burness and Mary Ann Phillips, on 2 February 1929 in Greenwich, Surrey, England.¹ She died on 11 January 1942 in 33 Banchory Road, Greenwich, London, England, at age 40.⁴